MAMAPALOOZA Festival Season 2012 A Huge Success

Thanks to sunshine, New York Parks Dept., loyal friends and fans and of course our sponsors, performers and exhibitors – Mamapalooza 2012 was a huge success! Thank you for being part of it!! Links to bands and exhibitors here.

Momma Love – The Book; WANTED ASAP

Momma Love, is finally coming out for Mother’s Day 2013!! Sounds far off, but it will race by in the blink of an eye! Right now, I am doing my damndest to make sure I have left no stone unturned. That I have included a group of stories which, together, touch anecdotally on all the points I’m trying to make about society’s treatment of mothers.

I have a few gaps that I’m hoping to close asap since I am on a serious deadline to finish every little thing, and since you are the queen of all mamas, I was hoping I could reach out to you to see if anyone in your community fills these spots. Would you mind looking through this “casting call” of sorts?

• A woman who works as a nanny and also has her own young child(ren). I would like to photograph the child she cares for with her and the mother.
• A homeless mother trying to better life for her child
• step mom and birth mom photographed with the child they both parent.
• mom raising transgender child
• adoptive mother and birth mother in open adoption

I’d love it if the women were located in or around Ny. Like NY, NJ, PA, MA, RI, CT.

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MAMAPALOOZA New York City 2012

Secrets of a Successful Labor: Conversations with a midwife, a doula, and women who overcame the challenges -

We have some really exciting events – for doulas/birth professionals AND expecting couples – we’d like to share with you and hope that you will be able to attend! For more information please visit our events calendar and register via an email to birthfocus@gmail.com.

The events will be held at the Museum of Motherhood (401 e. 84th and 1st Ave).  Please also feel free to spread the word and post this flyer around your area!

Sunday, April 22 1pm-3pm – (FREE) Secrets of a Successful Labor: Conversations with a midwife, a doula, and women who overcame the challenges -

Are you pregnant and want sound and practical advice on how to labor successfully from women who have witnessed multitudes of births?  Are you a doula and want to learn how to help a woman arrive at her sweet spot?  Join us in this open dialogue with midwife, Kimm Sun of SunRising Midwifery; doula, Elizabeth Mangum-Sarach of BirthFocus, and some NYC new mamas as the panel helps you understand the key to transcending this incredible passage of a woman’s life.

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Sunday, April 22 3pm-4pm – (FREE) Sample Birth Empowerment Course 3pm-4pm

This is a course designed specifically for women to connect with their feminine and intuitive side during birth (partners are also welcome to participate and encourage their partners). Using Karen Brody’s FEAR to FREEDOM method, and compilations of other popular childbirth and relaxation methods, this course will offer the opportunity to connect a woman with her body and voice – through movement, relaxation, and writing exercises – to create an action plan towards a more empowered, and present, birth experience and heightened heart/mind awareness.