Stress Care Management and Birth Companion Support Services

About Me

Therese Robinson founder and owner of Body's Way of Natural Healing, LLC (BWNH) a certified massage therapist brings optimal care and the gift of healing through touch.  Her passion and desire as a nurturing Mother Spirit serving in stress care management, have lead her in an exciting direction, which is to assist and educate women through their passage to motherhood.

Therese is certified in Reflexology and LaStone Therapy, having studied with LaStone founder Mary Nelson.  She received a full scholarship to Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA and studied prenatal/labor massage with the creator of Nurturing the Mother, Claire Marie Miller.  Therese has obtained her certification through ALACE and ICTC as a professional labor doula/birth companion.  As a La Leche International certified breastfeeding peer counselor and program administrator Therese is trained to teach group or individuals on breastfeeding and provides breastfeeding consultations.

Committed to the birthing profession, Therese serves as the DC/MD state coordinator for CAPPA Operation Special Delivery and is the coordinator for a community based doula program in the Washington DC area. A member with La Leche League International; CAPPA; Esalen Bodyworker Association; and "Metro Breastfeeding Village" a breastfeeding support group. Therese facilitates workshops/classes in support of infant mortality prevention to young mothers, labor comfort techniques, and support working mothers in their efforts at breastfeeding.

In addition to her gift of touch, Theres is a tactile artist who teaches beading classes in the Washington DC surrounding areas.  She is a jewelry designer, specializing in waist beads for mothers-to-be, and is exploring decorative belly portraits: the taking of a plaster cast of a woman's pregnant belly, which is then embellished with beads.