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Need some 1:1 time and support?

  • Lactation Consulting with Kim
  • Nutrition with Robert 
  • Nutrition with Natasha
  • Pelvic Floor with Foli
  • 20 minute Doula Consultations


Tele-Wellness Classes

Plant-Based Cooking to Upgrade Your Health!

Plant-Based Cooking To Upgrade Your Health!

Sunday December 20th 2:00pm-3:30pm 

Join Madinah in the kitchen!


Learn:

✅ Simple every day habits to improve nutrition deficiencies and decrease toxicity

✅ Why plants can transform your health so quickly 

✅ How nutrition tells your genes to express wellness or disease

Discover:

✅ How easy you can become your own health guru

✅ How you can take back control of your cravings and begin to desire more healing foods

✅ How quickly a mindset shift can change your perspective about the power of food

Pelvic Health for Pregnancy, Postpartum & Beyond

This session provides a pelvic health overview to empower you with knowledge of the pelvic floor and its functions. You will also gain insight into some of the most common pelvic floor symptoms and challenges. Together we will highlight ways to be an advocate for your own pelvic health. 

Family Stories: Our His/Herstory

In this digitally, socially distanced age, we often forget about the richness of our family tree.  Join us in reflecting upon your family, share in discussions about those memories and traditions that bring joy and warmth to your heart and learn some fun activities to share with your children. 

Tele-Wellness Classes

Pregnancy and Postpartum Nutrition

Did you know you can alter your baby’s genes by changing what you eat? Come learn how! In this class, you’ll learn what nutrients you need to best nourish your body during and after pregnancy. We’ll talk everything nutrition from real foods, mindful eating, food aversions and cravings, food safety, tips to help with digestion, and much more! You will take away tools to empower you and your family to make healthy choices now and in the future. 

Grounding, Playing & Processing

In each offering of this 6-series class, there will be space for grounding through breathing exercises and simple movement. We will have space to write, reflect & share around a specific theme related to our individual and collective well-being. All family members welcome!

MEN's Wellness & Family Dynamics

This 60 minute class addresses  fatherhood, men's wellness, parenting, coping skills, motivation, tools and techniques for personal centering and navigation of daily career and parenting obligations.

The Radicle Cure: for MEN

The Radicle Cure is a health education and promotion platform created by Mr. Erik O'Neal and Dr. Hanifah Muhammad to empower communities with knowledge, resources and tools on how to live a natural and healthy lifestyle based on the revolutionary principles that complete health is achievable and there is a cure for all disease.


This class will be offered in partnership and co-facilitation with Robert Carter, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. Robert will offer one on one food science and nutrition tailored to men's wellness. 

Prenatal & Postpartum Yoga

Pregnancy is a transitional time for women, when many physical & emotional changes take place. Prenatal Yoga is about honoring these changes in ourselves and our body as we connect to baby throughout these nine months. Classes will include poses, deep breathing, relaxation and meditation that may be practiced through all trimesters (clearing any medical issues with the care provider). Postures to help strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, keep the body flexible, and alleviate many common discomforts of pregnancy. Find focus through balance & the breath to connect mother and baby and prepare for a healthy, mindful, more natural approach to the challenges of labor and birth. Sharing information and knowledge with meditation/relaxation for a peaceful, calm state of mind.


Postpartum yoga is used to help mothers reconnect following birth and begin to help the body regain strength and flexibility.  The first 40 days after birth is to bond, establish breastfeeding and allow the body to regain strength with lots of rest. Four to six weeks following birth, return to postpartum yoga with your baby to share support and information with other new moms. Postnatal yoga will help regain abdominal strength, body flexibility and tone pelvic floor muscles, as well as  improve your body and mind after giving birth. Each class is made to boost your physical strength, self-confidence and recondition the core and pelvic floor muscles. Enjoy fun yoga, songs and gentle massage with babies to help bond & relax. Breast-feeding is welcome and supported! 

Breastfeeding Support & Education

Breastfeeding education, home visits and telehealth lactation support serving the BIPOC community.  

Home birth 411

This 4 week course is designed to serve as a fun, interactive informational for couples, partners, parents and anyone ttc or involved in the life of an expecting person. We will spend 1 hour each week focusing on everything homebirth from preparation to our postpartum experience. There will be a focus on team building because while it takes a village to raise a child, it takes one to grow a baby too!

The First 7 Days Milestone Guide for Breastfeeding Parents

Expectant parents just like you will find it easy to tell between myths and facts, will master the breastmilk production process, and plan a less hectic postpartum/breastfeeding experience. You will trust your body's ability to make milk and learn a few troubleshooting tips for most postpartum scenarios.

HUG Your Baby: Understanding Your Newborn

HUG Your Baby is a program developed by Jan Tedder, a family nurse practitioner and lactation consultant in North Carolina, USA. This program helps you learn to see and understand your baby’s body language so that you can prevent and solve problems around a baby’s eating, sleeping, crying, bonding, and attachment.

Dando Pecho: Las Primeras 2 Semanas Posparto

Amamantar es natural, pero hace muchos años que no es natural hacerlo. Una de las principales razones para abandonar la lactancia es el creer que no hay suficiente leche o el creer que es doloroso. Esta clase es para ustedes, papas que desean dar pecho pero que no estan seguros de si es para ustedes, o si no saben que es verdad y que no. El momento ideal para aprender sobre como sera la vida con su bebe es durante el embarazo, antes de que ese pequeño bebe se convierta en el centro de su atencion.

El Abrazo: Comprendiendo El Lenguaje Secreto Del Recien Nacido

HUG Your Baby es un programa desarrollado por Jan Tedder, una Enfermera Profesional y Consultora Internacional de Lactancia de Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos. Este Programa te ayudará a aprender, identificar y entender el lenguaje corporal de tu bebé para que puedas prevenir y resolver problemas relacionados con la alimentación, sueño, llanto, vínculo y acompañamiento de tu bebé.

Creando Banco de Leche en Casa: Nunca es Demasiado Pronto Para Empezar

Emergencias medicas, tiempo libre, mandados, escuela, trabajo, compromisos fuera de casa! Son muchas las razones para construir un banco de leche y asi estar preparados para cualquier escenario que pueda requerir la separacion de la mama y el bebe sin tener que interrumpir la lactancia materna. Acompañanos a ver como puedes empezar o aumentar tu banco de leche en casa.

end of year celebration!

...MUSIC | SPOKEN WORD | LOTS OF FUN...

2020 has been a year of unforeseen circumstances, new normals, lots of social distancing ,introspection and reflection. We have all worked hard this year to stay connected, take care of our families, our health and grow from our experiences. Over the last 3 months Wellness Within Reach has been MODABA's way to over come many of the challenges and uncertainties presented to families who are having babies for the first time, who need more support, who want to connect but don't know how. The list goes on and on...


Join us in celebrating our families, practitioners, donors, sponsors and funders who have either participated and/or supported the Wellness Within Reach Program. YOU ALL have made these times EXTREMELY SPECIAL. 


 Thank you to our funders ROSE: Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere and University of California San Francisco: Birth Worker Relief Fund. 


BLESSINGS!


DECEMBER 31, 2020 

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Wellness Practitioners

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Madinah Simpson

Madinah Simpson is a Registered Nurse with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). She holds a BS Degree in Sociology, is a NLP (NeuroLinguistic Programming) Certified Practioner, and is certified in Plant-Based Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles from the Ann Wigmore Natural Health Institute in Puerto Rico. 


Madinah's professional career includes several years working in Labor & Delivery, Triage RN in an ambulatory Medicare clinic, and corporate healthcare leadership Managing and Directing Population Health Management. 


Madinah is currently a Health Coach and Educator facilitating domestic and international health and wellness workshops and retreats.  She had appeared on multiple Podcasts and reoccurring appearances on ABC 15 Sonoran Living as the featured plant-based chef.  Madinah is also the host and creator of Madinah’s Living Farmacy, a show that airs LIVE on TheWUNTv a Facebook LIVE Network that teaches the community how to use food as medicine.


Madinah’s passion is to guide the community to discover the ease and gifts plant-based nutrition provides for regeneration and recovery of the body, restoring intimacy with self, improved mental well being, focus, and inner peace.  Plant-based nutrition provides a symphony of balanced nutrition, vitality, effortless weight management, and an overall higher quality of life!   When the body is nourished we step into full expression of our authentic self!


Madinah believes plant-based nutrition is spiritual nutrition.  Plants are the most sacred, healing, intelligent, and mystical elements on earth.  Utilizing the technology in plants to heal the body provides the deepest level of connection, self healing and ultimate expression of self love.  

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Foli Riegle

Foli Riegle is a Pelvic Floor Therapist and Owner of Inspire Wellness and Pelvic Health. She has always had a passion for health, wellness and helping others reach their potential. Her interest in Women's Health spawned from many of the women she has spoken to over the years who have suffered in silence. Pelvic pain, pelvic prolapse, urinary and bowel incontinence are some of the many issues that can be difficult to talk about and even more difficult to seek out help. 


As an Occupational Therapist, an advocate and champion of women, her goal is to equip all ages and backgrounds with the education, treatment and support that all women need in order to take back their pelvic health. As a licensed therapist she has extensive knowledge, experience and background in the anatomy and functions of the human body. She has also completed renowned pelvic floor courses which will allows her to provide the most current strategies and treatments. 

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Luz Chavez

Born in El Paso, Texas, and raised until adulthood in Cd. Juarez Chihuahua, Luz Chavez is a Mexican-American Certified Lactation Counselor and HUG Your Baby Teacher. Her journey as a Breastfeeding Lactivist started in 2004 under the guidance of Certified Professional Midwives at an El Paso Birth Center serving the Latin community. Since then, her goal has been to support and empower families as they become parents. She advocates for pregnancy, birth, and parenting autonomy.  

She attended a workshop in 2019 about how newborns communicate and their sleep cycles, Luz reclaimed 4 hours of sleep that same night of the workshop, and her daughter was already 2-years-old.  Seeing what it had done for her, she went on to become a Certified HUG Your Baby Teacher that same year.

As a first time breastfeeding mother at 35 years old, she has endured the lack of encouragement and the judgment and misunderstanding that society can have towards breastfeeding. This inspired her to create A Parent Is Born, a place to promote, educate, and provide resources that will remove uncertainty and myths about postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and life with a baby.

"An educated parent is a skillful and confident parent!"

Luz continues to breastfeed her 3-year-old daughter, thanks to the unconditional support of her husband. They still have the great fortune of living in the borderland and enjoying the best of El Paso and the best of Juarez, the twin cities where two cultures coexist as one.  


Luz offers classes in both English and Spanish!



Luz Chavez
Certified Lactation Counselor & Hug Your Baby Teacher

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Natasha Burrell

Hello! I am Natasha Burrell, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Phoenix, AZ. I currently work at Mountain Park Health Center in the women’s health department providing nutrition counseling to people before, during, and after their pregnancies. I have a bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Arizona. I completed my dietetic internship at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT. I am pursuing further certification in lactation counseling. 

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D'Hasan

  D'Hasan is a Family Life coach who helps fathers, families and single parent households navigate balancing daily career and parental obligations.

As a father of adult and teenage children D'Hasan started his coaching in 2013 to help other families deal with the challenges of maintaining a career while remaining centered and successful in the midst of daily responsibilities. 

D'Hasan offers a wide range of coaching services from individual coaching to webinars and keynote speeches.

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Erik O'Neal

Erik “King Savior” O’Neal is a poet, storyteller, spoken word artist and community activist. Hailing from Long Beach, N.Y., King Savior began his journey of expression at a very young age being inspired by James Earl Jones and Yul Brynner after seeing both thespians on Broadway. King Savior's poetry, a catalyst for change through lyrical expression, a musician, actor, playwright, an overall renaissance man. A true believer in the philosophy of “each one, teach one”, King states he is a Poor Righteous Teacher, sent here to teach, to uplift, to inspire, and to empower others through his words and actions as he must be the example of being true to oneself. 

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Robert Eugene Carter

Robert  is a self-described fiber fanatic, who enjoys sharing the benefits of  plant-forward eating with anyone who will listen. As a registered  dietitian nutritionist, Robert has experience in counseling individuals  and groups, with a focus on self-determination built through nutrition  education. 

Robert  has a B.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition from the University of  Florida, and completed master’s training and a dietetic internship in  Phoenix at ASU and the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center. When he’s not  cooking, you can find Robert playing music, riding his bicycle, or  climbing the nearest mountain

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Marcus and Sydney

Marcus and Sydney are a young, dynamic couple residing in Phoenix, Arizona with a budding love for everything moms, dads and babies! As first time parents the twenty somethings made a decision for their new family that changed their lives forever: birthing their son (Mars) at home. Their unique experience birthed a new found love for indigenous resistance and fighting to decolonizing pregnancy and birth. The two of them have made a commitment to use their experience to help empower other young couples in their community to return to native pregnancy, birthing, and parenting practices.

“Fam[ILY] is the only thing a man and woman makes for themselves and by themselves.”

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Kimberly Moore-Salas

 Kim is born for Naakaii Diné (Mexican People) and from Tsi’naajinii (Black Streak People) clans. Born in Tuba City, maternally from Tolani Lake, AZ located in the southwestern area of the Navajo Nation. Growing up on and off the Navajo Nation, and residing in various tribal communities throughout her life, Kim is passionate about utilizing her education and experience to promote healthy living through kinship values.
 

Kim has over nine years of experience in peer-counseling, clinical and educational lactation. Kim’s work has been inclusive of Tribal and culturally diverse communities serving the needs of prenatal, newborns, and post-partum mothers and families. Currently, Kim continues to work at ValleyWise Health Medical Center as a lactation consultant for seven and half years and is serving the front lines assisting families and COVID mothers during the pandemic with breastfeeding and hospital policies. 

  

Currently a member of the Advisory Council Committee for the Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition and she will the Urban Dine’ Community Representative for the Phoenix area. This new role will include breastfeeding home visits and telehealth lactation support serving the BIPOC community. Kim's extensive experience in this field has led to opportunities in consulting, which along with her husband synthesized their consulting business in Tribal Indemnity. Within three years, Tribal Indemnity has assumed responsibility of complex projects and strategic planning with one of the largest Tribes in Arizona. She recently established her own small business, Indigenous Breastfeeding Az, dba.


Kim enjoys spending time with her husband of twenty-three years and three daughters of whom she breastfed until they were 2 years old. She also loves early morning runs, hiking, boxing and yoga.

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Sarrah Davis

“Challenges are opportunities for healing and expansion. I am uncovering the gifts found within these experiences.”


Since 2011, I have been practicing yoga and meditation as a way to manage a healthy body and mind, and what became was profound wellness and self-awareness. It became evident that this is a practice conspiring within me, transforming my life in many different areas of health and wellness.


Like many people who begin a yoga practice, I fell in love with the physical benefits of yoga. However, as I continued my yogic journey, it became more than just a workout. I began to feel a change of heart and mind when dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, self doubt and have been on this journey of PTSD recovery and self love ever since. Yoga and meditation transformed into an outlet to access universal wisdom for my body, mind, and spirit. In order to take yoga with me everywhere I went, I obtained my 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2015 from Vinyasa Arts in Encinitas, California.


For the past five years, I've had the privilege of introducing, sharing, and teaching various styles of yoga and meditation with my Phoenix community. I’ve become versatile in my teaching styles, specializing in beginner, vinyasa, ashtanga, yin, prenatal & postnatal, pranayama (breathwork), and meditation. Due to its tremendous healing scope, it has become a passion of mine to share this ancient knowledge and technology with my community as a true source of medicine and self-healing.

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Raji Ganesan

Raji is the daughter of Tamil immigrants from South India, a tenacious sister, and a really fun aunt. She has nearly 10 years of teaching artist experience, including 2 years of teaching high school full time. Through her current independent facilitation practice, she offers peer counseling, bodywork, yoga & meditation guidance. Outside of that, she supports the Health & Wellness programming at ReFrame Youth Arts Center in South Phoenix. Whether it’s through the facilitation of yoga & meditation, restorative justice & de-escalation, or growing & cooking food, Raji believes in the full-spirited grassroots vision of community health that taps into our wisdom and intuition, outside of institutional barriers. She centers the transformative power of love, creative expression, self-determination, authentic reflection, and deep listening in her life and work.

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LaVern Calvin-Stevenson

Ms. Calvin-Stevenson is original from the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas. Via Chicago, Il. El Paso, TX and now Phoenix. A mother of four children and eight grandchildren. Midwifery has been a desire from childhood, and she perused since 95 and continued her journey by helping others on their journey in the art of midwifery. Currently Ms. Calvin-Stevenson works in the community educating at several levels. In the recent past she worked teaching students and families in the midwifery arena. Teaching and advising women and their family’s things that support the woman and their family. Her passion for bringing information that is relevant to the individual woman and her unique needs.

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