In this episode we speak with Kerry Hinds about her family-building journey and her work as a fertility yoga teacher. Kerry shares her journey, struggling to conceive and navigating fertility treatment in a foreign country, the emotional challenges and losses she faced, and the unexpected experience of becoming pregnant naturally. Kerry also shared how yoga became her lifeline during difficult times and how she developed her unique approach to fertility yoga, incorporating restorative poses, gentle movements, and community support to help manage stress and connect with your body during a challenging family building journey. In addition to her virtual yoga studio Fertile Body Yoga, Kerry shares about her other projects, including her podcast Fringe Fertility, fertility yoga teacher training, and an upcoming in-person fertility retreat in Hillsborough, NH in April 2025.
Kerry Hinds is the owner and founder of Fertile Body Yoga, a virtual yoga studio that is dedicated to supporting women navigating their fertility journey - whatever it may look like. She offers both livestream and on-demand Fertility Yoga Classes and Small Group Programs that embrace the complete journey - physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically, spiritually, and socially.
Kerry has been teaching yoga for 20 years and has been specializing in fertility yoga for 8 years. Her classes and offerings are Informed by her own experiences with pregnancy loss, years of IVF, and eventually completing her family with 2 children. Kerry has supported 1000’s of women on their fertility journeys so far and is on a mission to help people conceive and birth with yoga and community. Kerry also hosts Fringe Fertility - a podcast that highlights supportive fertility practices beyond the doctor’s office.
LINKS:
Fertile Body Yoga: www.fertilebodyyoga.com
Retreat Information: https://www.justine-cohen.com/onfertileground
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Boston, Washington, Germany, fertility treatment, IUI, IVF, pregnancy loss, miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, D&C, trust, hope, affordable fertility treatment, fresh transfer, frozen embryo transfer, stopping treatment, mental load, spontaneous pregnancy, psychosocial support, yoga, restorative yoga, regulating the nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, stress, fight or flight, pelvic floor, opening the pelvis, prenatal yoga, postpartum yoga, fertility yoga, slow flow yoga, mindful movements, community support, spiritual practice, fertility retreat, Bethel Farms, New Hampshire, sauna, yoga class, reiki, meditation, massage, farm to table, spirit babies, conscious conception, rewilding, mercier therapy, minimalist fertility, fertility yoga, family building, emotional support fertility, holistic fertility journey, IVF experiences, fertility wellness, prenatal yoga, yoga for stress relief, coping with infertility, fertility community, mindful movement yoga, reproductive health, yoga teacher training, fertility retreats, overcoming infertility, mental health in fertility, fertility yoga classes, natural conception support, yoga for women, fertility journey support
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