ABOUT HOLLY
Holly Lammer is an RN with over 25 years of experience in low and high risk birth settings, over 15 years of yoga teaching experience, and extensive study in mindfulness and birthpsychology. Holly Lammer brings her experience of supporting thousands of birthers to her offerings.
Holly likes to think of herself as a birth activist. How and where to give birth can be a controversial issue. No matter where you live, the color of your skin, your income level, your gender or your religious affiliation, accurate information about the importance of gestation, birth and the first year of life is hard to come by. Talk to ten different people and you will get ten different and sometimes opposing views on what is best to do for you and your baby during pregnancy and birth. Unfortunately, the consequences of the practices surrounding pregnancy and birth the last 120 years or so are becoming more and more obvious. Stress related conditions such as heart disease, autoimmune disorders, digestive disorders, behavioral disorders, allergies and asthma, obesity, diabetes, mental illness and substance abuse can be linked to a variety of causes, but prenatal and perinatal psychology, neuroscience and epigenetic research experts all agree that the womb environment, birth, and early childhood experience plays a a major role in the overall health and wellbeing of humans everywhere.
After years of observing thousands of birthers during birth itself, and how parents bond with their unborn and newborn babies, Holly is convinced that peace on earth begins before and during birth. More than just a philosophy of empowering birthers to have a powerful and positive birth experience, the approach that she has taken in her work as a ‘birth activist’ is to bring information to as many people as possible about the importance of gestation and birth on the development of the type of brain that supports an environment of peace. When we are focused on peace and love during pregnancy and birth through mindful awareness of the state of our own being, the developing baby's system is also being wired for peace, joy and contentment that can last a lifetime.
“We cannot begin to express our gratitude for providing such unbiased support and compassionate care during this important time in our lives. Your professionalism was upstaged only by your personal touch and we feel so lucky to have had you in the delivery room with us. My birth would not have been so calm without you. You had a belief in me that I didn’t know I had in myself.”