Flow Chiropractic and Family Wellness Center

Happy International Women’s Day We celebrate women today, yes we know. We celebrate trans women, non-binary folks and all the humans who choose who they want to be because feminism IS intersectional. Let’s not let white supremacy, colonialism and patriarchy continue to oppress us, all of us. Let’s build community and uplift each other. #internationalwomensday

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Fertility Now still has spots left so register now! If you’ve been trying to conceive for a year or longer and finding it hard to trust you’ll ever get pregnant, this is your chance to turn isolation and suffering into joyful presence along your path to motherhood. Registration info provided upon DM. Come tap i to your inner wisdom with us!... #ttc #ttccommunity #fertilityjourney #fertilitysupport #fertilitydiet #fertilitycoach #infertilitysucks #infertilityjourney #secondaryinfertility #pcos #1in4 #1in8 #ttcafterloss #pregnancy #manifestingmotherhood #manifestingourbaby #malefactorinfertility #naturalmama #holisticmama #positivepreconception #hellofebruary #consciousconception #mindfulfertility See more

When all you want is to have a baby, the focus is on the results - getting pregnant and having a baby. It should be easy. += ... That’s what we are told. When you’re struggling with unexplained infertility or recurrent miscarriage, the focus is on the reasons why, often times asking yourself why am I suffering with this and it’s so easy for others? or what is wrong with me? It’s all too easy in this quick fix culture we’ve designed through all the latest technologies to to try to get the results. Have you ever thought about what it would be like if your biggest desire for a baby was your reality? Who would you be and what would you do? And most importantly how would you feel? My new program Fertility Now will walk you through step by step, how to be present with your big desire and claim it for your reality. We will be taking all the feelings of fear, doubt, worry, and lost hope and transforming them into energy you can use to facilitate a new way of being. All the thinking something is wrong with you will be fuel for knowing your journey to motherhood is for your own deep healing. I am so, so excited to walk you through this powerful, natural process and getting you closer to your dream of being a mama. Enrollment for founding members of Fertility Now is ending soon so be sure to DM or email me if you want a spot. #ttc #ttccommunity #fertilityjourney #fertilitysupport #fertilitydiet #fertilitycoach #infertilitysucks #infertilityjourney #secondaryinfertility #pcos #1in4 #1in8 #ttcafterloss #pregnancy #manifestingmotherhood #manifestingourbaby #malefactorinfertility #naturalmama #holisticmama #positivepreconception #hellofebruary #consciousconception #mindfulfertility See more

Fertility Now is a 6-month group program for women who have been trying to conceive (TTC) for a year or longer which includes access to the Fertility Now signature method. There are monthly group Q&A sessions, 1:1 coaching calls and a private community for more support. If you have been TTC and had a loss, this program can support you in harnessing the strength to try again with certainty. You can easily work through the program content in less than 1 hour per week. A ...lot of the material you will easily integrate into your daily life to support your self-care and lifestyle shifts. You will learn how to: Adjust your mindset around TTC, moving away from a racing mind around all the what ifs to a calm and sure state of being. Entrain your nervous system to work for you instead of stress and worry leading the way Rewrite your fertility story to decrease anxiety around the TWW and give you a new perspective on your journey. Experience joy in your life and partnership, by living your best preconception life now and connecting to a deeper trust in the way your life is unfolding. This program will naturally enhance any work you’re doing with your doctor or a fertility clinic. These tools will be essential to bring into pregnancy, birth and parenthood. All of what you learn is easy to implement to successfully conceive a healthy, happy baby. I am committed to you fully trusting your body in 6 months, but you can also take this at your own pace if you need to. This week founding members are able to join Fertility Now at 50% off the regular program fee. The program starts in March. When the founding member enrollment ends on Thursday, enrollment will remain open on an ongoing basis but the fee for the future students will double. In other words Don’t wait! Take advantage of the discount while founding member spots are available. Does this sound like something that will help support you with your vision for a healthy pregnancy? Share questions below! See more

Well I’ll get straight to the point because I’ve been reflecting a lot and probably read too many posts about how much everyone has learned and grown this crazy, unprecedented, wild year. Yup, me too. A lot. ... I have wanted to share this photo since we got them back from our incredibly talented film photographer @rachelsimaphotography. But I kept them to myself because they represent that innocent time where our focus was on our microcosm and we weren't distracted by the rona. The intention was to share more of our fertility journey through a project that’s on hold. I had such commitment to my vision that got rocked and reconfigured in so many ways. Baby making wasn’t a priority for us but health and diet was. Love and connection was paramount through this great transition, even when it wasn’t as easeful as the past. This year really tested the work-life boundaries for everyone and while I was extremely fortunate to continue to be in business as an essential service, I watched a major decrease in my income as I worked harder than ever, without office support and totally new protocols. Working with breath and supporting the nervous system in adapting to a new way while wearing a mask is no joke. Ultimately I am fine and have the resources I need to keep going. For that I am grateful. I also watched my incredible partner lead a school through the most difficult transitions teachers, parents and students have ever been through. All y’all who are WFH with kids got my full admiration! At the same time, I was afforded the honor of major growth of the non profit @lovejust.org_ and caring for a most important community of Black mamas and the vision to grow the Fund for Black Birthing Parents to ensure they receive free chiropractic care. This fund will exist as long as Lovejust does because thriving Black life, health and joy matters deeply if we all wish for liberation. June better have taught white people something and I hope we continue to act against racism and injustice. Continued in comments... See more

Is this program only for women who haven’t gotten pregnant before? This program is for anyone who identifies as a woman with a uterus who is, has been or wants to try to conceive a baby. If you’ve been pregnant and had a loss, this program will help you move through limiting beliefs you may have around having a healthy pregnancy and support mindset shifts so trying again will be less stressful. ... Have you been considering joining Fertility Now and got other questions about your TTC status? Drop them below or send me a DM. #ttc #ttccommunity #fertilityjourney #fertilitysupport #fertilitydiet #fertilitycoach #infertilitysucks #infertilityjourney #secondaryinfertility #pcos #1in4 #1in8 #ttcafterloss #pregnancy #manifestingmotherhood #manifestingourbaby #malefactorinfertility #naturalmama #holisticmama #positivepreconception #hellofebruary #consciousconception #mindfulfertility See more

Thank you to everyone who donated to @lovejust.org_’s Fund for Black Birthing Parents. While we didn’t reach our goal, you all raised $761.11 which is a wonderful way for us to end the year! All of these funds will be used to provide chiropractic care for our Black pregnant and postpartum clients and their babes. Winners are: @wellinthewest... @annemariayoga @drkataleman @vanessanes @mamachiro Nicollette P Ama G We hope you enjoy your prize!! And thank you again for your support! If you are interested in becoming a client of Lovejust Community Wellness dm and we will get you set up for January!! Peace and Blessings! See more

Do I have to have been trying to conceive for a year or more? I’ve been getting some really great questions about Fertility Now and in case you missed my stories... Here they come. Enrollment was supposed to end last week, but this is my first launch and I am learning a lot along the way. I am happy to take things at a snails pace (as one of my new favorite ig people says.)... I know women who are trying to get pregnant and have a baby are not for taking it at a snails pace, but trust me, some of the method will be supporting you in slowing down and savoring the moment.... because LIFE is as important as creating it for another! If you’re ready to learn how to trust your body along your journey to parenthood, and the race to get there hasn’t helped, drop a below and I’ll dm you more details. Or just send me a dm. #ttc #ttccommunity #fertilityjourney #fertilitysupport #fertilitydiet #fertilitycoach #infertilitysucks #infertilityjourney #secondaryinfertility #pcos #1in4 #1in8 #ttcafterloss #pregnancy #manifestingmotherhood #manifestingourbaby #malefactorinfertility #naturalmama #holisticmama #positivepreconception #consciousconception #mindfulfertility See more

Imagine feelinglike no matter what happens next in your fertility journey you are held, open to possibly and on the right path because you have total faith in your body’s ability to conceive a healthy baby. Imagine trusting YOURSELF more than doctors, medications or hearsay around what to do to control conception. Imagine feeling joyful and relaxed* on your journey to motherhood! ... *Relaxed because you feel the ease from within, not because every single person who knows your TTC is telling you just relax and it’ll happen What if I told you there was a step-by-step method that shows you how to trust your body while you’re trying to conceive, would you be ready to dive in? I’m creating a brand new system for women who’ve been trying to conceive for a year or longer starting March 1st and have a handful of founding members spots left. If you’ve been TTC for less than a year and are really frustrated with the results and want to try something very different, this program is for you too! Just DM me and let me know if you want one of these spots! Hurry enrollment ends soon! #ttc #ttccommunity #fertilityjourney #fertilitysupport #fertilitydiet #fertilitycoach #infertilitysucks #infertilityjourney #secondaryinfertility #pcos #1in4 #1in8 #ttcafterloss #pregnancy #babydust #manifestingmotherhood #manifestingourbaby #malefactorinfertility #naturalmama #holisticmama #positivepreconception #consciousconception #mindfulfertility See more

Winter Solstice Blessings! May this darkest night reveal your greatest dreams and deepest love for self. This energy is a powerful time to root into who you truly are, to open more deeply to who you want to be and how you want to love in this next cycle. Find some time today to honor yourself, to vision the quality of life we deserve on this planet: peace, liberation and prosperity for ALL. ... Rest and Reflect. Always Love Your Self! I love you #wintersolstice #thegreatconjunction #restandreflect #healingenergy #beyourself #rememberwhoyouare #loveyourself #womensupportingwomen #chirogoddess #flowchiropractic #berkeleyflow #iloveyou See more

Today is the day to exercise our hard earned freedoms in the name of what we value most. Today is the day to flex your self care and self talk and mindset practice. This is the best possible way to monitor and care for your internal being as the day and following weeks unfold. Allow the emotions and take care! I trust the highest good is working in our favor. Do you?... #vote2020 #practicewhatyoupreach #selfcare #chiropractic #forwomenbywomen See more

Says it all Office is closed. Email responder on. ... New and existing clients can book online for January through the link in my bio. Enjoy this Winter Solstice and the shifting energy. Rest and Reflect. Love Your Self! #wintersolstice #thegreatconjunction #restandreflect #healingenergy #womensupportingwomen #chiropractic #flowchiropractic #berkeleyflow See more

Join me for the 2 R's + final days to enter our Raffle! - https://mailchi.mp/0294ddcb2d60/bye-bye-4504573 #presence #rest #reflection #selflove #chiropractic #womenowned #shoplocal #postpartumlife #pregnancy #prenatalchiropractic #wombwellness #fertilityawareness #homebirth #midwife #giftguide #herbalwellness #locallymade #doterra #flowchiropractic #berkeleyflow #FBBP #LovejustCommunityWellness

One of our patreon members just shared this in our FB group and it hit me hard. Repost from @jadee_m37 # You can visit the pub,... but your partner can’t attend antenatal appointments. You can go to a theme park, but you have to attend scans alone. You can have 30 guests at your wedding, but can’t have a 2nd birth partner at the birth of your baby, or even 1 at some hospitals. I’m supporting the #ButNotMaternity campaign, which is raising awareness about the devastating effects of facing maternity appointments and labour alone due to Covid restrictions. I understand we need to stay safe during the pandemic, but if you can go to the shop wearing no PPE, to the pub with 5 of your mates or attend a wedding with up to 30 guests, why can’t you have your partner with you through out all important stages of pregnancy and labour?! At the beginning of my pregnancy I had to attend an emergency scan at 7 weeks due to a bleed. I had to attend that alone, without my partner. I had to lay alone in fear of the next words I was going to hear, not knowing if my baby was alive or not, thinking how I was supposed to tell my partner if it was bad news, how he wouldn’t have even got to see the baby just that one time like I had. I’m very grateful that everything was ok but there have been so many cases were it hasn’t been. Women are having to attend scans, find out their babies have died, go through traumatic labours and experience stillbirths ALONE! I’m lucky I won’t have to labour alone, but so many woman have and will. It still breaks my heart and fills me with fear knowing I can only have one birthing partner and won’t able to have my mum by my side also. But I feel selfish feeling that way knowing so many woman are labouring without even their partner. The restrictions placed around maternity care are unjust and our government needs to address the issue and allow all NHS trusts to ensure women have all the support they need including partners being with them at all stages of pregnancy and labour. #butnotmaternity #birthrights #pregnancy #maternity #igmom #pregnant #bump #babybump

The office is closed today.... just because, well I wanted a day off to replenish myself as we move into the end of this wild year. Wishing you a Happy Halloween/Samhain, Hunter’s Blue Moon, Dias de los Muertos. May this be a time to honor the wisdom we have inherited and to call on your ancestors to support the shifting of consciousness on the planet, specifically in this country. #pleasevote #vote2020 #selflove #selfcare #chiropup

Everyone gets adjusted This was the end to my morning - a beautiful site - family bonding over babes (and the kids’) first adjustment. Thank you for all the laughter today @bfqueen3g1b #healthyfamilies #familybonding #chiropracticforall #resetyourbody #homeschoolscience #pediatricchiropractor #prenatal #postnatal #flowchiropractic #berkeleyflow #lovejust

Just a reminder to love yourself up on this beautiful Saturday! My recipe ::: I just received a massage and am waiting for a vitamin injection at @b12.love before heading to @headwestmarketplace to shop from local craftspeople for my bff’s bday gift. Later hanging with a dear friend outside in the sunshine and beginning my 40 day self love journey with the goddess @soulisticwellness All ways I care for my body and spirit while supporting my own self love and heali...ng. How are you taking care of your self today? Share below #selfcaresaturday #selfcare #selflove #selflovesadhana #healing #fertility #magic #freedom #abundanceflows See more

Celebrate with me! 7 years ago this week I opened my first baby @flowchiropractic in a tiny little office on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley. Today I am fundraising with a raffle for my second baby @lovejust.org_ (Details alllll over both pages but please support us if you can!) ... And, working on my third baby which is yet to be revealed but it’s going to be so so fruitful.... a manifestation of the 7 year itch! Thank you to everyone who has supported me in some way over the last 10 years to get here to this moment. I am in deep appreciation of the faith, trust and gratitude I’ve received through being your chiropractor and witnessing so much healing. My heart is full!! See more

Asking for a friend, friend! No in all realness, I have had clients who refer to the starting point of major emotional stress - anxiety and depression - beginning in 2016. And, I know I will see an uptick in this... and I am not a therapist. As a chiropractor, I address stress on the nervous system and how that affects our physical, emotional and chemical perceptions of the world around us. This election is already affecting us right? So my thinking is how are we - I ...am talking ALL of us - going to take care of ourselves and each other now until after Nov 3? We have self, family and community to consider. When I consider this question for myself I have to watch my thinking and what I am physically doing with my body. My words and thoughts have power so I am working on using them to promote the vision I have for this country - knowing full well the depths of this white supremacy disease and not being delusional about the seriousness of white terrorists or their destructive intentions. My prayers and meditations are for uplifting humanity to the highest good for our planet and future. Being that the work I do is physical, I am spending time in nature and releasing that which doesn't serve me as a way to continue to support @flowchiropractic and @lovejust.org_ clients. I am spiritually preparing and fortifying myself for election week and how I will navigate all the emotions and embodied stress I encounter from others as we work to release stuck energy and pain. I am loving up on my family and community. I am here for you. We got this. It’s ok that its scary right now, its gonna change. Share below your action steps! See more

Black Womxn Deserve MORE than better! The world needs to be right by them. @paola_parsons #blacklivesmatter #justiceforbreonnataylor #justiceforallblacklives

Peanut loves you.... #nationaldogday #peanut #chiropup #berkeleyflow #flowchiropractic

Last year, I welcomed the decade by sitting under waterfalls, drinking rainbows and soaking up Maui’s kindness. This year, I escaped to the City to breathe as fresh air we could find without clogging up roads that might be needed for evacuations from these crazy wildfires. I was supposed to go to Carmel Valley for some rest and beach time. I am so so grateful for this life - still - in these intense and crazy times. 2020, you’re blowing my mind and I am determined to... come out on top, inside out or whatever but always, all ways thriving. Thanks for all the wishes for my new year. 21 plus 20 is off to an interesting start. Please make my birthday wishes come true and donate to Lovejust’s Fund for Black Birthing Parents at tiny.cc/lovejust See more

Rachel from One Generation Camp shared this with me today. Before her and her sons adjustment she said, Are we both getting adjusted today? Because I started my cycle today and I need it. I usually down half a bottle of Advil when I am on my cycle and last time I got adjusted I didn’t need any! This stopped me even though I have heard this before and know that my own body feels better when I’m able to get adjusted on one of the first few days of my own cycle. ... A solo mom that runs a camp for kids, stressed out, navigating work and other folks families during this time NEEDS support. And cutting otc medications during that time of the month when the body says slowwwww down, creates a huge change because her body and liver isn’t under the same chemical load. It allows her to slow down. Big props to all the solo parents, teachers and people putting in so much extra as the school year gets started. #womxnshealth #cyclehealth #periodproblems #cycleday1 #solomoms #singleparents #distancelearning #thankyouteachers #schoolyear2020 #chiropractic #healing #flowchiropractic #berkeleyflow See more

Constantly learning! My mind is blown by some of the info @dr.marciaschaefer is sharing in her @icpa4kids seminar Perinatal Health: Epigenetics and Parental Nutrition. Healthy babies and kids start well before they are conceived. The caterpillar and the butterfly share the same DNA - so its time we start planning for pregnancies the way we plan for weddings!! ... For real though! In my work with so many pregnant folx, we talk about balancing the pelvis, preparing for birth, postpartum and supporting baby after birth. But with my preconception clients, we work on preparing the body for creating the genetic masterpiece that will be that baby. Cellular health is key to healthy genes for conception! In what ways did you prepare for conception? #preconception #prenatalnutrition #preconceptionhealth #positivepreconception #fertilityaffirmations #mindfulfertility #trimesterzero #manifestingmotherhood #fertilityjourney #ttcjourney #ttccovid #ttcsupport #fertilitychiropractor #flowchiropractic

A week old The first adjustment after a birth that sounded more like coercion and manipulation than anything this mother who is a doula and chiropractic student, could have ever imagined. It is an honor to make the subtlest changes in mom and baby’s nervous systems to help clear trauma, to support integration and healing. ... The first adjustment is alchemy, transformation and my wish of a vibrant life filled with hope and dreams for a better world. A world where doctors don’t lie to birthing parents. Our babies deserve a better world. #7daysold #firstadjustment #healingbirthtrauma #healingjourney #betterworld #hospitalbirth #homebirth #berkeleyflow #flowchiropractic See more

Rest Break - It’s rare I see clients all day for a number of reasons: my work life balance is a non compromisable, the physical and energetic labor of the nature of this healing work deserves space for my own body and spirit to recalibrate and my body has told me in so many messages when I have done too much, so now I listen. This season of our lives is intensely new and raw. More and more people are diving deeper into their self care to reduce stress but also find ways to... work through old injuries or discomforts that are really rearing themselves right now with more sitting, less activity and the psychic load of being human during the revolution. So, my rest is essential. Your rest is essential. Peanut agrees! #restwell #chiropractic #chirolove #chiropup #pregnancyselfcare #pregnancychiropractic #berkeleyflow #flowchiropractic

Dearest Clients and Community, Welcome to June! Pride and Summer already?! While the office is open its regular hours now as we continue to shelter in place, we are witnessing the devastating reality of racial profiling and the massive upheaval of structural oppression in the wake of the tragic murders of more Black lives.... As part of an interracial family, I feel incredibly grateful to live and thrive in Oakland and practice in Berkeley, but that doesn’t mean that the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery couldn’t have just as easily happened here. History and racialized violence on Black lives continues to repeat itself across our country and I and my family are just as committed to ending police brutality and supporting Black and Brown lives as we were before. My practice was built to care for the perinatal community in the East Bay and that includes vulnerable communities that haven’t been able to access chiropractic care. In 2018, I started the non-profit Lovejust Community Wellness @lovejust.org_ to further my commitment to communities who traditionally have less access to chiropractic and true health and wellness care. I will continue to serve the BIPOC and LGBTQ communities both in my practice and in the non-profit. As a way of giving back, I have donated to 3 different local Black birth workers who deeply inspire and are dedicated to supporting black birthing people and their babies. @kindredsoulkai @sumistouch @jazzylainebaptiste These funds will go to support their midwifery education, their BIPOC only birth worker trainings and growing their businesses as they fight against systemic racism within the maternal health care sphere. That being said, I understand that dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy isn’t just ONE action or donation - it’s a lifelong commitment to educating ourselves, evolving, and taking action. If you are a white ally and need more resources or would like to know how to support transforming the Black maternal health crisis, please ask! I’m not an expert, but I’m committed to getting us all on the right path in defense of Black lives. If you are Brown, Black or Indigenous, I’m happy to lengthen your time on the table for your body to heal mentally and physically from all the emotional labor you’ve undoubtedly been doing. I see you, I hear you, I support you! Black Lives Matter! Black Mothers Matter! Black Babies Matter! Black Families Matter! Black Joy & Vitality Matters! All my love & solidarity, Dr. Ariel Ps... If you have questions about how Lovejust Community Wellness works to support us or become a client, please dm me.