The Doula Studio

12/10/2025

The Doula Studio

Thank you, Mr. President. We’re on it.

12/08/2025

It’s been a busy year and we’re finally slowing down to celebrate Nature’s bounty, winter and all of this year’s joys and accomplishments! Social media is not where I want to be, so… until I have an announcement about the next Blissborn childbirth ed series and yoga updates… here’s some photos of what our Thanksgiving (and my birth day) looked like! I hope you celebrated with a heart full of gratitude! OMamaZen Karen Falconer McEwan

Also, I’m booking births for spring already!

12/08/2025

111! Our WILD & SACRED WOMEN’S RETREAT was a huge success, memorable and magical!

12/08/2025

Thank you for supporting the cause and spreading awareness!

10/29/2025

Thank you for your votes!!! “Unearth a Cure with The Mother!” Your support is showing—you all bumped our bra ( # 38) up to 10th place!!! We still have two more days to keep it in the top ten! 2 days left to vote! (Ends October 31st)

Every dollar = a vote! The top ten will be auctioned off at first Friday downtown Brunswick Nov 7th!

Please share and vote for #38 “Unearth a Cure with the Mother” to keep it in the top 10–spreading awareness and educating!

Thank you!

See stories for a link to vote or try the QR code on image.

Vote here (for #38) 2025 ARTrageous Bra Entries – SGHS Foundation

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10/26/2025

https://wearethefoundation.org/2025-artrageous-bra-entries/

Thank you for voting for #38! Our bra recently placed in 11th place! We need to be in the top ten to make it to the live auction! We can do it! Please share and repost! Thank you for spreadig awareness and supporting a good cause in our community!

10/26/2025

One more week to VOTE!

https://wearethefoundation.org/2025-artrageous-bra-entries/

Thank you for voting for #38! Our bra recently placed in 11th place! We need to be in the top ten to make it to the live auction! We can do it! Please share and repost! Thank you for spreadig awareness and supporting a good cause in our community! April Patricia McEwan Port City Births

2025 ARTRAGEOUS BRA ENTRIES Bras will be on display at Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden Campus. Vote for $1 at either campus, or vote online below from now until October 31, 202…

10/04/2025

Are you pregnant and interested in learning about Blissborn, a childbirth education class designed to teach you how to use hypnosis oaks for birth and beyond!? Tomorrow we are offering a donation-based introductory workshop to Blissborn!

Join us for a childbirth education class, Blissborn® with April McEwan, a certified Blissborn® Birth Hypnosis Educator.

Donation-based Intro to Blissborn® class is October 5th, Sunday, 11-12:15pm (register for the 75-minute workshop here: https://balancebwk.com/classes/)

This workshop is not part of the 5-week Blissborn® course. It is an introduction for our upcoming series.

This workshop is an introduction to Blissborn® for you to see what it’s all about as you practice self-hypnosis, a similar experience to meditation—like with meditation, theta brain waves are active in the state of hypnosis. Research shows that hypnosis for birth reduces stress for the mother, partner and baby. Hypnosis brings the body back to a peaceful, resting state called homeostasis and releases endorphins, your natural painkillers.

10/02/2025

This retreat is booked full, but you can join our retreat mailing list! http://eepurl.com/hIXkdf

Hello ladies,

I am stoked about our upcoming retreat on Cumberland Island. What are you most excited about? The remote experience, the yoga, having the beach all to yourself, your first forest bathing experience in the maritime forest, sighting the Orange-crowned Warbler, watching the wild horses roam, Mimi’s delicious healthy meals, a natural history tour with our guide from 100 miles, connecting with the land, each other…?

Embody the Sacred Feminine

August newsletter Wild & Sacred Women’s Retreat

https://mailchi.mp/de5962f7df67/what-are-you-most-excited-about-for-our-upcoming-womens-retreat-here-is-the-august-update-for-wild-sacred-womens-retreat-balance-due-august-15th

10/02/2025

“Unearth the cure with the Mother”

Please vote for our bra! Each bra has its own pay tab. $1 per vote!

Our bra’s foundation consists of cut and papier-mâché articles: “Ecstatic Birth— Nature’s Hormonal Blueprint for Labour” by Dr. Sarah J Buckley, and Women’s Experience of Birth: Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Rachel Reed, Margaret Barnes, and Jennifer Rowe, that I share during my childbirth education course (Blissborn) as well as other research articles that support breastfeeding— it can reduce the risk of breast cancer!

These papers were literally molded to my original belly cast from my pregnancy 12 years ago. This informative bodice is delicately embellished in mother nature’s gifts by way of dried flowers and moss, shells, and acorns.

Can you find the QR code?

See the fantastic bras so many creative locals submitted for this breast cancer fundraiser and vote here: https://wearethefoundation.org/2025-artrageous-bra-entries/

The live auction will take place downtown Brunswick on November 7th, at first Friday!

Thank you for your support.
Share. Research. Educate. Support.

Love, April
Your local birth doula, Blissborn childbirth educator, perinatal yoga teacher and soon-to-be waterbirth expert

2025 ARTRAGEOUS BRA ENTRIES Bras will be on display at Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden Campus. Vote for $1 at either campus, or vote online below from now until October 31, 202…

09/27/2025

Register  for Prenatal Yoga, 8-week chakra series starting this Saturday.

Root/Muladhara chakra affirmation: “My body is important to me. I nurture it daily.”



https://balancebwk.com/classes/class-descriptions/

09/25/2025

Last month we met on the beach to discuss yoga philosophy, beginning with “The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice,” by Deborah Adele. We are meeting to discuss the first chapter, the first Yama, Ahimsa or compassion. This book shows us how to embody yoga. We meet monthly to discuss, share, build community and for accountability as well.

“Hear each other into being. ” – Nelle Morton

Message me to get the updates via our newsletter.

Sunday Dates, 2025:

SEPT 28

OCT 26

NOV 30

DEC 28

What to Bring:
o sun care (hat, shade, etc.)
o water
o snacks
o towel
o chairs/blankets for your crew
o your journal
o the book we are reading
o utensils
o a friend, family
o entertainment for children

“Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another
person. ”
– Rachel Naomi Remen