by Leslie Lytle | May 30, 2017 | Community
Giving birth is only the start. I’ve known this for some time now. In my previous professional “chapters” as a prenatal massage therapist, yoga teacher, and doula, daily interactions with my clients and students afforded me insight into the needs of RVA’s prenatal...
by Leslie Lytle | Jun 7, 2016 | Five Questions, Perinatal Mental Health
What drew you to the field you’re in? While I was in graduate school for social work, I took a clinical class with Dr. Sarah Kye-Price. I learned so much about women’s health in that class. It was amazing to me the depth that comprises “women’s health,” and how...
by Leslie Lytle | Apr 26, 2016 | Community, Five Questions
As part of our strategic focus on sistering with other organizations, we are partnering Capital Diaper Bank to spearhead a diaper drive at Nurture’s Birth & Baby Fair on May 7. Capital Diaper Bank provided more than 1.5 million diapers and served over 7,000...
by Leslie Lytle | Feb 29, 2016 | Community, Nonprofit Development
Thirteen years ago, during a renovation of our nearly 100-year-old home, my husband, a long-time general contractor, called me to the basement to show me something he’d uncovered during demolition. He pointed to a length of wood – a joist – that was a...
by Leslie Lytle | Nov 5, 2015 | Community, First Person, Nonprofit Development
I started teaching prenatal yoga 15 years ago, before it was a “thing.” Having worked with pregnant women as a massage therapist and a doula, I was able to integrate some pregnancy-related information into my classes. But I was so focused on poses that most of this...
