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...
by Leslie Lytle | Sep 14, 2015 | Birth, Breastfeeding, Community, Nonprofit Development, Postpartum, Pregnancy
When I speak with pregnant or postpartum women about Nurture’s goal of opening a nonprofit resource center to support RVA’s childbearing families, they typically nod their heads in agreement saying “Oh yeah!” Their relief at the idea of a “home of their own” is...
by Leslie Lytle | Nov 8, 2013 | Community, Nonprofit Development, Professional Development, Uncategorized
As I looked around the room, the Garden Hall, at Maymont on that afternoon of October 18, I saw a piece of what I had hoped to see in those early days of envisioning the work of Richmond’s Maternity Resource Center. Back in late 2011 when a few of us met at...
by Leslie Lytle | Sep 12, 2013 | Community
Now that the fall season has arrived, the folks at Nurture are putting our shoulders into the work necessary to reach our goal of creating a nonprofit maternity resource center. It takes a lot of effort to get your wheels turning when you’re at the start...