Body Work

Birth preparation and optimal positioning bodywork with midwife and Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Marissa Giannake. Marissa has been studying and using Spinning Babies® techniques with women since 2018 and became a Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner in 2025 under the guidance of Jenny Blyth and Claire Eccleston.

These bodywork sessions are different from Marissa’s prenatal massage appointments. Treatments are collaborative with the client and use oil-free bodywork techniques to acknowledge the body’s tendencies and to work with the fascia to encourage softening and balance. This in turn can create space within the pelvis to support better positioning or engagement of baby for birth, and to prepare the body for labour. Working in this way is also soothing for the nervous system and can be very relaxing.

Body work is Ideal for women planning a VBAC, post-dates pregnancies, and breech, transverse or posterior babies.