health & wellness Links

The following is a list of selected links which you might find useful. The information focuses on overall health, pregnancy, children and infants, and exercise. We hope you find these links useful.

Pregnancy / Birth:

International Cesarean Awareness Network: The Central Iowa Chapter of ICAN
Holistic Moms Network: A non-profit organization connecting parents who are interested in holistic health and green living.
Des Moines Area Doulas: A local support and networking group for Labor Doulas, Postpartum Doulas, and other types of Birthworkers in the Central Iowa.
Friends of Iowa Midwives: A dedicated group of individuals and families working to ensure that Iowans have access to home birth as one of many safe childbirth options

Children / Babies:

The Stork Wearhouse: Des Moines area store specializing in modern cloth diapers, baby carriers, and other natural parenting products.
Attachment Parenting: A non profit whos mission is to educate and support all parents in raising secure, joyful and empathic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world.
Diaper DuDee Diaper Service: Iowa cloth diaper service.

Wellness for Kids:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: BAM! Body and mind education for kids.
International Chiropractic Pediatric Association: Educational information on pediatric chiropractic.
Kids Health: The #1 most-visited website for children's health and development.

Extremity Adjusting:

Council on Extremity Adjusting: Information on extremity adjusting.

Take Control of Your Health:

Natural Living Des Moines: Guide to living naturally in Des Moines
Campbell's Nutrition: Source for supplements and local, organic food in Des Moines
Mercola: Natural health educational information and articles.

Yoga:

The Family Tree: Yoga studio offering massage, yoga and Reiki along with family and childrens activities and special events. Located at 3817 Ingersoll Ave. Des Moines

Gyms:

Gold's Gym
Aspen Athletic

We assume no responsibility for the content, claims, representations, or accuracy of the material contained in the sites to which we have linked. Any information derived from linked sites is for informational use only and it does not constitute any form of diagnosis or recommended treatment.