Kyoko Uchida's mindfulness lecture for expectant mothers - hosted by Baby Shower Japan, Japan's premier provider of authentic baby shower and childcare seminar events - will also be held.
- The following is content from the press release -
Baby Shower Japan Incorporated Association (Location: Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Maasa Ikegami) http://www.babyshower.jp/ (hereinafter referred to as "BABYSHOWER JAPAN") will open a community-type "parents' class" "BABYSHOWER JAPAN Childbirth Class" (hereinafter referred to as "BCC") in January 2024, where parents before and after childbirth can solve their problems related to childbirth and childcare. BCC", a community-type "parents' class" where parents can resolve their concerns about childbirth and childcare before and after childbirth.
BCC" is an online community where parents with various questions and concerns can gather to learn from professionals about health care for mothers and children during childbirth, childcare knowledge for a smooth return to work after childbirth, and other topics. This is an online community-type parents' class where parents can learn from professionals and get to know other community members.
The monthly seminar lasts approximately one and a half hours in total. The first half of the seminar consists of a 40-minute presentation by a different professional each month, and the second half consists of 20 minutes of free time for socializing, interspersed with live commercials by MCs introducing the services and products of sponsor companies, and corporate promotion time with giveaways of childcare goods and corporate coupons. We are still accepting sponsorship applications for 2024.
Each seminar is held for 20 to 40 participants, depending on the content. Seminar content varies each month, and participants are free to attend any seminar that interests them, with seminar variations available for both mothers and fathers.
Free social time will be held in small rooms of 10 people each, allowing participants to make friends within the community. During the childbirth and child-rearing period, which tends to be a lonely time, this is also a time to discuss your daily questions and concerns with the community members and senior mothers who will be facilitating the event.
Thoughts on the Founding of the BCC
Comparing the number of dual-earner and full-time housewife households, there was not much difference between the two in the 2000s, but today there are overwhelmingly more dual-earner households. Meanwhile, the birthrate is declining faster than expected. It is not difficult to imagine that one of the reasons for this is the difficulty in balancing work and child rearing.
In the United States, which has a relatively high fertility rate among developed countries, about 50% of households are dual-earner households, while in Japan, about 68% of households are dual-earner (and about 40% of households have children). The Gender Gap Index, which has become a hot topic in recent years, shows that among the G7 (seven major countries), Germany (6th), the UK (15th), Canada (30th), France (40th), the US (43rd), and Italy (79th) follow, with Japan (125th) at the bottom. In Asia, the Philippines (16th), Singapore (49th), Vietnam (72nd), and Thailand (74th) are in the upper to middle ranks, while Japan is also below Korea (105th) and China (107th).
(Source: Gender Equality Bureau)
It is not easy to solve the two problems at the same time, but it is important to improve the literacy and awareness of mothers themselves, their partners and other family members who are physically limited by childbirth, as well as of all organizations that employ women who give birth and raise children. There is no doubt that the importance of raising literacy and awareness in creating a childcare environment is critical.
The BCC will not only share and practice the latest knowledge on how to raise children with peace of mind, but also resolve misunderstandings and misconceptions about the physical burden on mothers before and after childbirth, and dispel the pain of adherence to breast milk and homemade weaning food. The classes will be developed with the involvement of childbearing mothers and the companies where they work, in order to transform the society into one in which women can "live their own lives even after giving birth and raising children with peace of mind.
Full range of seminar content and lecturers
BCC will provide online content that will be a source of childcare literacy and awareness. In addition to professional lecturers, BCC plans to offer seminars that will feature human resource managers from various companies, who will provide consultation on a smooth return to the workplace. We will offer a full program that cannot be fully catered for by local government or obstetrics and gynecology parent classes.
We will also target parents who are eager to return to work after childbirth, so please contact us for customized seminars that can be attended on a corporate basis.
We will create a community that will be supported by many participants and sponsors.
Lecturers for January-April (Confirmed lecturers only. More will be added as they become available.)
Mindfulness Yoga for Pregnant Women / Kyoko Uchida
Born in Dusseldorf, Germany. Raised in Chicago and Yokohama, U.S.A. After graduating from Keio University's Faculty of Commerce, she joined Fuji Television Network's announcing department. After retiring, she studied psychology, which she had been interested in for a long time, and came across mindfulness. Currently, she is a MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) teacher in training at IMA (Institute for MindfulnessBased Approaches), the oldest mindfulness center in Europe, and an IMC certified Mindfulness Completed the U.Mass Memorial Healthy Center MBSR 8 week program, completed the Stanford Medicine Parenting Center Mindfulness Parenting 8 week program, completed the David Treasure Yoga Teacher Training Program, completed the IMC Certified Mindfulness-Based Compassion Yoga teacher training program. Completed the Trauma Sensitively Mindfulness program with David Treleaven.
Lecture on safe bedding and bedtime care / Aya Aiwa
Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Letters, majoring in Education. After working for a foreign-affiliated company, she moved her base to New York, U.S.A. upon her marriage and became the first Japanese to be certified by IPHI (International certification) in the U.S. in 2014. She is the author of "Mama to Babies no Gurusuri Hon" (Kodansha), "Manga de Yomigaeru Gurusuri Sleep Babies' Sleeping Methods" (Shufu no Tomo Sha), and "Mama ni Iitokoto Daizen" (Shufu no Tomo Sha, supervisor). She is the Japan representative of IPHI and the president of Sleeping Smart Japan, Inc. Currently, while raising two boys, she is active in a wide range of activities, including lecturing at companies and events, and consulting with childcare providers who are concerned about their children's sleep. She also teaches an online sleep consultant certification course for pregnant women and infants in partnership with IPHI.
The reality of older childbirth (first birth over 35 and over 40) and what you should prepare for / Aki Fujiwara
Angel's Egg," a women's health medical research group
Representative Director, Tenshi no Tamago Co.
Representative Director, Caliness Co.
President, Association for Women's Health and Medical Research, Inc.
Qualifications: Doctor of Medicine, Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapist, Anma Massage Shiatsu Therapist, Aromatherapist
Affiliation] Acupuncture and moxibustion massage salon "Tenshi no Tamago" for women who become mothers.
Division of Biological Control, Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine
Japan Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association
She started her own business shortly after giving birth to her first child in 2005. She opened "Tenshi no Tamago," a treatment center specializing in pregnant women, in Ginza, Tokyo.
She became pregnant and gave birth after 15 years of infertility treatment after turning 40. Then, at the age of 44, she conceived and gave birth to her third child naturally. She is the mother of three children. Based on her own experience and joint research with a university medical school, she provides total support for women's health and beauty during pregnancy and postpartum period with her unique method that takes into consideration the mentality of expectant and nursing mothers. She currently operates salons specializing in maternity care in the Tokyo metropolitan area as well as in Japan and overseas. In addition to her clinical practice as a leading expert in maternity care, she is also active in academic research and lecturing, planning, developing, and marketing products for pregnant women and children, and appearing on TV, in magazines, and in other media.
Currently, she and her husband, an obstetrician, have launched the Maternity Carer Promotion Project to educate society to better understand pregnant women.
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Illustrator, comic essay writer, and cartoonist living in Sendai. Her husband is a househusband. Her best-known works include "Is a Scolding Parent Disqualified?" and "Is Cooking a Wife's Job? Is Cooking a Wife's Job? (KADOKAWA), and other works that rethink family relationships, as well as "Starting from Zero: A Super Introduction to Manga Stocks" and "Zero to Start! Manga Kabushiki Cho Nyumon" and "Zero Kara Hajimete Aru! Manga FX Cho Nyumon" (Seitosha), a practical book on asset management, "Small Disaster Prevention Ideas 40 Learned from a Disaster-Stricken Mom" (Gakken Plus), "Manga de Wakaru Bosai no Torisetsu" (Mynavi Publishing), and other books related to disaster prevention based on his experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake when his first son was 1 year and 7 months old. Certified Disaster Prevention Specialist in 2016. She conducts nationwide seminars on disaster prevention and parenting based on her published books.
Saori Ikegami
Representative Director, Japan Soy Food Meister Association
Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Daily Stock Action
He holds lectures and seminars on food and health through soy food, which is not limited to Japanese cuisine, and also engages in a wide range of soy-related activities, such as product development.
In 2018, he founded the Daily Stock Action Executive Committee. Since household food stockpiling is important in a disaster-prone country, the committee educates the public about rolling stocks that can easily permeate daily life with the aim of increasing stockpiling rates.
