Danica Todd

Massage and Bodywork

Phone:

843-826-0660

Address:

Freyja Charleston

18 Leinbach Drive

Suite c

Charleston, SC 29407

A Bit About Me

As a mother of three children, I love to spend time playing and learning with my family. My personal journey as a mother started with my daughter Dharma’s water birth in a hospital in Atlanta (2005), followed by the births of my son, Macey, (2012) and my daughter, Harper, (2014) at Charleston Birth Place.

My calling to serve started in 2002 when I started massage school, growing and transitioning deeper into fertility and birth work since 2007. I have worked within the parameters of the childbearing year as a Certified Nurturing the Mother massage therapist since 2007 focusing my massage career in fertility, prenatal, birth prep, labor, and postpartum massage.

Continuing my transformation, I added yoga, pilates, and doula education to my resume between 2007 and 2013. My largest investment and training to date is incorporating the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® into every aspect of my services, as I transform from practitioner to assistant teacher trainer in 2018.

Finding the right provider for your family is hard, being told you need to search out another provider to cover the gaps in eduction is frustrating. When you decide to work with me towards your wellness goals you are not only hiring me for your time, you are hiring over 23 years of experience and $30,000 in education to ensure you receive the most comprehensive services possible, and collaboration with top professionals in their fields.

Work Experience

Massage Experience

Doula Experience

Movement Experience

Core Awareness

Stalking Wild Psoas/2022

Psoas During Pregnancy/2020

Applications Course/2020

Basic Psoas Workshop/ 2019

Spirit of Learning/ 2019

Spinning Babies Aware Practitioner Training/2018

Spinning Babies (7 CEU*)
Touch of Integral Birth (34 CEU*)

THE ARVIGO TECHNIQUES OF MAYA ABDOMINAL THERAPY®; Advanced Clinical Certification/2017

Female Pelvic Floor Training for Birth and Wellness Practitioners/2017

THE ARVIGO TECHNIQUES OF MAYA ABDOMINAL THERAPY®; Advanced Pregnancy/2016

THE ARVIGO TECHNIQUES OF MAYA ABDOMINAL THERAPY® Level Two/2016

THE ARVIGO TECHNIQUES OF MAYA ABDOMINAL THERAPY® Level One/2016

Baby’s First Massage/2014

Nurturing The Mother Fertility Specialist/2012

The Institute for Temporomanibular Studies/2011

Nurturing The Mother (Prenatal, Labor & Postnatal with a basic training in Fertility)/2007

The Upledger Institute, INC/2003

National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage/2002

Atlanta School of Massage 4.0/2002

Spinning Babies

Spinning Babies One Day (7 CEU*) 2017/2018/2020
Touch of Integral Birth/Aware Practitioner Training/2018 (34 CEU*)

Carolina Birth Junkies Conference/2017

Dr. David Hayes “Group B Strep” (1.5 CEU*)
VBAC Panel Discussion with Dr. Hayes, Marcia Ensminger, MSN, CNM, Jennifer Lucas O’Briant, CPM, LM and parents Stephanie and Joshua Flowers
Jennifer Moss Corbin “Breastfeeding Facts and Fiction” (1 CEU*)
Case Studies facilitated by Christine Strothers, CPM (1.5 CEU*)
Shelby Lewis and DeNae Means of Safe Passage “Domestic Violence and the Childbearing Family” lecture and walk through simulation- what a victim of domestic violence might experience with Safe Passage (2 CEU*)
Lori Barklage “Trauma Healing for Clients and Birth Workers” (1.5 CEU*)
Amy and John Medwin “Making Love Last” (couples welcome) (1.5 CEU*)

Spinning Babies/2017

Female Pelvic Floor Training for Birth and Wellness Practioners/2017

Microbirth: microbiome and epigenetics in pregnancy, birth, and infancy/ 2017

Breastfeeding Structure and Function: What, Why and the Long Term, IBCLC CERP/2016

Breastfeeding Structure and Function: The Balancing Act, Evaluating Infants for an Interruption of Balance IBCLC CERP/2016

Counseling LGTBQ Couples with Jaye Simpson /2016

Waterbirth Workshop with Waterbirth International/2014

Rebozo, the Gina Kirby Method/2014

Mother Friendly Childbirth Workshop with Ina May Gaskin and Henci Goer/2014

HypnoBirthing Prep Class/2013

Heartfelt Childbirth Prep Class/2013

Birthing From Within/2005 & 2012

Homeopathy for the Childbearing Continuum/2013

Nurturing The Mother/2007

The Matrona/2013

MELT Method

Hand and Foot/ 2021

Level 1/2021

Core Awareness

Stalking Wild Psoas/2022

Psoas During Pregnancy (online)/2020

Applications Course/2020

Basic Psoas Workshop/ 2019

Yoga Certifications

Yoga of India 200RYT/ 2009

Expert Rating/ 2007

Pilates Training

Equivalent of two certifications via apprenticeship 550 hours/ 2010