From synthetic food and hormones, talk of artificial wombs, the shrinking human skeleton, and millions of babies born in an environment void of natural oxytocin… birth seems to be at risk of being hijacked at every turn. Physiological birth is absolutely about autonomy and respecting the natural unfolding of birth, but it also ensures our Read more about Stay Human[…]
Traditional foods not only increase your chances of conceiving and having a healthy, symptom free pregnancy, they lay down the foundation for a healthy menopause. The bridges we cross during our rites-of-passage are largely influenced by the quality of food we are eating, and greatly affect the experience of these transitions. Our bodies speak to Read more about Feasting our Rites-of-Passage[…]
“Under the watchful eye of grandmothers and midwives, special foods and preparations proved themselves effective at creating children who could learn faster and grow stronger that the generation before. Children who, naturally, would grow to become parents themselves, able to form their own sets of observations and conclusions about the way the world works and Read more about Leaving a Legacy of Generational Health[…]
Few of us can look at the state of the world and not feel despair. The breakdown of the family unit sets up the breakdown of a firm system of values, including caretaking. And when families no longer take care of their own, other social structures must fill the gap. Joseph Chilton Pearce, in Evolution’s Read more about Nurturing through Nourishment[…]
You will walk away from this 8 week mentorship program with the tools and resources to completely transform and expand your birth services. You’ll develop the confidence to work with herbs, traditional foods and holistic remedies to support mothers throughout the childbearing continuum. You’ll get: – 8 weeks of coaching, mentoring, and teachings – Access Read more about Traditional Foods + Herbal Medicine for Birth Workers[…]
Our bodies are constantly communicating to us what they need. Through hunger, thirst, and elimination, just to mention a few. But for some reason, when it comes to birthing babies, many have a distrust of our bodies and their capabilities. Why would that be? Why can I trust that when my stomach is growling I Read more about Cultivating TRUST and listening to the language of our bodies[…]
So many women tell me how they wish they would’ve known about the art of traditional postpartum care when they were having babies. There is grief around the not having. There is shame around the not knowing. There is a longing to have a do-over. There often feels like there are loose ends that need Read more about Opening timelines for postpartum healing[…]
Did you use your voice in labour? Have you ever thought about the connection between the throat and the cervix? Some musings…. Physiological labour and birth is designed for women to experience a hormonal cocktail that enables the veils to thin, waters to break and internal doors within the body to open so we can Read more about The power of speaking up in labour and birth[…]
What is communicated to me without words when I enter the space of a new mother? Do you see me in all of my divinity? Can you hold me in the vastness of what I have just been through? Can I trust you to walk with me and help guide me through this delicate landscape? Read more about New Paradigm of Postpartum[…]
Women’s healing arts have been around for thousands of years. It is a cross-cultural common thread that knits our human family together, and despite what the popular culture would have us believe, we have much in common with one another. Our foremothers knew the value in tending to the new mother because she was the Read more about Women’s Healing Arts[…]