The Sacred Window | Traditional Postpartum Healing and Doula Offerings
My unique offerings in the service of new motherhood are a call back to the sacred at this most profound and vulnerable time of a woman’s life. It is my hope to help restore the 40-day cycle of the sacred window, inspired by the ancient healing art of Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the healing science of Yoga that uses food as medicine, herbs, gem stone therapy, essential oils, and self-oil massage, along side many other practices, to promote the health and harmony of the whole being. Through this approach it is understood that it is necessary for the new mother to be tended to as she observes an extended rest period where she has the opportunity to restore her vital essence or “Ojas”. This understanding of an extended rest period is observed in indigenous cultures around the world. In our western culture, this postpartum period is often not honored or protected, causing an incredible strain on the new mother, and on the newborn baby as a result.
In my postpartum care offerings, we will meet prior to the birth of your baby, to create a plan of deep nourishment and recovery. My offerings draw from Ayurveda, as well as other indigenous traditional postpartum healing practices including yoni steaming (practiced in over 50 indigenous cultures around the world as a healing modality for women) and East Asian herbal compresses. After the birth of the baby, I come to assist the mother and newborn in this powerful transition. These visits focus specifically on the health and well-being of the mother-baby ecosystem, and include guidance with belly wrapping, yoni-steaming, and safe herbal tonics for womb health. After the new mother is cleared for movement, I guide her in a deeply rejuvenating and restorative healing session dedicated to the care of body and soul.
The 40-day cycle is sealed with a Closing of the Bones Ceremony passed down from indigenous Mexican midwives, helping to bring the new mother towards an integration of her experiences of birth and the immediate postpartum period.
There is the option of adding on additional visits and movement healing sessions, as the new mother needs.
The package also includes informational support on breastfeeding and basic newborn care, herbal infusions and support, an optional Ayurvedic vegetarian Kitchari meal starter package, and general support throughout the 40 day postpartum period.
I also offer a referral list of practitioners, including Lactation Consultants, Cranio-Sacral and Massage Therapists, Osteopaths, Naturopaths and Herbalists, Mental Health Professionals, Diastasis Recti and Pelvic Floor Specialists, along side a library of book suggestions.
Honor and protect this most precious, powerful, and sacred time in a woman’s life. When we take care of the mother, we take care of the baby, and the newborn family as well.
Please inquire for pricing of packages and further details.
