birth in power: childbirth ed. for the modern parent

Returning Sovereign Birth to Families

Nest, Rest, & Manifest: Preparing for a Nurtured Postpartum

Miraculous Mothercare for the Benefit of All

mothercare consult

Postpartum Wisdom for Women in Need

MOTHERING TRUE MENTORSHIP

A Guided Exploration of the Mother Within

PRAYERFUL POSTPARTUM sessions

A Devotional Practice for New Mothers

BIRTH STORYKEEPING

Artistic Remembrances of Birth in the Form of a Family Heirloom

bespoke blessings

Tell Me Your Story, And I’ll Write You a Prayer

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The eight-session Birth In Power private class series will reveal to you the childbearing continuum as it has evolved over the past few hundred years to modern day - from birthing alone in our own homes to birthing in hospitals in front of entire medical teams to home again. The series explores the basics of birth and postpartum recovery, and the many ways in which these experiences can unfold for modern day mothers. Natural, undisturbed, physiologic birth is emphasized as the ideal foundational birth scenario, and the truth about how and why giving birth in a hospital (or with licensed midwives) by default is NOT exactly conducive to a safe and healthy birth experience will be explored.

If you are drawn to birthing at home or outside of the system, and want to learn the truth about birth and postpartum expansion, or if you would like to be able to support the birthing families in your life with a deeper understanding of what the physiological birthing process looks like when left undisturbed, this is the right class for you.

A mother who was born by cesarean, I personally received both OBGYN and midwifery care when pregnant with my own children; and I have birthed in the hospital and at home both with medical attendants and without, both with an epidural and without. I have attended hospital, cesarean, birth center, and midwife-supported home births as a birth doula, and I have mentored freebirthing mothers as to how to prepare for their sovereign birth at home.

When it comes to the postpartum realm, I’ve had three unique experiences myself (both with and without doula and family support, and also on lockdown in 2020), and I have supported a variety of families in their own homes while highlighting their innate parenting wisdom.

In addition to birthing and mothering three living children, I have experienced two losses and the recoveries thereafter. As a result of all of the above, I have been blessed with the ability to both see and feel birth and motherhood from a variety of different perspectives. This makes me an excellent guide in regard to the realities of birth and postpartum versus the mistruths and cultural misunderstandings of these life experiences, which will help you in deciding where and how you wish to birth your baby.

Birth matters, and the experience of bringing forth life is truly sacred. I am here to shine a light on this truth for mothers and all who love and wish to support them during the childbearing years.

together, we will explore:

• Birth as a rite of passage and altered state of consciousness

• Nature’s blueprint for natural, physiologic birth to unfold perfectly for both mother and baby

• What is required for physiologic birth to occur in today’s modern settings

• The current state of birth in our culture, and in comparison to other cultures

• The history of birth

• Licensed, traditional, and radical midwifery care options

• Self-guided and mother-centered prenatal care and birthing options

• Engaging with the power of labor and birth as opposed to avoiding this power or engaging with excessive fear

• Moving through fear and into trust via meditation, prayer, and manifestation

• Prenatal and postpartum nutrition

• Bodywork and its role in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery

• The spiritual aspects of creating, birthing and sustaining the life of another

• Traditional postpartum healing modalities, including womb steaming and the practice of taking 40+ days to rest after the birth of your baby

• Physiologic baby care wisdom

• Honoring the impact of your baby’s journey from water to land

• Breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, and holistic formula options (including homemade)

• Co-sleeping, bedsharing, and breastsleeping

• Home study materials and deep dive recommendations (podcasts, documentaries, books, websites, etc.) for further exploration

• Support with the setting of your birth, postpartum, and motherhood intentions

• Creativity and journaling prompts that we can reflect on together, if desired
  
  

SERIES PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE:

• 16 hours of mentorship in the form of eight two-hour class sessions, as well as home study opportunities to dive deeper into the topics we cover in class

• A personalized learning experience

• Knowledge as to how best prepare for a sovereign birth and postpartum experience regardless of where you are choosing to birth

• The opportunity to set birthing and parenting intentions in a safe and sacred container

THIS SERIES IS INTENDED FOR:

• Expecting mothers and fathers

• Pre-conception mothers- and fathers-to-be

• Aspiring doulas, midwives, and birthkeepers

• Friends and family members who will be witnessing a loved one’s birth

• Any woman who seeks a deeper understanding of the childbearing continuum, whether or not she plans to have children of her own

• Families who believe that birth is a natural process that women were designed to feel fully in the interest of personal growth and expanding into the role of matriarch

gratitude exchange

$500 per pair suggested
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.

These are private sessions (group or individual), so dates, times, and location are TBD based on our collective scheduling needs. Both in-person and virtual sessions are available.

This private class series focuses on the five essentials of postpartum care in addition to spiritual and mental wellness during the postpartum time. The five essentials are found throughout the world’s ancient postpartum traditions and are deeply rooted in women’s physiologic and psychologic needs postpartum, which remain unchanged despite shifts in societal behavior. Honoring these five essentials, as well as a mother’s spiritual life, inevitability helps to facilitate physiologic baby care and an intuitive bond between both members of the mamababy dyad.

These Five Essentials of Mother-Centered Postpartum Care for Family Wellness are:

• An extended resting period. An extended resting period in the postpartum time safeguards women’s long-term pelvic health and hormonal health. The natural rhythm of Earth and of Life is that there is a period of growth and a period of rest. Pregnancy represents the period of growth, while postpartum represents the period of rest.

• Warm in temperature, warm in nature, easy to digest, nutrient dense food. Our digestive system is profoundly altered through pregnancy and birth. Warm in temperature, warm in nature, easy to digest, nutrient dense foods in the postpartum time support the long-term health of the digestive system. As women, we grow humans inside our bodies through gestation and outside our bodies through lactation. Eating the right foods helps us to grow life without depleting ourselves.

• Bodywork. Because we are resting in the postpartum time, it is bodywork that facilitates healing through the movement of blood and lymph. Bodywork elicits our relaxation response, allows our nervous system to down-regulate and boosts our immunity. Nature’s Law is based on reciprocity. Bodywork gives to mothers so that mothers can give freely to their babies.

• Warmth. In birth and the postpartum period, we lose a large amount of blood. Breastmilk is made from the same substrate as blood. Mothers are babies’ primary heaters until babies are between 5-9 months of age, when they can regulate their own temperature. Warmth in the postpartum time facilitates the production of oxytocin. Oxytocin facilitates milk production. Warmth causes our tissues to expand, which facilitates the moving of blood and lymph, which facilitates healing.

• Community. The above four essentials of postpartum care are pillars, and these pillars require a strong foundation so they can stand up straight and strong. This foundation in the postpartum time is community. “Community” means people that a mother feels good and safe with, and that will be with her on a daily basis in the postpartum period. When mothers feel good and safe, they are able to give up their hyper-vigilance. This allows the nervous system to down-regulate, which allows the body‘s energy in the postpartum time to go into healing, bonding, and attachment.

“Innate Traditions Postpartum Care works from the foundational understanding that: maternal health is foundational to society’s health. When mothers are healthy and well, families are healthy and well. When families are healthy and well, communities are healthy and well – and this concentric ring of wellness continues to move outward to encompass the whole of the Earth. In optimally taking care of the mothers, we are taking care of the future generations.”

series participants will receive:

• Essential postpartum education that is comprised of time-tested postpartum wisdom interwoven with modern science in support of women’s long-term health and vitality

• Physiologic baby care and breastfeeding wisdom

• 16 hours of mentorship in the form of eight two-hour class sessions, as well as home study opportunities to dive deeper into the topics we cover in class

• Compilations of my own personal favorite resources - including local health care providers, favorite postpartum recipes, baby gear recommendations, books, documentaries, podcasts, and more

• Truthful information, helping to lead families in the right direction for an optimal postpartum period in the name of creating a solid foundation for thriving family systems

• Insights regarding the importance of reducing/eliminating social media during the postpartum time, and replacing it with mindful, meditative, and prayerful practices that will support mother’s mental health and spiritual well being

• The opportunity for families to create postpartum care plans tailored to their own individual needs

• The creation and/or fortification of community
  
  

THIS series IS INTENDED FOR:

This series was designed for mothers, families, and their support people to take and complete before they reach 35 weeks gestation, allowing ample time to create a postpartum plan and create or fortify her community support before her birthing window opens.

Fathers/partners/friends/family who will be supporting mother through and after birth are strongly encouraged attend this class series with her. It is essential that mothers are not the only ones receiving this postpartum care education; those who love mothers must receive it and implement it too.

gratitude exchange

$500 per pair suggested
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.

These are private sessions (group or individual), so dates, times, and location are TBD based on our collective scheduling needs. Both in-person and virtual sessions are available.

Every so often during the postpartum time, motherhood feels like a crisis. Perhaps breastfeeding has become a challenge, or your baby simply cannot be settled. Or, maybe you didn’t think you’d need as much help as you do, and you would like support in calling on your village ASAP.

Mothercare Consults are a perfect antidote to this type of overwhelm. Allow me to co-regulate with you and your baby while I offer suggestions, solutions, local resources, personal care recommendations, and more from my open heart. I have a wealth of both personal and professional experience in the postpartum realm, and it is always a joy for me to be able to share my knowledge with other mothers (and those who love them).

Similar to my Mothering True Mentorship offering, these sessions are held in the style of “ask me anything.” We can talk about anything and everything that you need, as often as you need, until you feel more confident about your current circumstances. Topics we can dive into include baby’s sleep habits, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding, physical healing, hormonal ups and downs, nutrition, schedules and routines, emotional and mental well-being, your relationship with your partner and family members, meal planning, returning to work, and more.

Sessions can be held in-person or virtually depending on what your situation calls for. I follow up every session with a detailed and thorough email containing links to resources and a summary of our time together.

Gratitude Exchange

$125 suggested per one-hour session & follow-up email
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.

mothering true | simplicity sessions

Receive intuitive guidance in the realms of creativity, spirituality, pregnancy, birthing, postpartum wellness, motherhood, homeschooling, and sovereign womanhood by committing to Mothering True Mentorship sessions with me as your guide.

These fluid and nourishing sessions are in the style of “ask me anything.” They can be general (“tell me about induction”) or specific (“help me weave my postpartum web of support”). I will provide you with intuited and personalized guidance, resources, journal prompts, meditations, prayers, affirmations, and more to support you on your journey.

How it works

1. Schedule your session and let me know what it is you’d like us to focus on during our time together. The more detailed the better!

2. Meet with me for 60 minutes to connect and dive into your queries.

3. Within one week, I will send you a follow-up email that includes resources and recommended practices that pertain to what we covered during our time together.
   

Areas of intrigue that are open for exploration

• Bonding with your baby in utero

• The physiologic design of birth

• Choosing a birth place

• Hospital birth

• Birth center birth

• Homebirth with a midwife

• Interventions 101

• Freebirth (undisturbed birth)

• Birth visioning

• Postpartum planning

• Placenta birthing & reverence

• Breastfeeding

• Physiologic newborn care

• Postpartum nutrition & recipes

• Postpartum “depression”

• Local resources

• Motherhood for entrepreneurs

• Motherhood for artists

• Forming your village

• Parenting in partnership

• Homeschooling

• Unschooling

• Prayer writing & practice

• The power of your word and imagination

• Spirituality, sexuality, and creativity as one energy source

• & more
  

gratitude exchange

$125 suggested per one-hour session & follow-up email
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.

Sessions can be purchased in bundles of 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 (recommended three-session minimum). 

Mothering True | committed co-creation

Designed for a mother-to-be, sessions begin during the second month of pregnancy (eight weeks pregnant) and complete at the end of the third month postpartum (12 weeks postpartum). We meet twice per month, and I am available via email if anything pertinent comes up between our sessions together. Included are very thorough post-session resource emails and a standing no-cost invitation to all of my donation-based circles (Prenatal Ascension, Postpartum Expansion, Sister, and Prayer Writing) during the 12-month commitment.

together, we will venture forth into the following realms

• 12 months of personalized birth and postpartum education through the lens of motherhood as a spiritual and naturally unfolding,
  perfectly designed experience

• Sovereign pregnancy practices

• Birth visioning and preparation

• Matrescence

• Postpartum web weaving & planning

• Prenatal & postpartum nutrition

• Postpartum healing practices

• Physiologic newborn care

• Breastfeeding

• The art of motherhood

• Prayer writing & practice

• Ritual & ceremony for the childbearing years

• Parenting with your partner

• Parenting without a partner

• Personal growth mentorship in the realm of sovereign womanhood

• Self-study reading & resource lists

• …and so much more
  

gratitude exchange

$3000 suggested for 24 two-hour sessions over a 12-month period
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.

It would be my honor to support you in cultivating a prayerful creative practice that will serve to anchor you during your period of matrescence and motherhood overall. Together, we will explore what it means to write your own prayers, how to make time for prayer in the midst of mothering, how to experience motherhood as an answered prayer, and more.

This offering is made up of multiple virtual sessions that will leave you with a collection of prayers and a ritual map, all of which will prepare you to engage in a daily prayer practice. Special attention is paid to reducing or eliminating social media engagement whenever you are with your baby or attempting to rest or rejuvenate on your own. It is my belief that, should we choose to replace time spent online with time spent in-mind, our realities would improve exponentially (and quite quickly too).

gratitude exchange

$125 suggested per one-hour session & prayer
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.

Sessions can be purchased in bundles of 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 (recommended three-session minimum). 

The keeping of birth stories is an act of devotion. It not only honors the baby who was born and the mother who birthed them, but it also preserves the holy wisdom of birthing for current and future generations while honoring those of the past.

Imagine having your child’s birth story written out for them to reread every year of their life into adulthood. This type of story keeping and telling serves as a regular reminder of our interconnectedness, as well as just how meaningful and purposeful our existence on this Earth is.

As a storykeeper, I see the poeticism in every moment of life — especially birth. We are meant to document more than just measurements of body size and time when our babies are born. Indeed, we are meant to weave our emotional and spiritual experiences in with the physical so as to honor birth as a moment of power, and forever be reminded of our Godspark.

Upon receiving your birth story verbally over an intimate virtual call, I will write it out for you professionally and poetically so that you can hold it tangibly as a family heirloom. The option to have your story printed is available, and all who invest in this offering will receive their text as a living document so that they can do with it what they wish in the future.

gratitude exchange

$375 per story session & writing thereafter
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.

Bespoke blessings are a unique and incredibly personal gift for yourself or another. Simply send me details re: the person and story of interest and I'll channel the prayer to match. All prayers are written in first person.

The prayer you receive will look similar to this - a neutral background color and this specific font on an 8.5 x 11 template. I will also include the text of the prayer in an email so that you can easily copy/paste for use in various capacities. The word count of a finished prayer ranges between 400-600 words depending on what's been channeled.

Your prayer, which is sent as a digital file, can be printed out on cardstock or it can be copied by hand onto the paper of your choosing (I recommend Sharpie fine tip pens on handmade watercolor paper so that you can paint them, too).

These holy words can be used to adorn an altar, enhance your existing prayer or affirmation practice, bless a loved one, decorate a wall, or catalyze the creation of your very own personalized prayer collection - the ways in which you can make use of this offering are plenty.

gratitude exchange

$125 per prayer
Reciprocity is key, and no one will be left behind due to a lack of funds.
Trades and payment arrangements are available.