A guide for Ayurvedic postpartum doulas, bodyworkers, and anyone supporting new mothers through the fourth trimester. When most people think about learning postpartum massage, they think about learning techniques, strokes, sequences, and pressure. But in over a decade of working with new mothers through Ayurvedic Abhyanga and Zen Shiatsu bodywork, I have found that the single most powerful variable in a postpartum massage is not the stroke. It is the quality of presence the practitioner...

Recently I was shown again the effects of approaching this condition from an Ayurvedic approach. There are different stages or types of retained placenta. But when this condition is diagnosed early on those holistic tools make all the difference and can prevent medical interventions. So if you're a doula or birth worker, learn here about the natural and Ayurvedic tools that can support your clients. As it is in my opinion an essential part of comprehensive postpartum care. What Is Retained...

What Ayurveda has known for 5,000 years about nourishing new mothers — and why every birth worker needs to understand it. As birth workers, we spend so much energy preparing for the birth itself — and yet the 40 days that follow are where the deepest healing happens. Ayurveda understood this long before modern medicine caught up. And at the very centre of traditional postpartum care sits one of the most elegant preparations in the Ayurvedic materia medica: Panchakola Ghee. This article is for...