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My training and Ayurveda:

I received my training at The Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda.  The program is a 150 hour course which included hands on experience in an internship extension and intensified studies of different postpartum situations.  I also received some training with essential oils through this program.  Martha Oakes, a very wise and wonderful person, is my teacher and mentor.  She has been doing this work for 12 years and is the author of Sacred Window, After the Birth.

Ayurveda is a 5,000 year tested medical source of knowledge in India. Ayurveda is a health system that focuses on all of the bodily energies being in balance, mind, body and soul.  It uses preventative measures for bodies to be in balance and maintenance to keep it there. In Ayurveda, it is the belief that the first 42 postpartum days impact the next 42 years of a woman’s ability to mother and partner.  With all good intentions we tend to put our needs like sleep, nutrition, time to ourselves on the back burner because we are so committed to our babies.  There is nothing wrong with loving our babies so much but we need to realize that receiving help whether it is a massage a nap or a meal is not a luxury nor is it selfish to accept.  It is important not to allow ourselves to become depleted physically or mentally and unable to give the care and love we want for our babies and families.  Many health problems arise after child birth in women because they don’t give themselves time to heal.  Our bodies go through an incredible transition during pregnancy and the delivery of our babies.  We tend not to notice the impact childbirth has on the entire system.  If left unchecked the resulting imbalance can create additional problems.  Some of the ways it appears; digestion, elimination, hormones, nervous system, and our pelvic and abdominal organ condition.