The Center for Sacred Window Studies
Conscious Postpartum Care Training
We educate doulas, wellness professionals, and those serving new families on the Ayurvedic and Universal Mother principles of care.
New Student Application
Step One: Complete the Student Application Form Here.
Learn life long skills from the Ayurvedic perspective on the
sacred postpartum window.
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I have experienced this care after the birth of 3 of my children. I have practiced it for over 15 years and have been teaching it for over 10 years. What I have discovered is that the principles of care are relevant well beyond the sacred postpartum window. I have gained a guidebook for life, tools to bring renewal and rejuvenation anytime I need it as a busy mom and caregiver. I can't emphasize enough how foundational these teachings have been in my life as a person wanting to feel and be my best for those I love and serve.
Christine Eck, founder and director
The Whole Path
Comprehensive Training and Free Business Mentoring
Students save when they enroll in the Whole Path versus purchasing each program separately.
Whole Path students also receive one on one business mentoring and an archive of mentoring resources designed to get your practice set up and successfully serving families.
The Whole Path includes all three programs featured below.
Certify Online
Launch a Meaningful Career in a High-Demand Field. Gain skills needed to start earning income from hands-on care techniques to business setup, pricing strategies, and client generation. With postpartum support being critically underserved, you'll enter a growing field where you can make $50-100+ per hour while doing deeply meaningful work.
Master a Unique, Holistic Approach That Sets You Apart. Unlike basic training, you'll learn ancient Ayurvedic principles combined with modern practices, covering nutrition, bodywork, emotional support, and herbal remedies making you a rare specialist who can address the whole person, not just immediate needs.
Develop Expertise. Recognize and address postpartum challenges like depression and recovery complications. With trauma-informed care training and cultural competency skills, you can serve diverse families with sensitivity and professional confidence.
Create Multiple Revenue Streams Within One Practice. You'll be qualified to offer meal preparation services, therapeutic massage, herbal consultations, prenatal preparation, and specialized support allowing you to build a robust, diversified practice that matches your interests and schedule.
Build Expertise That Benefits Your Own Family Too. Whether you're planning your own postpartum journey or supporting friends and family, you'll gain invaluable knowledge about optimal recovery, nutrition, infant care, and emotional wellness that serves you personally for life - making this education an investment in both your career and your family's wellbeing.
Train In Person
Master Hands-On Cooking Skills Through Live Practice. Cook real postpartum meals, learn proper spice preparation and timing for multi-course meals. You'll taste, smell, and adjust seasonings ensuring you can confidently prepare therapeutic foods that actually taste delicious and support healing.
Perfect Touch Techniques Through Direct Instruction and Practice. You'll learn proper hand positioning, pressure, and oil application for postpartum massage and infant bodywork through guided practice on real people. Develop confident touch, skills impossible to master through video alone.
Build Confidence Through Real-Time Problem Solving. When challenges arise during hands-on practice - like a fussy baby during massage or a cooking mishap - you'll learn to troubleshoot in the moment with expert guidance. This real-world experience prepares you for the unpredictable nature of in-home postpartum care.
Network and Collaborate with Future Colleagues. Build meaningful relationships, creating opportunities for referrals, partnerships, and ongoing support. These connections often lead to shared practices, backup coverage, and lifelong professional friendships.
Experience the Energy and Intention Behind the Work. Absorb the subtle elements of presence, intuition, and sacred space-holding that can only be transmitted fully in-person. Learning to embody the Universal Mother Principles while practicing allows you to develop the gentle confidence and grounded energy that makes clients feel truly supported and safe.
* Choose Specialization in Ayurvedic Postpartum Cooking or Bodywork for an even more targeted curriculum at the Sacred Window Retreat.
Business Mentoring
Design a Practice That Actually Fits Your Life Circumstances. We help you create a realistic business model that works with your family, financial needs, and energy levels. You'll design services, schedules, and pricing that align with whether you're a new parent yourself, have school-age children, want part-time income, or a full-time practice.
Overcome Pricing Fears and Imposter Syndrome. Through personalized guidance, you'll work through the common fear of "who am I to charge premium rates?" Recognize your unique value, set confident pricing that reflects your training, and develop communication for discussing fees, ensuring you don't undervalue yourself from day one.
Navigate Your Specific Local Market. Rather than generic marketing advice, you'll receive targeted strategies for your actual community. Your mentor will help you identify local opportunities, find your unique positioning, and develop relationships with the specific providers, birth centers, and parenting groups in your area.
Create Systems That Prevent Burnout and Overwhelm. You'll develop boundaries, client protocols, and systems that protect your energy while delivering excellent care.
Build Confidence Through Accountability and Course Correction. Receive ongoing support as you launch and grow. Prevent the isolation and second-guessing that often causes new practitioners to quit, ensuring you have expert guidance through the vulnerable early stages of building your practice.
Investment
We know beginning on a new path is a big deal. This step in your journey offers you:
- Strong financial returns - Develop specialized skills that command premium rates in the growing postpartum care market, whether launching a new career or expanding existing wellness services
- Business success support - Our One-on-One Mentoring provides practical client generation strategies and sustainable practice systems that most programs don't offer
- Personal transformation - Learn to embody the Universal Mother Principles, bringing more balance and possibility into every aspect of your life
- Lifetime learning - Enjoy forever access to course materials and updates, free continuing education, and community support that keeps you current and connected - our way of welcoming you as forever family
- Meaningful impact - Join a mission to restore sacred postpartum care in modern culture, creating healing that ripples through generations while building a practice aligned with your values
Whole Path Enrollment
Students Receive ALL of the following as part of the Whole Path:
- Conscious Postpartum Caregiver Program Online Certification
- One to One Business Mentoring
- 6 Day In Person Training Single Room Package (2026)
- Lifelong Professional Membership
- 1PAY IN FULL $6080 $5080
- 24 PAYMENTS OF $1334
- 38 PAYMENTS OF $686
- 412 PAYMENTS OF $474
More Tuition Options
Enroll in the single program and the pricing plan that works best for you.
Custom Payment Plans Available
Online Certification Only
$2200
payment plans available
Retreat Only
$1680 - $2880
payment plans available
Apply for Work Study
Learn More Here
1/3 tuition credit for online certification
$300 credit for in person training
payment plans available
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SUPPLEMENT YOUR TRAINING
Add on a sister course in either Ancestral Cooking or Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga to support your professional goals. These courses are taught by instructors that are part of the Sacred Window Family and align deeply with our mission. They are only available through the Center for Sacred Window Studies at a deep discount.
Sacred Window Promise
We have created a learning and professional community that targets the missing areas of care in our modern systems while ensuring that caregivers have the tools and community they need to build practices that nourish themselves as they serve new families.
The Sacred Path to Transformation: Your Life-Changing Journey 🌸
Personal Mastery
Professional Evolution
Life-Enriching Wisdom
Community & Connection
Lasting Transformation
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“I’ve taken a LOT of classes over more than 20 years, in multiple fields of academic education and holistic modalities, both online and in person. The value for money and application to daily life that the Postpartum Caregiver Program brings to students is above and beyond anything I’ve ever experienced. I’m blown away by the content and the support available. Every doula, midwife, doctor or parent-to-be would benefit from the knowledge and practice shared here. Thank you for raising the standard of provision, in so many ways, and bringing true, timeless value to the world at large.”
Oum Ibrahim
Spring 2021 Student, U.K.
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"I have NEVER had space held for me in the way the amazing women of Sacred Window supported. This experience has fundamentally shifted how I show up in this life. Every moment of this retreat was an opportunity to learn and imbibe ancient wisdom and divine feminine."
Heather Todd
2024 Student, Florida
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"Working with the Center for Sacred Window Studies has been the most wonderful experience. I remember learning about them when I was studying Ayurveda and I felt just a calling and pull to get closer. I visited the website for weeks before I decided to reach out to Christine and find out about the work-study option. I'm so glad I did! Not only did studying with SWS take me deeper into Ayurveda, but it also touched places within me that truly needed healing. It awakened a fire within me that longed for the village, the community, and the nurtured care that I craved so deeply but didn't receive during my postpartum window. It encouraged me to share this passion with the world. I believe that the Center for Sacred Window Studies is doing transformational work for humanity. This is a community of way-showers who are shifting humanity's current skewed perception of what becoming a mother means. It's so much more than just having a baby. It's beginning a new life... for the baby and the mother. It's mending generational wounds. It's raising the next generation of strong leaders. This is the power of the work we do inside the Center for Sacred Window Studies.
The training is thorough and intimate, allowing ample time for discovery and questions. And the homework provides the best learning experiences for you to embody the practices. I love everything about this program, and it's been a pleasure watching the community grow and evolve with ample offerings to explore even more."
stephanie peers
2024 Student, mexico
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"This experience has been a catalyst to get my mind and energy focused and have the practical skills and the emotional encouragement to keep going down this path of postpartum caregiving. There were so many moments that I felt divine inspiration flooding through me as I studied, participated in a lecture, reflected on the content, or shared what I was learning with clients. It was the perfect next step on my journey and wove together many seemingly disparate aspects of my learning. I feel prepared and kindled in bringing what I’ve learned into the world in a way that deeply supports the shifting paradigm of what it means to mother, to be nourished, and to live as a harmonious human being on this garden planet Earth."
Kate Lindsay
2020
Your Certification
Skills Gained in the Conscious Postpartum Caregiver Program
Module One: Postpartum Care Foundations
Module two: foundations of ayurveda
Module three: cooking for postpartum
Module four: conscious touch for postpartum
module five: growing your practice
Guest Instructor Series
Frequently Asked Questions
We teach caregiving skills for the first weeks after a baby is born. Our focus is on the mother or birth giver, and supporting a whole path to healing including the body, mind, spirit and senses. We honor this incredible life transition and all the ways that can look for families! Our caregiving skills include daily routine and support tools for managing common postpartum issues, cooking and herbal support food preparation specific to postpartum nutritional needs, therapeutic body care skills for mothers or birth givers and babies, and much more! Our background is from the Ayurvedic perspective and our program draws from these foundational principles.
Yes! The Hands on Training is part of the Whole Path of Study. It is not required but is highly encouraged as cooking and bodywork are harder to teach online. Students receive the best rates when they bundle them with the Whole Path.
This is our Directory of postpartum caregivers along with our Membership Community. Students and Alumni are forever members of this Collective and it is open to anyone who practices. Features include a free directory listing, attendance to quarterly events such as Case Study Circles and Skill Share Workshops + a gorgeous Online Hub filled with exclusive learning content for postpartum professionals.
This is our professional mentoring program. It is free for all Whole Path Students and is comprised of 6 hours of One on One Professional mentoring designed to help you structure and begin practicing your services in the way that is best aligned to your unique business. In addition to the one on one mentoring, you receive forever access to an online website that has an archive of professional mentoring video lectures and written resources.
There are 16 sections in the year long cycle of the Conscious Postpartum Caregiver Program. Each section contains one Live Class Workshop and one Discovery Hour. Recordings of all live classes and discovery hours are available on the Student Website. The entire program is over the course of one year with breaks in December, July and August as well as a week of Spring Recess. Students may choose their start date as it aligns with their life and availability. Students cycle through the program until all Sections have been completed. Students may schedule with an instructor one on one anytime if the live classes do not work for them. Live classes are approximately 1-2 hours in length. The live classes are designed to be interactive and participatory. Students will be given a checklist of recorded lectures and supplemental materials to review for each section. We will base our activities and discussion directly on the course material from the checklist. Self paced students may follow their own pace of the program and join as many or as few of the live classes as works for them. All course materials are housed on a beautiful student website which students receive forever access to.
Engagement with instructors and other students as well as completion of 4 final projects. Each project is extremely doable and geared to be put into use as you begin practicing postpartum care with families. There are short quizzes at the end of each section. There is no final exam.
Live classes are dynamic and will always include open conversation and discussion about key areas of the curriculum. They may include individual or small group activities, examples, case studies, special guests, workshop style learning and more. Students should come to the live classes prepared to engage!
You can start anytime! We enroll students all year long. You do not have to begin at Section One of the program. This is a cyclical learning experience, and you may begin at the part of the cycle you enter in at, and continue around the rotation of Course Sections. While many will begin with Module One, students begin their journey at their personal pace and timing. There are several recommended start dates throughout the year. Self Paced Students may begin anytime. Enroll today and get familiar with the student website before beginning with the live classes on our recommended start dates.
Once all requirements are met and tuition has been paid, students will receive a Certificate as a Conscious Postpartum Caregiver. Your hours and areas of study will be designated on your Certificate as a 200 hour program of study in the areas of Postpartum Care Foundations, Foundations of Ayurveda, Cooking for Postpartum, Ayurvedic Touch for Postpartum and Professional Practice in Postpartum Care. Students in the Whole Path will also receive an In Person Training Certificate. The doula/caregiver field is not a licensed profession, therefore, professionals may call themselves by what resonates most with them within the non medical scope of the field. (ex. Ayurdoula, postpartum doula, postpartum caregiver, Ayurvedic postpartum doula, etc.)
We offer a printable and downloadable certificate once all final projects and completion requirements are submitted.
We are accredited under IPHM, International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine based in the U.K. We are Organizational Members of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association. Students may receive PACE credits for NAMA. We are approved Continuing Education providers for DONA.
We encourage students to set aside approximately 5 hours per week to devote to your studies. Students get the most out of their program when they are able to plan ahead for when these hours will happen, identify what support they need in order to have that time, and know how they wish to spend that time. The breaks in the program year allow students to integrate what they have learned, review materials and content as well as catch up on any missed sections of the program.
The live classes run approximately 4 times per month for 1 year with no live classes in December, July and August. Should a student wish to self pace their studies, all the teaching material is located on the student website and students may move at the pace they choose. The requirements remain the same whether someone completes the program in one year, 6 months, or 2+ years. If a student needs additional time past the one year mark, they may purchase an extension or take advantage of our restart + re-energize opportunity.
Yes! If all final projects are completed, tuition paid and engagement in the program has been active, a student can complete the program early. Instructors will let students know if they need to schedule an exit interview in order to assess the student’s comprehension.
No, the Hands On Training Retreat is encouraged as a way to experience the cooking and herbal support practices as well as the postpartum body work we teach. It is an incredible retreat designed to have you experience sacred window care with all of your senses while you gain confidence in practicing the skills you will offer to others. We recognize that travel is not always accessible to students. The online training certification can stand alone.
Forever! Once you enroll in the Conscious Postpartum Caregiver Program, you will maintain access to the student website after your program is complete.
We offer a Study Scholarship Program for our Certification and Internship programs. Scholarships are for ⅓ tuition and students complete a checklist of projects to support the Center for Sacred Window Studies in exchange. Learn more about the Work Study Scholarship Program Here.
Yes! Should you wish to go through the live online training again, alums have a special offer called the Restart + Re-energize fee, a HUGE discount and another opportunity to complete your Certification. This is a very popular option as our alums love reconnecting and being re-inspired.
Our alums are very important to us! As a student of the Center for Sacred Window Studies, you are a forever member of the Postpartum Care Collective. We host member only events throughout the year such as Case Study Circles and Skill Share events. Members have access to a huge online portal with an archive of professional and educational talks related to postpartum. We highlight the practices of our members and give you paid speaking opportunities. Our alums are invited to attend live all Guest Lectures presented after they graduate. Alums can revisit their student website to access all the great material in your program.
You will have the foundational and practical knowledge to give hands on care to someone during the first weeks and months postpartum. This includes a toolbox of support measures and helpful routines, nutritional principles and cooking skills, herbal support foods and routines, bodywork practices for mothers, birth givers and babies, and much more. You are ready to practice!
Students have access to a beautiful student website accessed directly from this website. When logged in, students will be able to navigate directly to their course websites. Each student will have access to both the Conscious Postpartum Caregiver Program website as well as the Postpartum Care Collective Membership Hub filled with additional postpartum resources. The websites are easy to navigate and each section of your course has its own materials and activities to engage in. Discussion pages are within each section for students to engage with each other while they explore the material. Everything you need to navigate the program is housed on the student website.
Our live classes are the heart of the program. They are designed to be thoughtful, engaging and fun. The student website holds recorded video lectures, course notes, supplemental reading assignments, optional practicum assignments, journal prompts, discussion questions, recorded Guest Lectures, supplemental resources and more! Students choose what combination of materials best supports their learning. Not everything is required. Prioritize the live classes, video lectures, office hours, meeting with your breakout study partners, the discussion questions and the final projects. Fill in with the supplemental materials. You have forever access to this website, so you may return at any time.
We connect students by region as a way for you to meet others in the program and enrich your studies through exploration of the material together. Some incredible friendships and partnerships have been formed through these groups! They are optional and totally flexible. They are a highlight of the program for many.
Your program is one year. We give students 3 months post program to complete all of your 4 final projects and turn them in to your instructors. If you need a 3 month extension, it is available for purchase. If you would like to retake the program to complete your requirements, we give an amazing discount to our alums.
More from some of our students...
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“I am so grateful that I did the Ayurvedic Postpartum Caregiver certification training. The teachers are all so beautiful, experienced, and amazingly supportive. They have set a high bar of integrity and compassion and that filters into the entire program. Because of this all of the students showed up and connected with each other authentically and overall created a safe womb space to learn this vital knowledge.”
Tanya
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“I really grasped a deeper understanding of the gunas and how to incorporate ayurveda into my everyday life. I also challenged myself to reevaluate my doula service and I feel more confident about my practice because of this program. Thank you! I hope to work more with you all in the future!”
Lorna
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“I have found the practicum assignments very helpful in implementing the education and thinking about how to apply personally and in my professional practice serving mamas. All of it had value, purpose and integration into my previous understanding and newfound deeper understanding of Ayurveda.”
SOUMYA
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“I think you did a great job having us embody this work as best as one could in an online course. I don’t think it was too much or too little. It was doable. I am so grateful for the internship program so I can apply all of this with the support and guidance of this incredible team!!!”
SHELlEY
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