Marma Therapy and the Sacred First Week Postpartum
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The first week after birth is unlike any other season in life. Everything has changed. A baby has arrived, but so has a new mother. The body is
Integrating Postpartum Caregiving With Social Services
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For generations, postpartum care has lived in the margins of our healthcare systems. Families often spend months preparing for pregnancy and birth—choosing providers, creating birth plans, attending appointments,
What Postpartum Trainings Don’t Prepare You For
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Many postpartum caregivers enter their training programs eager to support new families through one of life's most transformative transitions. They learn about infant care, postpartum recovery, feeding support,
Conscious Care through Higher Wisdom and Being Enough with Christine Eck
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There comes a moment for many women on this path when the striving begins to loosen its grip. Not all at once. Not in a dramatic revelation. But
Tending the Sacred Fire: Why Digestion Is the Foundation of Postpartum Healing with Ashlee Sakaishi
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In the postpartum window, healing is often spoken about in terms of rest, support, and bonding—but one of the most essential and overlooked aspects of recovery lives quietly
Listening to Mothers in the Postpartum Window with Kenga Sivarajah
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There is something that happens in the quiet moments after a conversation like this one. It lingers. Not just in the mind, but in the body… in that
The Healing Points of the Sacred Window: Marma Therapy and the Postpartum Body with Seva Van Why
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The postpartum window is one of the most sensitive, expansive, and transformative times in a person’s life. It is a period where the body is open, the nervous
What Western Medicine Misses: Ayurveda’s Whole-Person View of Postpartum with Christine Eck
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There is a moment, often around six weeks after birth, when a mother walks into her provider’s office, sits on a paper-covered table, and waits to be told
The Burnout Epidemic No One is Talking About—And the Inner Solution Hiding in Plain Sight
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This reflection is being shared during a season that asks a lot of us. For many traditions, this is a time of light and celebration. A time of
Strengthening Postpartum Family Bonds
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Strengthening Postpartum Family Bonds The postpartum period is often rightly centered around the birthing parent and newborn, but as Christine Devlin Eck discusses on The Sacred Window Podcast,