Sacred Window Podcast: Nurturing Awareness in Postpartum Care

On todays episode we talked with Courtney Morris, mother, Licensed Professional Counseling-Associate, master's level holistic nutritionist, and yoga teacher. We discussed perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and the mind-body connection. Courtney shared her story about her experience with eating disorders as a youth and describes how yoga played a huge role in healing her connection with her body....

“Conscious Care provides an avenue to give you the tools to trust yourself, and confidence to know that you are the best caregiver" - Andrea Luzitano Andrea Luzitano in is the founder of Upon Arrival and mother to 4, serving the Plymouth county of Massachusetts. She is a Postpartum Doula Support and offers Family Education Services, serving the Plymouth county of Massachusetts and surrounding area...

Alysha Higgins, postpartum advocate and Sacred Window Studies student with Trini roots, sat down and talked with Trinidadian Midwife Debrah Lewis, co-founder of Mamatoto Birth Center in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Trinidad and Tobago is the southernmost Caribbean Island and has a mixed population of 40% African and 40% Indian. On a mission to uncover and empower the traditional postpartum practices i...

Join us in this personal and informative episode, where we speak with our very own Charlotte Senseney-Stearnkind, Ayurvedic Touch for Postpartum instructor, and guests, Deborah Rose Schoutema and Nichole Trunfio. Deborah is the founder of Ayurveda Mamma and Nichole is the founder of Bump Suit Co, and they are both professional models and working mothers.   In this episode we go into depth abo...

On todays episode, Sacred Window Student Advisor, Rohsni Kavate, spoke with herbalist Meaghan Thompson. Meaghan is co-owner of Blooming Mountains Botanical Sanctuary, a medicinal herb farm that she operates with her husband. One of her greatest passions is working with plants and using her knowledge and skills to connect people with herbal allies. She specializes in women's health and loves to wor...

Today on the Sacred Window Podcast student, postpartum caregiver, and devoted dancer, Alysha Higgins, introduces us to her dance instructor, Vera Passos. Alysha and Vera will guide us through a beautiful movement class on Tuesday, December 14th at 630pm EST so be sure not to miss it! Click HERE to register! Vera Passos is the Associate Artistic Director of Viver Brasil in Los Angeles and the Found...

On todays episode, Sacred Window Studies student advisor Roshni Kavate talked to Rebecca Seross about navigating parenting her genderfluid child. Among other things, Rebecca is a mother of three, RN, Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Postpartum Doula. She is the founder of Remedies for Resilience where she leads a 12 week journey into creating and establishing a nourishing and sustainable self care rout...

Join us in our recorded talk for the Postpartum Care Collective centered around neuroscience and cultural body shaming in the postpartum period. Christine was joined by postpartum and birth professionals and masterminds, Shelley Rahim, Eunique Deann and Siena Butler in discussing the implications of brain changes a women goes through and what strategies we can best use to support them. They spoke...

*Please note audio voice overlap technical difficulty* Today on the Sacred Window Podcast one of our Community Holders, Roshni Kavate spoke with Raeanne Madison. Raeanne is an Indigenous Postpartum Educator and Postpartum Doula located in far Northern Michigan. After learning of her indigenous Anishinaabe heritage at 13 years old, she spent years researching and connecting with her lineage. The tr...

Today on the Sacred Window Podcast we have Gal Galucci and Stacey Ramsower. Among many other things Stacey is a full spectrum doula and somatic sex educator. She integrates the fundamental principles of yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda into her coaching and support. Stacey is committed to supporting women who are reclaiming parts of themselves that have been shunned, rejected and silenced through societ...

Shelley Rahim is a Birth Doula, Postpartum Chef and Caregiver, Birthing From Within Childbirth Educator, Birth Story Listener, Prenatal Yoga Instructor and a Mother of three. For the past fifteen years Shelley has been supporting families during the childbearing year as a trauma-informed educator, doula and postpartum caregiver. Shelley's most recent work is focusing on how to prepare familie...

Dr. Prity Dal lives in Mumbai, India and is a dentist by training and prenatal and postnatal fitness expert. She specializes in working with people with diastasis recti, which is what we will be talking about today. We talked about the importance of allowing our body to heal fully before following the mainstream push to "snap back" after birth. Prity stresses that mindful movement and awareness of...

Maranda Bower is a mother of 4, Postpartum Bliss Coach and Womb Whisperer for women who want to live life after childbirth with balanced hormones, better sleep, and an amazingly nourished body. She works with women in all stages, from preparing for pregnancy to 3 years post birth. Miranda believes that with the right support, postpartum doesn’t have to be depressive. She is the author of 3 bestsel...

The Sacred Window Podcast | 03 - Reviving Postpartum Care in Modern Society Julia Jones specializes in teaching professionals how to support the postpartum time by merging the two realms of science and the ancient Ayurvedic tradition. She teaches students from all over the world, sharing her wisdom on supporting new moms in the transformation into motherhood. In her specially curated program calle...

The Sacred Window Podcast | 02 - Raising Awareness in Postpartum Care with the Sacred Window Postpartum Care Collective Community Holders In this episode we gathered with our PCC Community Holders Euni, Roshni and Siena. Euni is a writer, artist, full spectrum doula, reiki healer and connection + creativity facilitator based in San Diego on Kumeyaay territory. Roshni is the founder of Cardamom Kav...

Iselin Stoylen is a health counselor specializing in women's health, menstrual cycle and fertility awareness. Her mission is to help women understand their bodies' innate wisdom and find harmony within themselves. Iselin brings her passion of nurturing and “mothering” new mothers of the world to her doula work, childbirth education, breastfeeding consulting, and perinatal nutrition education. You...