Nourishing the Mother

The Golden Month- a Chinese Medicine approach to caring for the Postpartum Body, Mind, Heart and Spirit.

Postpartum is a crucial time of recovery, renewal and revitalization for the life giver, their baby and family. This includes pregnancy loss, miscarriage and abortion. In Chinese Medicine it is said that the postpartum time is the second "golden opportunity"
and with proper care, potential for deep healing in the mother’s body, determins how her future years will be in terms of her overall wellbeing, especially her menopausal years.

Join Marika and Jennifer as they delve into the physiological needs of the postpartum person and how Chinese Medicine has been used to support, nourish, heal and balance the postpartum body, mind, heart and spirit.

You will learn:

• The Universally recognized needs of the postpartum body, mind, heart and spirit
• How to assess the client and meet their specific needs
• How to hold space for our clients and families
• Foods and recipes that nourish the body, build blood and milk
• Bodywork and Acupressure to support the integration of the birth experience and alleviate common postpartum concerns
• How to warm the body using Moxa and warming oils to help with healthy blood and qi flow
• How to create a community of support around those we are supporting and ourselves

Day One:

Somatic Opening Meditation

Daoist/ Classical Chinese Philosophy/perspective on Postpartum

World wide wisdom on postpartum

Modern Culture a wisdom disruptor

Lunch

Principles of Postpartum Care

• Witnessing
• Deep rest
• Community building
  

Day Two:

Divergence from wellness and how to tend to the whole person and family
(Postpartum mood dysregulation, infant feeding, bleeding, tearing, body dysmorphia, pain, prolapse, sleep, night sweats, hemmorhoids, UTI)

Community nourishment potluck

Principles of postpartum continued

• Nourishment, hydration and warmth
• Consensual touch, belly binding, mother warming

Preparing empowering postpartum resources and tool kit

For BIPOC scholarship please contact us directly at [email protected]

Your Facilitators:

Marika Reid Hall

Registered Acupuncturist, Shamanic Practitioner, Holistic Doula and Mama.

Growing up in the wilds of Alberta near my grandparents and extended family from the earliest age I was exposed to the importance of being raised by a village of humans, animals, trees and plants. I remember being in awe and fascination of the magic of life and nature all around and always trying to see how it all fit together.

This lead me to explore the philosophies, sciences and arts of explaining life. From travelling the physical world to the spiritual, studying plant wisdom, to western pathophysiology, experiencing life being born and life leaving this world I have woven together a magical approach to supporting people in healing and remembering who they truly are and how connected they are to all that is.

For more info please visit her website www.marikareidhall.com

Jennifer Apedaile

Registered Acupuncturist, IFOT facilitator, Holistic Birth worker and Death worker, Mama and Babunia.

Hello, my name is Jennifer Apedaile.

With gratitude, I acknowledge that I am a settler living, working and learning to be a good guest on the unceded (stolen) territories (tribal regions) of the Coast Salish, Nuu Chah Nulth (New chan lulth), Kwakwak'wakw (Kwak kwak kay wak), Stl'atl'imc (Stat liem) and Nlaka'pamux (Ing-khla-kap-muh).

​I am grateful to my TCM teachers; Dr.Yin and Dr.Hu and to my Five Element Acupuncture teacher, Neil Gumenick.

I raise my hands in gratitude to my IFOT teachers; Shirley Turcotte and Alannah Young and to the Elders who support me in a good way.

I continue to learn from and be wholly inspired by Rachelle Seliga.

I am a woman, sister, mother, and child of this earth. I long to live in the wild places, of which there are few. I continue to grow with and learn from the complex trauma I experienced throughout my own life.

I am committed to holistically empowering folks, families and communities towards well being and self governance in an equitable, diverse and inclusive way.

I am grateful for the tools and teachings of TCM and Five Element Acupuncture, Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy and Full Spectrum Birth and Death work.

For more information please visit returningtowholenss.org

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