How to tend "the root of your body"
postpartum & beyond

with holistic women's healthcare physician Dr Rebecca Cohen

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After birth, our bodies are especially tender and rather "blown open."

Not only has a babe passed through either your perineum or your belly, but your spirit has been expanded tremendously, too. 
And unfortunately, most of us have NO IDEA how to effectively tend "to the root of our bodies" as today's guest, MD-turned-holistic-midwife (and mother of 9!) Dr Rebecca Cohen describes it. 

We've all but lost the art of deep, replenishing convalescence that's so needed postpartum.

Birth is a big experience, and whether it's physically, emotionally or spiritually - there's often a lot to integrate (on top of having a newborn babe)!  

So tending the tender tissues and the tender spirit in this liminal time can be incredibly supportive. 

There are many ways to do so, from rest, to easy-to-digest foods, to herbal practices such as vaginal steams, to sitz baths, to teas, to hands-on and hands-in care. 

And today's episode goes into all of this and more. 

Listen in to learn:

• how Rebecca went from conventionally trained MD to herbalist and midwife
• what "the root of your body" means (on a couple different levels)
• some simple practices to tend that part of your body postpartum
• Rebecca's favorite herbs for the postpartum journey - internal + topical
• why she considers vaginal steams a core part of holistic postpartum care
• how to know when to return to sex after birth
• ways to connect with your vulva and wombspace with tender love + care
• an invitation to offer yourself hands-in care to support pelvic muscle relaxation 

Resources:

• Sign up for my Natural Contraception (Jan 2024) course waitlist!
• Episode 25: Immediate herbal postpartum care with Liz Philbrick
• Episode 43: Vaginal steaming with Julia Demillones Moore
• Episode 49: How to create a sacred window with Ashlee Sakaishi-Wilkin
• Episode 81: Deep restorative postpartum care with Rachael Hollinger
   
• Book: Wild Feminine by Tami Lynn Kent
• Book: Mothering from the Center by Tami Lynn Kent
• Rachelle Garcia Seliga's work - Innate Postpartum Care 
• Lynn Schulte's work - Institute for Birth Healing
• Ellen Heed's work (scar tissue remediation, education + management) - STREAM 

Connect with Rebecca: 

• Explore her local + virtual consults and courses on her website: Full Circle Holistic
  
  

• Grab her e-book: Postpartum Root Care
  
  

• Connect with her on IG: @fullcircleholistic
  
  

   

DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

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