When I first offered this workshop 5 years ago, it started off as a two day workshop. I was worried that I would not have enough to share in those 16 hours. Very quickly, I learned that two days is simply not enough time to share, learn, grow and integrate. I want to create a space where we can hold space for our own stories and healing. So much of traditional healing modalities can not be taught with words, you must feel, taste ,live and smell it. This takes time , it takes creating a safe space to do the work, feel the work and be the work. And so, I invite you to join me and my helpers this August in my beloved Baja California , Kumeyay Territory.
This will be our first retreat style workshop will incorporate all that is included in my 3 day workshop and much more. We will enjoy a relaxed and intimate setting at a private Rosarito home . The retreat will give us time to unwind and integrate all the happenings of the day. We will have chef Sewa Yuli from Mi Xantico guiding us , as they teach us some postpartum kitchen magic. We will enjoy the evenings around a bonfire and as we story tell , sipping on our artisan made atoles and cacao drinks. I will be inviting the local midwives and birth worker’s to join in and knowledge share with us as well.
Below are the preliminary details. More details will be emailed out as the dates approach.
Details
Where: Rosarito, Mexico
When: August 22 – 25th, 2019
Check-In Wednesday August 21st 6pm
Thursday August 22nd 8am – 8pm
Friday August 23rd 8am – 8pm
Saturday August 24th 8am – 8pm
Sunday August 25th 8am – 8pm . Check-Out Monday August 22nd 10am
Your workshop fee includes meals and lodging.
Meals (breakfast , lunch and dinner) will be provided Thursday the 22nd – Sunday the 25th. Meals will be cooked together , led by cultural chef Sewa Yuli of Mi Xantico . This will give you the opportunity to learn postpartum meals and recipes.
We have secured a beautiful Rosarito home rental for our workshop and lodging accommodations. Check- in is Wednesday August 21st at 6pm , with a check out of time of Monday August 26th, at 10am.
Click here to view our rental: Casa Don Alfonso , Baja Mar
Workshop Fee : $1234.00 price through June 30th
Workshop Fee: $1,499.00 price as of July 1st
Deposit : $234.00
Balance to be paid one week prior to workshop. You will receive an electronic invoice by email.
Scholarships have been provided to local BWOC residing in Baja California.
Special considerations: Babes in arms are welcomed.
Refunds will be made with a full 72 hour prior to the start of class. Refunds do not include the $234 nonrefundable deposit. No refunds are available if you are called out during any part of the training. You will receive an instructional handbook. Any amount not refunded is transferable for future workshops, services and products.
We live in a BIRTH focused maternity culture today. So many of us plan and prepare for the moment of our birth. Where to birth, who will be your support, what you’ll wear, what you’ll eat, how you want it to be, so on and so on. Your birth experience is the shortest (yes, powerful) part of your maternity journey. Your postpartum journey will be the longest. How are you preparing for that? Do you even know where to start?
Postpartum sealing rituals have been practiced by many cultures all around the world as long as midwifery has been around.
This practice is more commonly known as Mother Roasting and Bone Closing. The particular practice I teach is native to Mexico, with indigenous roots mixed with post-colonial herbalism. This workshop is the result of oral tradition passed down by elders, traditional teachers, grandmothers interlaced with modern midwifery and body work.
Postpartum Meal’s:
Chef Sewa Yuli of Mi Xantico will joining us and will be guiding us through kitchen ritual and postpartum meal preparations . This is a new addition that I am so excited about ! Sewa’s food is not only delicious but it is full of medicine and magic.
Herbal preparations:
Discussion regarding harvesting rituals, introduction to plant medicine, peri- steam bath, belly binding oil, postpartum warming teas and herbal bath remedies.
Body Work / Sobadas:
Body reading, bone holding, down regulation techniques and trauma informed touch skills.
Postpartum Rebozo Body Work:
Traditional massage techniques, manteada and rebozo bone closing ceremony. Learn the importance of realigning the body’s energetic centers, releasing stagnant energy and birth trauma, a healing practice for postpartum depression.
Warming full body herbal bath:
Learn how to provide a healing postpartum bath and re-introduce heat into the body with fresh herbs.
Belly Binding:
Principles and benefits of belly binding with faja and bandages. Basic principles of postpartum womb massage and bone holds. Hands on practice with sobadas and binding application will be done during class.
We will discuss how to incorporate these skills and practices to your own self care as well as to the clients your serve.
More questions? Email Tema at: tema@lamatrizbirth.com
