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Our wombspaces are SO MUCH MORE than our menstrual cycles. They are locations of profound power, pleasure, wisdom and great teachings.

In this week's medley episode, I bring together three episodes that illustrate some of the depth and breadth of the palace of the pelvis.

First, I offer an invitation to consider your wombspace as not just a physical location in your body, but a place of sacredness, an actual altar, that you can offer your presence and care to.

Next, I share a snippet of a conversation with Stacey Ramsower, who beautifully articulates the interplay of grief and pleasure -- specifically in the postpartum time, but it can be applied to any time when our identities are massively changing.

And finally, I share a glimpse into the potent conversation I had with Abigail Rose Clarke about the mesentery -- which is the embryological origin of all the abdominal organs, and has so much to wisdom about how strength is not just about being firm and solid, but also about being soft and nurturing.

I honestly just loved these conversations when I had them, and realize they're from long enough ago you may not have listened to them, so I highly recommend diving in -- especially in this wombspace of the year as we both reflect on what we've passed through in 2024, and look to where we're going in 2025.

On this new moon, may you feel more connected to your wombspace, to the wisdom and teachings held there, and to the seeds of possibility you're generating in the palace of your pelvis as we enter into the wheel of this new year.

Happy new year, beautiful friends. Let's bring some magic into this one.

Resources:

• Listen to the full episodes:
  • Episode 34: What if your womb was an altar
  • Episode 65: Grief + pleasure w Stacy Ramsower
  • Episode 93: Teachings of the mesentery with Abigail Rose Clarke
• Free guided visualization: Womb connection and clearing practice

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Ahh, solstice has passed and winter has officially arrived - into the landscape and into our bodies.

While this holiday time can feel like a lovely time to connect with family and community, it can also be a time of a lot of conflicting emotions.

But when we tune into the energy of this season, the impending wintertime, the wombspace of the year,

it's actually so much more about quiet, reflection, inner listening than it is about outward connection like the holidays ask of us.

On today's medley episode, you'll find snippets from three previous episodes oriented to the winter season, and ways to engage with the energy of it:

First I share some ideas about practices, and even some self-reflection prompts to explore in the weeks surrounding solstice, or the yin time of the year (right now).

Then, herbalist Jade Alicandro speaks to the qualities of winter from a western and Chinese medicine perspective, and some foods and herbs you can incorporate aligned with this season.

And finally I share about ways to honor not only the rite of passage in the wheel of the year, but also the rites of passage in the wheel of our lives, and particularly the major transitions that occur in our womb phases.

I hope these glimpses into some wintertime practices, including embodied seasonal herbalism and how to engage more intentionally with the season offer you ideas of how to find meaning in this potent time of the year.

A time that so many turn away from... and instead encourage you to consider turning towards it.

Resources:

• Today's shownotes: Honoring winter in your body and beyond
• Free Womb Connection + Clearing Guided Visualization
• Episode 45: Embodying Winter with Seasonal Herbalism
• Episode 48: 9 ways to honor winter solstice
• Episode 100: Rites of passage in your womb story

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How often do we hear the term “integrative medicine” and what people are really practicing is symptom suppression medicine with more natural, herbal or supplement methods?

I think it’s very hard to break away from that “treat the symptom” approach when you’ve been indoctrinated into it, and when so many patients are familiar with it.

But occasionally I’ll have a client who says they want to get to the root of what’s going on, and when faced with some of the lifestyle and dietary changes they may have to make, they’d rather not go there.

Which is totally fair. But there’s only so much bandaid approaches can do.

Like yeah, you can reduce the severity of your menstrual cramps in the moment, but if you don’t explore you circulation, the tension you may be holding in your pelvis, some of your ongoing stressors, your sleep, your nutrition, triggers for inflammation etc… well, it’s likely just going to keep being there cycle after cycle.

Which doesn’t mean it has to be hard, sometimes very simple shifts can make a huge difference, but they DO have to be made in order to make the difference.

Which is what I love about this conversation with NP and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Amy Eldredge.

She shares about how some of the simplest changes can be profoundly impactful and in some cases even clear up a condition entirely.

She also talks about the wisdom of samprapti, which is essentially an understanding of HOW disease manifests in the body (or mind) and how identifying it when it’s in the earlier stages (before it sets in) is true preventative medicine.

She speaks to how the western paradigm doesn’t even recognize disease until it’s in the fourth stage.

Annnnd we speak to her journey from conventional medicine into Ayurveda, her visions of what could be possible if primary care providers worked alongside Ayurvedic practitioners to help reduce the onset of disease in the first place.

Her visions (and her on the ground work) is inspiring, and I hope it helps you to feel a little more hope in what sometimes feels like a broken healthcare system.

Another world is possible. We just have to create it.

Listen to learn:

• where Ayurveda and western medicine overlap and where they differ
• How Amy went from 7 years as a Primary Care Provider seeing 700+ patients to her private Ayurvedic practice
• What her insider vision is on how true integrative care could look
• About the phases of disease from the Ayurvedic lens (they’re subtler than you might think)
• How simple healing can be

Resources:

• Episode 3: Ayurveda and your hormonal health
• Episode 97: Nourish Your Nervous System with Ayurvedic Wisdom
• Episode 147: Agni? Ayurvedic concept of digestive fire
• FREE Womb Connection and Clearing guided visualization

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