The Art of New Mother Care

Botanicals & bodywork for postpartum care

The Art of New Mother Care is a long-form training in botanical postpartum care and bodywork. It is for those who feel called to tend the fourth trimester with steadiness, skill, and reverence—rooted in natural therapeutics, Ayurvedic & herbal traditions, shaped through embodied practice, and oriented toward the real needs of mothers in modern life.

The training unfolds over time, allowing skills, understanding, and confidence to develop slowly and sustainably. It invites you into a way of witnessing and holding new mothers that restores postpartum care as a living art.

How the training unfolds

The training unfolds over 15 months (+ 2 pause months), moving at a pace that allows learning to settle into your body instead of remaining conceptual.

Each month a new chapter opens. Each chapter includes pre-recorded audio and video teachings for self-paced learning alongside hands-on practices meant to be implemented through the month. These practices move the teachings from your intellect into your body as lived experience.

Content is released on the 1st of each month and remains available should you want to re-visit it. Two pauses—each spanning one month—are woven into the journey, offering space for integration, rest, and digestion of the teachings.

This structure is intentionally designed to support depth, steadiness, competence, and completion without overwhelm—honoring the reality that meaningful caregiving is cultivated over time.

Topics covered

Foundations of postpartum care

• Birth as initiation

• The postpartum period as a physiological and energetic portal

• Ayurvedic and herbal perspectives for the first forty days

• Core postpartum needs

Self-recalibration & sustainability in caregiving

• Receiving before giving

• Moving from overflow rather than depletion

• Caregiver stability, nervous system regulation, and somatic release

• Holding space for clients

Foods & nutrition

• Understanding simple postnatal nutritional & dietary guidelines

• Staple Ayurvedic recipes for healing in the fourth trimester

• Herbal foods—nourishing tonics, teas, ghees, drinks, soups, treats, and sweets

Botanical & body care practices

• Body oiling practices—detailed self-abhyanga + nasya, ear, and hair oiling

• Herbal oil making

• Making & using soft, fragrant herbal powders for exfoliation

• Belly wrapping & womb tending

• Making & using womb oils, belly pastes

• Herbal bathing practices

• Making & utilizing holistic herbal remedies to soothe common post-birth complaints

• Breast care and tending to breast health

• Supporting lactation

• Sacred, holistic, and herbal newborn care

Aromatic, energetic, and subtle therapies

• Aromatherapy and essential oils

• Flower essences for emotional support & processing

• Marma point therapy sequences for postnatal recovery

• Anointing practices

• Yoga nidra

• Breathwork

• Weaving beauty, ritual, and ceremony into your client’s care

Special circumstances

• Troubleshooting common postpartum imbalances

• Cesarean care

• Supporting NICU mamas

• Holding space for grief, stillbirth & infant loss mamas, and mamas to babies with special diagnoses

Continuum of care

• Simple botanical & Ayurvedic birth preparation

• Ayurvedic and herbal labor support practices

• Immediate post-birth care

Professional practice

The art of feminine business, et al.

• Sustainability and ease

• Rhythms over urgency

• Clear, nourishing offerings

• Nervous-system led decisions

• Clean scope and boundaries

• Growth that unfolds without force

Who this training is for

This training is for you if you feel called to support mothers in the weeks after birth through botanical care, bodywork, and steady presence.

It is for you if you are willing to move slowly, with reverence, practice responsibly, and allow skill + understanding to develop over time.

Seasoned professionals and those new to postpartum work are equally welcome.

What you receive

• Audio & video teachings, released monthly over 15 months

• Hands-on practices designed to support integration of wisdom and development of skill

• Sequential access to each month’s teachings & hands-on practices —> no rushing or overwhelm

• Certificate of Recognition upon completion

• Complimentary listing in the Inner Sun & Moon student + graduate directory

The training is fully pre-recorded and delivered online.

You have lifetime access to all content once it has been released.

Logistics

• Begins — May 1, 2026

• Months 1-5 — released on the first of each month, May through September 2027

• Break month — October 2026

• Months 6-10 — released on the first of each month, November 2026 through March 2027

• Break month — April 2027

• Months 11-15 span — released on the first of each month, May through September 2027

Time commitment will vary depending on your pace of engagement. Most months include several hours of material + in depth embodiment (hands-on) practices, with flexibility to move through it in a way that fits your life and capacity.

There are no live calls or required meeting times.

Questions are gathered and responded to through a contained, monthly process, and shared with all.

To receive your Certificate of Recognition, assignments must be completed and submitted for review within two years of your enrollment date.

About your guide

The Art of New Mother Care is guided by Sarva, founder of Inner Sun & Moon and longtime Ayurvedic postpartum doula. Her work is rooted in years of study, lived experience, and a devotion to tending the postpartum period with integrity, steadiness, and reverence. After six years guiding students though Inner Sun & Moon’s Ayurvedic Doula training, she has refined this program to support real caregiver and new mother needs—so students complete the training, feel competent in practice, and build offerings that are nourishing rather than depleting.

Read words from Sarva’s past students: Testimonials

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an alumni rate?
Yes. We’d absolutely love to welcome back our alumni! Students and graduates of Inner Sun & Moon’s Ayurvedic Doula Training and the Botanical Postpartum Apprenticeship are eligible for a limited-time alumni upgrade rate. Alumni upgrade tuition rates are as follows — a one-time tuition of $444 if you enroll in February 2026, or a one-time tuition of $888 if you enroll in March 2026. After March 2026, alumni upgrading will no longer be available and interested alumni will need to enroll at the full tuition rate. Alumni may request their alumni enrollment link by contacting Sarva at heal@innersunandmoon.com. Payment plans are available.

Is this a certification?
The Art of New Mother Care is not a certification, license, or title. There is no central governing body that oversees or licenses postpartum caregivers. Upon completion, participants receive a printed Certificate of Recognition acknowledging the scope of study, hours of training, and hands-on practice completed. This certificate reflects the depth and integrity of this work and is intended to be a meaningful record of your training.

How long do I have access to the training?
You have lifetime access to all training materials. If you wish to receive your Certificate of Recognition, all required assignments must be submitted within two years of your original enrollment date.

Can I move at my own pace?
Yes. Content is released sequentially, once per month, and you are encouraged to move slowly and integrate the material in a way that fits your life and capacity. If you wish to receive the Certificate of Recognition, completion must occur within the two-year window.

Are there live calls or a community forum?
This training is intentionally designed without live calls, discussion forums, or group spaces. All teachings are delivered through pre-recorded transmissions to support depth, privacy, and nervous system regulation.

What if I have questions about the material?
Questions are gathered and responded to through a contained, monthly process. This allows inquiries to be addressed thoughtfully, and responses are made available to all.

Is this training appropriate if I’m not currently a doula or a mother?
Yes! The Art of new Mother Care is open to those who feel called to postpartum care, whether you are currently practicing, a mother yourself, or standing at the threshold of this work for the first time.

Do I need to be a licensed massage therapist or bodyworker?
No. This program is designed to be accessible to those who are not licensed massage therapists, and as much as possible our goal is to include only bodywork that can be provided without a massage therapy license. Massage licensure laws vary by location, so it is your responsibility to understand and follow the regulations in your area if you offer hands-on bodywork to clients.

What if I am a licensed massage therapist?
Licensed massage therapists are invited to add on the Postpartum Abhyanga Training if they wish to go deeper into offering full professional abhyanga sessions.

How does this program differ from Inner Sun & Moon’s Ayurvedic Doula Training?
This program overlaps in spirit and skill in many ways with the Ayurvedic Doula Training; however, it offers a distinct container and unique transmission. Each program includes material not found in the other, and ultimately, one does not replace the other.

Questions?

Contact Sarva at heal@innersunandmoon.com.