Fear does not mean you are doing it wrong; it means you are standing at the edge of something that matters.
(Swipe to discover 4 plant allies for fear) →
When you are having vague anxieties & unknown fears, feeling dread or unease but can’t pinpoint why:
Lean on Aspen flower essence to help you cultivate a deep sense of security and peace. →
When you can point to something specific and say — “This. This is what I’m scared of.”:
Lean on Mimulus flower essence to help you find quiet courage, bravery, & strength. →
When you are struggling with self-doubt or doubt your intuition:
Lean on Cerato flower essence to help you develop faith in your inner voice & trust in your intuition. →
When you are navigating acute stress; a deep, almost paralyzing fear; or a feeling of shock:
Lean on Rock Rose flower essence for calm courage & presence amidst crisis. →
Fear is a natural companion on the healer's journey. It arises not to stop you, but to show you exactly where your next layer of medicine is waiting to be born. →
🎧 LISTEN: To explore how to integrate these specific plant allies, tune into Episode 4 of the Podcast: Flower Essences for Fear.
🌿 DEEPEN: If you are ready to master botanical alchemy, somatic ceremony, and advanced postpartum care, doors are officially open for our 18-month initiation, The Art of New Mother Care.
Click the link in my bio to listen to the episode or explore the training.
The Art of New Mother Care
Botanical Postpartum Doula Certification
18-month online training
This is a certification pathway for those called to the fourth trimester.
Rooted in Western herbalism and Ayurvedic wisdom, it is a return to postpartum care as a living, sacred art.
Who this is for—
Mothers who walked through their own postpartum unraveling and came out knowing they were meant to hold others through it
Doulas and birth workers ready for deeper, more embodied care
Massage therapists and bodyworkers called into the postpartum field
Herbalists and flower essence practitioners who know plants belong in the room where mothers recover
Yoga therapists and Ayurveda practitioners whose work is oriented toward the feminine body
Over seven gateways you will learn to—
Work with plants rooted in the land you stand on and the lineage you carry
Prepare herbal foods and botanical tonics that rebuild the postnatal body from within
Hold a new mother through herbal baths, warm oils, belly wrapping, and sacred touch
Move into the subtler realms of flower essences, aromatherapy, Marma therapy, and Yoga Nidra
Support the full spectrum, including Cesarean recovery, NICU, grief, and loss
Build a practice rooted in rhythm rather than urgency
Self-paced learning, paired with deep audio intimacy.
You receive the quiet sanctuary of pre-recorded study, backed by a direct line of bespoke mentorship.
Your questions are personally answered by me via voice recording, monthly throughout your journey.
You graduate as a Certified Botanical Postpartum Doula (CBPD).
With lifetime access to all materials, a listing in the graduate directory, a community to lean on, and a practice settled deep into your body.
Mastery cannot be rushed. It must be settled into the bones.
Eighteen months. Seven gateways.
A practice you will carry for the rest of your life.
Inside The Art of New Mother Care
Botanical Postpartum Doula Certification & Mastery Mentorship
A closer look at what you are stepping into—
The training moves at the speed of your nervous system.
Core teachings are beautifully pre-recorded to eliminate Zoom fatigue and honor your life’s rhythms.
No frantic live calls.
Instead, you receive the private sanctuary of self-paced learning, paired with the deep intimacy of custom audio mentorship.
Your skills develop through seven gateways—
I. The Portal of Birth
II. The Ancestral Apothecary
III. The Herbal Kitchen
IV. Botanical Bodywork
V. Subtle Medicine & Ceremony
VI. The Continuum of Care
VII. The Sustainable Practitioner
Each month, hands-on practices move the teachings from the screen into your hands.
You will build your own botanical apothecary over time. Gathering the plants of your land and ancestry, formulating your preparations, developing the sensory knowledge that only comes through doing.
You also receive—
Lifetime access to all modules
24 months of access to my private portal for monthly, bespoke audio mentorship
A growing collective archive of cohort Q&A audio recordings
A capstone portfolio review for your Botanical Postpartum Doula certification
A listing in the Inner Sun & Moon graduate directory
This is slow work, by design.
Because mastery that lives in the body takes time to settle.
You are going beyond learning a skill, becoming someone whose very presence is the medicine.
How to Enroll
The Art of New Mother Care
Botanical Postpartum Doula Certification & Mastery Mentorship
Enrollment is open and flexible.
You may join at any time and begin moving through the gateways in sequential order. New teachings are released on the first of each month and remain available once opened.
Tuition is structured exclusively as a gentle monthly exchange.
$300 USD / month for 12 months
No heavy upfront fees. A sustainable rhythm that supports your practice as you grow. After 12 months, the portal is fully yours.
12 Months of Exchange. 24 Months of Holding.
Your active access to monthly audio mentorship and portfolio submission window remains open for a full two years from your enrollment date.
You have lifetime access to the module library & growing Q&A archive.
If you have been sitting with this, you already know.
Questions before enrolling? DM Sarva ♥️
Postpartum care should feel like a deep exhale, not a race against a timer.
Spacing out postpartum doula visits once a week means playing catch-up.
But clustering care into 3 consecutive days allows the medicine to compound and the nervous system to truly rest.
Tap below to read the full breakdown on the magic of consecutive care.
There is a beautiful, rhythmic way to structure postpartum care that allows deep healing to compound→
Many families naturally think of spacing out postpartum doula visits—such as once a week for a few months.
While any care is a gift, a spread-out schedule can unexpectedly end up feeling like playing catch-up each time.
There is a way to structure support that lets everyone breathe a bit deeper. →
Imagine: Clustering care into 3 consecutive days at a time, especially close to the birth.
For example: 3 days in a row, for the first 3 weeks.
Wrapping a mother in heavy, continuous care right at the start lays a gentle, rock-solid foundation for the entire fourth trimester. →
For traditional and botanical care, this back-to-back rhythm creates a beautiful, cumulative magic.
Day 1 example: A full ritual—warm herbal oils, a botanical bath, and a gentle belly bind; a heart-to-heart check in & troubleshooting, herbal support & nourishing treats—to ground a raw nervous system.
Day 2 example: Repeating the ritual. Now that her body trusts the space, the tissues can soften and receive the plant medicine on a much deeper level. We can see if any troubleshooting changes from yesterday helped, and adjust or continue as needed.
Day 3 example: Sealing it in. The warmth & nourishment from the previous days has built up, locking in deep vitality and rest for the weeks ahead.
Consecutive days allow the medicine to compound. →
Postpartum doulas: This is why shifting from hourly rates to daily or weekly packages is so freeing.
When you offer a daily rhythm instead of an hourly block, the clock disappears.
You get to simply show up and flow with whatever the mother needs right then—no rushing, no timers, just pure presence. →
Mamas: Save this to envision a gentle, anchored rhythm for your recovery.
Postpartum doulas: Share this if you’re ready to bring a more spacious, sustainable flow to your practice.
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My 3rd baby was born and couldn't suckle.
I remember thinking, what's wrong with me? Why can't I feed my baby?
But then I'd remember, wait, I've done this, I do this, I know how to do this. Something's different here. But what and why?
I was baffled. I had been actively breastfeeding since day one with my 1st, several years before, was currently still breastfeeding my 2nd. And now I couldn't feed my newborn.
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Sometimes it seemed like both of us were just too tired, or he was too tired.
You know they always say, it's okay if baby is sleepy, but if he's lethargic that's important, that's a sign we need to pay attention to.
My baby was lethargic.
And he'd only gag when anything was put in his mouth.
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I remember thinking, thank goodness he is my 3rd and not my 1st, or I'd literally think I had failed.
And, I need to make sure other mothers know it isn't their fault if something is not going to plan. It's out of their control in a way we can never even know.
There is no point comparing to another's journey. It is two totally different souls, mama and baby, incomparable. We can't even say why one thing goes one way for one pair and differently for another.
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But the way he would perk up after I successfully got drops of breastmilk to roll into his mouth and down his throat, pumped and then dropped in with a syringe.
There were a few early months when I barely kept that milk supply alive. What held the thread was his toddler brother, not yet fully weaned. Still asking my body to keep going.
The milk that fed my 3rd baby was kept alive by his toddler brother, without either of them knowing it.
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In Ayurveda we call the first essence of nourishment rasa. Plasma, lymph, the juice of life. It's what hydrates you, steadies you, feeds every tissue layer that follows.
Breastmilk is made from rasa.
For almost 8 years (and 3 subsequent babies), mine went to my babies first.
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I know what depletion feels like from the inside. And I know what it takes to build yourself back, because I've had to do that too.
I've walked both sides of this, the hollowing out and the slow, deliberate replenishment.
If you work with mothers, you are working at the level of rasa. You are tending the juice of a life.
That is not a small thing. It’s an immense thing. In a way, it’s everything.