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Mama Mend Boosters for the postpartum bath
Mama Mend is a postpartum healing herbal product (made by yours truly, Santosha Birth and Wellness) that was designed to be super effective, super easy and hassle-free to use. It’s like a tea you make...
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What are custom flower essences
Today, I want to share a little about a service we offer at Santosha Birth and Wellness, that I (Jaime) really enjoy. I make custom flower essences for babies, children and adults and I have been so...
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Why use vocalization in pregnancy and birth (and prenatal yoga!)
Harnessing the sound of my voice was absolutely the most powerful comfort measure I used throughout the birth of my daughter. While pregnant, I’d wondered briefly how my soul would want to sing...
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Creative Visualization Exercise for Fertility
“The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of the successful outcome in mind” –Henry David Thoreau Last month, during one of my yoga for fertility classes, I used the following prompt during a...
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Herbal Spotlight: Yarrow
Today we shine the spotlight on yarrow, an amazing healing herb that excels in many applications, especially wound healing. We use organic yarrow in our Mama Mend Postpartum Healing Herbs, since yarrow...
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Better than Chocolate Milk Superfood drink
Yum. I just made this and its too good not to share. I haven’t posted a food recipe on this blog yet, but I used to have a health food blog (over at MealsHeal.blogspot.com). Seems like a good time...
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Comparing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Method and Raw Method Placenta...
In my years as a placenta preparation specialist, I find that of all the placenta services I offer, placenta encapsulation is most popular by far. It makes great sense—placenta encapsulation creates...
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What they don’t Tell You About Having a Baby
Today, we are delighted and honored to share the insight and wisdom of mama and psychotherapist Lauren Robbins on our blog! Lauren is amazing– she is the owner of (and therapist at) Wild Tree...
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Flower Essence Feature: Crocus
Flower Name: Crocus (crocus vernalis) Color: Orange (also available as White and Purple, each with unique healing attributes described below) Orange Crocus Flower Essence Dependence, independence and...
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Maia’s birth poem
Today, I was inspired to write a poem. I used to write poems all the time as a young woman, but it’s been a long while. This one is about my daughter’s birth and came through me just like she. It...
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