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Postpartum Self-Care: How To Tend To Yourself After Birth
With Naomi GaleThe postpartum window is one of the most profound transitions a woman's body and nervous system will ever move through and, perhaps, one of the least supported in modern life. Over these 7 days, you will be reminded of the importance of returning to yourself. Beginning with the radical practice of receiving rest, you will progress through a carefully held journey. Here you will learn to turn tenderness toward your own body, understand the ancient wisdom of the first 40 days, develop somatic awareness of your postpartum physical landscape, and find ways to soften isolation while staying rooted when the world moves too fast. Each session builds on the last. By the final day, you will have developed a felt sense of what it means to tend to yourself in your postpartum period. Rather than rushing back to who you were before birth, you will be invited into a slower process of being nourished, rebuilt and supported from within. This course weaves somatic body awareness, nervous system education, breath practice, postpartum body tending, and the wisdom of ancient feminine postnatal traditions into a single, gentle daily companion. It can be practised with a baby in arms, mid-feed, half-awake, or in a moment of quiet. No previous meditation experience is needed—only the willingness to stop, even briefly, and return. Written by a birth and post-natal doula who has held many women through this journey in real-time.
A progressive daily practice to support postpartum healing and help you return to yourself in early motherhood.
About this course
The postpartum window is one of the most profound transitions a woman's body and nervous system will ever move through and, perhaps, one of the least supported in modern life. Over these 7 days, you will be reminded of the importance of returning to yourself. Beginning with the radical practice of receiving rest, you will progress through a carefully held journey. Here you will learn to turn tenderness toward your own body, understand the ancient wisdom of the first 40 days, develop somatic awareness of your postpartum physical landscape, and find ways to soften isolation while staying rooted when the world moves too fast. Each session builds on the last. By the final day, you will have developed a felt sense of what it means to tend to yourself in your postpartum period. Rather than rushing back to who you were before birth, you will be invited into a slower process of being nourished, rebuilt and supported from within. This course weaves somatic body awareness, nervous system education, breath practice, postpartum body tending, and the wisdom of ancient feminine postnatal traditions into a single, gentle daily companion. It can be practised with a baby in arms, mid-feed, half-awake, or in a moment of quiet. No previous meditation experience is needed—only the willingness to stop, even briefly, and return. Written by a birth and post-natal doula who has held many women through this journey in real-time.
Meet your Teacher
Naomi works as a birth and postpartum doula, holistic pelvic care practitioner, and womb massage therapist, supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and the early months of motherhood. Her work centres on the body's wisdom during times of profound transition, particularly the postpartum period, which she views as a sacred and often under-supported threshold. Through years of holding space for women in the rawness of new motherhood, Naomi has developed a deep understanding of the nervous system shifts, physical recovery, and emotional landscape that arise after birth. Her approach draws together somatic awareness, breathwork, and gentle body-based practices, rooted in both modern understanding of the postpartum body and ancient traditions of feminine rest and recovery. Naomi believes that healing in the postpartum period happens not through pushing forward, but through being held-by others, ritual, and oneself. This course is an offering of that holding.