Womb + Pelvic Focused Massage

This is for non pregnant folks, If you are pregnant please book the prenatal. Utilizing Mexican traditional mobility and alignment techniques for the pelvis, this treatment focuses on therapeutic massage around the pelvis and manual bodywork to move it into optimal alignment. A holistic approach is used by including full body myofascial work as well for both pelvic and uterus alignment. The uterus is intricately connected to the pelvis, so pelvic alignment is key before moving the uterus from a dropped or crooked position. Womb massage includes abdominal massage, loosening adhesions or tension in the fascial tissue of the abdomen and womb, and gentle alignment of womb or baby if prenatal. In our experience womb massage has helped ease cycle pains, fibroid size, digestion, and more.

Prenatal massage + Bodywork

Prenatal massage uses pillows to support mom and baby and create a comfortable receiving pose either side-lying or diagonally angled. Gentle, lymphatic and relaxation focused techniques are applied to help melt tension, promote mobility, and enhance the body’s natural opening and growth process. Womb, chest, and abdominal massage are included with consent with warm oils to soothe the skin, fascia, and muscle tissues that are working hard at this time. Common symptoms such as sciatica, SI pain, or pubic pain can be addressed with gentle but effective myofascial work. The alignment of the pelvis and baby can also be evaluated and manually adjusted with gentle bodywork techniques. I use the rebozo, or woven scarf to gently assess and encourage mobility in the body, and share ways to use the rebozo for mobility and pelvic relief leading up to and during labor.

Postpartum Bodywork- Cerrados

Traditional Mexican Postpartum bodywork, or a Cerrado, utilizes a ceremonial closing of the bones practice. It is both a physical and energetic practice in which we manually squeeze the bones back together to help facilitate the process the body does naturally, slowly over time as the body recovers from every part of the body opening during birth. Rebozos, or traditional natural woven scarves, are used to wrap the body, for mobility and stretching, for alignment, and to physically and energetically close the portal of birth. Before a cerrado, alignment of the pelvis, spine and shoulders are ensured so that optimal recovery is encouraged for the body. Mom’s describe this practice as feeling “held”, “rocked”, or “babied”, as the rebozo is used to hold up different parts of the body, gently rock and loosen them, and then get wrapped and squeezed.

Postpartum Traditional Care

In addition to our traditional massage and bodywork, we utilize herbal treatments and food for nourishing and supportive postpartum care. This includes herbal sitz baths, herbal blends for the peri bottle or compresses, herbal vaginal steams or bajos, herbal teas, and herbal infused healing meals. These methods are focused on retaining heat in the womb, building back blood, soothing inflammation, and nourishing a depleted warrior who is recovering from a tremendous amount of work.

In this spirit, we honor something called la cuarantena, or roughly “the quarantine”, which is 40 days of sacred rest and recovery after birth. Traditionally, nobody should enter the home or disturb you, unless they are helping, and you should not leave the home. Ideally remaining in complete rest. Even if this is not completely realistic for you, I hope all moms can embrace some amount of their own cuarentena, with or without my services, to honor their needed sacred rest.