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An opportunity for black women to share their story for BLACK BREASTFEEDING WEEK STARTING 25th August.
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Mama Glow- As a doula and educator who seeks to empower women to reclaim their bodies as sacred ground, I know how important it is for us to breastfeed our babies and that it’s not only an act of nurturing, it’s a deeply healing and it’s a political act. It’s about self-preservation and protecting the future that lies in our hands- in a world where our bodies are under attack. It’s about savoring and reclaiming the closeness, connection, and healing of breastfeeding that was once robbed from us and denied from our ancestors.
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In a few days we celebrate BLACK BREASTFEEDING WEEK August 25-31st I wanted to share some words about my breastfeeding journey and the importance of restoring the legacy of black breastfeeding in our communities. Our foremothers wet-nursed this nation. And today, out of all ethnic groups, Black women have the lowest breastfeeding initiation rates at 64% and the shortest breastfeeding duration, around six weeks.
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I nursed my son until he was 3 years old. I had a powerful examples of breastfeeding success and a mother who supported me in he process. She had breastfed both me and my younger sister. I dive into historical context and the need to uplift and create space for this political and healing expression for black women.
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The piece is on ZORA @zora, where @vanessa_kdeluca has curated a space for us, where we are centered and we can dive deep into a world where issues that matter to us are centered. See stories to swipe and read.
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Tell me about your journey. If you want to share your story for Black Breastfeeding Week this year, tag us on @mamaglow or email - info@mamaglow.com to submit your story.
#blackbreastfeeding #blackbreastfeedingweek2019 #zora #breastfeeding #womenshealth #wellness #healing #maternalhealth #motherhood #breastmilk #blackgirlmagic #doula #policy #birthwork

6 week Prenatal course starting soon. Bookings essential. ❤️🤰🏼🤰🏿🤰🏾🤰🏻 #Repost @modern_organic with @get_repost
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PRENATAL // Prepare to awaken the powerful & confident woman within! 🤰🏼 Prenatal Yoga with Astrid is a unique fusion of yoga (yoga poses, breathing practices, meditation & relaxation), childbirth education and mentoring for birth. You will prepare for the intensity of labour by learning several multi sensory pain coping and breathing practices that will allow you to be open and ready for the unexpected nature of birth. You will strengthen your body and mind, and make a strong connection with your baby for birth and into motherhood. You'll also learn ideal positioning for a comfortable labour, valuable birth tips for all types of births, in all locations (hospital, birth centres or at home), and gain insights for preparing for the challenges of labour, one breath at a time.
Prenatal Yoga on Sundays is for pregnant women from 12-42 weeks gestation.
No yoga experience necessary & all equipment is provided. Please wear something comfortable.
Astrid is an experienced prenatal/postnatal yoga teacher, Birthing from Within Mentor®️, graduate of the School of Shamanic Womancraft and trained doula (birth support person). @astrid.serpentine 🤰🏼 *|6 week course|*
Sundays 10:30-11:45am
Start date: 8th September
Investment $144
Book via the link in the Facebook event or see our website

True beauty is in the acceptance of the whole. .

I was walking down the street last night and I started to think about the saying “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. What it simply means is, beauty is subjective. But from my perspective it can also mean, beauty is validated by someone external to yourself.
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If we allow others to approve of our beauty by looks alone, we can become fixated on proving our worth in the way we look rather than by the way we are. Which is, pure consciousness. .

We start a story within that says we will only belong when we look, act and behave a certain way. .

If beauty really is subjective, then what it really means is that a person can only see beauty from where they are at in their evolution as a human. They may be looking at something with a wounded lens. .

Beauty is not physical. It is energetic. It’s how a person shows up in the world. It’s a feeling you get in being with that person. It’s a reflection of your own beauty, whether it’s conscious or unconscious. .

Do you judge a sunset? Do you say hey sunset that wasn’t good enough. Shine brighter and go pinker next time? Nope. We accept the whole experience as it is. .

The beautiful mess that you might be right now is the beauty. I know what it feels like to not accept the mess and to want everything to be shinier and better. But forcing another outcome or another person to see your beauty within, is like trying to force your way out of a traffic jam. The beauty is in being with yourself and honouring your way. .

This post comes from years of not seeing my true beauty unless someone else told me. I mean this with my creative gifts, my work, my mind, my whole being in fact. .

So this is as much for me as it is for you. .

What inner work do you need to do to show up just as you are? Without needing to visually validate your existence, or to please others? To prove your worth on any level. What if you could truly accept your whole package despite what culture, patriarchy, politics, society says. What would that feel like? What do you need to be able to be vulnerable? .
#beauty #truebeauty #acceptance #gratitude #yoga #innerwork

As a doula, I used to see labours stop when a women were uncomfortable with their care providers. When they left the room, the labour would start up again. It shows how important it is for a woman to feel safe during birth. .

It is a must to speak up when things are feeling right for you. Bring out the inner rebel, and claim your birth on your terms.
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☪︎ Waking the Witches ~ please share this far and wide and quickly⁠ ☽⁠
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“Midwives and Doctors MUST be kind and gentle with women at their births - if they are not then ask for a replacement and make a complaint, so they can learn this.”⁠
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Jane Hardwicke Collings⁠
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#wakingthewitches ⁠
#truthalert ⁠
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#janehardwickecollings⁠
#whykindnessmatters⁠
#healtheearthonebirthatatime⁠
#jeanninepavartibaker⁠
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Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce myself again. I got inspired. This is me: .
🐍My name is Astrid, I recently changed my name because I felt that the second part of my life needed to carry a different energy. So here I am, anew! . 🐍I’m a libran, Capricorn rising with a Taurus moon. I’ve got the crazy, creative energy with a lot of earth to it. 🐍I have two boys. First one born by caesarean and the second born at home. . 🐍I have degree in Fine Arts with First Class Honours in photomedia and film. . 🐍I lived in London for two years in my twenties and worked in film production. . 🐍I’ve been a yoga teacher for 10 years. I teach yoga/prenatal yoga @modern_organic, Reiki Master, Childbirth Educator, Menstrual educator and a witch (a woman in her power helping others find their own)
. 🐍I’m a musician and sing/write my own songs. I had an EP out in 2009 and played around Sydney. . 🐍I’m a single mum. . 🐍I grew up at the beach and have a passion for the ocean. .
🐍As a girl I used to see spirits and witches often tried to contact me but I was too scared. But now I know why they tried. I’m a healer. .
🐍I enjoy ideas and making projects. Especially ones that inspire women and dismantle the patriarchy 😉 .
🐍I love growing and shifting and transforming myself. Now that I’ve started I’ll just keep going. There is no end game with inner work. There’s always something to learn. .
#birth #inspiration #me #whoami #yoga #witch

Happy actual Early Spring! I think the 8th of August marks this years Spring Festival Imbolc. This is our table of Spring goodies to honour Early Spring. Some of these things came from the women who attended the Womens circle on the weekend and some have been collected recently by the kids and our friend Tora. We have this little table space dedicated to each Season to bring that energy to our awareness within and without. Inner awareness, outer awareness. .

I sing a lullaby to the kids at night that is to the melody of Kermit’s song, you know the rainbow one? I sing about the weather and sing about the seasons outside and then about our emotions as the seasons within. .

I do my best to encourage my boys to explore their emotions, but sometimes my own woundings emerge and I get frustrated. This for me is my struggle with winter energy. .

Winter energy is being still, gestating, processing and allowing space for transformation. Often times I rush (I was induced as a baby) to the outcome. .

I try to remember that if I can hold space for women and clients, then I need to be able to hold space for my little VIP’s, as my teacher Jane puts it. .

Early Spring. What are noticing emerging? What changes have started happening slowly or swiftly?. #earlyspring #wattle #honouringtheseasons #winter #patience

Another pic of me 6 months pregnant. People used to ask me if I was having twins. .

This Saturday I’m holding another Prenatal workshop for pregnant women 12 weeks to 42 weeks gestation. This workshop is like no other on the Central Coast. It combines the spiritual inner work to heal the maiden within, with the physical and practical aspects of birth prep that will encourage optimal birthing. Bookings @modern_organic #birth #yoga #meditation #breathing #paincopingforlabor #healing #menstruation

I agree! ❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥 #Repost @rosewomb_x with @get_repost
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“This is where your real power lies. In the sacred temple of your pelvis”.
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#drchristianenorthrup #womensbodieswomenswisdom #wombpower #rosewombhealing #wordsasmedicine #orgasms #sacredsex #sacredmenstruation #sacredlabour #sacredbirth #sacredmenopause

Have you considered this part of your birth? Allowing the cord to pulse provides baby with more oxygenated blood. Cutting the cord too early can lead to anaemia and respiratory issues at birth. Share you thoughts in the comments. .

#Repost @janehardwickecollings with @get_repost
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☪︎ Waking the Witches ~ please share this far and wide and quickly⁠ ☽⁠
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✨ LINK IN BIO ✨ or⁠
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/natural-approach-to-labour/⁠
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#witchesofinstagram⁠
#earlychordclamping⁠
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#DrSarahJBuckley⁠
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#birth⁠
#naturalapproachtolabour⁠
#janehardwickecollings⁠
#wakingthewitches
#cordclamping

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