Blessing Our Bleeding:

Pillars of Care for Menstruation & Postpartum 

October 7th, 5pm-8pm

The Hearth in Paonia, CO

Join us to explore universal herbal, ritual, & ancestral practices that have sustained humanity for time immemorial. Share a nourishing potluck meal, herbal medicines, knowledge, & skills. Experience & learn about four pillars of care for bodies bleeding during menstruation & postpartum periods from all types of pregnancy release :

1. nourishment
   

2. warmth
   

3. rest 
   

4. connection (with spirit / self / nature / other)

First, let’s lay down & rub our bellies with some of Alicia’s mugwort oil. 

Then, we can fill bowls & enjoy a brief lecture from Sam exploring the four pillars of care. In addition to plant medicine & nutrition, practical actionable ways to tend the gardens of our nervous & endocrine systems whilst bleeding will be shared, from belly wrapping to warming foods to oxytocin stimulation. 

Participants are invited to bring a blood-nourishing, easy to digest dish to share, along with their own herbal & story medicine. Bring your mugwort oils & marrow broth! Bring your favorite tea blend or yoga move for cramps! Bring your reverence for the portal from whence we all came. 

Rest is resistance!