Author: marapanaccihealth@gmail.com
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The Birth of Oak
Pregnancy and preparing for birth amidst a worldwide hypnosis was a trying journey. Lonely at times, accompanied by a heart filled with rage and a longing to keep the sisterhood alive, I stayed true to my instincts and spent much time in nature and tending to my family. Conceiving this child with the intention of…
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Self Led Prenatal Care
“Within the wild psyche are a woman’s fiercest instincts for survival. But, unless she practices her inner and outer freedoms regularly, submission, passivity, and time spent in captivity dull her innate gifts of vision, perception, confidence, and so forth, the ones she needs for standing on her own.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés Since the dawn…
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Baking Beans and Building Sisterhood
“I am indigenous” she said as we made our first introductions. “Some of my students say that they have machines at home that wash their clothes and that they have hot water for showers. Me, I don’t see the point! Cold water is so refreshing!” My spanish teacher held her head high and waved her…
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Why You Need To Become A Mystical Mama
Whether you are an established Yoga teacher, a doula, a healthcare practitioner, a mother, a gatherer of wimyn or all of the above, our 10 day Mystical Mama training and retreat is an enriching learning experience you don’t want to miss. Chances are very high that you are serving a pregnant womyn, especially a sister,…
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Musings At Four Weeks Post Partum
I think there are as many post partums as there are wimyn. Each taking on their unique flavour and essence as Mothers learn their new dance with beloved baby, a tango where both partners take turns in the lead. Days melt into nights into days again, one heavy dream like haze of altered and heightened…
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The Free Birth of a Sun King ~ Baby #4
The story of Odin begins about a year before he was born, when his spirit appeared to me in a dream while teaching the Mystical Mama YTT in Guatemala. I dreamt that I birthed a son, that he had olive skin and dark hair, and that I walked around Lake Atitlan holding him in my…
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Sacred Fertility For The Mystical Mama
Wimyn are deeply intuitive creatures that experience the great cycles of birth, death and rebirth in their very bodies, on a monthly basis. Not only that, but wimyn’s bodies have the natural ability to flow in sync with the light of the moon. When wimyn live in close connection, they begin to menstruate at the…
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The Home Water Birth of Selah ~ Baby #3
In June of 2015, I received a positive pregnancy test result in a Starbucks bathroom on a trip to Toronto. I should have been starting my moon cycle that day and just out of curiosity and boredom, I found myself slipping into a drugstore and buying a chocolate bar and a test. I couldn’t believe…
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Transformation Through Loss ~ The Soul Birth of Sage ~ Baby #2
There are three things that I remember most about being pregnant with Sage. The first was how much I yearned for her. I was pretty much ready to have another baby the minute Szerafina was born and by her six month birthday, would have definitely gotten pregnant had my period returned by then. It was…
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The Homebirth of Szerafina ~ Baby #1
Remember what you came here for. This is what our midwife said as she placed the palm of her hand on Szerafina’s forehead. Leaning over our intertwined resting bodies, she smiled. With an exhausted body but amplified mind, I was able to lay with my new daughter at my breast and husband by our side.…