BIRTH IS
A SACRED
RITE OF PASSAGE
Every woman deserves to feel Held, Nourished & Empowered through Birth & Motherhood
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I am passionate about helping women to reclaim their Power & Place within the transformative Rite of Passage that is Birth & Motherhood.
I support mothers to come out of isolation, exhaustion & overwhelm, and reclaim their strength as well as their softness.
TRADITIONAL BIRTHCARE
Book in for individual treatments as you need them throughout your or pre-purchase a Birth Care Package, so that you can easily access care whenever you need it.
Gift Vouchers Available! Contact Lara to organise a personalised voucher.
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Weaving Traditional Chinese Medicine with Lomi Lomi Massage, I offer deeply nourishing sessions that are attuned to the individual needs of each woman. Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Massage are powerful tools during pregnancy & in the postpartum. Treatments can support you both physically & emotionally, to prepare for and recover from birth.
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This package includes 5 x 1hr treatments to support a mothers during pregnancy and the postpartum. This is a wonderful package to purchase for yourself or to gift to a Mother, as it makes getting the support needed in this time, more accessible & more affordable.
5 x Traditional Medicine Treatments $400 (save $100)
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Closing of the Bones is a powerful Ceremony that supports women through deep transitions. It is traditionally used for women in the postpartum period to help with integration and recovery from birth. but can also be given many years after a woman has birthed, or during any significant life transition such as the ending of a relationship, a miscarriage, a termination, or the death of a loved one. The Ceremony is deeply nurturing and restorative, involving massage and the binding of the body with long cloths.
CLOSING OF THE BONES $250 (2HRS)
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Sweatlodge is a powerful Ceremony used in many cultures for healing & purification. It takes place in an domed shaped space, that is dark and 'womb-like". Rocks are heated in a fire and brought into the lodge, and in this warm nurturing space, women are held & guided with drumming and singing, and given the space to process their birth, release, heal & restore. This is a very important ceremony to help mothers to close the birth field, return to their bodies and nourish their spirit.
POSTPARTUM SWEATLODGE $450 (4HRS)
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I know how difficult it can be for many mothers in the postpartum to get the space to even have a shower by themselves! When you are recovering from birth, sleep deprived and breastfeeding, getting on top of little things like cooking and cleaning can be totally overwhelming. If you need extra support in the postpartum, even if it is just a break from holding baby or a cup of tea with an adult, I'm here for you. Book in for extra support and receive the care you deserve.
POSTPARTUM EXTRA CARE $35/HR
CONTACT LARA SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS HOW I CAN BEST SUPPORT YOUR NEEDS
The Sacred Postpartum
The 40 day window after a baby is born is sometimes called the “4th Trimenster”. It is understood that this is a very important time in which the mother is “in-between worlds”; Her vessel is still open energetically and physically, she is integrating the birth & finding rhythm with her baby.
In most traditional cultures, this time is revered and respected as the most important time to care for the new mother, honour her deep transformation, and support her to feel nourished and calm.
I offer traditional Ceremonies to help women integrate and replenish after birth. I can also tend to women in their homes during the postpartum, bringing acupuncture, massage, nourishing meals, emotional support and help with domestic duties.
My Birth Story
My first son, Noah was born via C-section during a Cyclone! Lucky for me it was fairly peaceful as far as C-Sections go. In retrospect I can see that I worked too hard too early and was totally exhausted by the time my real labour kicked in. I also wasn’t empowered enough at the the time to fully claim the space that I needed to drop into a primal space for birthing. Recovering from the C-Section was hard mentally, emotionally & physically. It was 9 months before I really felt comfortable even touching the scar, and my mind went through many layers of regret & feelings of failure. But I see that this journey humbled me in many ways and it helped me to empathise with many other women.
I knew that my body was made to birth (as my ancestors had) and so 6 years later, when I was pregnant again, I chose to try for a ‘home-birth’ (home at that time happened to be a Coaster Bus & Tipi in the Bush!) I knew that if I was going to birth vaginally this time I needed to be out of the hospital system and totally drop into my “Wild-Woman”. I did a lot of work beforehand to clear residual fears & prepare my body. Above all I committed deeply in my being to trust in my body and in birth. I chose an intimate and very specific support team, including an experienced doula & midwife. We worked together through the night and I was blessed to birth my second son Siah naturally on the land!!