All Natural Mother - Inner Light Guides

Free breastfeeding class tomorrow at The Chiropractic Wellness Cafe!!! Please let me know if you’re coming!

What books have stopped you in your tracks and thought oh my goodness if only everyone could feel what I feel right now?

Hello friends! It’s been a while since I’ve done anything like this and since I have gained some new followers recently I wanted to re-introduce myself. My name is Tasha and I’ve been “All Natural Mother” since 2013. I started with running a raw dairy and farm fresh meat coop for my community, then added on making herbal remedies and sourdough items for the coop. In 2014 I had my 3rd baby which changed my life forever. Soon after I became a postpartum doula seeing clients weekly while bringing along my sweet baby and still seeing that our coop members had fresh dairy, eggs and meat each week. In 2015 I began to pursue becoming an IBCLC and started seeing more clients. In 2016 I had my last little love and took some time off. We moved to a new community in 2018 and I started offering free breastfeeding classes in Crowley at The Chiropractic Wellness Cafe where I still lead those classes once a month. 2020 brought a major shift for me and many others in the world, I added herbalism and embodiment work into my life and the life of my clients. I went on to become a certified Embodied Energics Practitioner in 2022. In 2023 I added an Ayruvedic Herbalism certification. Later this year I will dive back into my studies to add even more education in the field of Energetics work to become a Somatics Coach to further my ability to help woman create a life they can be at rest in. My passion is supporting woman of all ages and transitions in life. From teens to elderly woman. Every transition has its struggles and like most woman I’ve had many of my own. I guide from my heart and my soul is guided by God. I welcome you into this community with love and light. If you’d like more information please feel free to direct message me.

These precious souls come into the world already having a normal. A new normal can be so frightening & frustrating. Allowing your baby to be on and near you is a gift you can give back to the gift they have given you.

I focus a lot of my work on this Univeral Truth. Teaching others to love themselves has been the most rewarding work of all.

If I have worked with you in the past (either for lactation services or inner work coaching) and you’d like to share your testimonial on my updated website can you please send an email or a pm.

Reminder that Sage is used as a herbal remedy to dry up milk supply so be very careful how much you consume during the holiday season.

Oh this is so telling. Also worth considering that when we’ve done our best to shield our children from the same traumas we experienced it’s normal to cause other difficulties to our children while we are healing our own traumas. those difficulties can show us where we still need to grow and learn. Being triggered by our children is a wonderful mirror. Listen to them when they tell you you’ve hurt them. Help them learn early that there is growth in pain.

So very true. I mothered and wived this way for far too many years. Doing chores without kids is not a break it’s work or basic care. True self care is taking real time to yourself. As mothers we get told that anything other than solo chore time is selfish. Let me tell you now that it absolutely is and it’s OK! It’s ok to be selfish when it comes to your self care and mental health. You know what counts as true self care? Therapy / couching! Spa day! Solo or friend vacation! Reading a book alone! Walks / hikes/ gym time! So what will you do this week to be selfish?

It’s ok to put it down and focus on your personal health.

Have you ever thought about this?
In 100 years like in 2123 we will all be buried with our relatives and friends.
Strangers will live in our homes we fought so hard to build, and they will own everything we have today. All our possessions will be unknown and unborn, including the car we spent a fortune on, and will probably be scrap, preferably in the hands of an unknown collector.
Our descendants will hardly or hardly know who we were, nor will they remember us. How many of us know our grandfather's father?
After we die, we will be remembered for a few more years, then we are just a portrait on someone's bookshelf, and a few years later our history, photos and deeds disappear in history's oblivion. We won't even be memories.
If we paused one day to analyze these questions, perhaps we would understand how ignorant and weak the dream to achieve it all was.
If we could only think about this, surely our approaches, our thoughts would change, we would be different people.
Always having more, no time for what's really valuable in this life. I'd change all this to live and enjoy the walks I've never taken, these hugs I didn't give, these kisses for our children and our loved ones, these jokes we didn't have time for. Those would certainly be the most beautiful moments to remember, after all they would fill our lives with joy.
And we waste it day after day with greed, greed and intolerance.
Anon

When we work through the mountain of anger we start to see the grief we’ve been caring and covering up for so long. Our grief can be from so many different things. Things we thought we healed from but really just covered up. If you feel anger from random things, get “triggered” or have a short fuse I encourage you to dig deep and see where there may actually be hidden sadness. It’s so easy to wrap our sadness up with anger because anger is easier to feel and be with than sadness and grief.

Reach out for a consult to see if Embodied Energetic work is right for you.

As a mom of 4 whose baby is now 7 I can say it takes a very long time to heal the exhaustion of having babies. I had 3 babies back to back in my 30’s and it took a major toll on my body and mind.

Mama’s take care of yourself too!

Ask for help!

Hire a postpartum caretaker!

Do what you can to help yourself during this most precious time.

Healed People Heal People

The Last Appointment

There’s something that most healers / helpers don’t speak publicly about. That is what it feels like when you’re relationship with a client comes to an end. As a postpartum and lactation counselor I’m usually with a family for weeks, sometimes months helping the family as they transition with a new little one in the home. The last day is always so emotional for me! We’ve developed a relationship and I care deeply for the members of the family. The growth and confidence in the mother is so heart warming. The little babies have already changed so much. Siblings tell me their sweet stories and even the family pets come to get to know me with wet leg kisses. Usually by the last appointment we are just chatting and going over suggestions of what’s to come. The help and hands on assistance has ended. The healing of breasts have happened. The latch perfected. The emotional toll of birth and the first few weeks of baby being home settled. Now we are wrapping up the last few things and saying bye. I always try to bring mom a treat and baby a book. I hold baby one last time giving kisses and saying a prayer. Big hugs for mom. Then I usually go to my car and cry. Honestly sometimes I don’t even make it out the door before I start crying. The love of a healer is deep and wide. We care so deeply for the ones we are helping. We want only the absolute best for them and their future. Their is a mourning that happens when we say goodbye knowing we may not get another update about this precious family. To the family we are a temporary presence, an emergency support, a life line during one of the hardest transitions in life. To the healer they are precious souls sent to us to help guide and love. This journey as a healer is amazing and yet so sad at the same time.

To all my previous, current and future clients know that I love you! I love your children! I pray for you often! I wish you the best always and forever!

I spent the weekend in 2 different classes to bring even more knowledge to my clients.

Dynamic Body Balancing is a 5 level course that I will complete at the end of this year. It brings awareness the importance of the facia in the body. Each level building on the other. Once completed I will have the skills to do so much more amazing body work including cranial sacral releases and deeper tongue work on my sweet nursing client babies. I’m very excited to add this for my in person clients.

Ayurvedic Herbalism is an introduction into using ayurvedic healing through herbs and nutrition. I’ve been in this class since February and will also complete this class at the end of the year. This will further help me guide clients in healing from the inside out.

Power packing the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, the innate work of Embodied Energetics and the techniques of Fascia body work to provide a deeper personalized level of healing for each and every client.

Hold the mother, not the baby.⁣⁣
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Because the baby’s being taken care of—⁣
fed, snuggled, and given all the love in the world—⁣⁣
by not only the mother,⁣⁣
but her partner, grandparents, siblings, cousins, and friends.⁣⁣
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But the mother,⁣⁣
may have gaps in her mind from lack of sleep,⁣⁣
may be mechanical in her motions as she’s healing,⁣⁣
may feel more like a mess than a mother,⁣⁣
may be sitting in bed, crying, feeling overwhelmed in her body and life,⁣⁣
may be full of mom guilt because in her mind, "she's not good enough,"⁣⁣
and she’s bleeding, wincing in pain, swollen and emotional.⁣⁣
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And the mother’s that baby's whole world and needs to be seen, so she doesn't disappear into that postpartum fog.⁣⁣
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So, hold the mother, not the baby.⁣⁣
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A mother agrees that her baby matters more.⁣⁣
But she’s hurting, while she’s the person behind the baby,⁣⁣
in the background, making it all happen:⁣⁣
feeding her baby at all hours,⁣⁣
snuggling her baby close to comfort newborn cries,⁣⁣
and being that baby’s everything.⁣⁣
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So, it’s the mother who needs your love.⁣⁣
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And a mother will remember who held her up.⁣⁣
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So instead of “I’m coming to see the baby,”⁣⁣
try saying, “I’m coming to see you 𝘢𝘯𝘥 meet the baby, too.”⁣⁣
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Because the mother needs to be held more.⁣⁣
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Yes. Yes. Yes. This is so wonderfully said. Even if you don’t currently have this in your home you can start now. Healing and growing changes your whole history. We all fall even the ones who have worked the hardest. We all lose our tone or maybe even lose our temper.

If you need help learning how to practice this, reach out for an embodiment coaching appointment.

Your children are watching your Relationship

* Watching the tone of voice you use.
* Watching if you’re affectionate.
* Watching how you talk about & treat one another.
* Watching how you handle disagreements and conflict-resolution

Your kids are learning from you, so work hard to show them what a healthy relationship looks like.

Remove the dyes and see how the behavior changes.

This midwife says something amazing!

Baby's weight 5.46 kg (12 pounds)
Gestation: 42 weeks
Labour: a quick 3 hours
Birth place: home - birth pool in the play room
This is her 3rd baby.
And - intact perineum.

Midwife Jo Hunter says it all:

Stop telling women they can’t birth big babies out of their va**na!

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How about you mamas? What helped your cranky bebes?

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