Nettle + Honey

These two companies of mine have been my life’s work in supporting women for almost a decade. The line can sometimes get a little blurry but here it is in black and white. Or rather green + cream 😉

It’s as simple as this…
food + nutrition =
bodywork + in-person support = .honey

A healthy balanced mother + child includes nourishment of the body AND soul. You are a fu***ng portal for creating life and you deserve it all.

Pardon my French.

xo ✨🔥🔆

I’ve been needing a little more yin to balance all the yang in my life. So I’ve asked my good friend Luke to lead a community Qi Gong class.

Qi Gong has so many benefits physically but also mentally, spiritually and its effect on settling the nervous system is paramount.

Swing by the Nelson (south side lawn) this Wednesday all through October for a 30 minute all levels class.

Just bring your bare feet and an open mind. 🌬️

Donation based.

Got questions, let me know! Or just show up and figure it out as you go!

xo

I woke with a start this morning. At 5:55am. The exact time my first baby was born exactly 8 years ago.

That birth rocked my world and led me into this work of supporting mothers through birth and the YEARS postpartum.

The initiation of birth into motherhood is extreme. No one can prepare you for the transformation. I grieved for years of this homebirth turned C-section. Today I see it as the greatest gift. The gift that changed my trajectory. The gift that gave me perspective + growth. The gift that gave me this fierce boy that birthed exactly as he was meant to. The birth I was meant to share with him.

Today he enters his 9th year around the sun. In Steiner philosophy, this is a year of transformation from the young child into stepping more into his body and discovering who he is apart from mother. Oof. In a way, I have seen this slowly transition over time but can feel it more rapidly now. I wish simultaneously that I could stop time, yet also watch with utter excitement of who this boy is to become.

Happy birthday Kirk Orion. ✨

Bengkung belly binding is a traditional postpartum practice that provides core support, helps the uterus shrink, and reduces water retention by applying gentle compression to the abdomen. It stabilizes the back and pelvis, which can ease discomfort and improve posture, while also supporting recovery from diastasis recti and aiding skin retraction.

Many women find the practice emotionally comforting, feeling more secure and “held” during postpartum recovery. However, it should be done with care and consultation, especially after a C-section, to ensure proper healing.

I will come to your home with a new wrap for you to keep, wrap you in the Bengkung style, and show you how to wrap yourself for future bindings or come on back to rewrap you at anytime.

Link in bio to book your binding 📿

It’s that time again! I’m hosting a Family Yoga + Splash Pad morning at Loose Park this Sunday August 11th from 10:30am-12:30 🌊

Bring a yoga mat, water, snacks/lunch and swim suit if you plan to stay and splash!💦

DM me for specific info on our meeting spot!

This is a fundraiser for with a suggested donation of $10-15 per family.

Let me know if you’re coming! 🌈🔆

Raise your hand if you had a baby in July! Babies are falling from the stars it seems. Welcome to the world sweet ones! And Mamas, we are wishing you a very nourished postpartum. May you take the time to rest, heal + embrace all this chapter is releasing.

These foods are all curated for this sacred window of time. Something I wish I would have had when my first baby was born and felt all the difference with the second.

My second baby was born in July. Exactly 5 years ago. It was such an emotional pregnancy + birth as I prepared for my VBAC at home. My first Cesarean birth brought a lot of shock + grief + feelings of shame + inadequacy. I know now that that was always far from the truth but at the time felt so raw + real. Five years feels both like yesterday and also a lifetime ago. Such an interesting parallel.

Happy birthday to all the July babies + mamas out there!

This week at Marma LOCAL:
Stock Your Freezer Soup Bundle- includes Ayurvedic Kitchari, Carrot Ginger Soup, Chicken Vegetable Soup + Bone Broth (get the bundle or order just one)
Organic Country Bread Loaf - baked locally from Jonny Bakes KC
Local Greens Salad - with cilantro lime dressing
Tart Cherry Gummies - beneficial for sleep, digestion, hair, skin + joint health, and a delicious snack for the whole family.
Laboraide - a deeply hydrating natural electrolyte drink
Muffins - always organic, choose your flavor!
T***y Bars - a nutritive lactation bar
(New!) Overnight Oats - set of 3 oat cups that support lactation

Always in the kitchen.

What are you cooking tonight?

I’ve got butter rice + chicken thighs for dinner and chocolate cupcakes in the oven for a 5yo birthday party tomorrow🤸

Nettle + Honey was founded in support of mothers, especially within the sacred window of time after birth. That juicy, sleep-deprived haze, full of oxytocin-rich love, yet teetering the line of falling into chaotic insanity in a world that doesn’t know how to support mothers.

I learned quickly after the birth of my first baby that mothers are not supported enough and sometimes hardly at all. I’ve taken a small hiatus from my in-home work and I’m ready to get back in. I’ve reorganized many of my offerings including:

In-home Postpartum Support
Abhyanga Warm Oil Massage
Belly-binding
Yoga
Craniosacral / Unwinding the birth for Mother and Baby
Blessingways
Sealing Ceremonies
You can now book directly on my site!

Meal Delivery
Meal delivery has moved over to Marma + I will continue to share those offerings here as well.
Speaking of... we have a couple of different options for soups + delicious fresh bread loaves from Jonny Bakes and T***y Bars + teas. Check it out here.
I’ll be back in town next week, so stay tuned for new menus!

Private Chef
When you cook with love + intention with quality ingredients the room + experience also fills with love.
Have Nettle + Honey cater your next event:
Private events
Custom meals for families
Retreats
Baby Showers + Blessingways
Kid Yoga + Splash Park Meetup
This is a donation-based event to help support City of Fountains Waldorf School.
August 11th 10:30-12:30
Join us for an hour of family yoga followed by the Splash Park at Loose Park.
Yoga will include animal movements, songs, and fun for all ages.
Bring a yoga mat or blanket and snacks or a lunch for your family.
Reply to this email for more info!

Postpartum Doula Training
My next Postpartum Doula Training is booked for this October! If you have felt called to this work, this training will provide you with the ancestral wisdom to nurture + nourish your clients during this time. This training is open to all birth workers, mothers, and anyone who works with perinatal women + families.

My calendar is reopening in August for In-home Postpartum Support🔆 Take a look at all the services re-introduced on the Nettle + Honey site (links in bio).

I’ve missed being in the homes of mothers during those early days. Postpartum is my absolute favorite and I’d do it again and again. It is such a beautiful opportunity to deeply rest + nourish the body. What a gift it is to support mothers in this way. Something we all need + deserve.

When a baby is born, so is a mother. Your job as a new mother is to sleep, rest + replenish your body after the marathon of creating this new life.

My job is to make sure you can actually do it.

WHAT IS POSTPARTUM CARE?
We’ll talk through your exact needs with an initial call. Postpartum care includes a variety of offerings and every mother’s needs are different. Some of these include:

birth processing

newborn care

emotional check-ins

meal preparation

sibling care

dishes + laundry

planning + resources

bodywork

COMING SOON!
When a baby is born, so is a mother. Yet so often the mother is left to navigate alone. I’ve spent the last 8 years building my business and supporting hundreds of families in Kansas City and virtually beyond. As my business transitions into the next chapter, I feel compelled to share this much-needed integration into women’s health + wellness, so that many more families have the support that they need during the most vulnerable times of their lives.
This training is meant for professionals in women + family wellness that work with postpartum families wanting to expand their knowledge in caring for mothers with a holistic approach. Doulas, Midwives, Ob-Gyns, Nurses, Chiropractors, Physical therapists, Mental health practitioners, Bodyworkers of all kinds, and also mothers wanting to prepare for their own postpartum time.

October 2024
Link in bio 🔗

It’s been 2 months since the solar eclipse.
How has your life changed?

I deeply considered not sitting out in it. The eclipse was passing through my house of home + family. It told me that I will be in deep emotional pain and will need to move house. And as this door closes on an important chapter of my life, I will be stepping into my true life’s purpose.

Whew.

Well I decided I indeed need to experience that shift and I would likely experience it whether or not I sat under the eclipse or not. A week later my life turned upside down, backwards and launched into a parallel universe.

I won’t share about that today but I will share that life is wild. It takes unexpected turns and even though I am in deep emotional pain, I am here riding the tidal waves 🌊 ready for my true life’s purpose.

I know so many people whose lives have been upheavaled. We are so much more connected than we realize. It is not easy. I’ve never cried so much for so many days at a time for both my inner and outer worlds. There is some comfort that we are all experiencing it together in different ways.

I deeply believe THIS is how the world changes. First we transform within. And next we transform the world.

Morning views + moods..

SAN FRANCISCO
We’ve been in San Francisco all weekend with Marma getting in front of thousands of OBs from all over the country and world. It’s been probably 15 years since I’ve been here and yet it feels like yesterday. We hosted a happy hour last night with amazing brands and now our new friends at Mavida, Perelel and Oula.

We’ve been handing out T***y Bars left and right with an amazing response. It’s been so fun to get T***y Bars into the hands of medical professionals, see them laugh + enjoy these bars I’ve been making for the last 7.5 years.

I’ll be returning to reality tonight and opening the Nettle + Honey kitchen with these offerings:

Muffins
Muffins Mixes
Tart Cherry Gummies
Bone Broth
Golden Spice Granola

We are working on getting things transferred over to Marma so that we can again offer soups, stews + other new local and shippable items!

See you Tuesday,
Tori

Wishing you the most beautiful day to celebrate YOU! Remember that Mother’s Day is every f-ing day but this particular day can come with a lot of expectations, sadness, joy, fear, nostalgia, disappointment... all of these feelings are valid and should be expressed + released from the body. I know I’ll be spending my day releasing and feeling every single one of these emotions. Love you, xo.

DO YOU FEEL THE PULL?
We often say you don’t choose birthwork, it chooses you.

I first took a doula training not because I wanted to become a doula, but because I felt this uncontrolled pull to do it. I kept going back, day-after-day, to the website. It was my best friends who finally gave me the courage to go discover what this urge was all about.

If you are feeling this pull, I’m here to encourage you to go explore how this can open your life in ways I could have never dreamed. Birth (and death for that matter) are celestial events that not that many people are privy to witnessing time + time again.

This training is not just for those who intend to practice traditional doula care. It’s for anyone who already works or wants to work with women during this sacred window of time, trauma-informed care, and feel the importance of changing and remembering our duty as women to support our sisters throughout the birthing years.

This is a certified course through hOMe Holistic and will prepare you to begin birthwork immediately following the training. You will also have the option to shadow the hOMe Holistic doulas in order to attend 3 different births including: home birth, birth center + hospital.

Our first session begins this Wednesday! All sessions are at hOMe Holistic in Overland Park on Wednesday evenings from 5-9pm May 15th - June 12th.

We can’t wait to share this work and spend these nights with you.

Tori + Ashley

MUFFIN MIXES
Muffins are by far the most popular N+H item! They are so versatile, make great gifts, and snacks, plus everyone in the family loves them. This week, I’m introducing Muffin Mixes! These mixes include all the dry ingredients and directions for adding all the rest (eggs, butter, banana...)
These kits are great for kids to help and have on hand for when you need some healthy snacks or to gift to a new family.
All ingredients are of course organic.

Baked-to-order muffins are also available this week! I’ve got a small menu this week. Here’s what’s available:

- Muffins
- Muffin Mixes
- Tart Cherry Gummies
- Golden Sprouted Granola

See you soon,
Tori

OUT IN THE WOODS
The boys and I escaped up to Viroqua Wisconsin this weekend to a cabin in the woods. Wow how beautiful and freeing it was. We saw 6 bald eagles, wild turkeys, a bobcat, and found a cow skull + deer antlers on ancient sacred Native American “grandfather” land that was blessed by a local shaman. I have always wanted to find deer antlers and walked right towards them. I was meant to find them, led to them, and know they are strengthened by my Grandfather as I warrior through life.

We danced and sang around the fire to clear the clouds (which of course magically dispersed) and spent the night gazing at the stars.

This week I’m offering Chicken Vegetable Soup as the weekly special along with the famous T***y Bars (more recently transitioned into Marma Bars!)

Chicken Vegetable Soup has all organic ingredients including: pastured chicken, bone broth, onion, garlic, celery, carrot, potato, herbs + kale.

We are nearing and almost sold out of spaces to our Doula Foundations Training and for Motherculture a one day local retreat for mothers on May 11th. This will be the last week to sign up for Motherculture, do not wait! These are the juicy ceremonial gatherings we need as women to hold eachother up high as we walk through life.

See you soon,
Tori

BUTTERNUT SQUASH RED LENTILS

This week’s special is Butternut Squash Red Lentils. They are warm + savory with bright tones of lemon + cilantro. This dish is naturally vegan and gluten + dairy-free.

I’ve been testing out some of the nourishing soups that will be part of our postpartum meal packages once we transfer everything over to Marma starting June 1st!

Muffins, teas, packages and tasty treats all available on the menu as well✨

See you Tuesday!

To be honest. I never saw this coming. In my mind, N+H was going to slowly phase out as we expanded Marma. Yet week by week you all came a-knocking with a need for clean nourishing food during these most sacred times as you grow + raise your children.

I’ve felt this need pull me stronger + it was Meredith (my Marma co-founder) who saw with clear eyes how we need to integrate it into Marma. My heart immediately lit up with a resounding YES!

Our conversations so far have me in goose bumps. I can’t wait to tell you how this will show up in the world. We’ve got the goal of June 1st to have the website, kitchen + delivery driver (!!!) all in line. In the meantime, everything remains the same. You can continue to order through my N+H site or contact me directly. If you aren’t already, get on the Marma email list and make sure you are following

ROASTED ROOT VEGETABLES +
FERMENTED GARLIC HONEY

Happy Spring everyone!

This week’s special is Roasted Root Vegetables: beets, fennel, sweet potato, turnips, carrot + Ayurvedic Spring spices. One quart per order making it easy for healthy mix + match meals throughout the week.

I’ve also got Fermented Garlic Honey to preorder. It takes a month to ferment so delivery is April 16th. Fermented Garlic Honey has many health benefits including boosting your immune system and warding off viruses. If you’re down with a cold or when those around you are sick, a fermented clove of garlic is a great way to support your system. Preorders due now! Choose between an 8 or 16oz glass jar.

Delivers Tuesday in Kansas City 🔆🥕

CARROT GINGER SOUP
I keep waiting for one last snow storm, but the weather is holding up and I’m afraid I’m leaning hard into welcoming Spring!

This week I’m offering another special of my very favorite Spring soup. Carrot Ginger Soup is nourishing, warm, yet zesty, with ginger to fire up our digestion for lighter dishes as we move into warmer temperatures.

I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be back in the Home Holistic yoga studio for the next few months as I take over my dear friend’s classes on her maternity leave. My body has been craving the movement + sisterhood of our yoga circles and I can’t wait to see you there.

Join me at 6pm on Wednesday evenings 🧘🏼‍♀️

Ginger Bacon Fried Rice on special + delivers tomorrow!

I’m offering a special this week in addition to the weekly bundle. Ginger Bacon Fried Rice made with: Calrose Rice, Seasonal Vegetables, Pastured Bacon, Ginger, Coconut Aminos, Ume Plum Vinegar. Please note no bacon if vegetarian is preferred.

Come see me at this witchy event March 2nd

I’ll have a booth with goodies and some of my favorite recipes to take home like sprouted granola and quarts of homemade bone broth.

I’ll be on the midday health panel sharing about nutrition for women during the birthing years 🔆

Hi all, I have lots to share 🔆
The menu has changed, lots of updates and MUFFINS ARE BACK!

I’ve brought some things back and tweaked + updated quite a bit. I’d like to introduce you to my new birth kit that is specially curated for your birth space. It is meant to enjoy during + after labor and can be easily frozen to save for your due time. These kits make excellent gifts and can be delivered to Kansas City hospitals.

Over the years I have had SO many folks contacting me asking to put together a curated order as a gift. I finally put it together into a nice little kit to order for yourselves or others.

I’ve also put my dry meal kits back on the menu. Doulas! These make a perfect gift for your client. Grab a few so you have them on hand for your births. Your client will be so grateful for a warm bowl of kitchari, nepali rice pudding, or quinoa + vegetable soup that you’ve magically whipped up for them during or after birth. Especially easy for home births, but can be brought at a follow up visit or just gift the kit and their partner can make it with easy instructions to look like a hero!

Of course I also have a weekly bundle. It will change at times, but will mostly include these staples. Oh yeah, and muffins are back!

Sending this out into the world as my weekly contribution to your sacred time. 🌬️

xo Kansas City!

With January comes a time of setting intentions + planning for the year. The middle of winter is not a time for a light diet or intense change. It is a time of coming inward + cleansing the body from the holidays, when all too many of us may have overindulged, taken on too much, traveled, entertained, and hopefully enjoyed with deep belly laughs!
This cleanse is inspired by an Ayurvedic cleanse I’ve offered in the past + a new offering I came across from my favorite doctor in the universe, Dr. Zach Bush. He recommends adding in (ION), a supplement I use daily already for myself and my children. You can order ION through my online dispensary. If you don’t already have a discount, send me a DM and I’ll bump you up to a 20% discount and send you the link - you’ll have the discount forever + there are thousands of amazing supplements available. I order all of my family’s supplements here!

This menu will last 2-3 days depending on your appetite. It is supportive of postpartum + breastfeeding but I never recommend restriction or detoxing during pregnancy. If you are breastfeeding and desire more food, listen to your body!

This menu would also be a beautiful addition to the early postpartum weeks.

Enjoy now if you are already in that sacred window, or freeze it for your postpartum days.

In fact, you may add other foods into your cleanse but it is ideal to avoid: alcohol, coffee, meat, dairy, gluten, raw foods, and all processed foods.

This will be a lovely cleanse on its own, however, it is meant to be a 3 week / 21-day reset. I’ll be offering it to order for the next 3 weeks. If you would like to try the full reset or at least a full week, you’ll need at least 2 per person.