Join Dhyana Masla, renowned Ayurveda teacher and author of Ayurveda Mama, for a training designed to share Ayurveda’s holistic approach to nourishing mama and babe in all of the deep, traditional and important ways for a thriving pregnancy, empowered labor and birth, and a profoundly nourishing postpartum window. In Ayurveda, a mother's well-being is paramount. When mama feels nourished on all levels – physically, emotionally, and spiritually – baby thrives. Whether you are wanting to conceive in the future, are a pregnant mama, or are someone who will be supporting her and her family as she invites this little soul into the world, this training will enrich you with the tools and wisdom to invoke a deeply transformative pregnancy, birth, and postpartum window.

What you will learn:

• Intro to Ayurveda & Motherhood

  • Pancha-Mahabhuta (The 5 Great Elements)

  • Dosha Theory (The Three Bio-Energies)

  • Introduction to Garbhini Paricharya (Ayurvedic psycho-spiritual-physical-pregnancy care) that can be applied right away to you or your clients.

• Preconception & Conscious Conception

  •  Learn about Ayurveda's recommendations for pre-conception, including dietary and lifestyle practices to support fertility. You will gain an understanding of Agni (digestion), Ama (toxicity), the Dhatus (bodily tissues). We will also explore Ayurveda's ancient rituals to invoke auspiciousness and beauty to the experience of consciously conceiving. 

• Nourishment Throughout Pregnancy

  • Understand the doshas/bio-energies that may be predominant in each trimester.

  • Learn Ayurvedic food, spice, and lifestyle guidelines to encourage balance

  • Learn about Ayurveda & the Mind (sattva, rajas & tamas) and practical ways to promote health, vitality and happiness for mama and babe

• Mama Marma Therapy (Ayurvedic pressure point therapy for pregnancy, labor and postpartum)

• Preparing For Labor & Birth

  • Learn how to prepare for a supportive, transformative and empowered labor with Ayurveda

• Labor & the Birth of Your Babe (+traditional practices for the first moments of baby’s life)

• Ayurvedic Sacred Window and the Four Pillars of Postpartum Care

  Learn what to eat (and what not to eat) after the birth of your baby + how to prepare and utilize the most important Ayurvedic herbs for post-birth recovery that will set both you and baby up to absolutely thrive - as well as the details of sacred & Ayurvedic new mama body care for a ceremonial and deeply healing first 42 days of life with your newborn that will leave you feeling calm, grounded, rejuvenated, and literally radiant

  • pillar of rest

  • pillar of diet

  • pillar of herbs

  • pillar of body care

• Sacred Baby Care

  • Learn the sacred art of Ayurvedic baby care for the first year of your baby’s life; includes baby massage, cleansing baby’s skin with herbal oils, powders & baths, protecting baby’s auric field, and more.

    This training is for you if:

• You're considering motherhood and want to prepare yourself for a thriving pregnancy, labor and postpartum.

• You're already pregnant and seeking holistic ways to optimize your health and your baby's development.

• You desire a supportive community of women on the same path.

• You're interested in Ayurveda's holistic approach to wellness - particularly its perspective on pregnancy, preparing for labor & birth, and the sacred postpartum window. This is also for health practitioners, doulas, doctors, midwives, birth-workers and birth-keepers