Ayurvedic Care & Consultation
Ancient, nourishing wisdom to help restore your balance during pregnancy and after birth.
Ayurveda is an old tradition with tender ideas about caring for a mother: warmth, oil, nourishing food, rest, and daily rhythms that follow the season and the body. I offer this as care and comfort, not as medicine. We sit together and look at what your days are like now, and gently weave in practices that feel good and are simple enough to keep. Warm oil on tired legs. Something cooked and easy to digest. An earlier evening. None of this replaces the care of your midwife or your doctor, and I make no health claims for it. It is a way of being looked after, which in pregnancy and after birth is not a small thing.
Who this is for
This is for you if the idea of being cared for, slowly and warmly, appeals to you. Perhaps you're pregnant and tired in a way that sleep doesn't seem to fix. Perhaps you're in the weeks after birth, when everything is about the baby and very little is about you. Perhaps you're simply curious about Ayurveda and would like an unhurried introduction rather than a website full of rules. You don't have to believe anything, or change your life. Come as you are, and take whatever is useful.
What happens
We start with a conversation
Your days, your sleep, your appetite, your energy, what feels heavy and what feels good. No tests and no diagnosis - just listening.
We choose a few simple practices
Warmth, oil, food, rest, rhythm. A small number of things you can actually do, chosen with you and suited to where you are in your journey.
You try them at home
In your own time and your own way. Anything that doesn't suit you, we drop without ceremony.
We adjust as you change
Pregnancy and the weeks after birth move quickly. What suits you now may not suit you in a month, and that is expected rather than a problem.
Common questions
Is this a treatment?
No. This is care and tradition, not medicine. I don't diagnose, treat or cure anything, and I make no health claims. Anything medical belongs with your midwife, your doctor, or a qualified practitioner.
Do I have to change how I eat?
Not at all. Food is one of the gentler parts of this, and it works best as small additions rather than a new set of rules. If a suggestion doesn't fit your life or your tastes, we leave it.
Is it safe during pregnancy or while breastfeeding?
Please check anything you take by mouth, including herbs and supplements, with your midwife or your doctor. That isn't a formality. My side of this is warmth, rest, food and rhythm, and I would rather be careful than casual.
What if I'm only curious?
Curiosity is a perfectly good reason. A free discovery call costs nothing, and you can ask me whatever you like before deciding anything at all.