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We enjoy special crafts in autumn. As a mama I kno

We enjoy special crafts in autumn. As a mama I know to focus on light and sharing the symbolism of my children as light and love in a way that doesn’t need words.

We love our local forest and ask our plant allies permission to use their beauty for our autumn light lanterns.

This craft is one of many featured in my book Morherhythm Autumn. The crafts focus on simplicity, nature, and the simple things around us, while allowing us mothers to slow down and return to the nourishment of our own inner light. Look for a special next week on my Motherhythm e-Book and to all, a happy weekend.

We are in my favorite season of the year. I cheri

We are in my favorite season of the year.

I cherish the slower days

The baking

Knitting & making

Overall just withdrawing from the busyness of summer and tending to my souls calling

With a 9 month old this year I am reflecting so much on the woman I was last year and how much I have since grown into a new version of myself

Gratefulness is an understatement for all that I have been able to learn and understand this year! Awe, humility and awe are words I would use.

What did it take? Surrender! It’s easy to talk about surrender until over and over again you get to see that when you let go of control - magic awaits. You don’t see it, it’s actually quiet dark when you are in it, but trust and you walk out stronger!

More on this soon. Or a few posts back when I wrote about my what if‘s during last years pregnancy…

Where you called to surrender last year? How did you grow?

Join me in a three part conversation this autumn o

My book Motherythm Autumn was completed one year a

Decided to use the inspiration of my current class

Decided to use the inspiration of my current classes and busy days with my little ones & baby to just disconnect from social media and use the inspiration to put it into my work offline.

I have lots of writings to finish and editing to do. Who knows when I can finish, but at least I know I lived life with my little ones to the fullest.

I had the ide ago do this but @ourlifeinthealps post made me ponder about the importance of using social media for our rules and not theirs. I believe that what is suppose to come into fruits room through this online space, will, even if I can’t spend enough time here for an algorithm to support me.

Currently talking about this a lot with my teenage son, and the best way to show that which I am teaching is to allow us some time to disconnect from all the ways we can enrich our lives, and go within directly to the source itself.

I am so thankful for being a mother and the growth it has allowed me to experience in this lifetime.

What if… What if you fall pregnant unplanned in

What if…

What if you fall pregnant unplanned in your 40s?

What if you feel “how can I possibly manage one more and raise 5 kids”?

What if care providers scare you by sharing you are at high risk for a, b, c, and d?

What if you have the chance to go deep into the depth of your soul to figure all this out?

What if you realise you felt his spirit and were were meant to have another soul join you?

What if you realise that from the moment of conception this little one knew you?

What if you notice you needed to let go of so many believes to open the portal for this spirit?

What if you didn’t feel healthy, ready, or able to be pregnant again?

What if you then turn this pregnancy into your healthiest one yet at 41 years young?

What if you disconnect from the care providers that scare you, because of your age?

What if you discover your inner knowing of birth more than ever before?

What if you truly surrender to that which is true and that you are creating?

What if you celebrate your 41st birthday hiking a beautiful gorge and the Bavarian alps?

What if you spend your pregnancy walking, hiking, swimming, and biking during an endless summer?

What if after 4 children you finally have a baby moon at 17 years of marriage?

What if this baby moon takes you to this same gorge to hike, and to the tallest mountain in Germany 8 weeks before giving birth?

Continued in comments…

#schwangerüber40 #grossfamilie #schwangerschaft #wochenbett #wochenbettweisheiten #postpartum #postpartumwisdom #pregnantover40 #pregnantand40 #pregnantover35
#spiritualfamily #landleben #dorflebenistschön #familieaufreisen #freieschwangerschaft #freebirth

I wanted to share a few pictures of how we celebra

I wanted to share a few pictures of how we celebrated May Day. I have a passion for celebrating seasonal festivals with my children, within my community, and for myself. These festivals provide me with a rhythm for teaching my children and Signal safety, while nourishing their soul for the relationship to the world around them.

These photos are from last year that I never got to post. We had a great time dancing around the May pole, making flower crowns, and hanging out together to celebrate the season.

Spring often comes on pretty slow in Germany and we never know what the 1st of May brings. It was pretty chilly that day but we still celebrated the return of the first flowers and herbs and the warmth of spring withe a traditional dance, songs, and crafts.

The first of May marks the mid season of spring and the summer solstice is now only 6 weeks away.

I am already working on a spring rhythm workbook and lots of resources for mamas on finding their mothering rhythm through the cycle of the seasons. All in due time though, since I am so blessed to be busy in my local community and with my children in this season of my life.

If you are curious I do have a Motherhythm Autumn workbook to accompany on your days through autumn.

It’s still spring here in Germany. No, summer ha

It’s still spring here in Germany. No, summer hasn’t arrived and yet I find myself busy and less in this space. Words and ideas are plenty but presence is my guide these days.

This photo of my sonshyne and I was taken in March. In spring when he was 9 weeks. I treasure these memories and the times we had in winter and spring living slow and being present.

Although he still wears the same wool boots (we have a very cool spring this year) he is much bigger and observing what is around him.

His pregnancy was spent in the forest and I find myself sitting in it with him just observing the trees and their cycles this year even more.

Babies best days are spent pushed under a tree observing the branches that are now full of leaves and loving his first months here on earth.

My heart is so full observing this little boy and how wonderful he sees the world. I draw a close circle around myself and the family and don’t focus on the outside that is attempting to take me off balance.

My greatest protest my biggest rebellion is in the way I honor myself and woman and mother - and how we live our daily life as a family.

Grateful for these times, for mothering and for the forest and the tree.

It’s spring and we are enjoying all that it has

It’s spring and we are enjoying all that it has to offer.

It generally takes much longer for spring to truly come around here in Germany.

The lush greens of the trees, cherry blossoms, and fern are finally here and it feels like life of breathing fresh air into all of us.

I feel so much gratitude lately for our life and the purpose of being a mother. I can tell that the surrender to mothering is going to be a big topic for the coming years here on earth.

I am ready for it. So grateful for the connection to spirit and being led on our path together with the children.

Included a few pictures of our hike last week and my lovely daughter being an amazing helper with our little one.

At the end of my fourth trimester the light return

At the end of my fourth trimester the light returned. Quiet literally. The winter months have passed on my body and Mother Nature Are slowly but surely moving into spring. Although I feel I have soaked up this special window of time as much as possible I miss it already. I am happy i made time for some writing on here but mostly that I stayed present with my children and this new little light that joined us.

Happy spring everyone!

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Let’s connect! Visit my website, blog, or just

Let’s connect!

Visit my website, blog, or just contact me here if you are interested to work together!

I wanted to share some insights on how I was weavi

I wanted to share some insights on how I was weaving what I have learned during my postpartum window, into my mothering journey.

Four weeks ago, when my newborn was one month old, I held him close while he cried for roughly ten minutes - and simultaneously held myself as a little baby.

Through inquiries with my mother, I found out in recent years, that i was separated from her immediately after birth (i came pretty traumatic with my moms legs strapped into stirrups as my bottom emerged first). My mothers pireneum was cut without her consent to „make room“ for me as her birth team didn’t think I “would fit”.

I was not only separated from her and placed in a warmer immediately after birth, but remained separated from her for the first week of my life, and only given to her every three hours to nurse for 20 minutes.

As I held my baby, it suddenly came to me that I wondered who >>held<< me when I cried during my first hours and week on earth? Who comforted me as I made sense of the world in these first few days on earth.

I paused as I noticed I had feelings of my first days on earth take over me while my baby cried. It was hard for me to comfort him and hold space for his feelings because of what I felt inside myself.

So I paused and thought of this little baby version of me while holding my newborn. I comforted myself, held myself, and told myself that I would overcome the traumatic entry I had into the world. I spoke to my inner child telling her I would have five beautiful children, gave birth to three of them at home, and held all of them immediately after birth.

It felt wonderful to bring this to my awareness and tend to myself

I felt better holding him when crying since then. I know that he needs to cry to communicate. I know I am holding space for him and talk to him about what he may be feeling and that I am trying to figure it out.

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#pregnancywisdom #freebirth #postpartumwisdom #postpartumwisdomweaving #postpartum #gentlepostpartum

Women are so much more powerful than they believe

Women are so much more powerful than they believe and so much more able to truly create the birth experience they deeply desire. Yes, through the breath we breathe we create that which then becomes reality. It takes time ,and often a time of stillness and mentors to guide us through - but through working and witnessing women on this path I am always astonished by how brave we are to dismantle that which holds us back. It’s looking at our fears and understanding that they are our biggest teachers - that we grow as women and have the birth experiences that bring us to realms we are destined to go!

The first 10 days of my postpartum window were spe

The first 10 days of my postpartum window were spent in bed confined to the upstairs. The first 20 with limited movements, and the first 30 secluded to our home. In the beginning, I was upstairs not leaving my bed/room to do anything but tend to baby, tend to my own health & recovery, or walk to the bathroom.

I realise that being able to do so is a huge privilege. However, I have come to believe that it is our responsibility as women to re-learn and share the the importance of postpartum rest, and potential to overall health for women, with our community. We ask for help and provide the help needed.

If women are healthy, the family is healthy, and what kind of society could we create if all women are initiated in this way?

Warmth, massages, rest, and community are the most important pillars of the postpartum time. Through my mentor Rachelle Garcia Saliga I have studied what is innate to us during postpartum rest and how it is written into our physiologic design. @innatetraditions

I am grateful to have had warmth, rest, massages, and community in my life for the past 40 days. However, I worked hard to create this experience before baby was born.

I educated myself on what I needed to relearn about this sacred time
I called upon my community to help
I called upon my midwife friend for postpartum support
I hired help within my home
I spoke to my husband and older children about the importance of this time

but the hardest work was within me.

In a world where women can do anything. We don’t have to do everything. (Jenny Allison - Golden Month)

Allowing myself to rest, letting things be still - isn’t easy for me. The home needed tending and I hired extra work. I knew about the importance of staying in bed, resting, not lifting anything but baby etc. through great books on postpartum wellness.

But this time is about so much more than recovery. It is a sacred window that allows for healing that goes beyond our scope of belief and possibility.
We are able to notice things about ourselves while dwelling in this close connection to heaven.

More in the next posts.

I am currently simultaneously living through some

I am currently simultaneously living through some of the hardest and most beautiful times as a mama. Wow, it’s wonderful being a parent to a newborn and a teenager at the same time. I look at my 15 year old son in awe of him making sense of the world.

Currently, aside from his homeschool studies as a freshman in high school he loves to cook and exercise. He talks about health and enjoys trying new recipes which comes in handy when you are a new mama.

Looking at my newborn son I am in awe that one day he will likely be a tall man, taller than his mama and I can’t wait to see where life leads him. Walking beside them and allowing space for their purpose here on earth while simultaneously guiding and protecting them from some of the wild things happening is such an interesting journey.

When my son holds his little brother I can see how the choices we make as a family are influencing their lives. As a teen or young woman I never held a newborn or had much contact with babies. My son comforts his brother, talks about showing him his first soccer skills, he sees his mother breastfeed, and stood at the door when his daddy caught him after just a few contractions.

The way we live and the choices WE make are the biggest teachers for our children. Even when we mess up it’s important to hold conversations with them and see them in their full capacity to understand that life isn’t always great. It’s about experiencing and learning with all the ups and downs.

My, what a pleasure it is to live through the hardships and the thrills of this time. I am choosing ease every day. My breath is my ally during evenings when it feels like everyone is screaming…

I hope to remember these days as the hardest but also most beautiful ones of this rainy winter here in Germany.

40 days of REST Six weeks ago our fifth baby was

40 days of REST

Six weeks ago our fifth baby was born and I was re-born a new mother. I have held my little piece of heaven every day and I myself feel like I haven’t settled back on earth just yet.

Our home has become a sacred sanctuary. I have felt our creators presence like never before and are honored to create a family and a home, that feels like heaven on earth.

Six years ago, after the birth of my third child I heard the call to deepen my study into midwifery and more specifically the time after birth. It is often called a sacred window, a right of passage, a golden month, or most commonly postpartum.

During my studies and my own five postpartum opportunities, I quickly realised that this sacred window of time, is so much more than we are told. I feel honoured to have learned so much, but also the my embodied experience to serve women during this special time. Each birth reveals a different layer of study, healing, and embodying the wisdom and remembering that, which we all once knew as women. I can feel how I am changing into the new woman I am becoming with each day that passes in this sacred window of time.

In the past weeks life has slowed down tremendously.

I have never felt more connected to the heavens than this time around. I don’t think I have truly touched back down on earth.

I am still home a lot. I remind myself to sit and rest, I dwell, and love the messages I am receiving specifically about my work in serving women postpartum. It’s special gifts that we receive if we can learn to slow down!

Of cause these six weeks werent without hardships, but I learned, it’s more about integration and learning from what our body communicates instead of allowing emotions to carry me away. I felt deeply into my experiences, and allowed for healing and recovery - not only from childbirth, but honoured the potential for healing on other levels too.

This is an excerpt from my writings postpartum. More on the blog soon…

#postpartum #postpartumjourney #wochenbett #familienwochenbett
#first40days #pregnancy #naturefamily #pregnancyinnature #freebirth #schwangerschaft #schwanger #freiegeburt #wochenbettweisheiten

We took these pictures two weeks before I gave bir

We took these pictures two weeks before I gave birth. A 4320 gram baby was growing inside of me and I knew he wasn’t going to be small.

In the past six years, from 35 to 41 years I gave birth to three children all weighing more than 9lbs.

I gave birth to all amid them inside our home without anyone’s guidance other than the innate wisdom of mother & baby.

I was initiated to birth this way after the push coaching that happened at m second child’s birth. I tell my daughter that her birth was the start of my initiation because I knew this couldn’t be right.

I sat in bed after her birth and resliued that my uterus knew exactly what it needed to do, but that I neede for goin control of the voices that were so loud outside and told me when to push.

All births serve a purpose. My homebirths had tremendous teachings and left me shattered and piece myself together. It’s not about having a dream birth - but to create and shape our births. And if we didn’t know about our power to create the birth we want, we need a wise woman and mentors to listen to our stories and learn until we give birth again…

It’s women’s work and it’s innate to us!

#schwanger #schwangerschaft #postpartumwisdomweaving #postpartum #homebirth #hausgeburt #wochenbett #wochenbettweisheiten

It’s already mid-season. Our days are still ver

It’s already mid-season.

Our days are still very slow and filled with tending to baby and my body. After resting and not doing much for the first 30 days postpartum I am slowly up and around the house more. I am walking out of this window of time still in awe of its potential.

The days move so slow yet it all feels so fast. Our senses are heightened. We notice things about ourselves and our families and aside from the changes that take place with baby and ourselves - the family is adjusting. Sometimes its wild, loud, and there is a feeling of “how can I make it the next few months”

And

Then there are the sweetest moments of siblings holding baby. Singing songs. Big brother helping little sister bush her teeth, sister playing little brother a good night song on the piano that show you the hard days are worthwhile.

My devotional reminded me about the gift of patience today. Just when I had a few moments where patience was challenging me with my little daughter - a simple scripture reminded me just of how important it is to stay patient.

We are all adjusting, and thankfully we are just half way through the winter season today. It is an invitation to a lot more rest and nurturing before the time of natures rebirth in spring. As spring arrives more of our days will be spent outdoors and with five children there are always transitions.

#postpartum #postpartumjourney #wochenbett #familienwochenbett
#first40days #pregnancy #naturefamily #pregnancyinnature #freebirth #schwangerschaft #schwanger #freiegeburt #grossfamilie

It’s winter! I am leaning on nature in these day

It’s winter! I am leaning on nature in these days of postpartum rest. I observe the changes this winter brings from my bed, which faces a window directly across the forest of our village. I can’t express how soothing it has been to wake up, feed my baby, and see the night change to day. There are occasional sunrises (not much actual sunshine here in Germany in winter), I have seen storms, rain, snow…

The window in my home reminds me of the opportunity the postpartum window represents. It is a snippet in time of a woman’s life. This postpartum window in our German village is a reflection of all that a woman goes through postpartum.

There may be elation from the thoughts of what was just achieved by birthing a baby. Tears from saying goodbye to a pregnancy that was first feared and then embraced. There is reverence in the form of fast moving clouds across the sky that show just how powerful the changes were that occurred. I loved observing nature from my window these past weeks.

Whether a pregnancy was a challenging or gentler journey there is always change, growth, and a woman forever changed.

Yes, leaning on nature can teach us so much. Not just during the postpartum window of time, but anytime.

#postpartum #postpartumjourney #wochenbett #familienwochenbett
#first40days #pregnancy #naturefamily #pregnancyinnature #freebirth #schwangerschaft #schwanger #freiegeburt

It’s winter! When the trees surrounding this sp

It’s winter!

When the trees surrounding this special piece of forest just started forming their bulbs my husband and I conceived our son that was born Kür a few days after the winter solstice.

Just as the seasons changed and the trees went through their seasonal cycle so did I cycle through a phase of rebirth and growth during this pregnancy.

I can’t say I didn’t feel this little ones Spirit close, but it was too challenging to consciously conceive him - so he did what was best for us and surprised us with his presence.

During the past year we were able to travel more than we ever did, adventure and truly found our flow as a family again.

I am thankful for the presence of another souls so close to me. There is always so much to learn in pregnancy. Especially going through postpartum in winter taught me that now is the time to rest and integrate.

I am able to slow down and rest like never before in my other four postpartum journeys. My body is sending me invitations of rest and healing and I am glad I set up enough help to be able to do so.

A winter surely is a special time to cycle through a postpartum phase. #grateful

#postpartum #winter #rest #wingerpostpartum #postpartumrest #wochenbett #wochenbettruhe #ausruhen #pregnancy #schwangerschaft

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