The Womb Room Podcast Qiddist Ashé

Last year I shared an episode on "my unpopular thoughts on the abortion bans". Since then, I've supported over 70 women in navigating the decision and process of bringing on their bleed. Today, I'm sharing my reflections and takeaways. 


I share about:
my origin story in reproductive sovereignty work, and my personal potential pregnancy scare what my mother's experience has to do with my path the balance between rejecting credentialism, while honoring education and lineage why I am NOT an abortion activist My three takeaways from the last year of case studies what I believe is needed in stepping onto this medicine path  what led me to start Sovereign Cycles, a mentorship learning program for pregnancy prevention & release work how you can learn with me this year and cultivate your skills! Save your spot in the free live class! Plant Allies for Pregnancy Prevention, Tuesday 8/15 (yes, there will be a replay)
Stay tuned for next week's enrollment opening of this year's cohort of Sovereign Cycles, a 6-month mentorship & learning container 
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Other resources & names mentioned:
Robin Rose Bennett Karen Kulpepper Ashley Elenbaas (Skyhouse Herb School) Samantha Zipporah Molly Dutton Kenny Gilbert Renaud (recall healing) poet: Sonia Sanchez

I'm coming back to the podcast! I'm sharing some updates and a nourishing conversation with my friend Jeevan Singh on embodied business and earth-paced entrepreneurship. 
Listen in on our conversation about: 
Counter-culture mothering as an opportunity for spaciousness and creativity Our body as microcosm of the earth  Stepping out of extractive and exploiting practices in our entrepreneurial work Tending others with integrity through tending ourselves How stress can feel good, and how we can observe our addictions to hustle and work, and why rest can feel so uncomfortable Is it possible to run a business and be in our integrity? Pleasure-forward work and inviting ease into our business through the moment to moment pause  Healing our relationship with worthiness and the willingness to be seen Being in our “true size” even when it activates others A somatic practice for pricing your offers Check out Jeevan's embodied business group program, Sacred Fire. (Update, it's now 6 months, not 4!) Applications open now! 
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And stay tuned for next week for the opening of Sovereign Cycles: plants, practices and presence for pregnancy prevention and release 

When we loosen our grip on the "goal" of healing, we can experience the play and potential of the present -- and embodied internal relation that re-parents our inner child. In this conversation I talk with Tejal Patel, a somatic educator, yoga teacher, and facilitator of embodied liberation, who supports women in trusting their life force and vision. We explore: 
Tejal's background in Eastern Mysticism and Taoism and how it relates to her orientation to healing and liberation  our inner mother and father and the practice of reparenting ourselves Stepping into the "mature feminine"  the womb-throat connection of the feminine-masculine, feeling-communicating roles within us how trauma resolution happens through play  tension as the experience of living outside the present moment putting down the endless tools for healing and growing our capacity for being sovereignty as a practice of embodiment, not hyper-independence Follow Tejal on Instagram at @tejal _p
Check out her community, Temple of Remothering 
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Our connective tissue is a conduit for quantum information, emotional patterns, and powerful stories -- and unearthing them can hold the keys to our healing. I talk with Lindsay Courcelle, a Myofascial Release therapist and Holistic Pelvic CareTM practitioner, who is passionate about helping women to transmute their traumas and liberate their bodies through myofascial and energetic bodywork. 
We explore:
How our connective tissue holds physical and emotional trauma The solidifying of our tissues as emotional protection  The wisdom and signficance of our injuries and how they can lead us to deeper healing The importance of tending our womb and pelvic fascia  The unseen impact of scar tissue across the body  How myofascial release differs from other modalities Bodily wisdom stories from both of us, our bodies, and our work with other women How myofascial allows us to drop into our intuitive brain, where healing and change happens Breast care and relationship, and the power of myofascial release to alter cells Lindsay has just launched an Internal Myofascial Pelvic Care Masterclass for women to learn how to tend to the fluidity of their pelvic bowl through guided hands-in touch!
For Womb Room listeners, the Internal Myofascial workshop will be offered at a significant discount--$33 instead of $99. Coupon code: wombroom
Lindsay's Website  
Lindsay on Instagram
Resources Mentioned:
Dr. Catherine Clinton - Quantum Biology
Ellen Heed - Scar Tissue Remediation
Martin Beaudoin - pelvic bodywork and training
John Barnes Myofascial Release 
Amber Magnolia Hill’s Medicine Stories Podcast with Lindsay (more fascia info here!)
The Resonance Effect: How Frequency Specific Microcurrent is Changing Medicine by Carolyn McMakin (Book)

A woman tending the kitchen has become an image of oppression, rather than pride and power -- but what if this return is not only a pathway to health, but also to liberation and cultural change? 
I talk with Cervical Wellness founder and Integrative Health Coach, Denell Barbara Randall, about the role of kitchen medicine as nourishment as devotion and the journey into softness in our healing. We share about:
How we now both are orienting to our lives through play and flexibility rather than through a rigid prescription of healing Full nourishment, our journeys to incorporating more animal products, and the difference between what our mind and bodies want. The return of women to the hearth (the kitchen) and how we create cultural change here Returning to cooking as lineage work and the remembering of ancient wisdom Turning being in the kitchen from an oppressive chore to a liberating devotion Food as our root and our relationship with receiving nourishment and belonging Denell’s perspectives on business, online marketing, “boss babe” obsession, and shifting how she offers her work The energetics of money in our work and recovering from comparison  Find Denell on  Instagram
Check out Denell's live upcoming course, Kitchen Hearth Heart Heal: The Way of the Devotional Cook, to build your kitchen medicine skills (course runs April 18- May 23!)
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If you find yourself afraid of disappointing others, stuck in spirals of shame or judgement, or attaching your worth to your goodness, you might have a case of "good girl programming". I chat with Lindsey Lockett, nervous system and trauma educator, about how through tending our nervous system, we can bring awareness to old patterns, and learn how to mobilize into our fullest expression. 
We explore: 
“Good girl programming” and how it shows up in our nervous system response, and our relationship with other women Lindsey’s evangelical upbringing and its impact on her default responses The “freeze” response versus immobilization, and how it shows up in women Reflective questions for when we get activated Our collective attachment to identifying with dis-ease How our culture is driven by “good girl programming” of not wanting to be “bad” or “wrong” How we can shift patterns through building awareness of our inner voices Join Lindsey’s Unlearning the Good Girl Role half-day Immersion
Check out her nervous system workshop, resources, and 1-1 work here, and her Instagram @iamlindseylockett.
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