What is an Ayurvedic Doula?
WELCOME TO YOUR SACRED WINDOW
The first 40 days after birth—often called The Sacred Window or The Golden Month—shape the rest of your postpartum journey. An Ayurvedic Doula is a postpartum specialist trained in the ancient science of Ayurveda who devotes those six precious weeks to one thing: your full-body, mind, and soul recovery.
How We Care for You:
Ayurvedic postpartum care blends time-honored rituals with modern knowledge to help you:
Rebuild energy & tissues through warm, easily digested meals, bodywork, belly binding & herbal tonics
Balance hormones & mood with daily abhyanga (warm oil massage), herbal support and grounding routines
Prevent depletion by shielding you from household duties so you can properly rest and bond
Strengthen immunity for both you and baby with targeted spices, broths, and gentle therapies
Boost milk supply & postpartum confidence with lactation-supportive foods, belly binding, and loving guidance
Why the First 42 Days Matter
Your heart has stretched, your body has expanded, and your spirit has crossed a threshold. How you are held in the weeks immediately after birth affects:
Your physical recovery and long-term vitality
Your baby’s digestion, sleep, and sense of safety
The emotional tone of the rest of your life!
Proper care during this postpatrum window is not a luxury—it’s your birthright, echoed in cultures worldwide where new mothers are cocooned with warm foods, herbal remedies, and unwavering support from other wise women.
Ayurveda
“AYUR” MEANS LIFE, AND “VEDA” CAN MEAN “KNOWLEDGE OR SCIENCE”
Ayurveda is the science of life from ancient India that carries the tools to empower anyone in their mind, body and spirit. The gift of health that will transform life to unimaginable measures.
Ayurveda recognizes the first 6 weeks after a woman gives birth as one of the most sacred times of her life. A time in which her body and heart are wide open, and in unconditional service to her new baby. This time is considered to be a crossroad for the way she enters motherhood. One path opens doors to ultimate rebirth, deep physical healing, and spiritual growth. The other path can lead us into depleted and unfortunately, some dark place.
Although it is common for mothers to find themselves experiencing overwhelm in these beginning weeks of motherhood, it is not meant to extend to the normality of postnatal depression. Mothers are not meant to do this alone, and they are not meant to be taking on too much at this time. The modern lifestyle leaves mothers with little to no choice with the lack of proper care, lack of proper maternity leave time, having multiple children but no “village” to be there 24/7, and lack of proper nutrition to support her recovering body.
The mother is just as delicate as her new baby. Her only job at this time is to rest and get to know her sweet baby. In order for the new mother to be grounded, rested, and rejuvenated, the mother needs to be mothered.
Following traditional postpartum care results in a beautiful, vibrant, and healthy transition into motherhood, no matter how many times you have been here before. These pillars are what you can expect to receive when you hire an Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula.
Nourishment & Herbs
“The first meal after birth is the most important meal of your life”
- Shelly Rahim
After giving birth, the food that the mother takes in is very important.
She has used so much of her energy during pregnancy and labor, and now it is time to restore, replenish, and rejuvenate, from the inside out. Ayurveda focuses on the first 6 weeks after birth as a time to eat a very balanced and nourishing way. Eating an Ayurvedic diet after birth not only effects the recovery of the mother, but it has a direct impact on the health and well-being of baby, too.
The postpartum Ayurvedic diet focuses on replenishing the digestive fire, also known as Agni.
To bring digestion back into balance, the postpartum menu focuses on soft, warm, soupy foods for the first few weeks. The qualities of the food work on rebuilding the tissues of the body, bringing in a luscious supply of breastmilk, and optimizing the postpartum recovery.
Rest and Warmth
Traditional postpartum care recommends the mother to stay inside the home resting for the first 42 days. Minimal movement, while she nests at home with her new baby and allows her care takers to provide everything that she needs. Her nest is created during pregnancy, and is tended to during this sacred time. Heat therapy, low stimulation, minimal visitors, beautiful adornments and many many naps.
Body Care & Loving Touch
Body care for the new mother include daily warm oil massage (abhyanga), herbal baths, and belly wrapping.
In Sanskrit, the word “sneha” translates to both “oil” and “love”. Massaging the body with warm oils brings a deep amount of love and release into the body. Daily abhyanga balances stress levels, lowers cortisol, promotes sleep, and brings deep relaxation.
Following the massage is a hot herbal bath or sitz bath. Herbal baths are prepared through a decoction of postpartum specific herbs, to bringing maximum medicinal value to her body.
Belly wrapping is a traditional practice for rejuvenating the mother and inviting the empty space in her womb to gentle come back together. Belly wrapping brings comforting touch to the mother, minimizes “empty womb sadness”, brings physical support to her organs, and helps close the pelvis and hips after birth.
Sacred Baby Care
It is said that daily baby massage and a mothers milk are a baby’s best life insurance.
The care and nourishment received as a newborn will serve them throughout their whole lives.
Warm oil massage for baby is a daily ritual that has many benefits for both parents and baby. Massaging the baby is recommended everyday for the first year of baby’s life, beginning around weeks 4-8, depending on how mama feels. Massage eases digestion, promotes deeper sleep, melts tension, sharpens the mind/body connection, builds immunity, and builds a deep bond with caregivers.