Pollination Mama's Podcast

Layla B An entrepreneur, mother, soulful change-maker, business mentor, traditional Moroccan postpartum trainer, writer and philanthropist. A kindred soul with a fierce passion to helping you rise up and live authentically, love whole-heartedly, laugh loudly and lead soulfully! Her mission is to revive, reclaim and restore sacred and ancient Traditional Moroccan Postpartum Medicine, to document the wisdom and keep it alive. Also to support heart-centred birth workers and women's wellness professionals, create impact, influence and income in a soulful business and life.  Join us as we discuss:  ~ The importance of postpartum care revitalisation and why it is everyones responsibility.   ~ The unique treasures of Moroccan postpartum care and the similarities with cultures around the world  ~ Traditional Moroccan Womb Steaming for postpartum and general reproductive health, Layla has a direct lineage of knowledge passed down to her from Moroccan Midwives  ~ Cultural Appreciation over

Karlyn's purpose is to walk this Earth fully awake, fully aware and fully embodied as the true expression of herself without boundaries. Karlyn's intention is to draw upon the raw, juicy, sensual, creative life force flowing through my being and live my life from this place. Her many gifts and extensive training include Breath-work Mastery, Life Coaching, Yoni Mapping Therapy, Tantric Bodywork & Sacred Sexuality, Yoga and Conscious Birth. With more than 20 years experience, the space she offers is one of profound kindness, understanding and empowerment where she weaves all of the above to offer truly transformative healing - a Sacred Alchemy. What I love about Karlyn is her balanced and grounded approach, how she has lived her practice and is truly inspired to share this with others from an informed place, how she inspires a fun, playful, blissful state just by sharing her presence. We talked about the serious stuff, but their was silliness and we laughed throughout. Join us as we embark on a raw, real, g

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified fertility awareness educator and hosts the popular Fertility Friday podcast and blog. Lisa has recently authored and released a fantastic informative and very well referenced book called The Fifth Vital Sign - Master Your Cycles and Optimise Your Fertility. Having worked with Women and all thing Fertility Awareness for almost 20years, Lisa is a wealth of knowledge and truly passionate about educating Women and the wider community about the importance and Myths of the Fertility Awareness Method or FAM. In our discussion we have a super interesting conversation about FAM and explore a few aspects. FAM, like so many health modalities is such a huge topic and we only scratch the surface of some areas and delve a little deeper into others. Whether you're new to FAM or familiar there should be something in this podcast for you. I hope it inspires you to take your body literacy and awareness a little further to incorporate this wonderful wisdom for yourself, your daughter, nieces

Lily Nichols Registered Dietician and Nutritionist and best selling author of Real Food for Pregnancy joins me to chat about the huge and ever evolving field of prepartum and postpartum nutrition. Lily is extremely research based and she is passionate about getting the word out to everyone about real food. We discuss a lot of things and yet only scratch the surface. Topics included: - Myths of nutrition for pregnancy - A need for nutritional standard revision especially for pregnant and postpartum women (US and Australia have many similarities)  - The importance of good saturated fats - Many extremely important nutrients such as B12, Glycine, Choline, Vit K12, Iron, Zinc, DHA, Vit A - the crucial role they play and where to find some of them - Traditional fertility wisdom, Nourishing Traditions & Western A. Price - Postpartum health, nutrition, mental health, community supports, cultural care - Epi genetics, how what your Great Grand Mother ate impacts you and how your health now not only impacts you

Join me as I chat with Ana Davis who is a senior yoga teacher, founder of Bliss Baby Yoga and qualified doula who has been teaching yoga and training yoga teachers for over 20 years and specialising in yoga for women’s health for the last decade. Ana is also the author of Moving with the Moon: Nurturing Yoga, Movement and Meditation for Every Phase of Your Menstrual Cycle and Beyond. We discuss, the history of yoga, feminine yoga, the ebb and flow of the womb, the four energetic menstrual cycle phases alongside the moon phases. We discuss the powerful role feminine yoga can play in all stages of life, menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum through to peri-menopause and menopause. You can find out more about Ana, her book and the courses she and her Bliss Baby team run at links below: Website - https://www.blissbabyyoga.com/ The Book - Moving with the Moon: Nurturing Yoga, Movement and Meditation for Every Phase of Your Menstrual Cycle and Beyond.  Upcoming Events: Book Launch Byron Bay, Taree & Auckland

Julia from Newborn Mothers, Australian pioneer in postpartum care, doula, author, entrepreneur , philanthropist shares with us some insights in both traditional postpartum care and the neuroscience of how a mother's brain changes "baby brain". We break down outdated Mother stereotypes and discuss the ideal postpartum care for all Newborn Mothers.  Find out more about Julia, Newborn Mothers and the Book at the website or Facebook page

Emily  a true pollination Mama shares with us her feminine philosophy and learned wisdom of being a Woman beekeeper (or kept by the bees), why we should all be active in caring for the bees that care for us, beehive conciousness, beehive as a womb, apitherapy, bee medicine, bee mythology and more. You can find Emily on Instagram and Facebook  Mentioned in podcast Australian Women Beekeepers, Save the Bees Australia also check out #beeswaxcurrency #savethebees 

Inaugural podcast ~ Shelley McClure @PollinationMama's talks with Chaitanya Morly-Southall @WombTempleYoga about the path to womb wisdom. We discuss, womb care, healing and awareness both from a modern and traditional perspective. Why this is important in the context of Women's health and postpartum care. How a few simple lifestyle changes and yoga practices can have a huge and direct impact on our lives now and in the long term. You can find out more about Womb Temple Yoga:  Website  Instagram  Facebook  We also mention the book: Yoni Shakti by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, her Website