WiseWomanhood School

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Fertility

Spring into a Fertile Spring!

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Be fertile if you want to have a new baby in the next year. Spring is a time when new growth naturally occurs…and here in the Northern Hemisphere it’s coming on soon. WiseWomanhood can help support and boost your fertility.

Traditionally, spring is also about cleansing after the heavier foods of the winter. This can be a helpful phase to increasing fertility and Ayurveda has gentle yet effective means.

Learning about the timing of ovulation and how it relates to your menses gives clues about whether you have an obstacle due to “weak” eggs, as well as when you are most fertile each cycle. Ayurveda and natural helps can feed your eggs to bring more success in conception.

Also important is curing any general health or menstrual ills. These can be symptomatic of deeper hormonal imbalance which natural treatments can often overcome. Such ills can also inhibit fertility or worsen during pregnancy, when it is more difficult to treat health problems without disturbing the pregnancy itself.

So hop to it, if you want to be fertile as the bunnies in the spring!

Here’s a video interview with Terra on fertility to give you more ideas:

WiseWomanhood Class on Fertility

Individual Consultations with Terra Rafael, Certified Ayurveda Practitioner, former midwife – we’ll evaluate your general, menstrual, and fertility health and plan ways to open up your fertility. This can take up to 3 months of self care to support your eggs .

Sing Your Subtle Body to Pregnancy

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Women trying for pregnancy can sometimes become disheartened. It takes time and effort to become balanced for fertility in some cases. One technique I use to emotionally support them is singing silly songs for them. Or giving them silly songs to sing to themselves.
Singing supports the body in many ways – with breath, with rhythm, with brain chemistry. Affirmations can enter more deeply when sung.

Here are some songs you can use or share for fertility affirmation:
Fertility Songs By Terra Rafael

( tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Ripen, Ripen Ovaries
Lots of Eggs for Babies, please!
Work your fertile magic now
You’ll get to rest while the baby grow.
Ripen, Ripen Ovaries
Lots of Eggs for Babies, please!

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(tune of Row, Row, Row Your boat)
Ripe- en well my eggs
In my ovaries.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
My baby you will be!

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(tune of “Pop goes the weasel)
Hormones bathe the fol-licles
All around the ov-aries
And just when everything is right-
POP goes the best egg.
Fimbrae gently guide its way
Towards the welcome womb
And when she meets the happy sperm-
POP comes the baby!

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For Implantation –(tune of “Away in the Manger”)
Away in my mother womb, juicy and warm
My baby-to-be firmly plants in its home.
The lining prepared to give nurturance there
Welcomes the Wee One to grow strong and fair.

You CAN Get Pregnant!

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Mother Nature wants women to get pregnant. That’s why people have to spend so much time and money NOT to. Working with women wanting to get pregnant is a joy! Natural remedies often work when they don’t seem able to at first.

One technique I developed to help women affirm themselves as pregnant is a visual affirmation. This helps ease anxiety, which itself inhibits fertility. It goes along with other natural remedies.

For the visual affirmation, I would take a photo of the woman and graft it onto a photo of a very pregnant woman’s body. This would create a picture of their own fertility to plant in their minds.

This technique was very positive for these women. Along with the special Ayurveda, Maya Therapy, Reiki, songs, and other natural techniques, it moved them more easily into pregnancy.

Try it yourself, if you or a friend of yours want to achieve pregnancy! You can use my pregnancy photo if you like for “your” pregnant body!

And check out my classes on fertility, pregnancy, birth & postpartum!

If you want a personalized natural fertility plan from me, let’s do it!

Smiles, Terra Rafael

ENHANCING THE CHILDBEARING YEAR with Ayurveda Class Series

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Enhancing the Childbearing Year with Ayurveda Class Series

With Terra Rafael

Ayurveda adds much to caring for the childbearing year. This class covers fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. and how Ayurveda supports health throughout.

  • Anatomy and physiology of the fertility/menstrual cycle
  • Basic understanding of the physiological view of conception and pregnancy according to Ayurveda
  • Ayurveda approaches to fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
  • Natural family planning techniques with emphasis on fertility awareness
  • Helpful herbs and treatments for the childbearing year

This class series includes 20+ hours of video divided into 7 classes, each with a pdf of notes, slideshow pdfs, and an optional exam.

  1. Anatomy & Physiology of Female Reproduction
  2. Male Anatomy and Fertility
  3. Female Fertility Concerns
  4. Pregnancy I
  5. Pregnancy II
  6. Labor & Birth
  7. Postpartum

The text is Ayurveda for the Childbearing Years, by Terra Rafael , PACE approved class logo - National Ayurvedic Medical Associationavailable from amazon.

This class is approved by NAMA for PACE 24 CEUs can receive a Certificate of Completion after submitting their exams for review to Terra Rafael, at wisewomanhood@gmail.com

You may also be interested in Optimal Menstrual Health with Ayurveda.

Class 1: Female Anatomy and Physiology  

  • Video Part 1 – Introduction
  • Video Part 2 – Female Reproductive Anatomy
  • Female Reproductive Anatomy Slide Show PDF
  • Video Part 3 – Female Reproductive Physiology
  • Female Cycles Slide Show PDF
  • Video Part 4 – Ayurvedic View of Female Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
  • Exam Class 1 PDF

Class 2: Male A&P and Fertility;

  • Video Part 1 and Video Part 2
  • Male Anatomy and Physiology and Fertility Slide Show PDF 
  • Exam Class 2 PDF

Class 3 Female Fertility

  • Video Part 1 and Video Part 2
  • Exam Class 3 PDF

Class 4 Pregnancy 1 -Health

  • Video Part 1& and Video Part 1.5 Video Part 2
  • Exam Class 4 PDF

Class 5 Pregnancy 2 – Concerns&]

  • Video Part 1 and Video Part 2
  • Exam Class 5 – PDF

Class 6 Labor and Birth

  • Video Part 1 and Video Part 2
  • Class 6 – PDF

Class 7 Postpartum and Newborn

  • Video Part 1: Postpartum
  • Video Part 2: Routine PP Care of Mother
  • Video Part 3: PP Concerns of Mother
  • Ayurveda for PP Slideshow PDF
  • Video Part 4: Newborn PP and Concerns
  • Newborn Slide show PDF
  • Class 7 Exam

Optional Mentoring for professionals will support applying the teachings to your clients.

ENHANCING FERTILITY with Ayurveda

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Enhancing Fertility with Ayurveda

with Terra Rafael
Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Midwife (now retired)

With detailed slides and images, Terra outlines the methods available inPACE approved class logo - National Ayurvedic Medical Association Ayurveda to support those having difficulty conceiving who want a more holistic and natural approach to perinatal care, including:

  • Anatomy and physiology of fertility and conception for both women and men
  • Natural family planning techniques with emphasis on fertility awareness and improvement
  • Ayurvedic therapeutic approaches to supporting healthy fertility
  • An overview of Ayurvedic cleansing and rejuvenation techniques to improve fertility

The course includes extensive class materials and visual aids, including  79 pages of written notes and PDFs of the slide shows in the course.

Students will have the option to hire Terra as a mentor to help them study or as a practitioner/consultant to help them troubleshoot fertility issues. She welcomes both professional Ayurvedic practitioners and birthworkers, as well as moms (and Dads) to-be.

This course is approved for  5 NAMA PACE CEUs. To receive Certificate of Completion, complete exams and homework and email them to Terra.

Class 1: Female Anatomy and Physiology

  • Video on Female Reproductive Anatomy
  • Female Reproductive Anatomy Slide Show PDF
  • Video on Female Reproductive Physiology
  • Female Cycles Slide Show PDF
  • Video on Ayurveda’s View of Female Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology
  • Notes PDF
  • Exam Class 1 PDF

Class 2: Male A&P and Fertility

  • Video Part 1: Male Reproductive Anatomy and Ayurveda
  • Video Part 2: Male Fertility with Ayurveda
  • Male Anatomy and Physiology and Fertility Slide Show
  • Notes PDF
  • Exam Class 2 PDF

Class 3 Female Fertility

  • Video Part 1
  • Video Part 2
  • Notes PDF
  • Exam Class 3 PDF


YOUR FEMALE CYCLES EXPLAINED

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with Terra Rafael

Women have so many female cycles within their “period” – many not really known to them. We have menstrual, ovarian, hormonal, uterine movement, fertile fluid, and temperature cycles and their components.  All of them interact to create the menstrual-fertility cycle. To have healthy periods and fertility you need all of these cycles to be working well. When some are off, they are symptoms that give us information about where we need to bring balance.

By understanding these cycles YOUR cycles may make more sense and you can take an active role in making your cycles healthier. 11+ minutes that could change your life!

Be sure to see Female Anatomy Revealed for understanding more about your body.