067 | Motherhood: Taking Back Our Sovereignty | with Rachelle Garcia Seliga

Rachelle Garcia Seliga is a Mother, Wife and Certified Professional Midwife, with 18 years experience working within the realms of holistic women's health care. She is the creator and director of INNATE Postpartum Care Trainings; a system of postpartum education for birth and health care providers rooted in the truth that: Maternal Health is Foundational to Humanity's Health. Rachelle is Co-Founder of Starseed Root School of Traditional Healing, a revillaging project and educational center in the mountains of Northern New Mexico. All of Rachelle's work is dedicated to midwifing a cultural shift of Thriving Life. Rachelle is a wealth of knowledge and there is no way to encapsulate her work in just one interview. I felt very called to connect with her on her feelings through this active portal of change we all find ourselves in (COVID/ Awakening). To hear more of her incredible back story and life’s journey please go listen to two of my favorite womens’ podcasts – Medicine Stories ~ with Amber Magnolia Hill, Episode #61 and MagaMama Podcast ~ with Kimberly Ann Johnson 2 Episodes found on April 8, 2019 & April 10, 2020.Her Innate Postpartum Care Online Training sign-up ends July 26th so please look into her training soon if you are called to delve deeply into this training for the Fall. “The dysfunction and disharmony within our human environments is manifesting through the vulnerable bodies of postpartum women. In fact it is through the bodies of mothers that humanity is being alerted to the urgency of our collective need for change.”In this episode of Mother the Mother:What it looks like to normalize the emotions that mothers’ facePanic and fear in the collective & moving toward a healed realityTrusting your internal guidance and dropping the need to be likedHow to become aware and begin healing ancestral traumaWords of wisdom for pregnant and postpartum mommasTeaching your children about body awareness & modeling self-respectFollow Rachelle:innatetraditions.comIG: @innatetraditionsListen: Medicine Stories with Amber Magnolia Hill, Episode #61 ; MagaMama Podcast with Kimberly Ann Johnson Ep 93This show is produced by Soulfire Productions