tier two : clearing the way
$2500
You are a special one, to have been led here. It may have been a long journey to get to this place, but you have never been one to shy away from the work. Pregnancy is a time of softening and as such, an invitation to go a little deeper. This tier offers thirty-two hours of prenatal coaching, with nine modules beckoning you to do the hard work, the heart work, to prepare yourself for your new life with baby, in addition to twelve hours of supportive and nourishing postpartum care. We begin this tier with a consult, a breakdown of expectations for both us and you, and a meal together either in our homes or in yours.
We are so proud to be a part of this new chapter of your life. There is truly no higher honor. Thank you.
Prenatal Care : Thirty-two hours
getting acquainted with truth
The first module focuses on the radical truth of who and where you are, paying special attention to the relationship to self, the thread that keeps us connected to our deeper knowing. We dig deeply into the importance of non-judgment, of grace for yourself and for your ancestors. and work on creating the vision of a life that gives you what you need and want.
creating a container
This module explores the power of a container, of a period of time that has a specific beginning and end, and the kind of freedom that comes with intentionally choosing what and who to engage within that container. A practice in simplifying, in setting and keeping gentle and loving boundaries, especially the ones you set for your self.
sovereignty
Here we challenge you to become your own savior, to recognize where you have given up your power, and to take it back, to have ultimate agency over your choices. We will encourage you to educate yourself on what your birth could look like, on what each choice means not only for your baby but for your family and your self.
ritual and ceremony
When we reach this module, we will help you develop or cultivate a daily ritual. We will invite you to lean into that longing for ceremony and to call in your community to connect with you through your ritual and ceremony, whether during pregnancy with a mother’s blessing or during postpartum with a grief ritual or a mother honoring.
belief
This module is all about trusting the teacher within, the one that brought you here to this place right now. We will start visualizing your perfect birth and then the harder work, let ourselves believe in that perfection. What if we allowed ourselves that kind of ease? We will coax the uncertainty out from all those dark corners, bring it into the light, and maybe even learn to love it.
pleasure and intimacy
Here we will work on our limiting beliefs around pleasure and intimacy, not only with our partner but also with our self. This is a deep dive into both the relationship between pain and pleasure and on a bigger scale, between sex and birth. We will use this time to help you build or grow your own intimacy practice with exercises that will help you recognize the agency you have around your pleasure.
parenting
In this module, we will start educating you on the ins and outs of caring for a newborn baby. We will also work on unpacking some of the beliefs we hold around children, parenting, discipline, etc. This is a time to truly uncover what YOU believe. We invite you to radically think for yourself and reclaim your sovereignty, your sacred no, so you can raise children who will do the same.
silence
As birth gets nearer, the desire to go inward becomes louder. We want you to answer this call and get intimate with silence. If we want the life of ease we envisioned for our self in earlier modules, we have to work on creating space for it. Ideas of “productivity” and constant media influx take up a lot of space. Here we will practice sitting in our silence, in the power of doing nothing, in just being.
birth/feral priestess
For the final module, we will focus on preparation for the miracle marathon of birth. We will walk with you through the uncertainty of this next step and help you confront your fears with radical honesty and deep reverence. We will work on rhythm, ritual, and relaxation, while also providing you with resources like vaginal steaming, Spinning Babies, Yoga Nidra, books, other professionals in the field, and many more tools for preparation and peace of mind. We will encourage you to build a system of support for both labor and postpartum during this module, as well as a mandatory meeting with your birth team to discuss your plan and preferences and to get acquainted with one another.
Postpartum Care : Twelve hours
space, place, grace
Space means allowing yourself time to land in this new phase of life. This is a time of deep rest and reconnection. Space looks like a place, a container, to both celebrate what you have been given and grieve what you no longer have. We believe it is because of that grief, not in spite of it, that this space demands grace. Grace for yourself, for your body, for your partner and other children, and even for your baby.
We are passionate about honoring the first forty days postpartum, believed in Traditional Chinese Medicine to be an integral time to replenish, nourish and adjust to life, the new one both you and baby are experiencing. These forty days will shape your next forty years. In many cultures, this practice is commonplace, with the birther’s own mother and relatives moving in to help with the new baby, household duties, and cooking while they heal from the transformation they have undergone, both physically, mentally, and emotionally. We want to support you in this same way. We want to take care of all the little things so you have an opportunity to bond with baby, reconnect with your partner, have quality time with other children, and reintegrate back into your self. This care includes laundry, dishes, chores, light household cleaning, food preparation, and time with baby, even nighttime nanny duties.
We should never underestimate the power of connection, of shared experience, of being heard. We offer a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, a place to express your anger and hurt, all without any judgement or hurt feelings. We will empathize with you and hold you with gentle reverence, not just because this will inform us about how to give you the right kind of nourishment, encouragement, and love, but also because the joy of human connection, the freedom of being fully seen, will fill your soul up, as well as ours.
We will also invite you to dig a little deeper, with journaling prompts to help you navigate difficult emotions, meditation sessions to help find and maintain your inner peace, and other easy-to-implement practices to bring you back to your self, the one that never leaves, the one that always knows. This is a time of rest and healing and, as such, will be very fluid so you can be held in the most supportive way for you.
ADD-ONS
Prenatal/postpartum yoga - $100 (four restorative sessions with Avery)
Photos - $300 (digital and film available, minimum of 100 film photos)
Additional sessions available to add-on
2 hr = $75
4 hr = 150
8 hr (nighttime nanny) = $300 - AVERY ONLY