WORKSHOP:
Postpartum Was Never Meant to Look Like This
What the World Can Teach Us About Rest, Recovery & Support After Birth
A 75-minute live workshop | Offered quarterly | $47
Modern motherhood asks women to recover quickly, adjust quietly, and figure it out alone.
But that’s not how postpartum has been held across cultures — historically or globally.
In this workshop, we step outside the narrow lens of modern Western postpartum care and explore how mothers around the world are supported after birth — and why so many women feel something is missing.
This is not about copying another culture’s traditions. It’s about remembering that another way is possible.
If You’ve Ever Thought…
“Why does postpartum feel harder than I expected?”
“I thought I was prepared — but I still feel unsteady.”
“I don’t need fixing… I need support.”
“Surely this wasn’t meant to be done alone.”
You’re not imagining it.
Postpartum isn’t just physical recovery — it’s matrescence: the profound transition of becoming a mother.
And transitions like this have always been held communally.
What This Workshop Is (and Isn’t)
This workshop is:
Grounded, reflective, and honest
Informed by global postpartum traditions
Rooted in nervous system awareness
Designed to bring clarity and relief
This workshop is not:
A rigid postpartum plan
A list of things to “do better”
A comparison game
A promise of a perfect postpartum
The goal is not more pressure. The goal is context.
What We’ll Explore Together
Expect hands-on fun, supportive staff, and a mix of structured activities and open play. This is a space where campers can move, make, imagine, and grow.
1. Why Postpartum Feels So Hard Today
How culture shapes recovery
Why isolation is not biological — it’s cultural
The cost of rushing healing and minimizing support
2. Postpartum Traditions Around the World
We’ll explore themes found across cultures, including:
Periods of intentional rest
Food as medicine
Communal care vs nuclear isolation
Extended timelines for healing
Honoring the mother — not just the baby
3. What We’ve Lost — and What Still Matters
Why “doing it all” isn’t a badge of honor
How modern systems failed mothers (not the other way around)
Reframing expectations with compassion
4. Gentle Integration
What can realistically be adapted today
Small mindset shifts that change everything
Permission to want — and ask for — more support
Who This Workshop Is For
This workshop is for:
Pregnant women preparing for postpartum
New mothers in the first year after birth
Women who feel unsettled but can’t quite name why
Those drawn to cross-cultural perspectives on motherhood
Anyone craving honesty over optimization
You don’t need to be struggling to attend. You just need to be open.
How It’s Offered
Live, virtual workshop (75 minutes)
Offered quarterly
Includes time for reflection and gentle integration
Replay available for registered participants
Each live workshop is intentionally limited and offered only a few times per year.
About Your Guide
I’m Kaitlyn — a prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher, birth and postpartum educator, and mother raising children between cultures.
My work is shaped by yoga, nervous system support, childbirth and postpartum education, and lived experience navigating motherhood across cultural contexts.
I believe mothers don’t need fixing. They need space, support, and truth.
Birth is the beginning. Postpartum lasts a lifetime. Grace is how we meet it.
Join the Next Workshop:
Postpartum Was Never Meant to Look Like This
$47 | Live Online + Replay
Live ONLINE 2026 Workshop Dates:
Sunday 4 January 2026
Sunday 1 March 2026
Live IN-PERSON 2026 Workshop Dates:
4 January 2026
1 February 2026