Ancient Postpartum Traditions
The postpartum season is a profound threshold — a time when the body is open, the spirit is tender, and the heart is learning a new rhythm. Across cultures and generations, families have turned to time-honored rituals to support healing, restore balance, and guide mothers gently back into themselves.
These traditional practices invite warmth, grounding, and a sense of being deeply held during a period that can feel both transformative and vulnerable.
In my care, I weave together rituals that honor your lineage, your recovery, and your unique journey. Each offering is designed to support physical healing, emotional integration, and spiritual renewal — helping you feel more centered, nurtured, and connected in the weeks after birth.
Below, you’ll find the practices I offer to support your postpartum healing: Placenta Encapsulation, Bengkung Belly Binding, and Postpartum Sealing.
Placenta Encapsulation
Placenta encapsulation is a traditional practice and is not intended to replace medical care or treatment. I am happy to answer questions and help you explore whether this offering feels aligned for you.
A traditional postpartum practice supporting nourishment, recovery, and gentle integration after birth.
Placenta encapsulation is an ancient postpartum tradition practiced across cultures as a way to support the body during the early weeks after birth. This offering is designed for parents who feel drawn to honoring their placenta and supporting their postpartum recovery through gentle, intentional care.
I provide placenta encapsulation with reverence, professionalism, and respect for both the physical and emotional aspects of the postpartum period. Each placenta is prepared individually, following safe handling practices and traditional methods, and transformed into easy-to-take capsules for use during the fourth trimester.
This service is often chosen to support energy levels, emotional steadiness, and the transition into early parenthood. While each person’s experience is unique, many families appreciate the ritual, continuity, and sense of grounding that placenta encapsulation can offer during postpartum recovery.
This is your opportunity to honor the work of your body. Your support for gentle recovery. Your invitation to feel held as you move through the early weeks of postpartum.
Bekung Belly Binding
Bengkung belly binding is a traditional wellness practice and is not a medical treatment. It is offered as supportive care and should always feel comfortable and aligned with your body. I am happy to discuss timing, contraindications, and whether this practice feels right for you.
A traditional postpartum practice supporting physical recovery, containment, and gentle restoration after birth.
Bengkung belly binding is a time-honored postpartum tradition rooted in Malaysian and Indigenous care practices. It is designed to support the body during the weeks following birth by offering gentle compression, warmth, and containment as the uterus returns to its pre-pregnancy state and the body begins to integrate the changes of pregnancy and birth.
This practice is both physical and emotional in nature. Bengkung binding helps many parents feel supported, grounded, and reconnected to their bodies during a time that can feel vulnerable and unfamiliar. It offers a sense of holding—encouraging rest, awareness, and intentional recovery during the fourth trimester.
I offer Bengkung belly binding with care, respect, and attunement to your comfort and individual postpartum needs. Each session is guided slowly and thoughtfully, honoring your body’s timing and capacity.
If you feel drawn to Bengkung belly binding as part of your postpartum recovery, I invite you to reach out to explore whether this offering is a good fit for your season of healing.
Postpartum Sealing
Bengkung belly binding is a traditional wellness practice and is not a medical treatment. It is offered as supportive care and should always feel comfortable and aligned with your body. I am happy to discuss timing, contraindications, and whether this practice feels right for you.
A ceremonial closing practice honoring the transition from pregnancy and birth into the postpartum season.
Postpartum sealing is a traditional ritual practiced across cultures to gently mark the completion of pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period. It is an intentional moment of pause—offering space to reflect, integrate, and energetically close the chapter of birth as you step fully into life with your baby.
This ceremony acknowledges that birth is not only a physical experience, but an emotional, spiritual, and energetic one. Postpartum sealing offers containment, grounding, and restoration during a time when many parents are still holding the openness of pregnancy and birth within their bodies and nervous systems.
I offer postpartum sealing as a quiet, respectful ritual—guided with presence, care, and deep attunement to your individual experience.
If you feel drawn to Bengkung belly binding as part of your postpartum recovery, I invite you to reach out to explore whether this offering is a good fit for your season of healing.
FAQs
Understanding How I Offer These Time-Honored Postpartum Rituals
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Placenta encapsulation is a traditional practice believed to support postpartum recovery by replenishing nutrients, stabilizing mood, supporting energy levels, and helping the body restore balance after birth.
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Yes. Placenta pickup is typically arranged within the first 12–24 hours after birth — from your home, birth center, or hospital — providing a seamless, stress-free experience.
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Your placenta capsules are delivered within 48–72 hours, ensuring you receive the benefits during the most tender window of postpartum healing.
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Yes. I provide the belly bind material and teach you or a loved one how to wrap confidently so you can continue the practice at home.
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Typically 3–5 days after a vaginal birth and 2–4 weeks after a cesarean, depending on comfort and provider guidance.
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Postpartum sealing is an ancient restorative ritual that symbolizes closure after the expansiveness of pregnancy and birth. Through warmth, massage, and ceremonial closing, it supports emotional integration, grounding, and a return to oneself.
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Most families schedule sealing at 6 weeks postpartum, though it can be offered sooner or later for emotional healing or after a challenging birth experience.
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Placenta encapsulation, belly binding, and sealing sessions are available throughout Los Angeles. Virtual support is available for education, guidance, and emotional integration for families worldwide.
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Absolutely. These practices complement each other beautifully and can be offered individually or as a cohesive traditional postpartum care experience.