Working with Gabriela was an incredible experience! I felt so honored to have time carved out to focus on my healing both physically and energetically. She helped me come back to a baseline in my body that was peaceful and open through receiving bodywork. Gabriela held space for me and my experience with such love and safety that it allowed me to process and heal. I am so grateful for her and for having my postpartum healing facilitated by her 💓

Sofia

Whether recovering from vaginal birth or cesarean there is very little systematic support for mothers in the early days of postpartum. Lots of preparations are made for birth and for a newborn baby but generally none are made for the recovering mother. We made the decision to bring Gabriela into our home during this time as support and I am so grateful that we did. It was so nurturing for me to have Gabriela come visit once a week and care for me as the new mother recovering from my long labor and unexpected cesarean. The care is both physical and mental, she brought comfort, knowledge and compassion to me in this vulnerable time. She helped my body with massage, bone broth, teas and other warming treatments. She helped mentally to process some of the birth experience that was traumatic for me and my baby. She helped with nursing and provided constant reassurance / care via text message when I had questions. The closing of the bones ceremony at the end of the care period provided me with a sort of comfort and care that I would liken to the nurturing care of a mother for myself, the new mother. This kind of support helped me put importance on grounding and healing my body and my mind in this sensitive period of learning to care for my baby. I very much appreciate her guidance to take a long period of rest and to support healing rather than the “get back to your life quickly” approach I often feel mothers are pressured into. I highly recommend having this kind of postpartum support no matter how your birth experience goes!

Patsy

It’s so hard to put into words just how special my postpartum experience with Gabriela was. I used her services after giving birth to my first baby and I don’t know what I would have done without her guidance. She encouraged me to trust my intuition and not let all of the outside chatter rule over how I planned to mother as well as heal my body. She made sure I was resting and using the magnificent power of warmth in order to optimize healing. All of the beautiful rituals she did with me helped me connect to my body spiritually. I am 7 months postpartum now and feel amazing. At this point I don't feel a single bit of trauma lingering from my birth experience and I attribute that to Gabriela’s powerful healing tools. I am forever grateful.

Stevie

What an incredible experience from start to finish. I've told all of my friends, my sisters, and my mom about this beautiful ritual.  I felt completely safe and cared for by Gabriela.  I wish that every woman post-partum could have this type of care to help move into motherhood and let go of and release pregnancy and childbirth.  Since the Closing of the Bones, my physical body feels better and I feel more stable mentally and spiritually.  Thank you so much Gabriela!

Carolyn