Ayurveda mama box
Month 2: Cultivating the seed
What’s In My Box?
Nourish: Pregnancy Massage Oil
Organic sesame and sunflower oil Ayurvedically infused with rose and brahmi over a gentle four day process.
Brahmi, known as the “herb of grace,” is a beautiful adaptogenic herb used in Ayurveda as a nerve tonic, rejuvenator, and stress reducer. It also reduces anxiety, improves memory, and lowers blood pressure. Rose is a beautiful healer of the heart. Her gentle medicine invokes more beauty in ones life, as well as an experience of protection, ease and grace.
Use this oil daily for your self-massages. You will find the abhyanga self-massage instructional video below!
Ingredients: Organic sesame oil, organic sunflower oil, pink rose (Rosa damascena) powder, red rose (Rosa centifolia) petals, brahmi/gotu kola (Centella asiatica) leaf, bacopa (Bacopa monnieri) herb
100% Organic Ingredients.
Mama’s Wellness: Essential Oil Roll On
Peppermint and lemon pure essential oils in a carrier of coconut oil.
Keep this on hand for those moments of telltale morning sickness (or all day sickness!). You can use the roller ball application to apply the essential oil blend onto your wrists, neck, or hands, and deeply inhale the scents. Many women experience a temporary relief of nausea by smelling the scents of lemon or peppermint. Carry this with you and use it as often as you may need, mama!
Ingredients: organic peppermint (Mentha piperita) essential oil, organic lemon essential oil, organic coconut MCT oil.
100% Organic Ingredients.
Mama’s Wellness: Tea Blend
A simple blend of peppermint and chamomile.
This beautiful blend of herbs soothes nausea while simultaneously delivering vital nutrients to support your mood.
Steep 1 tablespoon of tea blend in a mug of boiled water for 5 minutes. Strain, and sip while warm.
Ingredients: Organic peppermint (Mentha piperita) leaf, organic chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) flowers.
100% Organic Ingredients.
Pregnancy Flower Essence
This flower essence blend assists in all aspects of pregnancy.
Ingredients: Pregnancy Formula proprietary blend, non-gmo vegetable glycerin, distilled water.
*Products are subject to change depending on personalization.
Nutritional Needs.
First Trimester According to Ayurveda
Upon conception all three doshas begin to increase in your body. You may notice an increase of vata, pitta or kapha appearing in different ways. The egg is fertilized and then takes time (and needs stability!) in order to be implanted into the uterine wall. There is a lot of inner activity and the "details" of your baby's body are being developed. Cell differentiation takes place, the baby's senses and motor organs are formed, the genitals develop, and cartilage turns into bones. Ayurveda strongly recommends the avoidance of travel during this trimester to promote stability in the uterus, as well as more gentle exercise (rather than fast paced and intense), like walking and yoga.
1st month: Immediately, from the moment of conception, the sperm and egg unite to form a soft mass. This is called kalala, “the first expression of creation.” Immediately there is consciousness in the embryo, and everything you consume through your five senses will leave an impression on your baby. Ayurveda says that nutrition starts at conception. All seven dhatus or tissues begin to form from this soft mass, and by the end of the first month, the rasa dhatu (plasma and lymph) has matured. Ayurveda recommends that you eat butter, ghee, and milk regularly in the first month and to take special care to not over heat (such as taking extremely hot baths, sitting in a hot tub, or getting heat stroke in the sun, this will put your baby at risk). Although you are now likely past your first month of pregnancy, it would still be beneficial to nourish your rasa dhatu and eat tissue building foods such as milk, butter, and ghee throughout your first trimester and all of pregnancy.
2nd month: The three doshas: vata, pitta, and kapha, are formed in the baby’s body from the five elements. Rakta dhatu (blood) matures by the end of the second month. Milk, lightly spiced with sweet spices, is recommended. Click the link below to access exclusive in detail content on the proper consumption of dairy products, recipes to nourish rasa and rakta dhatu, and how to make your own ghee!
