Catherine Loretta (she/they)

Full Spectrum Doula. LMT. Yogi. Birth Justice Advocate.

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Deep Belly Breaths:

Close your eyes
Place one hand on your belly, other hand on your heart
Three breaths,
each one deeper than the last
Return to normal breaths
Open your eyes

You are wonderful
Be blessed today

#selfcareminute

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Inhale....Exhale. Never underestimate the power of breath in your body. You're necessary.

#traumahealing

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Trauma Informed Care isn’t just about checking oneself and clarifying questions and exuding patience. It includes mind, body, spirit & space holding for the uncomfortable to surface.

#traumahealing

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Questions of Handed Down Generational Trauma from My Mothers & Trauma Informed Care:

When our hearts hurt, where and when do we get to release?

#traumahealing

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Birth doesn’t just bring up present hurt. It reaches back to the ancestors and screams to be noticed.

#traumahealing

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

The ovulatory/menstrual cycle can be integral in bodily communication and discovering what the body is saying to us without annihilating the organ.

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

There are so many ways to heal fibroids in the uterus without removing the uterus. Consult your local herbalists, fertility professionals & doulas.

#fibroids

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

A routine of herbal supplements, castor oil packs and lifestyle change can be integral.

#fibroids

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Unpopular Facts: Hormonal Birth control neither regulates cycles nor improves cramps. It actually masks and suppresses the bodies natural hormonal cycles and symptoms that are trying to speak to you about your nutritional intake and overrall health.

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Audacity continues to be at all time highs fam. Set those boundaries. Uphold your truth. This is not a tech run. This is the show and you are the star. Lights, Camera, Action ✨

#boundaries

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Food as Medicine has been such a large and healing portion of living tiny and also living in a garden space. I’ve been focused on healing my womb for quite some time and it only truly began to ground in my change of relationship to food.

#foodismedicine

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Mercury has decided to gatorade. To prepare, I’m going solo camping for a few days. Self care breaks are mandatory health requirements.

#solocamping

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Painful period?

Try:
low belly massage
Increased antiinflammatory teas
Herbs: mugwort, motherwort
Lay down
Heating pad
Hydrate

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Normalize the reality that “women” aren’t the only ones who bleed. Having a uterus isn’t a gender.

#genderfluidity

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Just an anticapitalist thought: What if we gave people who bleed purposeful time off to rest and free access to healthy products instead of demonizing the fact that we bleed and offering harmful products that harm our cycles and fertility?

#periods

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Fuck capitalism, take a nap

#restisradical

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Synchronicities are Earth’s reminders of magic

#metaphysics

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

Hyper-Productivity isn’t sustainable. Rest. Take a break. Your journey is yours…you don’t have to rush. You are always aligned.

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

August 1. I release all things that no longer serve me to make space and room. I embrace rest. I embrace how I am called to shine in my truth. I embrace the blessings and support from my ancestors and guides. Ase.

[Catherine Loretta (she/they) @searchforgarden]

A prayer of alignment: you are right where you need to be, how you need to be. The Ancestors shine their love and blessings on your purpose. The path is clear.