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Since Ysha’s passing in 2015, those of us who worked closely with her and her school, keep exploring new new ways to ensure this powerful information about Ayurvedic postpartum and perinatal care remains available. Here’s an update on what some of Sacred Window’s alumni and faculty have been up to lately:
Our Sacred Window website is a secure site, managed by volunteers who worked closely with Ysha. For many years we offered downloadable books, webinars, and home-study courses about Ayurvedic Postpartum and Perinatal Care. Currently, we are no longer offering these materials, but may resume offering them in the future. Our mission continues to remain aligned with Ysha’s original vision, holding a sacred place for her legacy and this profound knowledge — and pray for others to form and develop the schools, books and other offerings! And guess what? That’s exactly what they ARE doing!!
The Center for Sacred Window Studies is a new school started by our beloved mentors and students of the original Sacred Window School–all of them professional Ayurvedic Postpartum Doulas. This is where you’ll find essential training as an Ayurvedic Postpartum Caregiver. The curriculum draws on the Sacred Window principles, but this new endeavor has a currency and freshness that only a live program can provide. Their courses are offered online via Live webinars and include lots of inspiring and practical homework — including cooking, infant massage, and self-care using Ayurveda. Christine Eck and her team are doing a wonderful job of co-creating this enterprise. We all wish them the best, and hope that our visitors will visit them!
The Ayurved Sadhana, Ayurvedic Teaching Institute has developed an in-depth Postpartum Ayurvedic Doula certification program, part online and part hands-on — based in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Bharat Vaidya and his wife Anupama Vaidya were deeply involved in shaping The Sacred Window School with Ysha, and have been working very hard over the past several years to develop a respected and credited school for Advanced Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Doula training. Be sure and click through to see what really wonderful things they are up to!
Terra Rafael, one of Sacred Window’s original faculty and a retired Ayurvedic midwife, has been working on new classes, a website, and her Wisewomanhood School. Here you will find classes that focus on “optimizing female functioning – mind, body and soul – using natural remedies, Ayurveda, astrology, and inner work.” Wisewomanhood is (and has always been) for Women and the Practitioners who serve them. You’ll find a growing number of inspiring webinars, books and other treats on her website.
Keep returning for more inspiring news from the Sacred Window family!
with love and encouragement,
Sacred Window volunteers and loving agents of change