About Me
My background
I'm an Ayurvedic Consultant, trauma informed Yoga Teacher and Founder and Facilitator of Mother Medicine, a circle for mothers for intergenerational health, healing, and embodiment. I've been an earth lover with a revolutionary spirit for as long as I can remember. But I came to this work in a round about way through my own healing journey.
I started studying yoga almost 30 years ago. and I've been teaching since 2012. I have my M.A. from UCLA and I nearly completed my PhD in Social Sciences and Comparative Education. But as it turned out, life had a different plan for me.
I got pregnant near the very end of my PhD program and I ended up loosing the pregnancy and came very close to loosing my life in the process. That experience catapulted me into my own womb healing journey and helped me to un-learn so much familial, societal and cultural conditioning and disassociation from my body.
Motherhood also brought up a lot of unhealed parts of myself that motivated me to tend to my own inner-child and generational healing journey; It also brought me home to the vast well of unconditional love, embodied wisdom and healing power we all carry inside of us.
After leaving academia, (which wasn't an easy choice after pouring so many years into it) I started studying Ayurveda with the world renowned Teacher and Spiritual Leader, Maya Tiwari over a decade ago. I've now had the honor of teaching for the Wise Earth Ayurveda School and holding space for hundreds of women in the Wise Earth Ayurveda School's Womb Shakti Medicine courses, as well as my own private practice. I'm also a certified Innate Postpartum Provider and community Educator for pregnant and new mothers.
I created Mother Medicine based on the ancient teachings from Ayurveda and the roots of yoga, combined with my work in education, child development and somatic healing. Mother medicine is inspired by what I've learned through my initiations as a mother throughout the journey, and my deep commitment to intergenerational healing. My own two children have definitely been my greatest Teachers.
I believe that motherhood is a spiritual path in and unto itself. It's also one of the most powerful ways to heal our lineage and the collective. Each stage of the journey can help us rediscover parts of ourselves that we had lost touch with, including both the tender wounds and authentic wisdom of our inner child. It has also helped me feel more deeply connected to the universal Mother love that we're all part of and it has been a vital part of my womb healing journey.
It has also reminded me of the wild and life-giving aspect of women's hormones (whether we bring human life into the world or not). And, yes our hormonal fluctuations throughout our life cycle can also be very challenging largely due to the stress we're under in the modern world that is out of alignment with the rhythms and cycles of nature. However, after supporting hundreds of women with their hormonal health and overall wellness, I've found that there are simple, yet deeply healing things we can do to bring our bodies and spirits into alignment and receive the benefits of having more energy, vitality and clarity.
When I hold space for women and mothers to come together in circle or individually for one-on-one sessions, I approach it from a place of deep reverence for the ancient wisdom we all carry in our bodies, as well as the personal stories we carry in our wombs and our lineage. I am awed by the transformation that's possible through this journey
Testimonials
Grateful
I feel so grateful for the Mother Medicine circle. Gathering together and reflecting on the information from the gatherings in between sessions helped me get to know certain parts of myself and my ancestors that I wasn't aware of. It was a beautiful, powerful and reflective process that helped me go inward and integrate so much. The free-writing, the guided meditation and movement Eden led us through during the 8-weeks expanded my energy and my capacity to embrace life. I feel a deeper connection with life, with my creativity, with my ancestors, and with my intuition after being part of Mother Medicine with Eden
~Ronda
Working with Eden was one of the best decisions I made in choosing what type of support I needed this pregnancy. I’m growing my 6th child, in a row, and I reached out to her looking for guidance with nutrition. She helped me to re-orient my focus from nutrition to nourishment. She guided me to reflect on my relationship with food and what nourishment felt like for me. She listened and helped me to unearth many things that that were sitting beneath the surface, waiting to be addressed. Her suggestions were simple and encouraged me to listen to what my body was revealing to me through the discomforts I was experiencing. My sessions with her were much more than I was expecting and helped me to journey deeper into healing and getting to know myself. Eden is a full well of Ayurvedic wisdom and a fresh, flowing stream embodying the Mother spirit I need, especially in this season of my life. I am grateful for her support and her work in holding women in motherhood and beyond.
~ Shannon
Mother Medicine with Eden was transformative and exceptionally nurturing for me. Eden holds a space that is gentle and expansive. She is gifted in leading circles and her deep experience as a facilitator is revealed in how she crafts her workshop- weaving in teachings, prompts, song and prose in cadence with the pulse of the group energy. I experienced some major breakthroughs during our time in circle around inner child and ancestral work. Layers were shed leaving me feeling even more deeply honored in my role as a mother and a woman. The water ceremony at the end was potent and powerful- I'm very grateful for the incredible journey that is Mother Medicine.
~Reyhan
Eden's offerings inspire a deep reconnection with our bodies, with the Earth and with each other with a rare spirit of community. Her passion for gathering women in the sacredness of the womb through Ayurvedic wisdom, creativity and connection has been so inspiring and nurturing
~ Margaret