Just a reminder that, even in Massachusetts, and even before Roe V. Wade was overturned, fake abortion clinics outnumbered real abortion clinics by the dozens. Nearly 30 are currently operating around Mass in 2024. If you, or anyone you know, is looking for a *real* abortion clinic, check out IneedanA.com.
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Birthkeeper Herbalism and BotanicWise
September 25-27, 2020, BotanicWise, the 10th annual mid-Atlantic Women’s Herbal Gathering will be taking place online. I happen to be one of the presenters this year, offering a workshop about herbal care for pregnancy loss. My plan is to focus on folks who experience pregnancy loss as well as those who are often caretakers or…
Summer 2020 Live, Interactive, Online Childbirth Education
This June and July, I’m offering a comprehensive online childbirth prep class. More information and sign ups are here! Meeting times will be: Sunday, June 21, 2020 from 10am-12pm Sunday, June 28, 2020 from 10am-12pm Sunday, July 5, 2020 from 10am-12pm
Herbal Approaches for Coronavirus
With the spread of novel coronavirus come many questions about personal susceptibility and protective measures people can take. Clinical herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner, who is well-known in the herbal world for his scientific approach to herbal antivirals and herbal antibiotics, shares this well-cited document about herbal treatments for the coronavirus family of infections. While much…
Fun new events tab aka “unless I’m at a birth”
To see what I’m up to this year, look at my new Events tab. Lots of low cost offerings this spring.
Sleep Better This Spring
I’m excited to share that I’ll be offering a community herb workshop on plant allies for better sleep at the Boston Acupuncture Project in Hyde Park. Learn more or sign up here and here! Workshop only $15-25 sliding scale, and will be Tuesday, February 25 from 6:30-7:30pm. Sleep is medicine. It restores us mentally and…
Low-cost childbirth class in Jamaica Plain
Upcoming Sundays February 23, March 1, March 8 and March 15 I will be offering a low-cost comprehensive childbirth education series in Jamaica Plain at Birth and Beyond on Centre St. Class will meet between 2-5pm. This will be my certifying series of classes, and I plan to continue to offer other childbirth ed classes…
Upcoming Projects
In 2020, I’ll be launching a series of herbal classes on pregnancy topics, called Birthkeeper Herbalism. Interested folks will be able to sign up for the whole series, or one-off topics. More information will be posted on the website. I am also becoming a certified childbirth educator through BACE (Boston Association for Childbirth Education). Upcoming…
Interview with a birth worker
My dear client Rachel at Healthy Chicks interviewed me for her blog long ago. I wanted to share that here and also crosspost because I often get questions like, “How did you get into this?” and “What’s your philosophy on X?” If you’re curious to hear more from me, read on… R.K.: For someone who…