INNATE Posptartum Care
Planning for
The Fourth Trimester
Postpartum is a threshold, not a
deadline or a
syndrome
We could say postpartum lasts 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 9 months, 3 years, or a lifetime.
And all of this is true because a woman is postpartum after the birth of a living baby, after stillbirth, after miscarriage, and after abortion.
Why this Matters
Postpartum care is the practice of safeguarding a woman’s health not only in the immediate weeks after birth, but for the length of her life.
The postpartum time is actually one of the three golden opportunities a woman has in the course of her life.
If appropriately nurtured, supported, and cared for, she can actually complete her postpartum time feeling more radiant and nourished than before having a baby.
Being human in these modern times is both turbulent and tender and mothering is its own initiation. This course guides you through one of the most transformational passages of your life, offering a space where you are accurately seen, witnessed, reflected,
and held in community.
Class Details
When
We will meet every Thursday in March for four weeks.
March 5, 12, 19, 26
Where
Studio TimeOut | Kitchen
6001 Lyndale Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55419
Time
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
We will begin promptly at 5:30, so please come early to get comfortable and organized.
What Can You Expect to Understand
The five cross-cultural prescriptions for the postpartum time, and why these practices appear again and again across cultures and history
Why postpartum education and care function as preventative medicine, shaping long-term maternal, infant, and family health
How to support a woman’s long-term health and vitality, and why centering the mother is critical to the well-being of the entire family
What is common but not normal, and what is normal but often unsupported, during the postpartum period
How embodied experiences of community, care, and shared responsibility support postpartum health and long-term well-being
How to create, honor, and strengthen community, so postpartum care becomes a shared responsibility rather than an isolated experience
How to practically implement these prescriptions for your family in modern life
this is for you if:
You’re between 20–35 weeks pregnant
This cohort moves through the remainder of pregnancy together—creating space to learn, integrate, and implement what you’re preparing for. This isn’t information you collect and forget; it’s preparation you live into so your postpartum is nourishing.
You want to experience the depth of community
This course is intentionally designed as a shared experience with women (and their partners) walking the same threshold. Four of the five classes take place before the babies are born. The fifth and final class happens after everyone has given birth, so we can properly honor the rite of passage that postpartum is, something that has always required community.
You know postpartum can be different
Perhaps you’ve already had a baby and you’re not interested in repeating the same depletion, isolation, or scramble for support. You’re longing for a postpartum that is more nourishing, more held, and genuinely restorative; and you’re ready to prepare for it differently this time.
$359
Space is limited
to honor the intimacy of this experience
Meet Your
Teacher
Leigah Locke is a mother of two, wife, and devoted life researcher committed to nurturing thriving life.
With a background as a former public school teacher, a Master’s Degree in Holistic Health, training in birth and postpartum care, and years of teaching Qoya Inspired Movement, she has curated a distinct and integrative approach to supporting mothers and families across the childbearing continuum.
Through one-to-one coaching, teaching, and hands-on care, Leigah guides women through expansive chapters of transformation and supporting them in deepening their connection to their bodies, their inner knowing, and the wisdom that is already inherent within them. Her work is rooted in the belief that when women are held, educated, and honored, families and communities are strengthened for generations.
"When mothers are healthy and well, so then are their families. when families are healthy and well, so too then is the community. Healthy and well communities are the best way that we can responsibly tend to the health of humanity"
Rachelle Seliga
