MaryBus

I saw Marguerite Rigoglioso, our guest for todays episode, on an interview with Gaia and she moved me to tears. Not because she said anything sentimental or sad, but I think it’s because she gave me some validation that I was looking for and you’ll soon understand why. 

Some of you might be of Christian faith and if you are you know the story of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, who fell pregnant by God and gave birth to Jesus Christ in a manger.

I believe you will find two types of Christians: those that will tell you yes they go to church on Christmas and Easter but they remain skeptic in the belief that Mary was a virgin who fell pregnant by God, through no choice of her own, and gave birth to a real human baby

and you will equally find those who 100% believe it all. 

What I love about Marguerite, and her work, and this interview, is that she has allowed me to find my stance somewhere right in the middle. And if you’ve been listening to my show for a while, you know that right in the middle is the sweet spot for me. It’s where I strive to be, and i’m finding the goal is the same whether it’s with medicine or spirituality. 

My whole life I’ve had trouble with Mary’s story. I believe so whole heartedly in her, and in her energy, and in her divine help. I go into three specific stories in this episode. But I could never grasp what might have happened all those 2000 years ago. it never made sense to me, in my thinking brain, how it is even a remote possibility for this conception to have occurred.  Fast forward to 5 years of trying to conceive with every means possible – now I REALLY can’t get behind Mary just all a sudden showing up one day, single mom, baby in the belly. They def didn’t have IVF back then (and even if they did – I’m sure they didn’t guarantee a baby Jesus in the disclosure).

But let me tell you what they did have – they had practice, and ritual, and this learned practice that Marguerite talks about, (a scientific term) called 

Parthenogensis.  Parthenogensis comes from greek word – Parthenos (virgin) and gignesthai  – to be born – to be born of a virgin maiden 

you might only hear of it these days when you hear about a whale or an animal in captivity who (often bc of the immense stress of captivity) will conceive by themselves, basically self-replicate. I remember this article from a few years ago on national geographic about a shark that conceived through parthenogenesis 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/zebra-shark-virgin-birth-reproduction

So anyway, we see this kind of thing, its a “real concept” but when we think of humans doing it , it’s just too unfathomable, unimaginable, for us to picture. But, thats because it’s unknown. 

Now, I haven’t done the research on it. I’m not the PhD here, Marguerite is. She tells us that this is a practice that was learned and passed on through lineages of women (hence the sub title of her book, Mary and the lineage of Virgin births).  and thats why it’s relevant for us and for this podcast. 

because, let me tell you what I learned from marguerite –  Mary was no damsel in distress who suddenly fell pregnant with a savior 

Mary WILLed this to be true. Mary had intention, she had mentors (like her mother, Anne, who ALSO GAVE BIRTH TO MARY through parthenogenesis. 

Maybe we wont be able to learn the practice of parthenogenesis in this lifetime, but we can learn these ancient mantras and yantras and meditations and practices that will, like Mary, help our womb open to receive seed -whether its man seed, or star seed, or our own seed through parthenogenesis. 

Mary is a divine feminine energy and she’s a powerful being that is still available to us. She is here to communicate with us, to help with our growth. Marguerite tells us to sit with her, have tea with her, pray with her, meditate with her. Ask her to show you the way 

so let me back up quick, tell you about marg. she is a phD, a researcher and author , including her new book which is a huge basis for our conversation titled “The mystery tradition of miraculous conception : Mary and the lineage of Virgin Births”

she is the founder of 7 Sisters Mystery School located right here in Massachusetts 

This website above is where you can also find links to her online courses, blog, school, any other info about her 

To write this book, Marguerite interpreted her way through a gospel (Infancy Gospel of James, which is not recognized as an official gospel of the christian church).  She sort of pulls apart and interprets this gospel, along side ancient literature from all over the world including the Qaran and ancient greek/hebrew legends and bibles. She sources texts where the authors couldn’t have possibly have known or seen one another. Texts that are ancient palm leaf manuscripts. You really grow to appreciate the type of digging it takes when you are looking for validation in a time before pen and paper and laptops and twitter and spell check and siri to translate words arrived.

Marguerite digs and she researches and compares. She talks beautifully about this figure 8 relationship in her brain which I’ve heard her mention before and i love the analogy. its like she feeds the left side of her brain with facts with something she reads and that converts over to the right side of her brain which is intuition and feeling and she’ll think “ohhh this must be what they meant when they said this” – so that loops back to the left brain where she tries to find something in the text to corroborate her intuition #facts… and its then a constant loop of  “does this feel true? yes “ ok lets find something to prove it “

These practices aren’t concept you can learn over night. This connection to mother Mary, the divine feminine, the whole womb chakra- it’s a connection that takes practice and tuning, like any connection in life.  

We need to try to  invite it in and I believe this interview with marguerite will be that invitation you were looking for . 

Links:

The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception: Mary and the Lineage of Virgin Births

https://www.innertraditions.com/books/the-mystery-tradition-of-miraculous-conception

(there’s a 25% site coupon on if you sign up for their email list)

can also find on amazon but if possible ordering through the publisher is most beneficial for those who spent their energy writing the book 

Holy Womb Chakra teachings:

The National Shrine of  The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA: 

https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org

Finally!!! I know I’m late guys. It’s kinda crazy having a full time job, studying Ayurveda, and trying to edit podcast episodes/change my website host! (ALSO WENT ON QUITE A FEW VACAY’s NOT GONNA LIE- BUT I DESERVED THEM……..) So, I am three weeks later than I promised, but better late than never. I had a reading with @Hellen at my friends bachelorette last week (IT WAS INCREDIBLE, i have to do a separate post on that experience) but the cards reassured me i was putting enough energy in, so I’m late but I’m feeling great

This was a tough episode for me to edit. It brought up lotsa feelings – good and bad. Its actually kind of soothing listening to it over again. My voice fluctuates so much throughout the whole episode – you can instantly tell my mood.

IVF is an emotional roller coaster and I say it several times in this episode. I recorded the last few moments you’ll hear in the episode about four months ago. I’ve already grown so much since. This episode is pretty vulnerable and I honestly debated continuing the podcast at so many points. But, I’m always led back to it.

This is a video of the first shot

My first shot! 1/29/2021

It’s actually QUITE funny. Viewer discretion is advised if you don’t like needles!!!!!!!

Two things my husband told me this month that I really needed to hear, and I think you might too.

Carina found her love for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) before Ayurveda. Continuously suffering from chronic bladder infections led her to a TCM practitioner who told Carina to focus on her emotions and her minded. It is then when she learned that what you eat and how you think is influencing your health.

In this episode, we dive deeply into connecting to our womb from a TCM perspective, which includes some of the most common imbalances Carina sees with clients as well as a plethora of ways we can correct imbalances in our body.

Heres a timeline of the topics we discuss in this episode, along with some links you will enjoy.

(2:40) Phases of cycle in Chinese medicine; ebb and flow of Yin and Yang

yin – negative dark feminine (moon)
yang – positive bright and masculine (sun)
yin and yang are always present but its about which one is dominating at what time

(6:28) What does a healthy cycle look like

Interesting takeaway from this section: Some women get concerned with 21 or 35 day cycle, but what Chinese medicine says, through Carina, is that a fixed cycle length is more important than a short or long cycle. f your cycle changes from month to month, then you need to look at what is out of balance. If you hav always consistently had 21 day cycle, this may be normal for you

(10:04) spleen Qi and signs of Spleen Qi deficiency and how to support the spleen

(12:20) Liver Qi and signs of stagnation/imbalance and what to avoid to support the liver

(14:13) How are the uterus and heart connected in TCM

Why we work on emotional balance when we treat women with fertility issues

Interesting takeaway from this section: Emotions have such a big influence on the uterus- think about it! Your heart pumps blood to the uterus

(17:50) Kidneys – the foundation of body’s yin and yang energies

kidney deficiency is most commonly at the root of fertility issues

(21:25) Most common factor for kidney deficiency

(22:48) Signs in face that indicate kidney deficiency

Links from Kidney Section:

How the kidneys influence your fertility:

Food recommendations for kidney-yin and kidney-yang deficiency:

(24:20) The four steps Carina uses in practice to help rebalance/support fertility

(29:36) Embody to thrive program – upgrading your health to the next level

https://carinagreweling.com/embody-to-thrive/

Links from previous episode:
Hormone Yoga Therapy (HYT): https://carinagreweling.com/hormone-yoga-therapy/

Sleep
https://carinagreweling.com/improve-your-sleep-with-ayurveda/

Free Dosha quiz: https://carinagreweling.com/dosha-quiz/

Remember that HSG (hysterosalpingogram) Dr. Klapholtz talked about in Episode 2 – Oath. Well, I had to have one done the other day. Its an x-ray procedure used to see whether the fallopian tubes are open and if the inside of the uterus is normal. It takes less than 5 mins but it is a very painful few minutes, I can tell you that much!

I completely underestimated the pain I would be in after the procedure. First off, I had to drive about 1.5 hours to the nearest clicic, because the clinic closest to me was booked all week and, if you know fertility treatments you know that timing matters, so I HAD to go on this specific day. Anyway, the drive there was fine. I am actually enjoying car rides these days because I am taking so few of them.

The ride home though- that was brutal. I had severe cramps as soon as I left the clinic and they continued as I pulled out into the street and onto the highway. I thought about pulling over, but instead – I started singing to myself. and you know what? It worked! The pain subsided when I would sing – LOUDLY!

Theres a little more to the story – how I started to sing to myself and why – you’ll learn that in the first few minutes of this episode.

You’ll also learn how this story connects to this weeks episode, where we are talking all about Ayurveda and connecting to the womb, with our guest Carina.

Coming to you all the way from Europe, Carina joins us this week and next week for deep dive into connecting to your womb with both Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine. Carina has this unique perspective where she has studied naturopathy, Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda – which is just a testament to how she embodies the desire to heal the body by treating it as a whole.

This weeks episode covers all things Ayurveda and Fertility and she gives us a plethora of wisdom and so many tips to guide us to connect and nourish ourselves.

Heres a little timeline of the topics we discuss in this episode, along with some links you will enjoy.

Phases of cycle from Ayurvedic Prospective ~ 10 minutes

All about the womb, directing energy to the womb ~19 minutes
– Hormone Yoga Therapy (HYT): https://carinagreweling.com/hormone-yoga-therapy/

Sacral Chakra ~22 minutes
– VAM ~25 minutes

Digestion ~27 minutes
– Intermittent fasting ~28 minutes, 40 seconds 
– Online course 

Sleep ~30 minutes
https://carinagreweling.com/improve-your-sleep-with-ayurveda/

Ways to nourish yourself and relax ~32 minutes

Embody to Thrive program ~34 minutes
https://carinagreweling.com/embody-to-thrive/

Free Dosha quiz: https://carinagreweling.com/dosha-quiz/

I know guys, a bit morbid title for a podcast about fertility. But there is purpose behind this episode and that is: trust your gut. If something doesn’t feel right, it might not be. Doctors are experts, but you are the expert of your own body. Get second opinions! And don’t put all of your faith in one human – doctor or not.

Dr. Death – Season 1 – Dr. Duntsch

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-death/id1421573955

Dr Death – Season 2 – Dr. Fata

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-death-season-2-dr-fata/id1534642943

Im SPILLIN THE TEA!

attention tea drinkers!! this is your episode!! actually!! attention anyone who’s been trying for less than a year and has no diagnosis and still in the beginning phase and looking for something nice and quick to try before you head to the fertility clinic!

Trust me I was a skeptic at first – but I messaged people who had claimed to use this and anyone who answered me told me they KNEW this tea really helped! So thats when I decided to message the founder, Arielle and right away she was willing to interview on the podcast!

I had no idea the kind of wisdom she was about to hit us with.

Arielle started as a fertility acupuncturist and herbalist – her training is in Chinese medicine

We talk a little about acupuncture in the beginning of the episode bc this what her background is in

The meat of this episode is SHE BREAKS DOWN the cycle for us and tells us which of the tea we should be drinking during each phase, and WHY

endometriosis, unexplained infertility, PCOS, high FSH, late ovulation- she breaks it all down!

Her goal isn’t TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO ! her goal is to give you the tools so you can figure out what’s happening in your body

she also break down some of the ingredients (for example pomegranate is an astringent – holds in moisture- nourishing to follicles – GUYS Ayurveda says this too (AND I’ve seen pomegranate juice for IVF all around this community)

BRING A PENCIL AND PAPER BC YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE NOTES

order your tea here-

https://www.wisdomofthewombonline.com

youtube tutorial – womb massage

fertility assessment on her website

https://www.wisdomofthewombonline.com/fertility-assessment/

wisdom of the womb fertility group (message me for that) @pollinated.podcast

soon as she asked to open up the episode with breathing exercise i knew she was legit

Enjoy the episode fertile mamas!

Hey Everyone! Update episode for you hear some things I talk about:

-my experience with essential oils so far

Happy Listening!

~Bus