The Mothership: An Audio Collection from the Village

Disclaimer: This interview is for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal health advice and is not intended to replace professional medical advice.

Dr. Abby advocates for mothers to believe themselves, offers advice on how to build your own tribe of medical support, and notes the red flags you’ll want to look out for should you feel your child’s doctor is not listening. 

Even before hitting record, we covered the basics like: non-toxic detergent that actually gets newborn stains out (Molly’s Suds), a Tylenol alternative (Genexa) and EWG. 

Other topics include:

How to manage toxicity in your environment

The stigma (and importance) of doing your own research

Essential supplements for everyday wellness

“Controversial” light and the benefits of the Sun

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About Dr. Abby Kramer

Dr. Abby Kramer’s mission is to empower others to feel and function as their most vibrant selves through getting high quality health and wellness information to both my patients and community. She has been featured in various publications such as: The Huffington Post, Bustle, E Health Radio Network, DIY Active, Chiropractic Economics and the American Chiropractic Association Journal of Rehabilitation.

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Credits:

Interview with Dr. Abby Kramer, Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Created and produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Edited by Jeana Donovan and Amy Keller

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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About Ariana Reines

Ariana Reines is an award-winning poet, playwright, & artist born in Salem Massachusetts. Her most recent book is A Sand Book, winner of the 2020 Kingsley Tufts Prize & longlisted for the National Book Award.  While she was a Divinity student at Harvard, Ariana founded Invisible College, a study hall for sacred & ancient texts.  Her performance and theatrical work has been presented by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, The Foundry Theatre, the Kaunas Biennale, MONA/FOMA, & many more, & she has spoken and taught around the world since 2009.

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Check out ‘CAIN’ by Ariana Reines most recently published in New York Times Magazine.

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Credits:

Poem written and performed by Ariana Reines

Created and produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Edited by Jeana Donovan and Amy Keller

Musical Contribution by Casey Sullivan and Jeana Donovan

Sound mixing by Casey Sullivan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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“The 40-days can set the stage of an entire life of a human being. The reason why is because you’re giving the child security.”

Akal shares the importance of the yogic practice of the first 40-days postpartum.

Topics include:

• Practical tips for creating sacredness in the first 40 days.
• How to keep it peaceful (with one or more children).
• How to set yourself up with support to create the experience you’re wanting to have.
• How these early days set the stage for an entire life of a human being.
• The connection of the aura of the mother and the umbilical cord… and more!

About Akal Khalsa:

Akal is a Registered Nurse and childbirth educator with over 20 years experience. Her passion is working with women preparing to conceive, pregnant women and women and newborns after the birth. She teaches kundalini yoga, prenatal yoga and mama and me yoga.  Akal incorporates the yogic teachings in all she does and connects with families with humor, love and compassion.

DM for appointments @akal_khalsa  

Credits

Interlude intro: “Adi Shakti” by Pritam Siri

Created and produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Edited by Jeana Donovan and Amy Keller

Sound design by Jeana Donovan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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We hope this brings you back to yourself and is something you save for a time when you need it most.

Disclaimer: If you have past or present injuries, medical conditions, or are pregnant, check with your doctor first before doing any yoga.

About Tilly Bee

Tilly, mother of a gorgeous SONshine Maarz, has been on a mission to create and support lifestyles that promote wellness and well-being to prevent illness and injury, through strengthening resistance to disease and stress using nutrition, meditation, music, mindfullness and yoga. She uses plants and herbs, African and Eastern Medicine practice, as well as Reiki and breath-work for healing. She holds space within the yoga wellness world as a sampoorna yoga teacher. As an aspiring sound healer, she integrates music and sound into her practices. Connect with her via her @rastaopath and www.rastaopath.com.

Credits:

Voice recording and guided flow special thanks to Tilly Bee

Created and Produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Music contribution by Casey Sullivan and Jeana Donovan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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Part two of the interview with Nam Satya and Amy Keller.

About Nam Satya

Nam Satya is a teacher, mentor and forever student of holistic practices and yoga. Dedication to the lineage of Kundalini Yoga, and sharing how it works to improve the over-all quality of everyday life is at the core of Nam Satya’s mission. Nam Satya is also deeply engaged with and passionate about guiding mothers through pregnancy, birth and motherhood, feeling connected to their sovereignty and led by their intuition.

Nam Satya is certified as a Kundalini Yoga teacher, child birth educator, hypnobirthing instructor, NLP coach, and is a mystic and student of esoteric science and occultism. She is the founder of Nam Satya CO—a conscious clothing and lifestyle brand—and is the lead teacher of Mothers Divine Course and the DEEPER STUDIES course.

@mothersaredivine @namsatya_

 

Credits

Created and produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Edited by Jeana Donovan and Amy Keller

Musical contribution by Casey Sullivan and Jeana Donovan

Sound mixing by Casey Sullivan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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Topics include:

• The Ceremony of Birth
• The Role of Midwife and Womb Guardian
• The Shadow Side of the Medical Industrial Complex and Free Birth
• Identifying fear when making decisions
• Holding Reverence and Ritual for the Placenta
• It’s the baby who ultimately decides
• and more!

 

About Valerie Patroni

Val Patroni is a community based midwife, who has been in service to Mothers and families, offering authentic and traditional care, throughout New England, the Tri-State area and now central Florida for 15 years. She is humbled to sit at the feet of Life-Givers and safeguard the highest ceremony of all beings, the Ceremony of Birth. Val delights in braiding together her ancestral inheritance, with her years of lived wisdom and connection to ceremony, to reflect the uniqueness of each woman who chooses her care. She is the mother of her Womban Tribe, wife to her soulmate and a forever student, continuing to refine her path in Midwifing ones, into their truest and freest selves.

Work with Valerie

 

Credits:

Song performed by Valerie Patroni

Created and Produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Music contribution by Casey Sullivan and Jeana Donovan

Sound mixing by Casey Sullivan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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About Valerie Patroni

Val Patroni is a community based midwife, who has been in service to Mothers and families, offering authentic and traditional care, throughout New England, the Tri-State area and now central Florida for 15 years. She is humbled to sit at the feet of Life-Givers and safeguard the highest ceremony of all beings, the Ceremony of Birth. Val delights in braiding together her ancestral inheritance, with her years of lived wisdom and connection to ceremony, to reflect the uniqueness of each woman who chooses her care. She is the mother of her Womban Tribe, wife to her soulmate and a forever student, continuing to refine her path in Midwifing ones, into their truest and freest selves.

You Can Find Her Here

 

Credits:

Song performed by Valerie Patroni

Created and Produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Music contribution by Casey Sullivan and Jeana Donovan

Sound mixing by Casey Sullivan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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Expect a breakthrough conversation about:

• Empowering birth experiences in hospitals
• Presence and positive projection during birth
• How to process your birth story, especially if it didn’t go the way you’d “planned”
• Dispelling the trap of believing “conscious” & “natural” birthing = easy
• The power of regulated breathing during birth
• Akal’s work inside hospitals to teach and cultivate unbiased patient care
• and so much more…

About Akal Khalsa

Akal is a Registered Nurse and childbirth educator with over 20 years experience. Her passion is working with women preparing to conceive, pregnant women and women and newborns after the birth. She teaches kundalini yoga, prenatal yoga and mama and me yoga.  Akal incorporates the yogic teachings in all she does and connects with families with humor, love and compassion.

DM for appointments @akal_khalsa  

 

Credits

Created and produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Edited by Jeana Donovan and Amy Keller

Interlude intro: “Adi Shakti” by Pritam Siri

Sound design by Jeana Donovan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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About Amy Keller

Amy Keller a.k.a Gaia & baby Niko’s mom is the creator, producer, editor and contributing writer of The Mothership. Her passion for motherhood came through building relationships with women who continued to pursue their desires as artists and entrepreneurs while raising small children. Her devotion to esoteric and mystery school teachings combined with her love of storytelling has been the motivation behind her work. Most days Amy can be found creating in the kitchen, singing with her children and sending voice notes back and forth with friends. Her credits include Co-Creating & Publishing Amber, a limited-run newspaper meets workbook, and the women’s marketing community and course, Mega Magnetic Storytelling. She lends her past experience as a NYC Fashion & Beauty Publicist for brands such as, Ralph Lauren and L'Oreal, to her current client & creative work.

@missamykeller

About Jeana Donovan

Jeana Donovan a.k.a Isaiah’s mom is the creator, producer, editor and contributing writer of The Mothership. Her passion for motherhood and restoring the forgotten “village” came shortly after becoming pregnant and discovering the holier, more sacred approaches to birth that seem to have fallen through the cracks of modern maternity. Her love of collaborating with artists and bringing ideas & stories to life has been a driving force to her work. Most days Jeana can be found visiting the neighborhood alpacas with Isaiah or garnering community in her new home of Vermont. Her credits include a voiceover in a U2 video, artwork featured on Times Square, and several recorded conversations with her husband, Remington, in their weekly podcast The Mystical Artists.

@jeana__donovan

Credits:

Written and Performed by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Baby sounds of Saint courtesy of Usheda Jackson

Created and Produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Music contribution by Jeana Donovan

Sound mixing by Casey Sullivan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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About Harijiwan

Harijiwan has been teaching Kundalini Yoga since 1975. He is the founder of the GRAMMY® Award Winning Band, White Sun.

With over 45 years of experience in the science of Kundalini Yoga and Humanology, Harijiwan incorporates  vast knowledge of various methodologies and training into his practice, including face reading and the parapsychology of moving thought forms. His application of this technology is unique offering the participant a chance to fully benefit from the multiple aspects of these ancient, yet timely teachings.

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Credits:

Excerpt of Harijiwan courtesy of RA MA TV.

Created and Produced by Amy Keller and Jeana Donovan

Music contribution by Pritam Siri, Casey Sullivan and Jeana Donovan

Sound mixing by Casey Sullivan

Cover design by Jeana Donovan

 

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