Awakening Traditions
Indigenous Midwifery & Ceremony

Womb to Medicine:
Placenta Remedies
Honoring the Placenta
Your placenta is more than an organ — it is the sacred tree of life that nourished your baby. We honor it as medicine, art, and ancestral wisdom.
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In many Indigenous and traditional cultures, the placenta is viewed as a sacred vessel—an extension of the mother’s body and spirit. It holds vital energy, nourishment, and symbolic power that can support a woman’s transition through postpartum and beyond. At Awakening Traditions, placenta work is approached with reverence, ritual, and rooted clinical care.
Led by LaurÃel Rivera-Stone, a trained midwife and placenta specialist with over a decade of experience, these services are designed to support physical healing, emotional integration, and spiritual grounding after birth.
Offered Services:
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Placenta Encapsulation
Steamed or raw method, based on your personal and health preferences. May support postpartum energy, hormonal balance, iron levels, and milk production.
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Placenta Tincture
A long-lasting remedy prepared with high-proof alcohol. Used in small doses during times of hormonal fluctuation, including menstruation, weaning, or menopause.
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Placenta Art Print
A custom-created visual imprint using natural pigments from your placenta. A deeply personal keepsake honoring your journey into motherhood.
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Cord Keepsake
The umbilical cord is dried into a heart, spiral, or lotus shape and returned to you as a symbolic piece of your baby’s first connection.
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Spiritual Placenta Ceremony (available upon request)
Guidance in honoring or returning your placenta to the Earth. Includes ritual design or private ceremony if desired.
Why this matters
Placenta medicine is part of ancestral healing that supports the body, mind, and spirit. It can ease the intensity of postpartum, support emotional wellbeing, and reconnect a mother with her internal wisdom through tangible remembrance. These services are offered with clinical safety, personal respect, and cultural integrity.
