74. Womb Sovereignty, the Dark Feminine, and Mythopoetic Pregnancy Release - Samantha Zipporah

Your ancestors are with you every time the portal of the womb opens; our blood connects us to our lineage, to the mythic archetypes that hold meaning for us, and to our deepest inner selves. Whatever sort of womb release you experience, it lies on a continuum of commonality with all releases. Let us explore these interconnections so that we can be deeply rooted in our own bodies.

TOPICS:

How Samantha got into this work
The womb as a source of pleasure and power, instead of pain
There is cellular alchemy no matter how a pregnancy ends (birth, miscarriage, abortion) and commonalities between all the different kinds of pregnancy release
Abortion is a nexus of sex and death and birth
The Dark Goddess and the Underworld Journey- seeing the release of a pregnancy through a mythic lens
Modern medicine is an industry, not a healing modality
The psychospiritual process of menstruation: when the cervix is open we can more easily access other states of consciousness
The Sacred Yes- what we are saying yes to when we say no to a pregnancy
Honoring death as a healing need in our culture
Function and access to Misoprostol
Understanding the two categories of abortion: mechanical and chemical
Demystifying the idea of a "natural abortion"
Herbs: emmenagogues and abortifacients
Sitting at the feet of the plant elders
Systems of false authority, persecution, and the witch wound
How shame and secrecy around abortion can prolong bleeding
Conscious contraception
Giving yourself a 40 day postpartum healing period after any pregnancy release