Matrescence Care
let us care for you.
A Powerful Beginning
A different way to experience postpartum.
We created Matrescence Care from a simple belief: when a mother is deeply cared for, she is better able to care for her baby.
While much of postpartum care focuses on the newborn, our attention begins with the mother. Through nourishing meals, restorative touch, practical support, and a steady presence in your home, we create space for healing—not just physically, but emotionally as you grow into motherhood.
Rooted in the timeless wisdom of Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, and Western herbalism, Matrescence Care is a high-touch experience created to bring balance to your hormones, soothe your nervous system, and create space for rest and healing.
This is not just care — it’s ceremony.
This is care that sees you.
Touch that grounds you.
Food that heals you.
Rest that transforms you.
Because birth is not your ending — it is your powerful beginning.
We are honored to walk with you through this tender threshold.
Welcome to a new way of being held.
What is Matrescence?
Matrescence refers to the physical, emotional, hormonal, and social transition into motherhood, similar in scope and complexity to adolescence.
Matrescence is a developmental process—natural but often under-acknowledged. Understanding it can help reduce stigma and create space for compassion, reflection, and support while helping name and normalize the profound identity shift that many people experience when becoming a parent.
The Art of Being Cared For
There is something profoundly healing about being nurtured.
Each five-hour visit is shaped around what feels most supportive that day and may include:
A warm Ayurvedic Oil Ritual (Abhyanga)
Fresh, nourishing meals prepared in your home
Breastfeeding, bottle feeding, or combination feeding support
Gentle newborn guidance
Practical postpartum care
Emotional support and a compassionate listening ear
Light household support
Resources and referrals when needed
Our offering typically includes by is not limited to:
What’s Included in Matrescence Care?
Touch That Grounds You
A warm oil body treatment rooted in traditional healing practices
Food That Heals You
Personalized, nutrient-dense postpartum meals for nourishment and recovery
Rest That Transforms You
Gentle space for rest, integration, and emotional support
Ceremony That Celebrates You
Gentle herbal support to aid in hormonal balance and mineral replenishment
Care that Sees You
Connection and care from experts in the postpartum space
This care draws from the time-honored traditions of Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and Western herbalism, weaving ancient postpartum wisdom with modern knowledge of the nervous system and hormonal healing.
You will be seen, nourished, and supported through every layer of your transformation — physical, emotional, and spiritual.
The Warm Ayurvedic Oil Ritual
One of the most beloved parts of Matrescence Care is our Warm Ayurvedic Oil Ritual, inspired by the ancient postpartum practice of Abhyanga.
Warm, herb-infused oils are slowly massaged into the body using long, rhythmic strokes that invite the nervous system to soften and the body to rest.
This restorative practice supports healthy lymphatic flow, improves circulation, eases muscular tension, nourishes the skin, and encourages the movement of excess postpartum fluid. Many mothers share that they sleep more deeply, feel more grounded, and reconnect with their bodies after each treatment.
But perhaps its greatest gift is something much simpler.
For a little while, you are the one being cared for.
Because this is not luxury — it’s essential.
And your healing deserves to be held with care as profound as the journey that brought you here.
Matrescence Care
Ways to Work Together
The Foundation
6 Sessions • $3,600
A steady beginning.
Two visits each week for the first three weeks after birth, offering consistent support as you recover, establish feeding, and begin settling into your new life as a mother.
The Becoming
8 Sessions • $4,800
Space to continue unfolding.
Eight visits allow our work together to deepen as your needs evolve, creating more room for recovery, nourishment, guidance, and rest.
The Full Matrescence
12 Sessions • $7,200
Our most comprehensive level of care.
Twelve visits over the first six weeks create space for a slower, more supported transition into motherhood. As trust grows, care becomes increasingly personalized—meeting you exactly where you are with nourishment, bodywork, newborn guidance, and steady presence.
Custom packages and extended care available ( min of 6 sessions to book)
