Astrid Grove is a homebirth midwife, wise woman herbalist, and practitioner of Maya Abdominal Massage in Santa Cruz, California.

Her life's passion is to create sacred space for healing to occur.  She travels extensively offering workshops and healing sessions.

Conscious Menstruation Online Course

This course is for all women in any stage of her life cycle.  We delve into many aspects of reclaiming our menstruation as sacred.  In these times we are being called as women to step into our power, to reclaim our sacredness as women who bleed without dying, and to teach the next generation to honor menstruation, our moon time.  Through deep understanding of our cycle, self care through herbs, nutritionand exercise, ceremony and alternative ways to catch our blood we bring our consciousness to the beauty and power of our menstruation. Register here

Creating a Moon Lodge Online Course

In this course we will redefine Moonlodge for the modern woman while remembering the ways of our Grandmothers in order to create women’s ritual in our home communities. Let’s journey together through time and gather ancient women’s wisdom.  We will support the paradigm shift into the present by honoring our cycles as women. We will learn the basics of inviting women, preparing a sacred space, priestessing ritual, and the specific elements and songs of Moonlodge ritual that I have developed over the past nine years.   My goal is to assist you in facilitating Moonlodge in your home communities. Register here

Symptoms of a Displaced Uterus:

Menstrual symptoms:
Painful or irregular menses; dark, thick fluids at the beginning and end of menses, blood clots and heavy bleeding, absence of menses, headaches, dizziness and migraines with menses, premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

Urinary Symptoms:
Frequent urination, urinary tract infections, bladder infections, incontinence

Circulatory Symptoms:
Tired legs, numb feet, sore heals, varicose veins, hemorrhoids

Musculoskeletal symptoms:
Sore heels and low back ache

Ovulatory Symptoms:
Painful ovulation, absence of ovulation, irregular ovulation, infertility, ovarian cysts

Symptoms of Congestion:
Endometriosis, endometritis, uterine polyps, vaginitis, painful intercourse, uterine fibroids, uterine infections

Other symptoms:
Hormonal imbalances; difficult menopause; cancer of the cervix, uterus, colon or bladder; constipation; uterine prolapse, cystocele

Pregnancy symptoms:
Sciatic pain, pelvic pain, long labors, malposition of the baby, pubic symphysis pain, hip pain, back pain, ligament pain, post-dates pregnancy, lack of descent of the baby, persistent posterior lie, cystocele, frequent urination, prolapse, hyperemisis gravidarum

Astrid Grove

I received my BA in Eastern Medicine and Philosophy from UMass at Amherst in 2000 and am a graduate of Birthwise Midwifery School, an institution that trains direct-entry midwives. During my training, I traveled throughout the United States and Africa and served many different communities. I have been witness to an assortment of styles and techniques and have acquired pieces of wisdom from many amazing and talented midwives.

I am a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and a Licensed Midwife (LM). I am a member of MANA (Midwives Alliance of North America) and CAM (California Association of Midwives). I am trained as a doula through DONA (Doulas of North America).

I have studied herbalism extensively with teachers including Ellen Evert Hopman, Pam Montgomery and Susun S. Weed. Herbs are an integral part of my life and my practice, and I enjoy sharing this wisdom with my clients and students.

I love being a midwife and look forward to each new experience! It is such a gift to support families and to welcome the next generation onto the earth.

Visit Astrid Grove online at: www.birthrootmidwife.com

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