In this episode, Fatua is joined by her long time soul sister Breanna Shannon, who shares her story of what it was like to bring her son into the world, whose father is of the Machiguenga, a tribe native to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Breanna discusses how she applied the concept of Amazonian plant dietas to her pregnancy, taking time to honor the connection with her growing baby in each trimester. She shares about her natural birth in a teepee, and the importance of incorporating the elements of nature, such as the sacred fire throughout her journey. Breanna has a beautiful way with words that paints the imagery in this story that weaves North and South American cultures in the creation of her son Sayre,' lovingly referred to as her "machigringo."
This recording occurred in the Amazon rainforest of Peru by candlelight, while Sayre' was sleeping, hence our low tone of voices amongst the wild sounds of the jungle night.
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Recommended book: The Red Medicine by Patricia Gonzales
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Timestamps
18:33 Meeting the Machiguenga community in the rainforest
35:48 1st trimester, dieta with pregnancy & transition to motherhood
41:20 Return to the USA
42:00 Finding a midwife
48:44 Nesting in nature & sleeping outside
50:15 2nd trimester vision quest "dieta" immersion
53:38 3rd trimester & preparing for birth in a teepee
1:03:01 Birth story: Nature elements as birth allies
1:06:17 Sacred fire & the beautiful masculine
1:08:49 Water birth
1:17:00 Postpartum in the teepee
1:25:36 Sweatlodge & seeing the world after 40 days
1:33:08 Gratitude for the native ways
1:35:40 Return to Peru with son, Sayre'
1:42:11 Tribal living in the Amazon rainforest
1:50:16 Sayre' integrates the forest
1:55:44 Sayre's name
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Breanna Shannon
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Novalis
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Fatua
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fatuasoul.com
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