Tackling Patriarchy through the Pelvis: An Exploration in Female Bodily Liberation through Resilience Practice and Self Responsibility
Free Birth Society
Emilee Saldaya
3.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, we have Maura Sternberg: a healer dedicated to pelvic integrity, and the radical self-responsibility of the women she serves. We dive deep into the lineages of mainstream self-care practices, and their roots in patriarchy. Maura shares with us the wisdom of the cervix being the base of the vagus nerve, and the importance of somatic healing as a way to dismantle embodied patriarchy.
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| 0:00.0 | into the wild I'm going into the wild I am it's been a wild freedom child since I left my roots back home |
| 0:17.2 | into the wild I'm going into the wild I am it's been a wild freedom child since I left my roots back home |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome to the Free Birth Society podcast. This is a radical space for women who are ready to celebrate their autonomous choices in birth, motherhood and beyond. |
| 0:40.9 | Together, we'll learn about wild birth through personal narrative, we'll explore the politics of birth, and we'll analyze everything that relates to our lives as women from a feminist perspective. |
| 0:51.9 | Here's your host Emily Faldin. |
| 1:22.9 | We've got pelvic health educator and herbalist Morris Sternberg on the show bringing you a powerful conversation on how to get patriarchy out of your pelvis. |
| 1:33.9 | She offers a mind-blowing shift of view on how to see our vagal nerve, our relationship to self, and invites us to get clear on what lineage we claim, who are our masters? |
| 1:45.9 | We talk about embracing rest as a part of detangling ourselves from patriarchy and reframe self-care as something that might not even feel good. |
| 1:53.9 | Get ready to get witchy with Moira and I in this conversation today. |
| 2:06.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 2:09.9 | I can't believe I'm actually here with you right now Emily. |
| 2:13.9 | Should we do the whole thing in song? |
| 2:17.9 | Yes, yes, why would I ever teach not in song? |
| 2:21.9 | Oh, we should definitely, well, I will not sing publicly. However, you can. |
| 2:28.9 | Okay, so we are here, we are here to talk about exploring pelvic health. |
| 2:38.9 | The title of this episode is tackling patriarchy through the pelvis and exploration of female bodily liberation. |
| 2:46.9 | You should see what she's doing right now, through resilience practice and self-responsibility, all of my favorite topics. |
| 2:52.9 | So let's just kick us off with a little intro about you and just let your passion come through. Why are you into this? |
| 3:00.9 | Sure, why am I into this? |
| 3:02.9 | I'm into this because I have had a lifelong journey with pelvic pain. |
| 3:09.9 | And also, the more that I talk about my experience with pelvic pain, the more I become convinced that everyone has experience with pelvic pain for the most part. |
| 3:19.9 | Like I have not necessarily, I can't really remember meeting any human being who was like, yeah, my female pelvis, no problem. |
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