Conscious Mana

07/16/2025

Fathers always ask me what they can do during the labor time. Although I coach them on how they can help prior to that time — the biggest advice I can give is: BE PRESENT.

Simply being there, with loving energy is enough for mom and baby to feel safe enough to surrender. Their role is an important one.

06/29/2025

The words “failed” do not belong anywhere in conversation about pregnancy, birth or postpartum 🙅🏽‍♀️

We have midwives, hospitals, birth centers, OBGYN’s and MFMs for good reason! In a percentage of cases, they are all very much needed 🧑🏼‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️ we as birth workers and families are GRATEFUL for these resources being readily available to families when they are truly needed.

The #1 cause of home birth transfers is maternal exhaustion. This is why it is essential to rest, hydrate and nourish your body during early labor. A hospital transfer from a homebirth is by no means a failure. It is the responsible, proper use of the resources that are available to keep families safe. Please don’t place this in a negative light.💜💡
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06/26/2025

Gentle Healing for Little Bodies 🤍
Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) + Fascial Release for infants are gentle, hands-on techniques that support your baby’s nervous system, alignment, and overall comfort—especially after birth.

Whether your baby experienced a fast birth, a long labor, vacuum/forceps use, or just needs extra support adjusting earthside, CST can help relieve:
🌿 Feeding or latching difficulties
🌿 Tension from birth trauma
🌿 Colic, reflux, or gas
🌿 Head preference or flat spots
🌿 Sleep or fussiness

Fascial release works alongside CST to soften tight connective tissue (fascia) and allow your baby’s body to unwind naturally and thrive.

✨ These sessions are calm, intuitive, and guided by your baby’s cues. It’s not just about treating symptoms—it’s about restoring ease in their body.

📍Available as in-home sessions. DM or visit brandyleiner.com to learn more or book.

06/12/2025

She is not learned in a classroom.
She is remembered in bones, hands, and breath.
Passed down, not by textbooks, but by sitting quietly beside the women who have walked before us — midwives who bled, wept, and waited. Who watched a thousand women bloom and fall apart and begin again.

Traditional midwifery lives in lineage.
In the quiet hours of apprenticeship, where you don’t “deliver” a baby — you sit with birth. You watch. You listen. You carry water. You chart in the shadows. You boil herbs. You learn when to speak, and more importantly, when not to.

“We apprentice with birth and she can be a harsh teacher”
She will humble you. She will undo your ego. She will test your limits at 3am after 26 hours awake. She will break your heart open with the weight of it all — and then stitch it back together with holy awe.

Midwifery is not just a skill set — it’s a way of being.
And to carry it with integrity, we must keep the chain unbroken and pair it with humility in all aspects.
Apprentice to midwife.
Midwife to apprentice.
Woman to woman.

To all those quietly learning in the back room,
To all those carrying stories inside their palms —
Thank you.
You are the future of birth. You are the weavers

Join us as we weave community together through deep purging & regrowth in our year long Collective - sitting at the feet of birth and getting to know her ways

Seats are filling up as registrations come in & get accepted - more information and applications are on our website 🌹 see you soon Weavers

06/11/2025

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Under normality, babies align their shoulders vertically to the pelvic outlet to assist with their own birth. More often than not, they need us to leave them alone so they can navigate the easiest pathway.

-Love,
Flor Cruz
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𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, & 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭!

06/05/2025