Born May 1st, 2026 at 1:01 PM in Lisbon. Arrived a little earlier than expected, in a hurry to meet us.
Each card below is a treatment, a workshop, or a tangible ritual, already identified, offered by practitioners we trust. You choose the one that speaks to you. We keep track of who offered what, and we will share the experience with you.
Sintra · Aquatic temple at 35°C
In the valleys of Sintra lies a sacred-geometry water temple, heated to the exact temperature of the skin. There, a therapist holds Laetitia and Nirvān in her arms in the warm water, wrapped in a rebozo, and rocks them like a rediscovered uterine memory. The baby recognizes weightlessness, the mother lets go. One suspended hour.
At home · Santos
A practitioner arrives with her warm oils, sesame and ashwagandha, and massages Laetitia for 90 minutes following the Indian postnatal protocol. The body that carried, opened, gave, finally receives. Tradition prescribes 40 days of daily care: we will begin modestly, with one.
At home · Lisbon
A double session. For Laetitia, after the cesarean: release of scar tissue tension, abdominal reconnection, thoracic breathing restored. For Nirvān, in parallel: very gentle work on the skull and sacrum, undoing what birth or extraction may have compressed. Two bodies reconciled at the same time.
Weekly delivery · Lisbon
Slow-simmered for 24 to 48 hours from quality bones, rich in collagen, glycine, and minerals, these broths are a cornerstone of traditional postpartum cuisine (East Asia, but also rural Europe). Three flasks delivered each week, to be drunk warm, mid-morning, like a hug from the inside.
At home · For Laetitia or Theodore
A protocol born in the Japanese imperial court in the 15th century, passed down from generation to generation. A succession of rapid percussions, drainages, and precise kneadings that awaken circulation, soften tired features, and rest the jaw. One hour to reinhabit your own face. Your choice: for Laetitia, or for Theodore.
Energy practitioner · Reiki & psychology
A long session, unhurried, where Emilia holds space for Laetitia. Conversation first, the psychological listening, what needs to be put down. Then the energetic work, reiki, hands moving above the body. Three full hours to integrate the experience of birth, see where the knots are, and release what needs to be released.
At home · Laetitia et Theo with Nirvān
An instructor comes to our home and teaches Laetitia and me the Shantala protocol, originally from South India: a precise and tender sequence of gestures for Nirvān, which soothes his digestion, his sleep, and weaves attachment. An hour and a half to acquire a ritual we will keep for months. Not a treatment received, but a knowledge transmitted.
Lisbon · Half-day for two
While Nirvān is being looked after for a few hours, Laetitia and Theodore find their bubble again. Direction: the Corinthia spa, awarded Best Luxury Hotel Spa in Europe 2025. Water therapy circuit (dynamic pool, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, sensory showers), then a duo massage, then silence side by side. To remember that before being parents, we are also two.
At home · For Laetitia
A private hour with a practitioner who blends two crafts: rehabilitation of the pelvic floor and deep abdominals (hypopressive method or De Gasquet's therapeutic yoga) with kriya breathwork. Rebuilding the deep core and releasing the breath in the same movement. A ritual to be repeated, not a one-off treatment.
Online or at home · For us both
A session with a conscious parenting coach, in the lineage of Shefali Tsabary: a space to honestly look at what is being stirred in us since Nirvān's arrival, our inherited patterns, our reactivities, our fears. Not to become perfect parents, but to become lucid parents. An hour from which we emerge more available.
Lisbon · Discowheel studio
While Nirvān is being looked after, we find our hands again in the clay. A few hours at the wheel at Discowheel, shaping together a piece that will last. No forced conversation: the matter passing between us, the wheel turning, the silence shared. Reconnection through slow gesture, not words. A piece brought home, the witness of an afternoon spent as two.
At home · Three hours, for us both
A certified instructor comes to our home for three hours to teach us the life-saving gestures: infant airway clearance, adapted recovery position, pediatric CPR, what to do in case of fever, a fall, a seizure. Three hours we hope to never need, but want to know by heart.
Delivered home · Lisbon
Three warm rituals for the slow weeks. Red Dates and Goji Tea, the daily essential that warms circulation. Oat, Ginger and Cinnamon Tea, to support digestion and lactation. Ceremonial Hot Chocolate, for the evenings when one just needs to put the baby down and hold the cup.
Lisbon · Prescription Studio
A private postnatal pilates session at Prescription, the reformer studio of reference in Lisbon. A specialised instructor rebuilds the deep core, pelvic floor, and posture after cesarean, in a professional and caring setting. One hour for Laetitia to find her axis again, no compromise.
If no card resonates with you or if you prefer to give freely, we will use your contribution to complete one of the rituals above, or for another to come.
Click "Offer" under the card that speaks to you. The amount is pre-filled, you can adjust it.
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