In this intimate conversation, Laura sits with dear friend Mariska to explore mother energy beyond biology. From miscarriages to menopause, Peru to India, and devotion to the Divine Mother, we meet creation, loss, and renewal as one continuous initiatory path.

Mariska shares how she mothers children, communities, projects, land, and herself, and how ritual, song, and service turn pain into purpose.

What we explore

-Miscarriage, mourning, and honouring postpartum after loss

-Mothering beyond biology: godchildren, community care, and tending projects as living beings

-Family Constellations: the unseen presence of spirit babies

-Postpartum and womb care practices from the Amazon

-Menopause as initiation: grief, freedom, and the rise of the sage

-The nine forms of Durga, Kali’s purification, and Mahagauri’s calm wisdom

-Eldership and intergenerational circles as medicine

-Education that honours culture, language, and indigenous knowledge

-Ritual reciprocity with land: despacho offerings and asking permission of place

-Pilgrimage to Kemet: remembrance, Isis and Sekhmet, and healing the grid

-Living in flow: trusting timing, ceremony in daily life, and the beauty path

You’ll hear stories from Peru’s mountains and jungle, India’s Ganga, and Egypt’s temples, and a devotional closing song to the Divine Mother.

This is an episode for anyone reclaiming their creative force, grieving what has been, and stepping into the next season with dignity, courage, and love.

About Mariska

Mariska is a medicine woman with 17 years of experience in Plant Medicine and other healing practices of Perú and different parts of the world.

She is the founder of Warmayllu, a Peruvian NGO dedicated to integrate the local indigenous arts and wisdom as well strengthening traditional healing practices in intercultural education in Amazonian, Andean and Costal communities. Since 4 years she lives and works mainly in Rishikesh, India, where she shares her ceremonies, Kirtan, Soundhealing and Kundalini Yoga. She organises transformational reteats to India, Egypt and Perú.

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Details about upcoming retreat to Egypt here

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