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Forty-two Days Postpartum Kayakalpa
by Martha Oakes
Women are blessed with naturally occurring opportunities men do not have for both rejuvenation and spiritual growth. Natural Kayakalpa (kaya - time, kalpa - of the body) windows occur for the women after marriage, childbirth and during menopause. These times offer biological opportunities to strengthen the physical foundations of higher awareness. I am told by my Ayurvedic teachers form the Maharishi Verdic Medicine Blissful Baby program, and later by honored Vaidya Sarita Shreshta of Nepal, that the Ayurvedic kayakalpa concerns and practices are discussed in the 6000 year-old textbooks by Sushrut.
