Ayurvedic Postpartum Care, San Jose, CA 95131
Ayurvedic Postpartum Care in San Jose & Silicon Valley
Sacred Window Recovery for the Newly Postpartum Mother
In-home Ayurvedic postpartum recovery, rooted in lineage-based Indian wisdom. For mothers who want to be nourished, held, and truly cared for through the 42-day sacred window and beyond.
Serving San Jose, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Fremont, and the South Bay | For newly postpartum moms and mothers planning ahead
Book a Discovery CallThe Six-Week Checkup Is Not Enough
Somewhere between delivering your baby and the six-week pediatric appointment, something essential goes missing. You are handed a newborn, sent home, and expected to bounce back. Heal on your own. Figure it out.
Your body has just completed the most profound physiological transformation it will ever undergo. Your Vata dosha is deeply disturbed from the journey of birth. Your agni, your digestive fire, is tender and slow. Your nervous system is wide open. Your hormones are recalibrating. Your pelvic floor, your core, your womb space, and your sleep are all asking for care. And yet, most new mothers in the Bay Area receive almost none of it.
In Ayurveda, the first 42 days after birth are called Sutika Kala, the sacred window. It is considered the most tender and formative chapter of a woman's life. What happens in these weeks shapes your ojas (your deep vitality), your hormones, and your capacity to mother with presence for years and even decades ahead.
You deserve to be nourished, not rushed. Held, not hurried. This is the care your grandmothers would have received. This is the care we bring back to you.
Who This Postpartum Care Is For
This package was designed for three kinds of mothers. See which one feels like you.
If You Are
Newly Postpartum, Struggling Right Now
You have delivered within the last few weeks or months. You are exhausted, depleted, and sensing that something is missing from the support around you. You want deep, nourishing care, not just a meal train.
If You Are
Expecting and Planning Ahead
You are pregnant, likely in your second or third trimester. You have heard that postpartum care in America is lacking, and you want to pre-book real support so you are not scrambling during your most vulnerable weeks.
If You Are
A Family Member or Friend Gifting Care
You want to give someone you love the most meaningful postpartum gift possible. A grandmother, sister, husband, or close friend who knows this is what a new mother truly needs.
What's Included in the Postpartum Care Suite
A complete sacred window recovery journey, delivered in your home and designed around your body, your constitution, and your timeline.
2 Virtual Postnatal Yoga & Meditation Sessions
60 minutes each, one on one with Shilpa. Personalized home practice session for womb space reconnection, diastasis recti healing, pelvic floor restoration, and deep core recovery, with home practice guidance to continue on your own.
6 In-Home Visits: Abhyanga with Hot Potli for Mom & Baby
The crown of this package. Six in-home visits by a trained Ayurvedic practitioner across your sacred window. Each visit includes warming Ayurvedic oil massage (abhyanga) with traditional hot potli therapy for you, along with gentle baby massage for your little one, all performed in the same session for tissue healing, hormonal balance, nervous system calming, pain relief, and deep bonding.
Baby Massage & Bathing Teaching Session
A dedicated virtual session with Shilpa teaching you the ancient practice of daily infant oil massage and traditional Ayurvedic bathing. Learn the exact strokes, pressure, oils, and rhythms so you can continue this bonding ritual long after the practitioner's visits conclude.
Postpartum Lifestyle & Dinacharya Guidance
A personalized daily rhythm protocol built for your body's constitution. Recipes for deeper tissue healing and milk production, rest cycles, nourishment timing, self-care rituals, circadian repair, and emotional grounding practices for deeper healing.
Traditional Belly Binding Guidance
The ancient practice of wrapping the postpartum belly, honored across Ayurvedic and many other traditional lineages. For organ realignment, core support, posture restoration, and warmth preservation during your sacred window.
Ayurvedic Postpartum Kit
A thoughtfully curated kit delivered to your door: Ayurvedic postpartum oil for home self-abhyanga, gentle baby massage oil, herbal support for lactation and rebuilding, a digestive tea blend, a cotton belly binding cloth, and an Ayurvedic recipe handbook for postpartum healing, lactation, and recovery.
You Are Never Alone Between Visits
What makes this more than a series of appointments. This is the held-ness of traditional postpartum care, reimagined for modern life.
Included in Complete Care
Ongoing WhatsApp Support (Mon to Fri)
Real guidance when real life happens. Text or voice-note Shilpa with everyday questions throughout your Sutika Kala:
"My baby is gassy today, what can I do?"
"I feel extremely tired, is this normal?"
"Should I do abhyanga today or rest?"
You receive calm, clear guidance when you need it most. Not medical advice, but daily, real-life postpartum wisdom drawn from tradition.
Included in Complete Care
Your Personalized Recovery Roadmap
A simple, customized plan built on your prakriti (your unique constitution), your birth experience, and your present needs.
Includes ahara (food) guidance, daily dinacharya rhythm, body care practices, baby care essentials, and clear priorities on when to rest versus when to practice.
So you always know what to focus on, what to simplify, and what to let go.
Your Investment in Your Sacred Window
Two ways to receive this care, both rooted in the same lineage-based tradition. Choose the level of support that feels right for your Sutika Kala.
Essential Care
The Complete Sacred Window Suite
Payment plans available
✓ 6 in-home Abhyanga with Hot Potli visits for Mom & Baby
✓ 2 virtual postnatal yoga & meditation sessions
✓ Baby massage & bathing teaching session
✓ Postpartum lifestyle & Dinacharya guidance
✓ Traditional belly binding guidance
✓ Curated Ayurvedic postpartum kit delivered to your door
Complete Care
Held Through the Full Sacred Window
Payment plans available
Everything in Essential Care, plus:
✓ Ongoing WhatsApp support with Shilpa (Mon to Fri)
✓ Your personalized recovery roadmap
✓ 45-minute integration call around week 6
Comparable Ayurvedic postpartum packages in the Bay Area begin at $2,600 and range up to $7,200. Our Complete Care Suite is designed to be deeper in tradition, more focused in scope, and accessibly priced for the mothers of our community.
Want to gift this package to a mother you love? Contact us for gifting arrangements.
How It Works
Getting started is simple. You focus on your baby, your recovery, and your rest. We handle the rest.
Book a Discovery Call
A gentle 20-minute conversation. We will talk about where you are in your journey, what you are looking for, and whether this program is the right fit. Free, no pressure.
Schedule Free CallPlan Your Sutika Kala
Once you enroll, we map your full sacred window: yoga sessions, in-home abhyanga and baby visits, your baby massage teaching session, your dinacharya protocol, belly binding, and the delivery of your Ayurvedic kit before your first session begins.
Be Held, Be Nourished, Recover Deeply
Over six weeks, you receive care in your home and, in Complete Care, ongoing WhatsApp support between visits. Your only job is to rest, bond with your baby, and allow your body to heal the way it was meant to.
This Program Is Not For You If...
We want every mother who joins this program to feel it was truly the right fit. If any of the below describes you, we will gladly point you toward other wonderful resources.
You are looking for occasional one-off massages, rather than a structured recovery journey.
You prefer fully clinical or medical-only care and are not open to traditional Ayurvedic practices.
You are unable to commit to six weeks of receiving care in your home.
Meet Shilpa
"Rooted in Tradition. Guided by Experience. Lived Daily."
I'm Shilpa, founder of Advaya Holistic Wellness, a certified prenatal yoga teacher and Holistic Ayurveda Health Counsellor based in San Jose. I was born and raised in India, the birthplace of Yoga and Ayurveda, where I trained for over 1,000 hours under authentic yoga gurus and Ayurvedic Vaidyas in South India.
But these traditions are not just my training. They are my daily life. I have followed an Ayurvedic lifestyle for many years and practice abhyanga every day, both for myself and my baby. The oils, the rhythms, the food, the rituals you'll find in this program are the ones I live by.
Most recently, I gave birth to my own child, and I followed every practice in this Postpartum Care Suite for my own recovery. The abhyanga, the dinacharya, the belly binding, the warming foods, the held space. I felt in my own body how profoundly this care heals. The depletion that goes deeper than sleep. The nervous system wide open. The hormones recalibrating. Without these practices, my recovery would have looked very different.
This is why I built Advaya. Because I know what it feels like to receive this care, and I know what it feels like for mothers in the Bay Area who are recovering without it. My mission is to bring the depth of traditional Indian postpartum care to mothers here, who too often recover alone.
This is the care your grandmothers would have given you. This is the care I now have the honor of giving to other mothers.
Holistic Ayurveda Health Counsellor
1,000+ Hours Traditional Training
Mother & Daily Practitioner
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the service area for in-home postpartum care?
We serve mothers across San Jose, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Fremont, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and nearby parts of Silicon Valley and the South Bay. This includes neighborhoods like Berryessa, Evergreen, Almaden, Willow Glen, Cambrian, and North San Jose. If you are slightly outside this radius, please reach out. We may be able to accommodate with a small travel adjustment.
I delivered at a Bay Area hospital. Is this care appropriate for me?
Yes. We support mothers delivering at Kaiser Santa Clara, Kaiser San Jose, Good Samaritan Hospital, Regional Medical Center, O'Connor Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, El Camino Hospital (Mountain View and Los Gatos), Stanford Hospital, and area birth centers. Our care complements your medical postpartum recovery with traditional Ayurvedic practices focused on ojas restoration, Vata pacification, and deep tissue healing.
How is this different from a postpartum doula?
Traditional postpartum doulas in the Bay Area typically start at $2,600 and focus on general household support, lactation help, and newborn care. Our Postpartum Care Suite is specifically an Ayurvedic recovery program rooted in lineage-based Indian wisdom. We focus deeply on your body's healing through abhyanga, hot potli therapy, belly binding, dinacharya protocols, and traditional Sutika Kala care practices. We do not provide doula services like meal cooking or overnight newborn care. Our scope is more specialized and more traditional.
Do I still need my pediatrician and OB?
Yes, always. Your pediatrician and OB handle medical needs. Our care supports your daily rhythms, digestion, sleep, nervous system, and recovery as a mother. Both work beautifully together.
What if I feel too tired to follow everything?
That is exactly why this support exists. You will be guided on what matters most, what to skip, and how to simplify. In traditional Sutika Kala care, rest is considered sacred medicine. The goal is always to meet you where you are, not to add to your mental load.
What if I have questions between visits?
With Complete Care, you have direct WhatsApp access to Shilpa Monday through Friday for everyday postpartum questions and reassurance. You are not left guessing or Googling during the most tender weeks of your life.
Who performs the in-home abhyanga?
A trained Ayurvedic practitioner who collaborates with Advaya Wellness. She is experienced in postpartum care, works exclusively with women, and follows traditional abhyanga protocols including hot potli therapy. You will meet her during the planning stage before your first session.
When should I start postpartum care?
Abhyanga typically begins around 7 to 10 days postpartum, once initial healing has stabilized. Yoga sessions usually start around week 4 to 6, or once you have been cleared by your provider. Ideally, book during your third trimester to secure your spot. We take a limited number of clients each month to protect the quality and depth of care.
Can I book this if I delivered a few months ago?
Yes. While Ayurveda emphasizes the first 42 days as the most potent Sutika Kala window, postpartum recovery continues for many months and years. If you delivered recently, or even up to a year ago, this package can be adapted to meet you where you are.
Is this care rooted in traditional Indian Ayurveda?
Yes. Shilpa was born and raised in India and trained directly under Ayurvedic Vaidyas and yoga gurus in South India, completing over 1,000 hours of lineage-based study. This is traditional Indian postpartum care, the way it has been offered to new mothers for thousands of years, now brought to families here in the Bay Area. This is especially meaningful for South Asian families who want culturally authentic care for their daughters and daughters-in-law.
Can this be gifted by a family member or friend?
Absolutely. This is one of the most meaningful gifts you can give a new mother, and a beloved tradition in Indian families where grandmothers, aunts, and in-laws gift postpartum care. Please contact us directly to arrange a gifted package. We will handle coordination sensitively with the new mother.
Do you offer payment plans?
Yes. Flexible payment plans are available for both Essential Care and Complete Care. We want meaningful postpartum care to be accessible. Please ask during your discovery call and we will find a rhythm that works for you.
I am already a prenatal client. Do I get a discount?
Yes. Existing prenatal clients who want to expand into the complete Postpartum Care Suite receive a loyalty discount during their second trimester. Please ask Shilpa directly in your next session.
You Deserve to Be Held Through This
The sacred window comes once for each child. Let us hold you through yours, the way generations of mothers before you were held.
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