Hello mama,
If you’ve just discovered Mother Moon—welcome. I’m Holly, the hands and heart behind this space, and I want to share a little about how this journey began.
Mother Moon wasn’t born from a business plan.
It was born from a deep ache… and a deep remembering.
After the birth of my daughter, I was struck by the glaring lack of support for mothers in South Africa. There was so much attention on the baby—but almost none on the woman who had just brought life earthside. I was navigating physical depletion, emotional intensity, and a deep need for nourishment, and yet there was little available: few clean, healing products, hardly any community care, and almost no guidance on how to truly recover.
It felt like everything on the shelves was either overly medical, full of additives, or just not made for someone like me—a mother seeking healing through nature, tradition, and intuition.
So I started making what I needed:
Warm, healing teas. Herbal tinctures and balms. Nourishing broths. Gentle rituals.
I drew on my trained background in nutrition, herbalism, and postpartum care—and on my lived experience as a mama—to begin crafting the remedies and resources I wished had existed for me. That’s when Mother Moon was born.
A Return to Traditional Postpartum Care
Mother Moon is rooted in traditional healing practices from Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and folk herbalism. It’s a space that honours slowness, warmth, rest, and nourishment—the foundations of healthy postpartum recovery.
I’ve worked for over a decade in private aviation, tending to people with care, precision, and presence. That same heart now pours into everything I do with Mother Moon—whether I’m crafting a tea blend, hosting a workshop, or offering guidance to a mama on the edge of transformation.
Mother Moon is for women who are ready to be held.
For those who want to mother with intention, honour their body, and reclaim the sacredness of this rite of passage.
It’s for the doulas, the birth workers, the grandmothers, the sisters—and for the mothers who are walking this path for the very first time.
🌕 Join Us In Circle: The Next Mother Moon Workshop
If this resonates with you, I warmly invite you to join my next Preparing for Postpartum Workshop happening on
Saturday, 19 July in Cape Town.
It’s a small, heart-led gathering for pregnant women, birth workers, and anyone curious about reclaiming the fourth trimester.
We’ll sip tea, blend healing herbs, make remedies to take home, and explore how to truly care for the postpartum body—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
✨ Spaces are intentionally kept small and intimate.
👉 Click here to book your spot
Let’s rewrite the postpartum story—together.
From one of depletion and overwhelm… to one of reverence, rest, and restoration.
With love,
Holly
🌙 Founder of Mother Moon