Supporting you through tender times and life’s transitions
~ RN Doula ~ Placenta Honoring Services
~ Abdominal Sobadas ~Cerradas ~ Reiki ~ Mentorship
Serving: Santa Paula, Ventura, Oxnard
Take a moment to arrive.
You’ve found sanctuary and support for your transition into parenthood, your personal healing, your embodiment and well-being.
It is possible to feel refreshed and expansive even through challenge.
My name is Cari, A.K.A. Cariñosa.
Welcome to my corner of the internet.
I’m excited to share my remedies, creations, products, and services with you. Let’s connect today!
Cariñosa’s Remedies (a.k.a. services)
Services Available:
At your home in Ventura County
At Tzintzuni Therapy in Port Hueneme
In Cariñosa’s Garden, Santa Paula
Zoom option available
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My journey into motherhood—becoming a first-time mom to twins—has deeply shaped why I’m so passionate about this work. Welcoming a baby is one of life’s biggest transitions, and the many changes that come with it can feel overwhelming at times. I’ve learned firsthand how true the saying is: “It takes a village to raise a child.”
I would be honored to be part of your village as you navigate your own path through birth, postpartum, and into parenthood.
With over 20 years of experience as a labor and delivery nurse, educator, lactation specialist and a mom myself, I bring not only clinical knowledge, but also compassion, understanding, and personal insight.
Wherever you are in your family-building journey, I’m here to support and empower you every step of the way.
Support during the entire pregnancy period can take many gentle and meaningful forms, depending on what you and your family need most.
I am at your service to offer you compassionate emotional and physical support, guidance with all forms of infant feeding—whether you’re nursing, bottle feeding, or pumping—caring for your baby while you rest and recharge, heartfelt conversations as you navigate your transition into parenthood, and referrals to trusted additional services if needed. Every family’s journey is different and I’m here to walk alongside you with care and grace.
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+Capsules +Salves +Tinctures,
+Cord Keepsakes +Art Prints +Burial facilitation
Nestled among the live and ancient trees and sun‑warmed herbs, your placenta is lovingly tended with care and ceremonial intention to support those early postpartum days.
When you receive your placenta capsules, they come complemented by COB+R remedies—and, if you’d like, we’ll check in with your family for a warm postpartum follow‑up.
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You Are Not Alone
After a miscarriage or abortion, your body, mind, and spirit will need time to heal, rest, be nourished, and gently integrate the life experience you are moving through.
There is no one right way to navigate this. Whatever you are feeling, you deserve tenderness, compassion, and a safe space to simply be.
You don’t have to do this alone.
Sometimes, having a heart-centered conversation—a plática con tu alma—in a safe and nurturing container can offer the space your being has been longing for: a place to be witnessed, heard, held, and gently supported as you reconnect with yourself.
You are allowed to take your time.
You are allowed to grieve.
You are allowed to rest.
You are worthy of care.There is space for you here.
Additional support: Herbal tea’s for limpia baths, foot soaks, and yoni’ steams. Traditional body work and full body cerrada (closing of the bones) also available for you!
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Cerradas de Cadera (Closing of the bones).
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Reiki is a nurturing complement to conventional medical care—and for me, blending different healing approaches brings the greatest harmony and benefit. From the very first Reiki session, I felt a deep calling to learn it and share its gentle, transformative energy with others.
During a Reiki session, you'll be welcomed to simply arrive, relax, and open your heart—and then softly receive, trusting that the healing unfolds just as it’s meant to, guided by universal life‑force energy. The experience can bring profound calm, balance, and renewal—and I’d be honored to share that journey with you. I warmly invite you to book a one‑on‑one or group session today.
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In a mentorship session which I lovingly call Pláticas con tu Alma—Conversations with Your Soul—we begin by arriving together in a sacred, grounded space where you are fully welcomed, just as you are.
Each session opens with a gentle guided practice to help you center, settle, and connect to the present moment.
With kindness and care, we start by honoring whatever you're carrying in the present moment. Through gentle heartfelt conversation, we allow deeper layers of awareness to emerge naturally. What may first appear as a challenge is often a gateway or access point—an invitation to explore the beliefs or patterns quietly shaping other areas of life.
As we stay with what arises, listening tenderly and without judgment, often deeper truths begin to surface. From my own experience I would say, true healing and transformation often begin with the simple act of witnessing what arises—with love, presence, compassion and most of all no judgement.
Mentorship sessions are offered both in person and via Zoom, with the option to include a Reiki session for a combined experience. Book a conversation with your soul today!
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Discover Cariñosa’s beautifully aromatic essential oil sprays and self-care essentials—crafted to support your wellness journey with gentle, uplifting scents.
Explore our collection, including refreshing sprays infused with essential oils, nourishing body oils, exfoliating scrubs, soothing candles, and more—everything you need to pamper yourself.Sneak a peek at our upcoming online shop below—your sanctuary of self-care is just a click away!
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You’re warmly welcomed into Cariñosa’s vibrant, calming healing garden—nestled among live oaks, ancient pine, and fragrant herbs—where every step and breath is designed to nourish your soul. Join me for a cup of tea and a gentle, heart-centered conversation, and let this be a sanctuary for your nervous system to rest and renew.
You're welcome to book a mentorship session, a one-on-one Reiki session, or a group Reiki session—each offering the opportunity to experience healing in this serene garden sanctuary.
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Enjoy this 90-minute gentle, restorative yoga flow that encourages ease, lightness, and renewal through mindful stretching and supportive movement. The intention of this class is to help you feel calm, centered, and refreshed by the end of your practice.
Reiki and sound therapy are available to incorporate as an optional addition to your experience.
Book your private 1:1 class or friend-group class today!
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Abdominal Sobadas
Yoni Steaming
Fire Cupping
Herbal Support
Doulas of the Tender Flame
Liminal Nourishment
Online Shop Coming Soon!!
For now, I’d love to warmly invite you to explore some of Cariñosa’s creations below. If something catches your eye, please send along an order request—I’d be delighted to connect and share more about it.
Each candle has been gently charged with a unique selection of crystals—imprinted with Reiki healing energy, heartfelt intentions, and loving blessings—filling your space with radiant love and pure, luminous light.
Let your candle become a sacred companion, enhancing your rituals, prayer, or meditation with its gentle glow and grounding presence.
Available now:
🕯️ Eucalyptus Forest.
🕯️ Zesty Tranquility.
🕯️ Calm Renew.
Purify, Relax and Exfoliate with these Herbal Infused Body Scrub Melts! Available in different essential oil blend combinations. These herbaceous bath melts AND yummy body scrubs, make them a great option for the shower, bath or a relaxing foot soak. Each scrub melt brings together essential oils and natural exfoliants to purify, soften, and rejuvenate your skin. Let the detoxing benefits of this bath scrub cleanse and purify your body, mind, soul and spirit.
Each herbaceous bath melt scrub has been infused with Cariñosas garden herbs and flowers and a combination of aromatic and beneficial essential oils.
Check out Cariñosas oil blend aromatherapy sprays! Various blends available for your aromatic pleasures. Enjoy the energetic shift and olfactory treat that comes when you inhale these fragrant blends, one breath at a time.
Some available blends:
Intuition Blend (lavender, rosemary, lime, spearmint)
Grounding Grapefruit (grapefruit, bergamot, Gerenium, cedar wood)
Sage Cleanse (sage, cedar, lavender)
Cleansing Spritzer (palo santo, cedar, bergamot, frankincense, lavender)
Earth Bath (balsam fir, cedar wood, patchouli, cypress, eucalyptus)
Verbena Sun Spritz (lemon verbena, lavender, cedar, spearmint)