about full circle holistic & Dr. rebecca cohen

“A woman is the full circle. within her is the power to create, nurture & transform.”

- Diane Mariechild

full circle holistic tends to women throughout their lifetime by harnessing the power of women & nature.

We do this work as an act of sacred activism. Patriarchal systems have colonized women’s bodies and the natural world in detrimental ways. It is time to take reclaim that power and move towards a new paradigm of eco-human health.

We do this work because women’s health is foundational to humanity’s health. Sovereign women lead to sovereign families which ripples out into the community at large. It is not just about one woman (although that would be reason enough), it is about changing the very fabric of our culture.

our pillars

full circle’s holistic care is rooted in:

pelvic wellness

Through medically informed Holistic Pelvic Care & Bodywork, we focus on supporting the most sacred part of the woman’s body - her pelvic bowl - reconnecting women to their vitality, creative power and womb wisdom.

authentic midwifery

Normal birth is not a medical event, but a physiological one. As birthkeepers, we allow pregnancy and the natural birthing process to unfold undisturbed. We help women trust their bodies again, and support them in having a natural, safe and sovereign birth.

plant
medicine

Plants are sentient and have co-evolved with humans to be the medicine we need. Our handcrafted herbal remedies work synergistically with your body’s intelligence to give you naturally sustainable health.

women’s circles

We believe women are each other’s medicine, and we’re here to bring back the village through women’s circles and gatherings, where we can support each other through shared wisdom, story, and sisterhood.

dr. Rebecca COhen, founder of full circle holistic

I’m rebecca, inDePendent obsteTrician, Herbalist, wise woman & mother of 9 children.

I’ve known since I was a teenager that I wanted to serve women. No matter what story I read, I’d identify with the witch, the midwife, the village medicine woman, or the caregiver in a woman’s compound.

When I was 17, I began traveling with the Grateful Dead. Over time, every bus seemed to have a pregnant young woman, and I would dream of having my own bus decked out with everything needed to care for them - herbs, fetoscopes, you name it.

By age 19, I was circling with women who were aspiring midwives - we studied the book, “A New View of a Woman’s Body”, and used the plastic speculum that it came with to look at each other’s cervixes. I’ll alway remember a particularly powerful circle where we melted a part of my friend’s carpet while performing a release ritual. She didn’t mind - it served as a reminder of the magic we made together.

i have always tread the precarious line between medical & natural worlds.

The only doctor at the midwifery conference; the only med-student who read books like ‘Home Birth’ and practiced womb meditations. I was the pro-choice feminist who wanted ‘at least 6 kids’ but didn’t want abortion training. I was the obstetrician who rejected the misogyny of traditional OB/GYN residency, who ‘went rogue’ while being married to a family of doctors.

Ultimately, It was my own experience of medicalized birth trauma that led me leave industrialized healthcare behind and return to my authentic midwifery and wise woman roots.

Full Circle Holistic is a culmination of my 30 years in women’s healthcare. It is my way of integrating all parts of myself, to care for women in a way that honors all parts of them. I believe that the independence, creativity, and deeply personalized care this allows is a tool for radical ‘of-the-roots’ change.

dedication

I have been genuinely blessed by the lineage of wise women that have come before me and helped shape my approach to holistic healing & authentic wise-woman care: Rosita Arvigo, Rachelle Garcia Seliga, Rosemary Gladstar, Tami Kent, Jeannine Parvati, Aviva Romm, Sister Morningstar and many others. 

I am thankful for the opportunity to serve the women in my community on their journey to wellness. My path has now come Full Circle.

dr. Rebecca COhen biography

Rebecca Lasky Cohen, MD is a holistic women’s healthcare physician and wise woman specializing in pelvic wellbeing throughout all stages of women’s lives.

She has spent the last 30 years dedicated to working with women and has had extensive training in midwifery, family medicine, obstetrics, herbal medicine, and traditional healing practices from across the world.

She is mother to nine children and is devoted to orienting women to their own inner-knowing as they thrive in sovereignty, fully realizing their vibrant health and creative potential. Her practice, Full Circle Holistic, seeks to guide women to reclaim their womb wisdom and honor the sacredness of their bodies. 

certifications & credentials

Meet the other women behind full circle holistic

  • ANA PALIZA-BROWN

    Ana is Full Circle Holistic’s office manager who handles our emails, scheduling, sales and client-interfacing.

    Ana is a professional chef, as well as a yoga and reiki therapist. She strives to support women in rooting into their calling and rising to their truest, most beautiful, nature.

    She is the founder of Root and Rise, and offers private Reiki, Yoga Nidra and Breathwork sessions, as well as group worshops and cirlces.

  • LARA LASKY

    Lara co-facilitates the Village Prenatal and Birth Story Sharing Circles.

    She is the CEO of Louisville Newborn Care and Mother’s Compass, a recent graduate of the Free Birth Society’s Radical Birthkeeping School with a 11 year history serving birthing women.

    Lara will be bringing her expertise and wisdom to births and postpartum care appointments as well!