About Metztli
Hola!
My name is Metztli Lopez Torres and I'm a Mexican sobadora, traditional birthkeeper, childbirth and lactation educator, anthropologist, feminist, mom, sister, daughter, friend, advocate of women's rights and Mother Earth.
My story started with my experience during my first pregnancy while I was living in Mexico. During that time rural women (mujeres del campo) shared their knowledge about pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding, and newborn care. I learned to use traditional medicine like herbs, massages and food to heal my baby and myself.
Later on after my B.A., my master's degree and extensive experience working and researching about women's health, pregnancy and working among traditional midwives I found that my true vocation is to provide services during all stages of women's life based on our relationship with our female body. That was the way that Luna Mamá was born in the cloud forest of Veracruz in 2012.
Trainings, Education, and Certifications
Certified Fertility Nutritional Advisor (The Health Science Academy)
Certified Lactation Counselor (UCSD Extension)
Certified Labor Doula (Dona International)
Childbirth Educator/Birth Doula (CAPPA Ecuador)
Master's Degree in Social Anthropology (CIESAS-Golfo)
Luna Mama Services is a business dedicated to promote a relationship between our female body, the different stages of womanhood (from menstruation to menopause) and nature through physical and spiritual work under the lens of the Traditional Mexican Medicine.
“To provide the service that we provide, first we need to focus in the love we have among women”
— Doña Irma Hernandez, Traditional Midwife of Veracruz & my maestra
