Hi, I’m Carmen Reyes, certified fertility awareness teacher, women’s health coach and herbalist.
I teach people how to chart their cycles for body literacy, informed consent and as an alternative to hormonal birth control.
School education teaches anatomy and physiology but fails to teach how to apply this knowledge to our unique cycle in a meaningful way.
Fertility awareness works by helping you identify your fertile window – or the time in your cycle when conception is possible.
You only ovulate once in a month and your egg can only live for 12 – 24 hours.
By identifying your fertile window, you will know when and if you ovulate and can avoid pregnancy with no negative side effects.
With fertility awareness, contraception is in your own hands. You are the only one who gets to have a say with what happens with your body and your birth control.
I found FAM right out of high school on a hippie commune in Illinois with “A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control by Margaret Nofziger.” It was my method of birth control for 50 some years. Nowaday, people start their journey with fam using “TCOYF Take Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler.”
I teach the FEMM method of cervical mucus and LH testing and studied Symptothermal online from Symptopro.
Working with me includes menstrual awareness, cycle charting for health, contraception or conception, and nutrition for hormone health.
I can help you find answers to your cycle questions, ease and turn around symptoms and support your overall wellness.
I offer private and group coaching online and in Montpelier, Vermont at the Grian Herbs Apothecary where I currently work in a family business as an apothecary herbalist.
Billings Ovulation Method Educator, 2023
Cycle Coach School, Claire Baker, 2022
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Fertility Knowledge Collective, 2023
First Moon Circle Facilitator, Charlotte Pointeaux, 2023
Herbal Academy, Intermediate Herbal Course, 2022
Herbalist at the Grian Herbs Apothecary, since 2016
Hrbal Medicine for Women, Dr. Aviva Romm, 2023
IIN Integrated Nutrition Health & Hormone Coach, INHC, 2023
Institute for Menstrual Health, Women’s Hormone Health Certification Program, IMHC, Nicole Jardim, 2024
Licensed Restart Instructor 2024
Period Coach, Period Coaching School, Stasha Washburn, 2022