Poked by J

HAND-POKED TATTOOS BY JULIA ROCKOWITZ

Learn to Hand-Poke Tattoo

My online course “The Essentials of Hand-Poke Tattooing” is now available. Watch the video to learn more and head over to the course page to sign up!

there’s a reason that becoming a mother can feel disorienting, lonely, beautiful, filled with grief, expansive, tender, and overwhelming all at once.

matrescence asks us to do something almost impossible:
to grieve, love, stretch, break open,

I think many of us can relate to a childhood where you maybe felt provided for but not necessarily emotionally met.

Our babies don’t need need us perfect. But they do need us present. They also don’t need constant entertainment, or a pe

💭 before you get your panties in a bunch, read the whole thread🫶🏼

contact naps 🤝 my notes app 💭

one week down 🌴 one to go 🌺 so grateful for this island time with my guys. Sonny is sooo much fun and bursting with smiles and laughter all day.. he’s zooming everywhere and I’m scared he’s going to be walking by the time we leave

“don’t worry they won’t remember this anyway” 😳

🫶🏼 an excerpt from my birth story..

we’ve completely lost the plot when it comes to caring for new mothers. to the point where most new mothers don’t even realize it’s something they need or even deserve. really, we’ve just lost the village as a whole. but women

my greatest teacher and love of my life 🤍 thank you for making me a mama.

last one is my favorite 😅 little angel beings just actin on pure instinct.