EMBODIED PREGNANCY & BIRTH COACHING

As a holistic pregnancy and birth coach, I take my childbirth education services to the next level, tailoring sessions to you, your background, and your vision for your birth.

We don’t birth from our brain – we birth through and within our bodies. This is the principle that my pregnancy and birth coaching is based on, along with the premise that every person and every birth is unique, and thus, birth preparation should be.

While I weave in information from my childbirth education classes, work with you to create a comprehensive, personalized birth plan, and support you in preparing for your postpartum experience, the true value of a birth coach is in embodied preparation for birth and motherhood.

Indeed, this is “whole-person” preparation: mind, body, relationships, soul. Birth coaching is a container in which we hold space for practice, and for presence, accountability and integration.

This means you aren’t a receiver in this process, passively learning; you are an active participant. You won’t be sitting back while I present slides. Again, we don’t birth from our minds. We birth from our bodies, and we want to be in our bodies during our labor.

That’s why all sessions include interactive experiences like movement and somatic practices, mindfulness and meditation, and creative expression. And you will receive a structure to integrate what you learn into your daily life – and bring forth into your birth.

BIRTH COACHING EMPOWERS YOU TO

RELEASE FEARS ABOUT CHILDBIRTH, TRUST YOUR BODY & ITS ABILITY TO BIRTH, AND FEEL DEEPLY PREPARED EMOTIONALLY, PHYSIOLOGICALLY & SPIRITUALLY

a roadmap to your most empowering birth

As a holistic birth approach, I tailor our sessions to what will be most supportive to you, based on deep discovery conversations and a comprehensive assessment. Then, I create a personalized “curriculum” that weaves four key principles – somatic practices, mindset and mindfulness, physiologic readiness, and empowered advocacy – into a roadmap to your most empowering birth.

  • Somatic Practices

    As a doula and educator who has also trained with the the Institute of Applied Somatics®, I go far beyond talking about how to prepare for birth, and create space for you to actually do it. This looks like guided nervous system regulation practices, vocal toning, breath work, progressive muscle relaxation, free movement, and more.

  • Mindset & mindfulness

    Shift from fear to excitement, trepidation to true readiness. With practices including creative expression, guided journaling and reflection, meditation, visualization and more, you'll gain the tools to stay grounded no matter what birth brings to the table.

  • Physiologic readiness

    Informed by my background as a certified Body Ready Method® educator, you will receive a movement and alignment assessment, tailored prenatal exercise routine and early labor flow. We'll also cover principles of pregnancy, birth and postpartum wellness from Eastern and Western traditions.

  • Empowered Advocacy

    We go far beyond "BRAIN" and do deep work on how you can identify the values you'd like to bring forth into your birth, protect your birth space, and work with your team to ensure your preferences are honored and respected.

DURING MY OWN UNMEDICATED BIRTH, ALL OF THE INFORMATION I HAD LEARNED FELL AWAY…

Gone was what I had learned about the stages of labor, dilation and effacement, “how” to push. My body took over. And it was preparation, the embodiment work, I had done that allowed this to happen so beautifully; that made surrender possible so the “thinking” part of my brain could step back and nature could lead the way. facilitating the flow of labor hormones for a smooth, uninterrupted, transcendent labor.

Of course, in any birth setting, and especially in a hospital, understanding the physiological processes happening in the body is important. Knowing the twists and turns birth may take and the interventions that may be offered is critical. This is why childbirth education is important, and why a support person who can serve an advocate for you is invaluable.

What birth coaching does is prepare you for the part of labor when reason evaporates. What’s left is your instinct and intuition, your ability to stay in a coping mindset rather than shifting What’s left is your awareness of being your body, in the here and now, rather than get pulled into your head and the stories it may tell you. What’s left is a coping mindset rather than a shift to suffering. In my view, that’s what we want to ensure we have access to, and that’s what birth coaching offers.

You will come away with comprehensive birth preferences plan and guidance for you and your support on how to facilitate them, in any birth setting. But what’s most important will be your ability to access and draw on what is already inside you. Your strength, your wisdom, your intuition. Your connection to nature, her power, and the innate power inside of you.

LET’S MAKE YOUR BIRTH MORE THAN JUST ‘MANAGEABLE.’

LET’S MAKE IT A TRANSCENDENT RITE OF PASSAGE, SO HOWEVER IT LOOKS, YOU WILL EMERGE TRANSFORMED.

BOOK A CONSULTATION

As a holistic pregnancy and birth coach, I offer a range of packages to fit each individual and their needs, with sliding scales rates to ensure accessibility. If you are interested in working together, please submit the form below to book a complimentary consultation, or discuss questions over email. I look forward to connecting with you.