Holistic Birth Doula & Ayurvedic Postpartum Care in Los Angeles

What is a birth doula?

A birth doula is a trained support person who provides continuous emotional, physical, and informational care throughout pregnancy and birth.
My approach blends physiology-first birth support, evidence-based education, advocacy, nervous system grounding, mindfulness, movement, and emotional attunement to help you feel safe and supported.

My birth doula support is different because I approach birth as a rite of passage, not just a physical event. Preparation with me goes beyond positions and pain coping—it includes emotional, psychological, and nervous-system readiness so you enter birth grounded, informed, and connected to your inner authority. Whether birth unfolds physiologically or with intervention, my goal is the same: that you cross the threshold into motherhood feeling intact, empowered, and deeply met.

My birth support is highly educational as I believe that how you prepare determines how you experience birth. I offer private childbirth education, Hypnobirthing, lactation and newborn care classes. Together, we go deep into both childbirth education, physiology AND understanding that birth is not only a physiological process — it is a profound rite of passage. Many doulas show up primarily at labor but my work is front-loaded.

I help you prepare on every level: emotionally, mentally and physically. Preparation with me includes:

    •    Unpacking fears and unconscious narratives around birth

    •    Understanding physiology so your body and mind are aligned

    •    Learning how environment, language, and support affect labor progress

    •    Cultivating trust in yourself rather than outsourcing authority

• Supporting partners to become grounding anchors, not anxious spectators

My support is Evidence-Based + Initiatory (Not Either/Or)

Seeing birth as a rite of passage does not mean rejecting medical care or evidence.

It means:

    •    You understand the meaning of choices—not just the risks

    •    Informed consent is relational, not transactional

    •    Interventions are framed with clarity instead of fear

    •    You stay psychologically intact and embodied, regardless of outcome

Postpartum is not a recovery phase to rush through. It is a threshold. This is not bounce-back care. With me, you are supported to arrive with reverence not urgency, presence not productivity and supported in your grief, joy, identity and becoming.

I don’t just help do things- I help your body feel safe enough to heal. My support is high-touch care rooted in Ayurvedic healing practices that supports the whole person- focusing on nourishment, nutrition, bodywork, warmth and nervous system regulation- rooted in the physiology of the mother-baby and family dyad. I work with the whole family to establish rhythms, educate without overwhelm and support the connection and bonding of the family unit.

I prepare delicious, warm, nutrient-dense food, tea and snacks that are catered to the postpartum body and how it heals week-by-week. I serve meals in a beautiful and grounded way, often with something from nature like a flower or sprig of rosemary. Learn more and view a sample menu HERE.

This is the return of true, embodied postpartum care that offers the sisterhood, care, and restoration your body, mind, and spirit crave after birth.

I offer:

• Holistic alternatives to healing

• Bodywork

• Thoughtful holistic meal prep

• A deeply nurturing presence

• Ayurvedic postpartum healing

• Nervous system regulation

• Lactation + newborn care expertise

• Emotional and nervous system integration

• A grounded, intuitive, nonjudgmental approach

I support you by:

• Offering comfort measures (movement, massage, counterpressure, breathwork)

• Helping you navigate decisions and hospital procedures and advocate for you so that you remain in charge of your birth

• Helping with labor positions that support progress

• Creating a calming environment

• Supporting your partner

• Offering advocacy tools and informed consent guidance

• Grounding your nervous system with presence, mindfulness, and reassurance

• Staying with you from active labor through the birth, then supporting you during your golden hour and your first feedings.

My goal is to help you feel safe, supported, and connected to your own strength and intuition.

Postpartum care is where I hold the mother with deep, continuous care. My work includes:

• Warm, healing Ayurvedic meals

• Abhyanga oil massage & bodywork

• Belly binding

• Herbal sitz baths & foot baths

• Lactation support

• Emotional processing and birth integration

• Family integration

• Nervous system regulation

• Newborn care education

• Gentle household assistance

This is mother-centered caregiving — nourishment, tending, grounding, and restoration during the most vulnerable and tender window of early motherhood.

Investing in your birth and postpartum experience is one of the most powerful things you will do for yourself and your family. The support you receive during this time can influence your confidence, your recovery, your mental health, your relationship with your baby, and the way you remember your birth for the rest of your life.

My packages are intentionally crafted to provide comprehensive, high-touch support. Pricing varies based on:

• Number of prenatal visits

• Level of birth support

• Postpartum caregiving hours

• Classes included (hypnobirthing, newborn care, lactation, etc.)

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