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.

Becoming a parent is one of the most vulnerable and transformative experiences of your life. You deserve care that feels deeply personal, grounded, and unwavering. Families choose to work with me because my support weaves together holistic wisdom, inner work, evidence-based care, nervous-system awareness, identity transformation work and a deeply mother-centered presence — from pregnancy through postpartum.

1. A Calm, Grounded Presence

Clients often describe me as the anchor in the room — steady, soft, and attuned. I support you emotionally, physically, and energetically so you feel safe, centered, and deeply held, especially during moments of intensity or uncertainty.

2. Holistic + Evidence-Based Care

My approach blends physiology-first birth practices, evidence-based education, advocacy, mindfulness, and holistic traditions. You receive care throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum that honors both modern science and ancestral wisdom — without having to choose between the two.

3. A Truly Mother-Centered Approach

I am here to protect your experience: your voice, your comfort, your emotional landscape, and the sacredness of your transition into motherhood. Every decision is guided by your values, intuition, and sense of inner authority.

4. Advocacy & Informed Consent

I help you navigate medical systems, understand your options, and ask informed questions with confidence. You are never alone — your voice remains at the center of the room.

5. Support Beyond Birth

With pregnancy preparation, birth support, postpartum caregiving, lactation guidance, Ayurvedic healing, and newborn education, I offer continuity of care into early motherhood — one of the most supportive gifts a family can receive.

6. Trauma-Informed, Nervous-System–Aware Care

I provide support that understands how past trauma (abuse, violence, medical trauma, etc.) impacts the body and mind, and proactively work to prevent re-traumatization by creating a safe, consensual, non-judgmental, and empowering environment for my clients. I recognize trauma triggers, respect boundaries (especially regarding touch), focus on client choice and empowerment, and help individuals stay within their "window of tolerance" during intense experiences like labor. 

7. Deep, Integrative Experience

With over a decade of experience as a newborn care specialist, lactation specialist, postpartum caregiver, and holistic doula, my support is embodied, intuitive, and highly personalized.

8. Birth as a Rite of Passage

My birth support is different because I approach birth not only as a physiological event, but as a profound rite of passage.

Preparation with me goes far beyond positions and coping techniques. Together, we cultivate emotional, psychological, and nervous-system readiness so you enter birth and new parenthood grounded, informed, and connected to your inner authority. Whether birth unfolds physiologically or with medical intervention, my goal is the same: that you cross the threshold into motherhood feeling intact, empowered, and deeply met.

My work is intentionally front-loaded. I believe how you prepare shapes how you experience birth. Our work includes private childbirth education, hypnobirthing, lactation education, newborn care, and postpartum preparation — all held within the understanding that birth is transformative on every level. We also go deep into birth as an expansive, transformative and identity-altering experience- preparing your nervous system, your relationship, and your inner and outer worlds with the tools necessary to meet the changes and transformation that bringing a child into the world brings to your identity, your relationships, your daily life, your job and life as a whole with less “oh no!” and more “of course”.

9. Evidence-Based + Initiatory (Not Either/Or)

Seeing birth as a rite of passage does not mean rejecting medical care. It means:

    •    Understanding the meaning of choices, not just the risks

    •    Practicing informed consent as relational, not transactional

    •    Framing interventions with clarity instead of fear

    •    Remaining embodied and psychologically intact, 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.

Want to read more about why investing in birth support matters, what evidence says and what you’re actually paying for when you hire a doula? CLICK HERE

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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