Sacred Breaths Denver

I am the mother I am today because of these two amazing women who have always been there for me. Two amazing mothers in their own right who have been with me, supporting and loving me through all my life’s journeys. Mother’s Day is a day to remember how very lucky I have been to know them, learn from them and mother along with them. Xoxoxoxox

As World Doula Week comes to a close, I got to support an amazing family welcome their sweet boy in a fast and glorious birth. It never… ever fails to amaze me how resilient and powerful birthing people and their partners are as thy walk their way through the unknowns of birth and bravely birth their babies. It’s truly an honor to be a doula. I am humbled to be among a powerful group of people helping fakilies become.

Portrait of a dog.
Black. Sweet. Sooo emotional. Very tolerant and loving. My soul dog.

As a step more fully into doing photos along with my other birth work, it definitely helps to have a professional photographer in your back pocket to help as a wonderful, and cute guide! (The dog was an innocent bystander😆)
Can’t wait for my upcoming maternity photo shoot this weekend! 🤞🏻Hoping the wind backs off! 🌬️ 🙅🏻‍♀️

What awesome baby names have you seen lately?!

In pregnancy, labor and birth, how we speak to ourselves, and how others speak to us, powerful affect how we feel within our experience. When we surround ourselves with personal affirmations, we can really shift how we view how our pregnancy and birth unfolding! What were some of your powerful affirmations that you used in your labor or pregnancy to motivate you and to keep you moving forward mindfully?

When I joined this sweet family in labor, they were laboring in the nursery with essential oils, a beautiful calm playlist in the background and some watermelon for a perfect summer birth set up. They had taken my class and met with a lactation consultant… took all the classes and were ready! And they were working through each contraction with breath and ease, meeting each moment together.

So much about this birth was just so tender and powerful. She was loved on and guided all the way through each moment of worry or exhaustion with words of encouragement and reminders to always return to the question: “what is needed in this moment?”. Her beloved husband was a steady loving presence each step of the way.

When they met their sweet baby, tears flowed all around. She had done it. He was here. They were finally meeting the@next love of their life. And it was definitely love at first sight.

Sometimes the end of our pregnancy starts sneaking up on us and we realize we still need to hire a Doula and take a childbirth class!

I got you! If you are looking for a mindful birth class and an experienced doula to support you and your partner in your birth, please reach out!

You’ve grown on me, San Francisco. Sometimes I wonder if the experience we have in a city is what makes the city so special (or not.) Not the actual city itself. The languages, diversity, art and weather was so uplifting. And although I could never tell which direction I was going in, and I got lost several times, I know that is part of the journey.

My long weekend away with folx, other doulas and the amazing mentors who held space and guided us, who courageously brought amazing perspectives and insights, (and teachings that stretch every part of me)… it all really filled my heart and cup. I knew, after being in the gritty world of birth, being oncall and attending life-altering births, I knew I still needed to do more heart-centered work on the heart and soul pieces of being a Doula. I went into this training with a curiosity about how to integrate my work as a Birthing From Within Mentor and a Doula. And it all exceeded my hopes! And in unexpected ways I am still unpacking.

Thank you to all who shared the weekend with me, and courageously shared who they are and what they’re about and all of their curiosities and frustrations. I am forever changed because of you.

Let’s do this! Change is needed and upon us… Start somewhere, start small. But let’s not play small.❤️