My practice focuses on supporting women in finding their center. Specifically during the child bearing years. However, anytime a woman is in transition, I hold space for her to find where she is again. I offer somatic bodywork, classes, herbal consultations and experience as a doula to families.

I have a BA in Psychology. I have graduate experience in Perinatal Psychology from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and Botanical medicine from Tai Sophia. I have been a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist since 1996 and a Labor Doula (DONA trained), since 2001. In the same year, I completed a 250 hours program with The Star Institute, www.rimastar.com. This training allowed me to call myself a Certified Massage Doula.

The doula and graduate program opened the world of pre and perinatal psychology to me. I read from authors, such as David Chamberlain and Joseph Chilton Pearce,  about the latest discoveries in understanding babies and how they develop in and out of the womb. The programs also offered the spiritual aspects of change that occurs for us women, as we become maidens, mothers and crones throughout our life’s journey.

I am an apprentice to Dr. Rosita Arvigo and am honored to continue this line of healing for women and their families. I have been learning about herbal, nutrition and aromatherapies since 1996, and feel it holds a positive place alone or in partnership to Western medicine.

My 5 years of Midwifery studies/apprenticeship anchored in my understanding of standard of care for women giving birth. I have a strong and diverse background that I pull from when offering care to my clients. Weather it is through emotional, physical or digesting the medical standard of care, I support families where they are in that moment. I treat each family, no matter where they birth with the same standard of care that every midwife holds, which is to offer medical based evidence with traditional care, so that the woman is able to make an informed choice for her and her baby. By empowering that mother from the start she is able to recover faster, bond more fully and enjoy the richness of motherhood and beyond.

I am a proud homebirth mother of Zane and in awe of the remarkable healing capacity we all have within us. I spend time enjoying my life through Vinyasa  and Kundalini Yoga, growing my own food, and playing outside with my loved ones.