Growing up in the Bay Area I played 10 years of volleyball competitively. I played through college and was a dedicated athlete that thrived in competition. After my college volleyball career, and years of studying kinesiology, my body craved movement without whistles and punishment based exercise. I started practicing yoga, teaching yoga, then teaching prenatal yoga.

 

I dove into the birthworld from a physiological perspective.

Movement, intuition, and ceremony guided my practice. 

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With my herbalist training I offered teas, sacral steams, body oils, infusions, cerrada ceremonies, and food as medicine to my clients. It was such a beautiful time. 

 

I'm now a mother to two beautiful healthy boys. And while I don't attend births as a birthworker at the moment I serve my community by making nourishing medicines and teaching prenatal vinyasa yoga.

 

Both my pregnancies were treasured experiences. My first son's birth rocked my world. It quite literally shifted all footing I had on earth and my emotional and physiological bodies were tested. The first couple years of motherhood were filled with such joy and grief as I let go of the person I once was and stepped into the new me. Having an amazing partner by my side and a strong network of family and loved ones was crucial to my mothering transition.

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One of the biggest allies I've had along my journey has been plantitas. 

 

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