Luna Dea Doula Services

I attended this workshop earlier this week and whew! It was a lot of fun and a TON of information! Shout out to all of these amazing birth workers doing the work and learning new skills to better support birthing families. While I’ll admit, my doula business has slowed down significantly (on purpose), it was invigorating to be in community with and learning alongside so many other doulas.

Shameless plug: WE NEED MORE DEAF/HH/SIGNING DOULAS! ✨

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Aurora Rose is here! This beautiful Deaf family just welcomed a new little KODA/CODA (kid/child of deaf adult) baby! Let's bring together community and support Kristin, Steven and big brother Liam with some warm and nourishing meals as they adjust to a family of four. Today is also Steven's first day back to work so they could use all of the support available. 🤟

For financial donations, instead of going through the MealTrain platform (which takes a % for fees), the family prefers to send money to:
Venmo -
Zelle or PayPal (friends/family) - [email protected]

Meal Train for The Wilks Family Aurora Rose is here! Let's bring together community and support Kristin, Steven and big brother Liam with some warm and nourishing meals as they adjust to a family of four.

What a beautiful offering! You won’t want to miss these.

Join us at Kalamazoo’s historic and resource yourself with holistic labor and birth preparation. These workshops journey through the body, mind, and spiritual components of what many describe as a transformative or pivotal experience in their lives. These three workshops, which can be taken individually or as a comprehensive series, weave embodiment practices with childbirth education reinforced by the unique insights of a local, experienced doula.

Connect with your evolving body, finetune your growing intuition, customize practical tools, and clarify your birth vision in one of the most impactful ways we humans ever have: in community.

Workshop 1: Body
Sunday June 2nd
10am-12pm
Explore labor as a somatic practice by way of biomechanics and physiology

Workshop 2: Mind
Sunday June 9th
10am-12pm
Delve into the brain waves of labor and how to prepare for an alternate state of consciousness

Workshop 3: Spirit
Sunday June 23rd
10am-12pm
Hold and be held by community as you prepare tools for your birth space

Each workshop will be capped at 8 participants. Yoga mats, blankets, and blocks will be provided. Please bring an extra mat if you prefer and yoga bolster or pillow if one is available to you.

$55 for individual workshops, $150 when you sign up for all 3.

All participants will receive a free copy of Mindful Matrescence’s birth plan/preferences template and sample, a tool specially created in response to what I’ve experienced as a doula at both Bronson and Borgess.

Folks who sign up for all 3 will also receive a free copy of The Mindful Matrescence Birth Resource Guide filled with doula-vetted books, podcast episodes, articles, studies, and a list of local practitioners who are ready to support your journey to and through birth.

Register here to secure your spot: https://forms.gle/bAJnLj26CTH2DUhx6

A beautiful offering!

Join holistic postpartum care specialist, Christine Anderson, for an in-person series to help you prepare for your postpartum rest. This workshop is open to all birthing folks who are currently pregnant or preparing for pregnancy.

During this series, we will explore rhythms and rituals, connect with community, navigate boundaries for you and your family, and learn aspects of postpartum nourishment through an Ayurvedic lens. We’ll dive into physical transitions throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum, and simple, restorative practices to support you through each transition.

We will meet on three consecutive Fridays for 2 hours. We welcome all participants to arrive 15 minutes early to settle and grab a cup of tea before we begin at 6:00pm. Each session will begin with a group check-in, and overview of content to cover. Next we will ebb and flow through educational materials and conversation, and finish with breathwork and meditation.

What to expect:

- three 2 hour in-person group sessions

- postpartum recipe booklet

- pre/postnatal community resources

- reference guides to daily rituals

- weekly journal prompts

- infant Abhyanga instructional pdfs and videos

- light snacks and herbal tea provided at each session

- personal binder complete with printed material covered in this series

Learn more and reserve your spot via link below or in bio.

https://www.wovenpostpartum.com/preparingforpostpartum

Space is limited to 6 participants.

Friends and family, Lenora is a dear friend of mine and totaled her car today. As a single mother and a self-employed person, she desperately needs reliable transportation. Please consider donating to her and her family as she navigates the next steps. Share. Donate. Whatever you can do. Please. 🙏🏼

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Happy world doula week!

It's World Doula Week! This year's themes is Doulas support you! Each doula has a unique and valuable skillset, and the right doula is out there to support you!

This week we'll feature the incredible ways doula support positively impacts births. To celebrate World Doula Week, tell us about how doula support impacted your birth!

Prenatal Music Therapy ❤️

Auburn Birthing Center is open!!!

Why do I like sharing images of a baby with a placenta? Because I think, so often, we forget how *bodily* this experience is...

During pregnancy there are flowy dresses and belly oil...and once the baby is here? Well the baby easily becomes everyone's main interest. And we say words like wonder, love, adore, cherish because giving birth IS this hugely emotional experience.

But we grow these babies inside of our bodies...we grow an entire human and an entire organ...and then we give birth to both in a sea of amniotic fluid and blood.

I think images like this remind me of how much bodily work it is to grow a human. It's incredible and messy and beautiful and raw. And it's powerful. You can't look at images like this and not be blown away by how powerful giving birth can be...