about The Service
MamaDoula Service was born out of a deep desire to help and support women during pregnancy, labor, birth and beyond, and to help birthing mamas navigate their hospital, birth center or home birth experience.
I believe all people need to be in touch with how birthing can unfold, without medical intervention. I believe that our world can be healed through conscious birthing, where mamas work with their doctor or midwife from an informed and empowered position to help guide the labor and delivery of their child; where mamas and babies have the time they need for labor to begin and progress; and where the best possible connection is nurtured between mama and baby immediately after birth and onward. All of this contributes to a most loving, empowered experience of life.
I love working with mamas to ensure that they understand their right and responsibility to communicate the sovereignty of their body and take the lead in birthing their child.
I believe all women deserve a healthy, safe and satisfying birth experience, and the opportunity to connect deeply with their newborn. Prenatal massage helps in this journey as it gives you relief, comfort, grounding and a feeling of a lightened and energized body/spirit. If this sounds good to you, you have come to the right place. Contact me today.
ABOUT JENNIFER
Hello!
I love Life.
I love being of service.
So MamaDoula Service has evolved out of my life experience and my commitment to working with children and families. That’s it! But if you’d like to know more about me, please read on.
I’ve always had an easy time being with and working with babies and children, and also thought I’d be a teacher since I was very young. So I studied psychology and anthropology at UC Santa Barbara, then got my teaching credentials at San Francisco State. I chose to become a special education teacher because I had a strong background with people with special needs. I secured a teaching position at an elementary school in Oakland. While there, I saw the paramount importance of the relationship between children and their parents in action. I could see that their connection and communication informed the child’s developmental process. I realized that I needed to move on from classroom teaching and find a different way to work with parents and children. After taking a leave from Oakland Public Schools after several years of teaching, my intuition led me to study at The World School of Massage and Holistic Healing Arts. Here I realized my gifts of touch, sensitivity and empathy. I got in touch with my innate understanding of the body~mind~spirit connection. I began the deep work of healing my life and learning how to guide others in feeling and interacting with theirs in a regenerative way. Studying birth and rebirth is at the core of this and I love participating in anything that expands my interest, skills and capacity for being present. This helps inform my doula work with families in a very good, grounded way and keeps me in love with people, birthing and life!
I have worked as a holistic bodyworker and light worker for many years. I’ve worked in private practice with people from all walks of life and of all ages, ranging from newborn to 92 years old, helping them sense and expand their body~mind~spirit connection. I also worked directly with patients at California Pacific Medical Center while studying in the Integrative Medicine Education Program through the Institute for Health and Healing. This gave me great practical experience in the healing realm and also in working at and navigating a hospital and collaborating with staff.
Being a DONA trained doula, offering MamaDoula Service to support moms and partners to give birth is a natural evolution of my life, and a dream job come true.
When I’m not bodyworking and doula-ing, I love being with my family, traveling, being outdoors hiking, paddle boarding, swimming, laughing, singing, dancing…pretty much just living out my dreams and prayers.
Much love, light & gratitude~
Jen