Katie believes that women's bodies have the wisdom to give birth, and her role as a doula is to help uncover and foster that instinct and faith. Katie is the owner of Yo mama Yoga Studio, and loves creating communities for women in the childbearing years. She finds such joy in sharing this journey with families, through Prenatal yoga, Mommy & Me, and Family Yoga, and Childbirth education. She believes that birth itself is a divine teacher, showing women their strength, and the beauty of surrender. Katie has served at over 130 births, and her doula work was recently featured on NPR. Her doula certification is through ALACE, and she is trained in Hyp Birth (hypnosis). Katie is a Boulder native and is thrilled to be bringing her work back to her home town. She and her husband are enjoying their beautiful baby boy, born spring, 2009.
Maria brings a decade of work with family and community both domestically and internationally. In 2007, Maria discovered Colorado, relocating from New York City where she had been working as a hospital-based clinical creative arts therapist. Maria’s transformative experience laboring with and birthing her first baby was the catalyst for her current work as a doula and guide for other women and their partners. She believes in the power of preparation for birth and assists clients in finding strength through the gaining of both a deep awareness of choices as well as a connection with one’s own inner wisdom and internal guidance. She values opportunities to support clients postnatally in processing their unique birth experiences so that they may be fully embraced and so that new opportunities for family bonding thrive. Maria is enjoying the navigation of her own journey with her family of four, which includes lots of bikes, races, and a blissful yoga practice.
Jenevieve, MA, LPC, CD-DONA, delights in exploring her own spiritual journey of motherhood. She is also ecstatic about welcoming new families through the Boulder Doula Circle. Originally from North Dakota, Boulder is her joyful home (since 1999) where she lives with her family. Jenevieve has a broad range of professional work in supporting women, couples, families and individuals in transitions. Most recently she closed her 11 years at Naropa University and has opened her private psychotherapy practice - Nurturing Strategies, LLC. Her experiences give her an expertise in working with diverse families and individuals, (especially single parents, LGBTQIA, multicultural backgrounds, various income, ability and age ranges). Jenevieve has been a birth doula for 8 years, certified through DONA-International, and has attended/supported over 75 births since 1996. She is deeply passionate about empowering conscious birthing, deepening healthy family bonds, transformation through birthing, and unconditionally supporting the creation of incredible birth memories that last lifetimes!
Ally, CD(DONA) recognized the significance of birth through the experience of welcoming her first child. During that season, she discovered the beauty of people who walked closely beside her through one of life's most powerful, abundant and challenging experiences. Ally deeply treasures the ability to support women as they venture through pregnancy and as they transform into mothers. Ally takes great joy in encouraging profound connection between partners and families throughout the process as well as creating a space to hold precious memories. She brings a stability and a peace to the birthing room while empowering and strengthening mamas.
Ally lives in Lafayette with her loving husband and three small children: two girls (born in '08 and '09) and a boy ('10). Though her life's work (for over 10 years) has been in residential programs with children and teens from a variety of high-risk environments, she currently finds joy and fulfillment in being a mama and a doula.
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