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Ayurveda and New Motherhood

Many people are always asking me about what Ayurveda is and how it can support pregnancy and the postpartum period.  Ayurveda is a system of health and medicine from India...

YourDoulaBiz

It’s 3am and you have been laboring with a couple overnight.  Your phone rings and you are shocked to see it’s another client that isn’t due for another 2 weeks. ...

You are Invited to our Doula Immersion Retreat

We’ve been laboring hard. Our new baby is here! Announcing…   DTI’s Doula Immersion Retreat in Sonoma, California! im·merse  (-mûrs) im·mersed, im·mers·ing, im·mers·es To engage wholly or deeply; absorb: What are you being...

My Cesarean Birth Scar…. is an agent of change

     It all began with a birth.  My daughter was born by cesarean after a three day failed induction and birthing that way was not at all what I had...

Food and Fertility– The 5 Poor Food-Groups

When you’re working with a new mom and her little one, you learn a lot the moment you step into her house. True? You are sometimes the only one who...

Essential Oils 101 for Doulas and Mothers, Part 1

Kyle Ellen Nuse, DTI Doula and Holistic Health Practitioner I was introduced to Therapeutic and Food Grade Essential Oils when I was pregnant with my daughter Olive in 2009 (at this...