These teachings are not just learned—they are lived.
A Space for Doulas & Birthworkers
This work will ask everything of you.
To walk with women through birth… through thresholds… through moments that change them forever—you become the steady one. The witness. The anchor.
But who holds you?
At The ForRest, this space exists for the ones who hold others. It serves as a vital community for doulas, fostering connections that uplift and support.
With over 20 years walking alongside women in birth and transitional spaces, years devoted to tending sacred fires in ceremony, and training rooted in traditional womb care with the Quechua Grandmothers of Peru and midwifery apprenticeship with Kichwa curanderas in Ecuador—this work is built on lived experience, not theory.
This is a place where your own process matters. Where your questions, your growth, your edges, and your becoming are welcomed. Here, you’ll find holistic birth support that nurtures both your journey and those you assist.
You are not just supporting births. You are holding transformation.
And to do that well—you must also be resourced, witnessed, and supported.
This space offers two ways to return to yourself: Rekindling community fires & Embers personal Mentorship, a program designed as mentorship for birthworkers to deepen their practice and connection.
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If you feel the pull but are unsure where to begin, you’re welcome to reach out.
We can find the right starting place together.
Doula the Doula
ReKindling ~ Community Circle/Fire
Women's spaces tending to those who support others
These gatherings are anchored in women belonging to kinships and to themselves. A place to be held in the same gift you give the world. A space for physical nurturing, emotional integration, and spiritual care, creating a supportive community for doulas.
These monthly Community Fires serve as a gathering place to remember, to speak what is real, and to be witnessed. They provide holistic birth support for those who nurture and care for others.
Fire clears.
Fire strengthens.
Fire brings us back to ourselves.
This is a circle of birthworkers who understand the depth, responsibility, and quiet beauty of this work, offering valuable mentorship for birthworkers.
Held once a month
7-9pm
$40, 5 spots available
Registration required
Embers ~ Mentorship for those who tend birth
For the quiet fire that keeps you going.
Not the outward flame—the one the world sees.
But the steady heat underneath.
The part of you that holds space for others… and still needs tending.
Embers is a 1:1 mentorship space for doulas and birthworkers at all stages of their path, creating a supportive community for doulas.
For NEW doulas…
This is a place to be walked with as you find your way.
To discover your own rhythm, your voice, and your way of holding.
To have someone you trust on call to support you as you begin attending births—someone to reach out to before, during, and after, as you navigate your first experiences in holistic birth support.
You don’t have to figure this out alone.
You get to be held as you learn how to hold others.
This work is not meant to be done in isolation.
Whether you are just beginning or many years in—there is always another layer of tending, of listening, of becoming.
For SEASONED birthworkers…
This is a place to be deeply supported in the layers that often go unseen.
We work with:
Plant allies that support you in showing up clear, grounded, and open to birth.
The importance of spiritual hygiene in this work—what you take on, what you release, and how you tend your own field.
Ceremonial awareness and presence within the birth space.
Integrating and processing the stories you carry—from the births you’ve attended and the women you’ve witnessed.
Continued deepening on your path.
So that what you hold does not harden… and your capacity continues to expand in reciprocity to the work.