safina : vessel

"Safina" (Persian: سفینه, Arabic: سفينة) In Arabic, the term safina translates to "vessel," while in Swahili, it means "ark." 
Safina is also a derivative of the Persian term Safineh, which relates to a collection of essays or poems.

theVESSEL™

JOIN our community space that centers BIPOC community care and traditions to support pregnancy and natural birth in our communities. We integrate trauma-inormed principles and teach somatic awareness to cultivate safety and trust in our spiritual, physical, emotional, and medical process around pregnancy and birth.

We seek to cultivate safety and healing within our communities by connecting to our traditions, cultures, & communities. We teach practices that are integrative, holistic, traditional, and evidence based to center our humanity, for our selves, our clients, and their babies to protect our connection and bonding around the sacred journey to birth.

Join us in reclaiming birth justice and creating a future where all families receive the care they deserve.

healer : midwife : teacher

  • With more than 20 years of practice connecting birthworkers and families to tradition and wisdom that centers pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as transformative journeys where we may heal & cultivate connection to humanity.

    As a BIPOC Healer, & Teacher my work is grounded in trauma informed care, somatic awareness, & community care.

    I support families in homebirth, waterbirth, birth-centers, and hospitals. As a Doula, I have unique experiences working as part of clinical care teams of OBs, CNMs, & L&D nurses in Hospital systems; where I was trained to provide continuous Doula support to mom's during labors, c-sections, and postpartum. 

    I will always respect your individual desires, needs, and experience.  Every journey is unique, I offer calming grounded reassurance that is cultivated from a deep understanding of the physiology of pregnancy, labor, and birth; as well as the principles of somatic body work and trauma-informed care.

    My training and skills include wisdom about herbal and natural remedies, lactation support, newborn care, c-section recovery, natural labor and medical birth.

    As a Somatic Practitioner my practice integrates acupressure for pregnancy & birth, reiki, perinatal massage, infant massage, perinatal cranio-sacral therapy, and cranio-sacral therapy for newborns and infants, and much more! 

    My personal birthing experiences range from natural home births and water births at birth centers to a life-saving cesarean section, enriching my empathy and understanding of diverse birth experiences & healing.