ABOUT
Meet Your Dedicated Doula: Supporting Families in Orange County with Compassion and Care
Stella
I am a birth doula, postpartum doula, and yoga teacher with more than 30 years of experience teaching people how to breathe, move, and trust their bodies. My work blends holistic birth support, embodied movement, and lineage-based healing. Both of my grandmothers were healers, so this path isn’t something I stepped into—it’s something I grew up inside of.
I’ve trained across multiple healing systems. My background includes Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), meditation, anatomy, energy healing, and breathwork. I studied Thai massage with monks and trained in Reiki. I’ve worked with an MD and spent decades teaching yoga, meditation, and movement. This gives me a unique ability to support the full spectrum of the birth and postpartum experience: physical, emotional, energetic, and nervous-system based.
MY APPROACH
Empowerment, Holistic Care, Support
As a birth doula, I help you stay connected to yourself. I support you with breathwork, labor positioning, pain coping techniques, and nervous system regulation. I help you trust your instincts, stay informed, and make choices that feel right for you. My role is to keep you grounded, supported, and safe while you move through birth on your terms.
As a postpartum doula, I support the sacredness of your recovery. I offer Ayurvedic-informed care, digestion-friendly meals, herbal support, lactation guidance, newborn care, and practical household help. I focus on rebuilding your strength, protecting your rest, and helping you feel supported in the early weeks after birth. My goal is to reduce overwhelm, improve your healing, and create a peaceful environment for you and your baby.
More About Me.
As a yoga teacher, I bring decades of prenatal and postnatal movement wisdom into my work. I understand how the body opens, stabilizes, and reorganizes during pregnancy and postpartum. I use gentle movement, alignment, breathwork, and somatic awareness to help you feel strong, present, and connected to your changing body.
Families hire me for grounded, experienced, intuitive support. My approach is simple: clear communication, steady presence, and deep trust in your ability to birth and recover. I combine modern knowledge with traditional practices to create a balanced, holistic support system for you and your family.
Whether you are preparing for birth, navigating labor, or healing postpartum, my role is to help you feel supported, sovereign, and confident in one of the most powerful transitions of your life.
Education
2024
Ayurvedic Postpartum
An Ayurvedic postpartum doula supports new mothers using traditional Ayurvedic practices. They guide recovery with nourishing foods, healing herbs, gentle bodywork, and nurturing routines to restore strength, balance doshas, support lactation, and create a peaceful environment for both mother and baby.
I studied Ayurveda with an MD 2008-2011 and learned hands on how to apply holistic care for mama.
I am certified through Pilar's Wellness Collective, Costa Mesa, Ca
2012
Thai Massage
I studied with many therapists to learn hand on techniques including a monk.
DONA International
E RYT 500 Yoga Alliance
2008 DONA international Birth Doula training
I became a yoga teacher in 2006, and yoga has been part of my life ever since. I teach a wide range of styles and lead my own Yoga Teacher Training, supporting students in finding their voice, confidence, and integrity as teachers.
Prenatal yoga is especially close to my heart. I love guiding people through pregnancy with movement, breath, and trust in their bodies, and I’ve created my own Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training to share this work with other teachers and birth professionals.