I'm Gabrielle, a reiki practitioner from Manchester. As someone passionate about women's wellness and feminine empowerment, the moment I discovered what a Doula is and does, I felt the call in my heart that this is what l'm meant to do.

The more I learnt about doulas and birth, the more I discovered about the increasing rates of birth trauma, and injustices to women during this pivotal - and deeply sacred and spiritual - life event; this further fuelled the fire in my heart that supporting women in pregnancy and birth is my calling!

I believe that birth is a sacred event, and I aim to create a safe and informed space for every woman I work with to be able to move through the portal of birth feeling fearless and empowered during this deeply transformative, powerful, and life changing journey.

Sadly, birth is something that's been conditioned in us to fear, and doubt our body's innate abilities in. I believe that our bodies were made to birth; and, as your Doula, I will guide and empower you towards deeper connection to your body, and trust in the process of birth. You were made for this!

I'm here to support you to go from:

•   Fearful to fearless
•   Doubting your body to trusting in its wisdom and power

So you can move through labour and birth with confidence and unshakeable self belief.

I take a holistic approach to all that I do, meaning you will be well supported on a mind, body and energy level throughout your pregnancy and birth journey. I'll be with you every step of the way, guiding you, providing a supportive shoulder to lean on, and there to always say 'I believe in you' during any wobbles where you may not believe in yourself.

How I can support you:

• Prenatal support: Teach you about the physiology of birth, help create your birth preferences/plan, prenatal reiki healing, message support throughout your pregnancy to offer helpful tips, support, and dissolve any fears.
• Birth support: Help ease labour by using natural pain relief methods such as massage and the rebozo, inform you and be your advocate if faced with any changes or challenges during birth, be a calming, encouraging, and reassuring presence to ensure you feel safe and relaxed.
• Postnatal support: I can prepare nourishing postpartum meals to aid your recovery, watch and entertain any older children so you can have 1:1 time with your new baby, help with light household cleaning, postpartum reiki healing, walk your dog, watch over your baby so you have some free time to shower/nap/anything else that can't be done with a baby attached to you!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my profile; feel free to reach out via my email address sacredsovereignbirths@gmail.com if you'd like to connect, get to know me and see how I can support you on this magical journey!