Bella (she/her) is a doula and artist currently living on traditional Muskogee land.

I am honored and privileged to accompany families as they cross the threshold into parenthood and growing family life.

As a doula, I seek to ease this transition by providing emotional and informational support throughout pregnancy and labor. During the postpartum phase, I provide household assistance, guidance on postpartum healing, lactation/chest and bottle feeding, parent nutrition, infant care, and much more. Sometimes a new parent needs an experienced companion with which to process the big feelings of it all. I especially love this aspect of the fourth trimester and provide a few different methods of metabolizing and integrating the experience of birth via art-making, ceremonies, alter dedications, and storytelling.

Most importantly, I believe that compassionate, parent-centered care is an absolute human right and should be accessible to all birthing people, especially those who do not typically see themselves reflected in the Western world of birth and parenting and are particularly vulnerable to the structural and systemic failings of our current medical system.

MOVEMENT and bodywork

I am passionate about fostering pleasure in the body and enlivening intuition through mindful breath and embodied movement practices. As a professional dancer, I have spent years exploring the body’s potential for movement and expression choreographing works for The High Museum, La Choloteca, dance on film festivals, and many collaborations with Atlanta area dance companies and independent artists. Alongside my dance career, I have taught yoga and barre fitness for over a decade, receiving specific perinatal training and working with many clients throughout pregnancy and postpartum recovery. I have found great joy in a compassionate and playful approach to movement health for birthing and healing bodies.