Samantha Doula Services

What is Calm Birth?
Calm Birth focuses on three practices
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Practice of Opening
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A reclining meditation intended to give women a healing method for self-empowerment
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Uses a head-to-toe progressive release of muscular tension increasing energy, function and awareness
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Womb Breathing
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A sitting Meditation using complete breathing- breathing in oxygen and vital energy
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Helps women recognize and release anxiety and fear during pregnancy and labor
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Increases energy and forms a deeper connection to your body and baby
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Giving and Receiving
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Uses compassionate breathing-meditation science and ancient wisdom used for centuries known to have healing potential that has been applied to childbirth
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Practice adds to a woman's empowerment potential in the childbirth process
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What is Calm Mother?
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Calm Mother is five practices that help extend the Calm Birth practice into parenthood.
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Consist of sitting and reclining meditations intended to help with postpartum healing, bonding, relaxation, and assisting in lactation
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If you are concerned with lactation and feeding, talk with your caregiver or consult a lactation consultant
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Benefits to Calm Birth
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Research consistently indicates that meditation has impacts on the mind and body with an increased ability to cope with stress
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Meditation lowers levels of adrenaline and cortisol
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Stress hormones that can slow progress in early or active labor as well as put stress on baby
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Increases Hormones melatonin and DHEA, which help lower stress hormones and promote better immune system
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Increases oxytocin and endorphins
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Hormones of love, pleasure, and transcendence beneficial to bonding and natural pain management
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Childbirth meditation directly lowers blood pressure and heart rate
