Sarah YogiMama Birth Doula Prenatal Yoga

Sarah YogiMama Birth Doula Prenatal Yoga Guiding women back to trusting their bodies and birth.

I bow to you — your path, your truth, your wisdom. You are divinely held in the journey 🤍🙏🏼 💫
22/11/2025

I bow to you — your path, your truth, your wisdom. You are divinely held in the journey 🤍🙏🏼 💫

Roman’s Birth StoryThe lead-up was more testing than I expected. My first son arrived at 38+3, so even though I tried to...
21/11/2025

Roman’s Birth Story

The lead-up was more testing than I expected. My first son arrived at 38+3, so even though I tried to stay open, part of me believed he would arrive early. He’d been engaged for weeks, even my midwife thought he’d come before 40 weeks. As the days passed, I wrestled with impatience, frustration, and the deeper work of surrendering to his timing.

Conceiving wasn’t simple. We walked through secondary infertility, two early miscarriages, and very few answers. It was heartbreaking — wanting another child so deeply but unsure if my heart could withstand another loss. We went ahead with a laparoscopy and the very first cycle afterward, we conceived our rainbow boy.

This pregnancy felt completely different. With my first, I was blissfully unaware of the fragility of life. This time I carried fear alongside hope. Every quiet moment or shift in movement stirred anxiety. I had to rebuild trust in my body, layer by layer;
“My body and baby know exactly what to do.”

I engaged Sarah early in pregnancy. She supported me through my first birth (but couldn’t be there due to COVID restrictions), still her grounding presence was transformative. I knew I wanted her with me again. After being excluded from the Belmont group practice due to my previous postpartum haemorrhage, I hired a private midwife. What felt disappointing at first became a blessing — I got to birth on my own terms, without pressure to manage my third stage medically.

The due date came and went. I felt I’d be pregnant forever. My own birthday was now three days away…

At 6:30am on the 27th of October (40+2), I woke to a bloody show. My husband stayed, knowing my history of fast labours. We had planned for our 3yo to be home, but I needed my husband focused — so we dropped him at daycare.

By 7:30am I was in bed with breakfast, water, a playlist, and meditation Sarah sent. My husband quietly prepared the birth space: pool, lights, blinds, everything soft and ready.

Head over to Instagram for the full story .yogimama

📷 Doula .yogimama
Private Midwife
Second Midwife

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📷 Dec 2011 - the birth of my first, Sydney private hospital, one day postpartum.I forgive the young woman I was —the one...
03/11/2025

📷 Dec 2011 - the birth of my first, Sydney private hospital, one day postpartum.

I forgive the young woman I was —
the one who didn’t know there was another way, who believed an older man had to be the expert of her body and pregnancy.

I forgive her for not knowing what questions to ask,
for accepting not feeling heard,
for listening to advice over intuition,
for agreeing to unnecessary interventions,
and for believing that private obstetric care would keep her and her baby safe —
and that she wasn’t worthy of more.

At the time, I celebrated my births as an achievement —
as if avoiding intervention was the goal.

Since becoming a doula and walking women through the birth portal, I’ve grieved the missed experience of what could have been — the deeper psycho-social and emotional journey that birth offers when women are truly and deeply cared for.

The families I’ve supported and the midwives I’ve worked alongside have widened my eyes, opened my heart,
and in that, I’ve found my own healing.

~~~~~

I make peace
with all the women
I once was.

I lay flowers
at their feet.
I offer them incense,
and honey,
and forgiveness.

I honor them
and give them my silence.
I listen.

I bless them
and let them be.

For they are the bones
of the temple
I sit in now.

For they are
the rivers of wisdom
leading me
toward the sea.

I Have Been a Thousand Different Women
(first-person adaptation by Emory Hall) 🪶










02/11/2025

Menarche — a sacred beginning. A time to honour, hold, and celebrate the rite of passage into womanhood 🌙

———

Several mum friends with daughters asked me to share what I included in the hamper;

🌸 Comfort
• hot water bottle
• soft sleep eye mask
• cute cosy socks
• cleansing bath salts
• balancing herbal tea
• dark chocolate
• cuddly soft toy

🩸 Practical
• period underwear
• period swimwear
(🤌🏼)
• organic teen pads
• purse for care items
• clary sage & lavender

✨ Ritual
• journal for reflection
• pens for creativity
• rose quartz crystal
• serenity room spray
• waking the witches

With knowledge that each rite of passage sets up the next in womanhood (menarche, birth, menopause)…what a special gift it is to have a girl and to support her on this journey. I’m so looking forward to teaching her how to harness the power of the seasons in her cycle 🌚 🩸

Placenta print – each one tells a story. This here is of a family’s dream for a second baby, a mother’s intention to car...
29/10/2025

Placenta print – each one tells a story. This here is of a family’s dream for a second baby, a mother’s intention to carry, and a little soul born in love and light on 27 October 2025 ✨

I still pinch myself that I get to play a small part in moments as magical as these.
yogimama

Community 🕊️ enjoying dates in the garden after class and chatting about their benefits for labour and birth. Each YogiM...
14/10/2025

Community 🕊️
enjoying dates in the garden after class and chatting about their benefits for labour and birth. Each YogiMama PRENATAL YOGA class weaves together evidence-based birth education, functional and embodied movement, breathwork, meditation and affirmation — all to prepare your body, mind and heart for the epic journey of motherhood.

Listen to the latest research on dates — episode 172 🌿

I hope you read this story - it is such a powerful play in the physiological birth arena.True testament to trusting body...
13/10/2025

I hope you read this story - it is such a powerful play in the physiological birth arena.

True testament to trusting body and baby. Advocating in the public hospital system.
Result: spontaneous birth at 43 weeks
Reward: one hour active labour 💪🏼

Some of the key choices mama made to support her informed birth goals:

NO to
🤜🏻 Additional scans
🤜🏻 Routine interventions
🤜🏻 Induction without cause
🤜🏻 Continuous CTG monitoring
🤜🏻 Vaginal exams in labour
🤜🏻 Precautionary IV cannula

YES to
👌🏼 Out-of-hospital pregnancy care in midwife clinic (lower stress)
👌🏼 Deep connection with baby (attuned to movements)
👌🏼 Trusting baby’s timing
👌🏼 Personal responsibility
👌🏼 Informed, confident decision-making
👌🏼 Radical acceptance of the hospital system — a deep understanding of policy vs personalised care

Amy also shared that at every hospital appointment, she would only converse off the bed, maintaining level eye contact — a subtle yet powerful boundary that invited collaborative care.

One of the most remarkable things about Amy is her natural immunity to fear-based medicine — something she and her husband have refined through years of confidently managing their son’s asthma.

Simon’s support as a trusting partner cannot be underestimated - it bolstered Amy to advocate for herself through pregnancy.

For a mama who considered not having more children to avoid repeated birth trauma. I’m so thrilled to have played a small part in supporting your transformation ❤️💫

You’re a total BOSS, Amy.

📷 .yogimama (Aug 2025)
1️⃣ True knot in umbilical cord
2️⃣ Dad cutting drained cord
3️⃣ Baby Otis skin-to-skin

When the outcome of birth doesn’t align with our hopes, dreams and expectations, the disappointment is real.Yet there is...
12/10/2025

When the outcome of birth doesn’t align with our hopes, dreams and expectations, the disappointment is real.

Yet there is courage in moving forward, in continuing to trust your body, and in preparing for the next birth.

Humbled to witness this family’s unfolding story, supporting the birthing mother in a healing circle as she bravely steps towards a future VBAC journey 🌸

📷
& Beautiful Bodhi born via caesarean after a long and trying labour (10 months)

Caesarean Healing Circle ⭕️ A sacred space to honour our stories, soften what’s held in the body, and draw strength from...
12/10/2025

Caesarean Healing Circle ⭕️

A sacred space to honour our stories, soften what’s held in the body, and draw strength from shared experience.

Yesterday’s circle felt like pure cosmic alignment — a gathering of hearts meant to meet, share and heal together. Beneath every scar lies a story of strength, surrender, and love.

It is such a privilege to witness and hold this space with my dear friend

📷 Images (11 October)
1️⃣ Gathering of women
2️⃣ Scar massage demonstration
3️⃣ Tahini cookies served with ginger tea
4️⃣ Baby Bodhi helping to set up the space

NEW YOGA TIMETABLE* Term 4 (Oct-Dec) *Why Prenatal Yoga?🪷 Improves sleep & restores emotional balance🪷 Reduces stress, a...
18/09/2025

NEW YOGA TIMETABLE
* Term 4 (Oct-Dec) *

Why Prenatal Yoga?

🪷 Improves sleep & restores emotional balance
🪷 Reduces stress, anxiety & overwhelm (nervous system)
🪷 Relieves common pregnancy aches (back, neck, shoulders)
🪷 Strengthens, lengthens & prepares muscles & ligaments for childbirth
🪷 Provides evidence-based tools for a physiological labour & birth
🪷 Deepens the bond with your growing baby
🪷 Connects you with like-minded mamas walking the same path.

Attend one or both pregnancy classes each week. Flexible attendance to suit your schedule - casual & class passes available. No lock in commitment:
$25 casual
$100 for 5 class pass
$190 for 10 class pass

📍Location
Charlestown, carpark on site

🫶🏼 Link in bio to join YogiMama community or DM to book first class
✨ Invited to join a mother’s group curated for your birthing season
👶🏽 Postnatal only available to mamas who attended prenatal yoga classes.

Dedication to the mothers and babies who invite me into the sacred unfolding of their journey — thank you. Forever humbl...
17/09/2025

Dedication to the mothers and babies who invite me into the sacred unfolding of their journey — thank you. Forever humbled, forever grateful 🌿

📸 front-row bubba seats at yoga


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Welcome to Yogimama

My name is Sarah - I teach specialised PRENATAL YOGA and am a BIRTH and POSTPARTUM Doula in Sydney.

A DOULA is a trained childbirth support companion who provides continuous physical, emotional and mental cushioning for the mother during labour and birth.

Birth changes you. Birth changes everyone involved. It can be the most empowering and transformational experience of your life.

My own two births have opened me to what is possible. I offer continuity of care beginning in pregnancy and carrying through the fourth trimester. I create beautiful, warm and welcoming spaces for families and act as a calm and reassuring presence, for every type of birth.