Solo Respira Yoga and Doula Services

11/21/2025

This holiday season I am sending out a message for one of the most amazing places with some of the most beautiful people. I have been very fortunate to be working with Shifra homes for the last 3 years and we are looking for some help with this amazing project.
Please help if you can 🤍

11/15/2025

7 years ago we had the opening ceremonies at Nada Yoga school in Rishikesh India
Was the most amazing 5 weeks of study and culture. Always dreaming to go back. Some of the best experiences have come from traveling.

11/13/2025

I shall call these slippers my “Precipitous Labour” slippers.
What started as a mid normal Wednesday turned into a cascade of things going sideways.
This work is a delicate (not so delicate) balance of trying to keep your head above the water moments.
What was supposed to be a more calm, take care of home kind of night, quickly turned into a mad dash cause babies are on their own timeline kind of night.

Let me spell out what a precipitous labour is for the folks who aren’t aware…

When labor is “super,” it’s called precipitous labor, which is a fast labor that results in the birth of a baby within three hours of the first regular contractions. This type of labor can be intense and may leave a person with little time to prepare or get to the hospital, potentially leading to a roadside delivery.

Total labour from start of contractions till baby born= 45 MINUTES…..was fast, it was furious, but it was also calm and peaceful.
We can not plan for everything that comes our way when it comes to babies and births sometimes we got to ride the waves and hope it all works out 🤍

11/12/2025

How do we do it all?
How do we work all night and try to get adequate sleep the next day?
How do we work all day and try to keep a house clean?
How do we make time for our family and friends?
How do we teach kids to self regulate when we haven’t learned it ourselves?
All the things, so little time….
I’ll tell you one thing about life….. you’re gonna miss this.
Even if you don’t have children, there are gonna be “THINGS” your gonna miss because we’re too damn busy keeping it held together.
Do yourself a favor, and give yourself some grace today.
Your likely doing your best at whatver is in front of you and for that I AM PROUD OF YOU!!
❤️

11/09/2025

Is it just me or are we seeing a rise in usage of postpartum support?

Let’s break it down.
Hiring a postpartum doula is not just a trend, it’s a way of life for so many now.
We talk about building the village for new parents, we talk about wrap around support. What does that look like these days?
When I first started this work it was a fairly new concept coming from my small town. Bigger cities had doulas, and lots of them.
The reasoning for this spike in doulas ….. it’s a valued resource that can help frame the postpartum recovery.
We have a growing awareness of maternal mental health issues and the seriousness of postpartum depression- leading to demand of more specific care.
We have been more focused on holistic approaches to living. Meaning we are suing many tools and resources to care for our families.
Either way you look at it- we know it’s a need and working together to create the best possible solution for a crucial time in life.

11/08/2025

Very happy to share Lubna’s details of her new business! Welcome Lubna Marjan

Whether you’re preparing for birth, navigating postpartum, or finding your path to parenthood, you deserve compassionate care and unwavering support. 💜

🌿 Birth & labor guidance
🌿 Gentle postpartum care
🌿 Fertility and conception support
🌿 Partner inclusion and empowerment

You don’t have to walk this journey alone — I’m here to support you every step of the way. 💫

10/17/2025

Excited to put this together and set up a new offering for our clients in the Hamilton and GTA.
One of my dear past clients, turned friends asked if I would ever be interested in attending a wedding to assist with a baby.
I have done this before from time to time, with not only babies but older grandparents as well. So I decided to make it an offering limited to available space of course.
Want to attend a special occasion like a wedding, birthday party, gathering of any kind and want to have it as stress free as possible traveling with a baby? Why not bring a Doula along?
Today’s work has me in Toronto helping out the sweetest little family.
Message for details and bookings, let us help you keep making memories with family and friends 🤍

10/12/2025

grateful 🤍 from my family to yours, wishing you a happy thanksgiving weekend.
Grateful for our connections
Grateful for my clients
Grateful for this life

09/23/2025

Love all around in this powerful beautiful pic 🤍

✨ In one frame: a mother nourishing her older child while her newborn still remains attached to her by the sacred cord.

Birth, nourishment, and love flowing simultaneously.

Women are not like gods.

Women ARE gods.

It’s no wonder with all this power we possess that governments and states work hard to control us and our bodies.

We are the tree.

Our children are the fruit.

When you harm the tree, you harm the fruit.

The fruit is our society and our community.

If you look around and don’t like the violence that you see in your community, it’s time to ask yourself why you’re ok with the tree being harmed that created the fruit.

The only way to heal communities is to change how we treat pregnant individuals.

-Love,
Badassmotherbirther

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, & 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭!
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09/18/2025

This look of excitement says it all. We were very fortunate to to order one of these beautiful birth pools by and have it arrive less than 12hrs before an early home birth occurred! We had some amazing feedback from both client and midwives and we are super happy to have this to offer for our clients.
Comes with all you need for a successful set up. Delivery to your home 3 weeks prior to EDD, set up and help with take down if needed and pick up!
Servicing the Hamilton, Halton areas
Dm to book or for pricing options

08/28/2025

Please take a read and speak to your MP , we NEED the government to prioritize Midwifery in Ontario, this isn’t a want. This is a necessity!

Ontario is facing a primary care crisis. Entire communities don’t have access to consistent, high-quality care and families are waiting too long for the care they need. Ontario needs the right kinds of providers, working in the right places, to meet the health needs of Ontarians.

Midwives are part of the solution Ontario needs right now.

Tell your MPP to prioritize investment in midwifery in the next provincial budget. Join the AOM's call to action with just a few clicks.

Visit www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere to take action today.

08/23/2025

🤍🤍The pioneer