Shakti Birth

Shakti Birth This is a space to honour all cycles of womanhood: pregnancy, postpartum, menopause and beyond.

Your hands are the extension of your heart.I’m wondering if AI will replace human hands one day. Perhaps it’s easier to ...
09/09/2025

Your hands are the extension of your heart.

I’m wondering if AI will replace human hands one day.
Perhaps it’s easier to replicate the hands that type on the keyboard or operate a machine, or even the hand that washes the windows, or play the violin.

But the energy of the heart that animate the hand will still be irreplaceable. The hand-heart that holds, touches, creates art, makes love with its thousands of nerve endings.

So honour your hands- they work hard.
The peace and healing that we seek is right here in those wings. 👐🏻

⭕My holistic birth prep & doula spaces open up from end of October.

⭕Womb massage & Closing the bones ceremonies available from my place (SE9) or yours on Tuesday/ Friday and Saturdays.

⭕Soon, more touch-therapies (including reiki 👐🏻) coming up…

From my hand-heart to yours…

Love,
Pinar 💜


Hello loves!I’ve been quiet for long, but the truth is, life happened. Lots of transitions, way too many to be narrated....
24/07/2025

Hello loves!
I’ve been quiet for long, but the truth is, life happened. Lots of transitions, way too many to be narrated.

That’s the thing about the thresholds- they demand our undivided attention so we can fully dive into the experience.

Wonderful things happened on the way- the family I supported over the last few months are now settled in their home, after months in the NICU. Baby is thriving. His parents are true warriors!

My son has finished primary school and is soon to be a secondary school kiddo. A slice of his childhood is now over, it feels raw.

I applied for a job that I had my heart on, and did not get it. A good sign: I am probably where I’m meant to be.🐛🦋

Taught yoga to beautiful mamas over the past weeks and some have already had their babies. One of them had real fear of labour, and now at 36 weeks, she’s a fierce goddess. 🔥

And the lavenders? They’re for women I never met beyond the screen. After two years gathering online, we’ll finally unite in Istanbul in August.
Women are medicine, circles are the antidote to anyone burning out at the thresholds ⭕

Looking forward to more space holding for autumn and beyond!
Love,
Pinar

To the mother expecting a child,Know that this is not just for preparing for the birth of your baby, this is also your ...
25/06/2025

To the mother expecting a child,

Know that this is not just for preparing for the birth of your baby, this is also your initiation into motherhood.

While s/he arrives earthside;

You are also re-born, as a mother.
Always remember,
You are in this together and never alone. 💜

Pregnancy yoga this evening .
Come join us!
Pinar x

My son saw me being swallowed by a kraken in his dream last night. I didn’t tell him it feels as if the whole world is b...
22/06/2025

My son saw me being swallowed by a kraken in his dream last night.
I didn’t tell him it feels as if the whole world is being swallowed, by not one but two krakens!

There are moments when stillness feels right, to pray, to grieve.

Getting my roots down deeper into this earth, so I can rise up, stronger.

Happy summer solstice to all humans who are making a difference every day with kindness, big or small...

With gratitude to Life, to Peace, to our shared humanity.

Love,
Pinar 🤍

If I’ve ever given you roses from my gardenThere’s a reason.May be it was a celebration of the scents you bring into my ...
14/06/2025

If I’ve ever given you roses from my garden
There’s a reason.

May be it was a celebration of the scents you bring into my life;
May be it is to sit with you in your sorrow and grief;
May be it is a way to say come rest my dear, let’s pause a little;
May be it is an invitation to open your heart for what’s to come;

The roses are for you to trust your own medicine, your heart’s own magic.

My roses are here when you’re blooming and bright
And when you are worn out and dry.

Honouring your love and tears, your prayers and beauty.💜

Our bodies deserve self-care.A mother’s belly - with its curves, scars and stretch marks - is where we all began. And m...
04/06/2025

Our bodies deserve self-care.

A mother’s belly - with its curves, scars and stretch marks - is where we all began. And mothers deserve to be treated, with love, with touch, with nourishment.

Yoga and postpartum massage are beautiful ways to honour our bodies for carrying, birthing and raising a human.
Come join me for pregnancy yoga every Wednesday 6-7pm, to connect with your body, your baby and other pregnant mamas.

And newborn or seasoned mothers!

I’m here to honour your birth experience (and all the crazy emotions it carries) through postpartum massage and closing the bones ceremonies.
Dm me for more info!

Love,
Pinar x

If the bench could speak, would it ask me to stay?I occupied that bench for less than a few minutes. It was a busy day ...
22/05/2025

If the bench could speak, would it ask me to stay?

I occupied that bench for less than a few minutes. It was a busy day in the garden, and too many tourists lining up to shoot pictures.

I felt I didn’t deserve to stay there long.

I could have sat there, breathed, smelled the wisteria....

Nobody would have asked me to leave, I didn’t allow myself!
Grind culture is in our make up. Often it’s ourselves that prioritize activity over stillness.
It’s only a switch in the mindset: Just as we long for rest and silence, the world is also longing for the soft presence of our bones sitting still.

Rest is not luxury. Your rested self is much missed and much loved.
So let’s go out and smell the wisteria!


Mother's need to be honoured more!This week was the Maternal Mental Health week in the UK. In some parts of the world, t...
10/05/2025

Mother's need to be honoured more!

This week was the Maternal Mental Health week in the UK. In some parts of the world, tomorrow also marks the Mother’s Day.

Whether it is trying to conceive a baby, navigating pregnancy, mothering solo or with a partner, or harbouring the grief of loss, mothers deserve to be respected and honoured.

As a local birth doula and womb wellness practitioner, I have three giveaways for you:

A free womb massage session for any woman who needs deep nourishment woman (planning a baby, seeking womb connection, in postpartum recovery or recovering from illness, operation, divorce, or baby loss, in peri/menopause…)

Two free spaces in my Wise and Wild online yoga nidra circle on Sunday 1 June.

To join,
1) Share this post, or tag a friend who may be interested.
2) DM me your email address to be added to my email list.
3) If you’re on social media, please follow me on on Instagram /or on Facebook.

Winners will be announced by noon Friday 16th May!

Much love,
Pinar Aksu (Birth doula, Womb wellness practitioner and yoga teacher)

Hello new followers and friends!I’m Pinar — a mother, teacher, doula, and womb medicine guide 💜I support women at the sa...
21/04/2025

Hello new followers and friends!
I’m Pinar — a mother, teacher, doula, and womb medicine guide 💜

I support women at the sacred thresholds of conception, pregnancy, and postpartum
_ through embodiment practices, holistic birth preparation, yoga nidra, nurturing touch, and community ⭕

My own journey into motherhood was anything but linear — a miscarriage, a long fertility treatment, and finally my IVF baby. That experience cracked me open and became the beginning of a deeper, more conscious way of living 🦋.

Becoming a doula was not something I dreamt of until later in life. I was blessed to have a doula by my side while I gave birth to my son, and words can’t describe the safe, grounding energy a wise woman can bring into a birthing room!

Since training in 2021, I volunteered as a doula for refugee and asylum-seeking mothers at various charities. I'm now part of the , offering doula support and pregnancy yoga.

Womb and pelvic wellness are at the core of all my work. My own disconnection from my body and cycle led me to deep healing — and now I guide others on that path to honour their bodies, connect with their womb, and reclaim their innate wisdom, through breathwork, yoga, womb massage and bone closing ceremonies.💜

I recently started Wise and Wild Gatherings — a space for sisterhood, yoga, deep rest, and meditative walks in nature. I believe in the quiet magic of women gathering to share stories and remembering their connection to the rhythms of the earth.🌱

Outside of this work, you’ll find me mothering my 11-year-old who keeps me on my toes! Being a Pisces, I like my solitude and enjoy moments of peace reading poetry, sipping coffee, getting lost in the woods, or simply daydreaming. 🌿

So happy you’re here — and hope to connect more soon 💫

As holders of space, we also need to find ways to fill our cup. To celebrate my 49th (leap)birthday, I treated myself to...
17/03/2025

As holders of space, we also need to find ways to fill our cup. To celebrate my 49th (leap)birthday, I treated myself to a gorgeous woodland walk with absolute 'strangers:
A women's circle ⭕

Something that enchants me every time in gatherings with women, is that the awkwardness quickly dissipates once you sit facing each other in a circle.
Telling one’s story can be a vulnerable thing. Yet, once a story is shared, the burden you’ve been carrying becomes a little less heavy. You’ve been heard and witnessed within the container of community.

A circle is an invitation ,
Not to get fixed,
But to deeply hear our own inner voice, as well as the Other’s.
Silence is welcomed.
Spaciousness.
Deep reflection.
The invitation is for speaking from the heart.
In a world of aggression and violence, women’s circles give me strength and hope 💜
“Remember, you don’t fear people whose story you know”
M. Wheatley
⭕ My first in-person walking circle is on Sunday 23 March, 2-4pm.
Let's get enchanted with our stories and the nature as we witness spring arriving Woods.
Breathe, walk, embodiment, sharing...

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Images from yesterday’s walk in Kent, Blean Woods, facilitated by &

Love,
Pinar x

First in-person Wise & Wild gathering happening next Sunday.Let's get enchanted together as we witness the glimpses of s...
16/03/2025

First in-person Wise & Wild gathering happening next Sunday.

Let's get enchanted together as we witness the glimpses of spring arriving Woods.

Join me for a mindful walk, ritual, connection and sharing.

Pinar x

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