Breath of My Heart Birthplace

12/21/2025

We hope everyone has a blessed Solstice - the wisdom of winter tells us to honor our bodies and spirits by pausing to rest, restore, and reflect. Slow living in a fast world can be challenging, but we hope everyone can - in some way - take a much needed pause to feed your soul with gratitude, rest, and family time.

PLEASE NOTE: Breath of My Heart is currently on Winter Break. Our clinic will reopen on Monday, January 5th. Until then, happy winter & enjoy the holidays.. we'll see you in 2026!

12/16/2025

Thanks to all who came out to Chimayo today for our final Family Support Circle of 2025! ✨ Facilitated every month by , we gather in community — and today we celebrated the upcoming Winter Solstice with discussion around finding the Light within, followed by a meditation and a candle lighting for the community. We also shared a wonderful meal prepared by at her lovely studio , and everyone received a Winter Thrive Kit from filled with remedios to support the respiratory system & skin care for these upcoming winter months. We appreciate everyone’s participation and look forward to these monthly gatherings in 2026!

12/15/2025

📢 We're Hiring! Breath of My Heart Birthplace (BMH) is seeking a Clinical Director to lead our clinical team with integrity, cooperation and alignment with our values of birth justice and community care. This role will integrate team building and supervision, shared leadership as a co-director, compliance management,and robust quality assurance. 🔹 Salary: $95,000 - $100,000. Onsight in Espanola, NM. To see full job description visit breathofmyheart.org/jobs or scan code.

Clinical Director Clinical Director Breath of My Heart Birthplace/Navi Pin Haa Un Muu About Us: Breath of My Heart Birthplace (BMH) is an Indigenous-led birth justice organization rooted in communi…

12/12/2025

Yiya Vi Kagingdi Community Doula Project presents...

December Doula Hub (virtual)
Friday, December 19
10:00 am – 5:30 pm

These trainings are ideal for people giving birth and birth professionals who engage with families across the perinatal landscape, lactation providers, birthworkers, CHWs, social workers, doulas, home visitors and any other allied professionals are encouraged to attend. Four CEUs available for CHWs.

10 am – 1 pm
Storytelling Birth & Listening to the Contractions from the Inside Out
with Nicole Morales
Join us for this deep dive into the story of the cervix being used as a marker for progress and how to read the information that contraction patterns hold.

1:30 – 5:30 pm
Lactation and Interpersonal Violence Training
with Siboney Rodriguez and Jessica Lujan
Join us for an informative training session exploring the essential role of lactation in infant–caregiver attachment and bonding, as well as its profound influence on the health of both infants and lactating parents. Participants will gain insight into how interpersonal violence and trauma can affect breastfeeding initiation, duration, and practices. This session provides a comprehensive overview that highlights the complex relationship between lactation, attachment, and parental health.

More info: vicki@tewawomenunited.org

Both these sessions will be online only. When you register, you'll receive the link.

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12/10/2025

We want to let everyone know that our clinic will be closed for Winter Break from Monday, December 22nd to January 5th. Our final free same-day appointment clinic of 2025 will be this coming Monday, December 15th so please give us a call to make an appointment if you're in need. Additionally, if you need herbal care please call to coordinate a pick up prior to December 19th - we offer free postpartum & grief herbal care baskets and you don't need to be a client of ours to receive one.

12/04/2025

Please join us for the final 2025 gathering for our Family Support Circle with Tauz TamuPovi who will facilitate a discussion about how we can tend to the Light within. She'll guide into a Solstice meditation, followed by a candle lighting ceremony for the community. We'll also have the opportunity to share tips, strategies for winter self-care, and maybe even some favorite winter food & remedio recipes. Participants will enjoy a nourishing meal with warming chai as well as receive a "Winter Thrive Package" of local remedios prepared by Feather Catcher Apothecary that are intended to support the respiratory system. Please register so we can plan for the appropriate amount of food & remedios:

Please join us for the final 2025 gathering for our Family Support Circle with Tauz TamuPovi who will facilitate a discussion about how we can tend to the Light within. She’ll guide into a So…

12/03/2025

The Diaper Depot Program offered through The Food Depot’s Casita de Comida is designed to assist community members who are struggling to afford diapers by providing a one-week supply of diapers & wipes once per month. Distribution takes place on the second Wednesday of every month - the last distribution of 2025 will be December 10th from 11am to 1pm @ 705 La Joya St. in Española. Please help spread the word by sharing this post!

12/02/2025

Amidst all the requests for donations today, we would be truly grateful if you chose to support Breath of My Heart with a donation today. In addition to providing Community Midwifery care, we also provide a range of free community offerings. Your donation would directly support the following:

💵 Reseeding of Indigenous Midwifery
💵 Free support groups for the community
💵 Free enrichment workshops
💵 Free herbal support
💵 Free health clinic
💵 Free food distribution to those in need
💵 Free support for young parents

We’re more than a birth center. We are community. We appreciate donations of any amount. 🙏🏽

11/28/2025

If you’re pregnant, we really encourage you to seek doula care if possible. Whether you plan to birth at home or in a hospital, doulas are an invaluable source of comfort, care, advocacy, and overall support in the pregnancy and birthing process — and in some cases they provide postpartum support as well. Check out breathofmyheart.org/doula-directory for a list of doulas we recommend. Or you can also reach out to for their recommendations — they have served hundreds of families in northern NM through their Yiya Vi Kagingdi Doula Project.

11/26/2025

TOMORROW/THURSDAY November 27 — Please join Artist and MMIWG2S Advocate Tara Evonne Trudell as she opens her space to create tangible prayers to help us back to our heart and purpose as we grapple with yet another tragic loss to our communities - Challistia “Tia” Colelay. In honor of Tia and all our relatives who leave us too soon in this unending cycle of generational trauma, we will gather and grieve while we create art to uplift us. The beading process of our collective grief and despair is our medicine and offers us a place to gather and strengthen our hearts.

• We will write and type our prayers and roll special ancestor beads to give us strength to continue on with our purpose, love, and protection for our children.
• Please bring your own remembrance names/stories to create your own prayer bead regalia.
•All supplies will be provided though you are welcome to bring your own special beads to add to your healing strand. Atole & fresh desserts will be offered so please join us for this needed grief respite.

Thank you in advance for understanding that this special gathering is focused on the well-being of MMIWG2S advocates and family members at this time. Our unified, grieving hearts will offer prayers for precious Ancestor Tia Colelay and her family during these very distressing times.

WHEN: Thursday, November 27, 2025 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
WHERE: Karma Star Sanctuary & Studio (764 NM-76, Chimayo, NM 87522)
REGISTER: Scan QR code or visit breathofmyheart.org/events (link in bio)

For more info please email taraevonnetrudell@gmail.com

11/18/2025

Join Artist and MMIWG2S Advocate Tara Evonne Trudell as she opens her space to create tangible prayers to help us back to our heart and purpose as we grapple with yet another tragic loss to our communities - Challistia “Tia” Colelay. In honor of Tia and all our relatives who leave us too soon in this unending cycle of generational trauma, we will gather and grieve while we create art to uplift us. The beading process of our collective grief and despair is our medicine and offers us a place to gather and strengthen our hearts.

• We will write and type our prayers and roll special ancestor beads to give us strength to continue on with our purpose, love, and protection for our children.
• Please bring your own remembrance names/stories to create your own prayer bead regalia.
•All supplies will be provided though you are welcome to bring your own special beads to add to your healing strand. Atole & fresh desserts will be offered so please join us for this needed grief respite.

Thank you in advance for understanding that this special gathering is focused on the well-being of MMIWG2S advocates and family members at this time. Our unified, grieving hearts will offer prayers for precious Ancestor Tia Colelay and her family during these very distressing times.

WHEN: Thursday, November 27, 2025 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
WHERE: Karma Star Sanctuary & Studio (764 NM-76, Chimayo, NM 87522)
REGISTER: Scan QR code or visit breathofmyheart.org/events (link in bio)

For more info please email taraevonnetrudell@gmail.com

11/14/2025

📊 Did you know? While home births still make up a small share of all U.S. births — about 1.4% in 2021 — the biggest growth in community births (home or birth-center) has been among Indigenous, Hispanic, and Black families. From 2019–2020 community births rose 30% for Black parents, 26% for Indigenous parents, and 24% for Hispanic parents. At Breath of My Heart, this trend reflects something we see every day: families reclaiming culturally-grounded birthing traditions by choosing midwifery care instead of a conventional hospital birth. Why? Because they want to feel connected, safe, and rooted. 🧡 Whether birthing at home or in our birth center, we ensure families receive culturally-relevant support, community, and choice. Learn more:

We are built around meeting the needs of families before, during, and after birth.  Our midwives give clients the support, education and attentive midwifery care that will help them achieve a …