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Whole Body Pregnancy Whole Body Pregnancy is a pause. It’s a reflection. It’s an intention. It asks you to consider t I live in Tacoma, WA with my wife a new puppy and our two cats.

My name is Erika Davis and I am a Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, and Yoga instructor serving the Seattle, Tacoma and South Puget Sound areas. I'm a transplant from Brooklyn, NY where I completed my training with Ancient Song Doula Services, an organization focused on training women of color as doulas and making doulas available to parents who may not have considered them. "Kavanah" is the the Hebrew word for the intention or direction of the heart Jewish people speak of as they prepare for prayer or ritual. I chose the name "Kavanah" for my doula practice because I believe that intention or direction of the heart is not just a necessity for Jewish rituals, but also for the ritual of childbirth. I believe the birth and the birthing process should be parent-centered and can be an uplifting experience. I often tell my clients that my job as their doula is not to teach them how to give birth, this is something all of us will instinctively know how to do, but to provide them with as much evidence-based information they need to feel confident in their decisions for the birth itself. My role as your doula is to be a guide and it is my honor to witness and hold space for the families I serve. I have experience working with single parents-to-be, parents over 40, and partnered couples. I also have experience working within the q***r community, within communities of color, for birthing people for whom English is their second language, and undocumented citizens. I am passionate about birth education for all, including those who may feel they are not adequately represented by traditional birthing services. I aim to establish and maintain safety throughout our work together, and I fully support people of color, LGBTQ families and individuals, single people, and couples during each stage of pregnancy. I also have knowledge and experience supporting culturally-specific birth practices of observant Jewish and Muslim families. I enjoy spending time exploring the Pacific Northwest, running, yoga and baking.

No offense to weekend workshops, but you're never going to get the essence of true postpartum work in 2 days.No offense ...
02/26/2026

No offense to weekend workshops, but you're never going to get the essence of true postpartum work in 2 days.
No offense to weekend workshops, but you can't truly get to the heart of postpartum work in a weekend ...

Which is why I'm doing it differently.

In this Embodied, Holistic Doula Training you get :
A 180-page postpartum manual.
Twelve structured modules.
Twice-monthly live mentorship gatherings.
Continuing education.
Lifetime access to the curriculum + continue education.

In addition, we are equally focused on our own self care practices so that we can be sustained in this work. This training is just about how YOU do self-care as it is about caring for postpartum people.

I cap the live cohort at 12 doulas so we can actually work through cases, scope, regulation, and sustainable practice. So we can connect and talk and build a small community to reach out to for support, sharing wins, and witnessing. So that we can work through our own ish ... so that you're not in a sea of many, but able to held by a few.

If you’re serious about postpartum; about holding mothers, not babies. About witnessing all of the aspects of postpartum (grief, loss, and joy), If you understand that the health of our community hinges on the health of those that give birth ... this training is for you.

March 19 start date.
10 places remaining.






A slow, intentional postpartum doula training for aspiring and practicing caregivers. Self-paced curriculum with live integration and mentorship support

02/25/2026

Go outside.
Feet on the ground
3 deep breaths.
3 more
3 more still.

Feel the sun on your face.
Speak aloud a gratitude.

Self-Care need not be a long, drawn out thing.

Take a moment to reset.

Let me know below if you did.





02/23/2026

You’ve supported the births.
You’ve held the postpartum nights.
You’ve answered the 2am texts.
And somewhere along the way you realized…
This work is deeper than you were trained for.
You want more than checklists.
More than feeding charts.
More than surface-level “support.”
You want to understand the nervous system.
The ritual.
The lineage.
The sacred architecture of postpartum care.
You want to refine your presence, not protocol.

If you’ve been a postpartum doula for a while and feel burnt out or a quiet pull toward deeper competency, sustainability, and reverence in your work, this may be your next training.

Self-Guided material anchored by twice monthly mentorship calls. Sign up for my newsletter to catch early bird pricing.

We begin in March.



02/23/2026

I am opening up a small cohort for spring postpartum doula training.

This is not a fast certification or a content-heavy course, it is a carefully held, comprehensive postpartum doula training that centers presence, skill, nervous-system awareness, physical bodily care, and long-term sustainability in postpartum care.

The Whole Body Pregnancy Postpartum Doula Training is for people who want to become postpartum care providers, or those who want to deepen their existing practice in ways that honor postpartum families beyond the fourth trimester, while also centering our own care.

Self-guided work anchored by twice-monthly calls for mentorship, embodied self-care practices, and more.

Payment plans available. Space limited to 12 people. 11 spaces remaining.

https://www.wholebodypregnancy.com/postpartum-care-provider-training





02/20/2026

If you're a doula and you're burnt out, you're likely undercharging.

I get it, we are committed to our communities, we want to be accessible, we have money issues . . . I feel you. I also know that while doula burn out is REAL, if more doulas charges their worth, they would happier.

Not because you want more money because of capitalism, but because you need to respect YOU.

DOULAS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS THEM.

AND

Doulas need to make a living, too.

In an ideal world, more people go back to being closer to pregnancy, birth, postpartum (and loss and perimenopause). Ideally, we would return to the feet of our elders. Ideally we would trust women more and listen to people who give birth more.

But, until then, we need doulas. If you're a doula who has been doing this work and you're feeling the burn ... charge more.





02/19/2026

We shouldn't need postpartum doulas, but we do.

Because we've lost knowledge, understanding, and witnessing the process of becoming a parent.
We are used to things being fast and quick rather than moving slowly.
We have normalized the idea of 6 weeks and scoff at the idea of forever.

We used to know birth. We knew the herbs, the healing of warmth, the importance of witnessing, the necessity of honoring.

We knew that the health of the birth giver meant the health of the community.

I want to give us back our knowledge.

If you're interested in learning postpartum doula work in a slow, holistic, embodied way that honors YOU and the families you work with, I have space for a small number of folks in March.

Self-guideyd work anchored by bi-monthly check ins for embodied movement, care taking, and collaboration.





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02/19/2026

Self care is the quiet decision to return to yourself—
before resentment builds,
before burnout becomes your baseline,
before you forget you’re a person, not just a role.

You don’t have to earn rest.
You don’t have to “deserve” care.
You’re allowed to need what you need.

Did this land? Save it for later or share with a friend who may need the reminder.





I am opening up a small cohort for spring postpartum doula training. This is not a fast certification or a content-heavy...
02/16/2026

I am opening up a small cohort for spring postpartum doula training.

This is not a fast certification or a content-heavy course, it is a carefully held, comprehensive postpartum doula training that centers presence, skill, nervous-system awareness, physical bodily care, and long-term sustainability in postpartum care.

The Whole Body Pregnancy Postpartum Doula Training is for people who want to become postpartum care providers, or those who want to deepen their existing practice in ways that honor postpartum families beyond the fourth trimester, while also centering our own care.

Self-guided work anchored by bi-weekly meetings for mentorship, embodied self-care practices, and more.

Payment plans available.

A slow, intentional postpartum doula training for aspiring and practicing caregivers. Self-paced curriculum with live integration and mentorship support

02/13/2026

I was listening to the hilarious Jennifer Lawrence episode of Amy Poehler's podcast, and got a little fired up by a passing phrase, "suffering" as it relates to women and our body transitions.

What if we dropped the idea that these huge transitioks; menstruation, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause aren't things to suffer through, but powerful fu***ng portals of transition.

More soon. Just my chaotic thoughts now.

Sound off in the comments- how were these things explained (or not) to you as a kid? As a teen? By your doctor's?





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