Welcome Dear One, I am so glad you're here ...
My name is Nicole,
and I walk alongside women as a Holistic Birth and Postpartum Doula. I also facilitate monthly Women’s Circles and Mother & Baby Circles, as well as teaching Pregnancy Yoga and embodied movement. But most importantly, I am a mother to my beautiful son.
It is my deepest intention to hold a safe space for women and mothers to step into their intuitive power and come back home to the wisdom of their hearts and wombs, whilst reminding them that they are deeply held and loved unconditionally by Mother Earth. I believe that this journey of coming home looks different for every mother and so I endeavour to meet you where you're at, welcoming all parts of you, just as you are.
My journey through motherhood has not been linear but rather it has been a series of spirals as I navigate the many ebbs and flows encountered along the way. I have experienced feelings of unworthiness and self-doubt, felt the grip of all consuming anger, sat under the cloud of shame and guilt, armoured myself up against perceived criticism and been so identified with the thoughts racing through my mind. And along the way I have realised that perfection does not exist and that it is okay to hold both the beauty and the messiness of life at the same time. This is the message I wish all mothers knew in their bones.
Offerings & Services
Holistic Birth & Postpartum Doula
Holistic Birth & Postpartum Doula
Holistic Birth & Postpartum Doula
Yoga
I first came to yoga as a way to decompress after a long day working in a very stressful corporate environment. After completing my teacher training in South Africa (my home country), I moved to Bristol where I started to be drawn towards slower, more restorative styles of yoga, and towards movement that was more embodied and fluid. I went on to complete my pregnancy yoga training with Uma Dinsmore-Thuli.
Connecting to my own innate body wisdom and to the wisdom and cycles of the Earth have been the biggest lessons I have learnt during my journey with yoga, and it is my intention to share these teachings with other pregnant women and mothers so that they can experience this sense of homecoming for themselves.
I currently teach Pregnancy Yoga twice a week at Trika, and a Rest + Restore practice at Elevate.
I also offer private 1-2-1 guidance at a location of your choice.
Women's Circles
I have been hosting women's circles with Megan now for almost 4 years and oh, what a sweet holding they are. Being in circle with other women who give you the space and permission to show up exactly as you are, in all your messiness and in all your beauty, is the medicine that the world needs right now. When I sit in circle with other women I am reminded on a deep level of our interconnectedness, how I can see a little part of me mirrored in the faces of each sister, even though our stories may look different. I am reminded that I am not alone. These circles are a space for women to come back home to themselves whilst being witnessed and held without judgement by the other sisters sat in circle. Megan and I facilitate a number of circles which bring together women at all stages of their journey.
In addition, I also solo facilitate a monthly Mother & Baby Circle for the mother looking to connect back to herself and be witnessed by other mothers through the ebbs and flows of motherhood.