Somatic Birth Circle (Online)

Weekly Nervous System Support for Pregnancy & Birth

Monday evenings | 7:00–8:00(ish) PM Pacific time

This is an ongoing, drop-in space for pregnant people (and partners welcome) to slow down, reconnect, and prepare for birth in a way that includes the body—not just the mind.

Each week, we’ll explore a different topic related to pregnancy, birth, and the nervous system. This might include working with anxiety, navigating uncertainty, understanding stress responses in labour, or building a deeper sense of safety and trust in your body.

Alongside these conversations, you’ll be guided through simple, accessible somatic practices—tools you can return to in your daily life and during birth.

This is not a class you need to keep up with.
It’s a space you can come back to.

A place to:

• land in your body at the end of the day

• ask questions and be in real conversation

• build practical tools for regulation and support

• feel what it’s like to be held in a steady, non-judgmental space

You don’t need to have anything figured out before you arrive.

While this space stands on its own as support, it also offers a chance for us to get to know each other. If you’re considering more personalized somatic birth support, this is a gentle place to begin.

Topics

🌿 April — Understanding & Building Capacity

April 13 — Mapping Your Stress Responses (Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn)
Recognizing your patterns so they don’t take over during birth.

April 20 — Tools for Regulation in Real Time
Practical somatic tools to work with anxiety as it arises.

April 27 — Working with Fear of Birth
Staying present with fear without it escalating or shutting you down.

🌊 May — Birth Decisions, Trust, and Navigation

May 4 — Control, Surrender, and Safety
Why letting go feels hard, and how to build enough safety in the body to allow birth to unfold.

May 11 — Induction & The Nervous System
Navigating induction without losing your sense of agency, and supporting your body through a more structured birth experience.

May 18 — Pain, Intensity, and the Nervous System
Shifting your relationship to sensation so intensity doesn’t automatically become overwhelm.

May 25 — Advocacy & Staying Regulated in the Birth Space
How to communicate, make decisions, and stay connected to yourself within the medical system.

🌸 June — The Fourth Trimester: Integration, Identity, and Support

June 1 — The Postpartum Nervous System: What’s Normal?
Understanding the biological and emotional shifts after birth so you’re not blindsided by them.

June 8 — Recovery in the Body: Rest, Healing, and Regulation
What true recovery asks of you, and how to support your system when rest doesn’t come easily.

June 15 — Anxiety After Birth
Working with intrusive thoughts, hypervigilance, and the nervous system’s attempt to protect.

June 22 — Identity Shift & The Grieving Brain
Making space for who you were, who you’re becoming, and the complexity of both existing at once.

June 29 — Building Your Postpartum Support System
How to create real, sustainable support so you’re not holding everything alone.

Each Session is Pay what you feel.

A donation in reciprocity and respect for time is appreciated, but unnecessary.
This offering is intentionally accessible.

You’re welcome here whether you contribute financially or not.

Come as you are.
Leave with a little more ground beneath you.