Why Yogi Midwife
Someone recently asked me why I am known as the ‘Yogi Midwife’ and I thought that would be an ideal place to start my new blog.
In 2016 as a fresh-faced, newly-qualified midwife ready to take on the world in the maternity wards of St Georges Hospital London back I knew this was absolutely what I wanted to do with my life. After my own pregnancy and birth experience I had found my calling to work with other mothers. But I knew there was so much missing from modern maternity care and that mothers were only getting the bare minimum of what they needed. I spent the next few years alongside my work in the NHS seeking deeper ways to offer midwifery care and learning from midwives and birth workers around the world. I read ALL the books, I undertook numerous trainings and started to offer individualised and group workshops. I came to develop my way of being a midwife which encompassed the holistic nature of this work, as more than a job but a calling. This meant embracing the full sacredness of birth as a rite of passage and walking alongside women with trust, intuition and wisdom.
Throughout those years I leant on my own yoga practice during the times of motherhood when I needed support to bring me back to myself . At first, it was just movement and breath, a way to stretch, clear my mind and feel better. But over time, it became so much more. Yoga taught me to pause, to listen to my body, to soften when everything felt intense. It became a way of showing up in the world — meeting each moment with presence. One day, it simply clicked for me that my midwifery and yoga practices weren’t separate at all. They are connected and both focus on honouring the body, trusting in nature’s design, and holding space for transformation. Those lessons spilled over into the way I supported mothers. Yoga teaches presence, patience, and the ability to soften even in intensity, all of which are so needed in birth. The practices of yoga are gifts I bring into the birth space, whether that’s helping a mother find her rhythm through contractions or teaching ways to release fear and tension.
Bringing yogi and midwife together reflects my belief that birth is both physical and deeply spiritual. It’s about strength and surrender, effort and ease. So becoming theYogi Midwife felt like the truest reflection of me. It carries my journey, my philosophy, and the heart of what I offer.
I see both these practices as woven together: both hold respect for the body’s innate wisdom, both guide us to trust ourselves, and both invite us into transformation. When I introduce myself as the Yogi Midwife, I’m sharing more than a title — I’m sharing my philosophy. I’m saying: here is a place where you can prepare for birth with confidence and calm, where the wisdom of yoga meets the support of midwifery. This title captures not just what I do — but who I am.
