Come sit with us around a crackling fire as we re-story birthwork. Our vibrant new logo crafted by Amayi Morales centers the brilliant fire of transformation in birth. The sparks of inspiration float into the night sky as our hearts are called to gather. We discern new constellations, new patterns that support us in meeting birth right where it is in this moment and in honoring the cycles and stories of the past. The fire is well tended by deliberate hands that know when to add, and when to wait, when to breath life into fading embers and when to step back from the blazing heat.
ReStory Birthwork offers educational resources for practitioners at the intersection of back-to-basics midwifery, creative hands-on skills in bodywork and birthwork, and deep presence over rigid ideology. From Resolving Shoulder Dystocia and learning the Basics of Breech Birth, to Releasing the Breech pregnancy from culture’s current hold and Heart and Womb-centered bodywork, ReStory Birthwork has the in-person and online trainings, resources, and mentoring to support your path of becoming.
Nicole Morales
Nicole (she/her) is a mother, wife, homebirth midwife, Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer, Breech Advocate, and educator. She has a small homebirth practice in San Diego, California and integrates bodywork in her midwifery practice.
She also works with families presenting breech helping them navigate their changing circumstances later in pregnancy.
Nicole is a Birthing from Within Mentor, Birth Story Listener, and a storyteller who finds guidance in stories for the rite of passage of pregnancy, birth, parenting, and resilience. Nicole also facilitates storytelling classes over Storytelling, Healing, and the Birthworker’s Journey.
Jamie Mossay
Jamie (she/her) has been serving the San Diego community as a massage therapist/bodyworker for over 23 years and started attending births as a doula in 2009.
She is a mother, Birth Story Listener®, a Birthing From Within® Mentor and Doula/CBE Trainer, and a Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner and Instructor.
She is the creator of the Heart & Womb Prenatal Massage and Bodywork Training and enjoys restory-ing anatomy and touch through imagery and drawing. Learn more about her work at jamiemossay.com.
Emma Moreland
Emma (she/her) is a bodyworker and homebirth midwife based in Southern California. After deciding to become a midwife after the birth of her fifth child, she set out to gain a deeper understanding of birth physiology while also hoping to fill the gap of representation in her midwifery community.
Emma began apprenticing with a Nicole Morales in 2017 who helped her cultivate the skills of ceremonious birth, parent-led birth positioning, solution-focused and parent-child focused care, and informed as well as embodied consent.
She also was mentored by Jamie Mossay in the art of intuitive touch for prenatal body balancing and childbirth education through Birthing From Within. Emma is a Spinning Babies® Trainer and Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Instructor.
Rindi Cullen-Martin
Rindi (she/her) is a mother of two children and birth doula. Initially studying the interplay of mind and body as it relates to sport and exercise performance, giving birth profoundly changed Rindi and inspired her journey into birth work.
As a birth doula, she is passionate about empowering families through the mind-body connection and education, providing opportunity for informed choices and ownership of their birth and parenting experiences.
Rindi also serves as doula to Nicole, Jamie, and Emma in their educational and creative endeavors.