Meet our team

We are all very different, but we are all united in our desire to help and support you on your motherhood journey.

Alina

Hello and welcome!

I moved to England from Moscow in 2011 together with my husband. Both of my children were born in London, in birth centres, in 2012 and 2014.

I truly love movement and body-based practices, as well as the cultural life of the city, and I regularly enjoy visiting exhibitions, museums and theatres. In recent years, mountains have taken a special place in my life. I have climbed both Kilimanjaro and Elbrus. This experience has become an important part of my personal journey and closely reflects how I see a woman’s journey through birth.

My professional path originally began in finance. After the birth of my children, I became increasingly immersed in the topics of pregnancy, birth and motherhood, and over time I realised that this is the work I want to dedicate myself to professionally.

In 2017, I completed my doula training in London and since then I have been supporting women throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Over the years, I have supported more than 80 births. I continue to learn and actively apply my knowledge and skills in practice: I offer Rebozo massage, provide breastfeeding support, prepare women for hypnobirthing, use essential oils and homeopathy during labour, support postnatal recovery and offer postnatal closing ceremonies.

I also teach pregnancy yoga. In my work, I gently combine movement, breathing practices and mindful body awareness, helping women feel better in their bodies, prepare for birth and find inner support.

For me, it is a true joy to be alongside women during this important period of their lives to listen, support, share experience and help them believe in themselves and their inner strength.

Vera

I learnt the alternative approach to health back in my childhood when I was collecting herbs and preparing potions with my grandfather. Esoteric was a normal way of being, magic was everyday currency. As a sickly child, I’ve gone through my paces from traditional to alternative, and this is when yoga entered my life to stay. The magical world collapsed when the USSR ceased to exist, and I flew from Kazakhstan to England to study dry and cold subjects of Finance and Economics.

32 years later and I am still here with my wonderful husband, my children and my dog. A lot of water has flown under the bridge since then, including 21 years in Finance in leadership positions. But the universe was kind to me, and I continued to meet amazing people, who guided and supported me in my search for the Truth on my yogic path: Sylviane Gianina, Burgs, Francoise Freedman, Angelina Martinez, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Anastasiya Ivanova to name a few.

The birth of my children was life changing experience that inspired me to become a doula with a desire to help other women to feel the joy and embark on the path of motherhood with confidence and calm.

I am an “incorrigible bookworm” and I have unquenchable thirst for learning. I won’t mention the number of my financial diplomas, but in alternative field I have spent over 2,500 hours in training as a yoga therapist, doula, and holistic health practitioner! It gives me confidence that when I help women, I have a solid academic base behind me, backed by countless practical experience supporting women and babies. And now I entered the new stage on this journey by passing on my knowledge and experience through mentorship and supervision.

Following from a successful career in Finance, my focus is in supporting women’s health from conception to postpartum, using among others yoga techniques, Mizan therapy, Ayurveda, Bach flower remedies, hypnosis, homeopathy …

Having supported over 170 births to-date, I continue to marvel at the uniqueness of this experience and totally humbled when I am offered an opportunity to be present there. Doulaing is my calling and my role is to create the environment where woman’s choices are honoured and positive and rewarding memories are created regardless of circumstances.

Marina

My name is Marina, and my journey into the doula profession began after the birth of my eldest daughter, Olesia, in 2020. Before that, I worked at a credit rating agency. I later trained as a doula and completed both the basic and advanced breastfeeding consultant courses in Moscow.
I am a mother of three, and my own birth experiences are very diverse – two caesarean births in Russia followed by vaginal births in the United States. I have been living in the United Kingdom since 2021. Before relocating, I supported births in Russia, and since then I have worked with families in London, its surrounding areas, and Oxford.
Earlier in my life, I trained professionally in rhythmic gymnastics, and I hold a deep affection for figure skating and independent cinema. In my work, I always place the woman and her individual needs at the centre of everything I do. For me, every birth is a deeply moving and intimate experience, and every successful breastfeeding journey is a celebration of the inner strength and beauty of motherhood.