Hi, I’m Rosa Davies (she/her) and I’ve been running my classes and working as a Doula for over 17 years. I have loved working with so many pregnant folk and their partners over the years and supporting new mums postnatally. I don’t know the exact number of parents who I’ve supported but well into the 1000s!
In recent years I’ve expanded my practice into bodywork with Womb & Abdominal Massage, Myofascial Release and Postnatal Recovery Massage. Although I’m mostly known for my support through the childbirth year, these wonderful treatments are suitable for any age / stage of life.
I love my work and I am always learning.
I began my birth worker training with Michel Odent and Liliana Lammers in 2004 on their Paramana Doula course and went on to complete a two year course in Natural Active Birth and Parenting with Kassandra Clemens, qualifying in 2007.
There has always been some aspect of body work in my role as a birth worker but I started on this path more formally in 2017 with The School of Bodywork and then Mizan Therapy later that year.
I’m thirsty for knowledge and I regularly attend courses, workshops and study days.
Womb & Abdominal Massage training –
- Mizan Therapy Practitioner Training (mizantherapy.com)
- Mizan Therapy Pregnancy & Postnatal Practitioner Training
- Mizan Therapy Advanced Practitioner Training
- 13 Mizan Moons (A deep delve into the menstrual cycle, hormones, the pelvic floor, conditions affecting the female reproductive system and more)
- Wombspace Workshop Facilitator Training
- Assessor Training for Mizan Practitioners
Myofascial Release training with School of Bodywork –
- Myofascial Techniques for Pelvic Diaphragm Release workshop
- Myofascial Release Foundation Level
- Myofascial Release Intermediate Level
- Myofascial Release Accomplished Level
- Myofascial Release Cranial and Intraoral Techniques
- Myofascial Techniques for Scar Tissue Release
- Myofascial Release Unwinding
- Myofascial Release Spine and Sacrum
Other training includes –
- Postnatal Recovery Massage with Sophie Messenger
- Womb Yoga teacher training with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
- Yoga Nidra and Circle Holding Facilitator Training with Julia Davis & Tessa Venuti Sanderson
- Biomechanics for Birth with Molly O’Brien
- Biomechanics for Birth Advanced with Molly O’Brien
- The Vagus Nerve with Katherine Ukleja
- Understanding Trauma with Tanya Desfontaines
- Foundation Yoga Course with the Traditional Yoga Association
- Spinning Babies workshop with Gail Tully
- Birthing From Within Level 1
- Childbirth Physiology with Rachel Reed
- Maternity Chakras with Nadia Rafaat
- Yoga Nidra for Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum with Nadia Rafaat
- Menopause the Great Awakener with The Red School
- Recipes for a Normal Birth with Sara Wickham
- Gathering in the Knowledge with Sara Wickham
- Post Term Pregnancy with Sara Wickham
- Vitamin K and the Newborn with Sara Wickham
- LGBTQ+ Competency with AJ Silver
- Birth Crisis Workshop with Sheila Kitzinger
- Optimal Foetal Positioning Workshop with Jean Sutton
- Mother Supporter, peer breastfeeding support with the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
- Breastfeeding workshop with Jack Newman
- Twin workshop
- Breech Birth workshop with Mary Cronk and Joy Horner
- Supporting Every Birth (baby loss) workshop
- Baby Loss, a Parents Perspective with Mel Scott
- Birth Art Cafe
- NLP practitioner course
- Various other workshops and seminars on the pelvis, pregnancy, postpartum, stress & anxiety, the menstrual cycle
I also hold a degree in Psychology and have taken Reiki Master training.