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Lorie Michaels
Birth & Postpartum Doula Mentor

Birth is sacred, personal, and powerful — and you deserve support that honors all of who you are.

At Namaste Birth, my work centers you: your choices, your voice, your healing, and your experience. As your doula and bodyworker, I’m here to bring steadiness, skilled hands, evidence-based guidance, and grounded presence to your birth journey. My role is to help you feel understood, safe, and supported — never judged, rushed, or pressured.

I’m a healer, bodyworker, Army veteran, educator, survivor, mother, partner, and lifelong learner. The path I’ve walked — the tender moments and the challenging ones — has shaped the way I show up: with compassion, intuition, and deep respect for every family I serve.

My background includes psychology, chemical dependency counseling, and years supporting people navigating addiction, trauma, and relationship violence. That work taught me how to listen deeply, respond gently, and hold space for complex human experiences. In birthwork, those skills allow me to support families with steadiness and clarity, especially in moments that feel vulnerable.

I’m trained in a wide range of healing modalities, but I focus on those that consistently bring comfort, balance, and ease — including Spinning Babies®, Body Ready Method®, Reiki, Polarity Therapy, and EFT. Whether we’re preparing for birth, working with the body, or navigating the early postpartum days, I tailor each session to what your body and spirit most need.

Outside of birthwork, I’m a maker, a mover, a counselor at heart — someone who loves audiobooks, yoga, walking, cooking, DIY projects, sailing, improv, and doing small, kind things for people.

I chose the name Namaste Birth because it reflects my core belief: that we are all sacred beings at our center, and that when we honor one another with presence and care, the world becomes gentler for all of us.

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Some of Lorie's certifications and trainings:

  • Founder of Arizona Community Doula Collective nonprofit doula collective

  • Founder of BirthPro Doula Mastery & Mentoring

  • Evidence Based Birth® Instructor 

  • Restore Your Core® Pro Instructor (in process)

  • Body Ready Birth® Instructor 

  • Spinning Babies ® Certified Parent Educator Birth Prep (SpBCPE)

  • Spinning Babies ® Aware Practitioner Body Balancing (SpBAP)

  • Body Ready Method® Pro (BRM Pro)

  • PMH-C Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C)

  • Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC)

  • Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE)

  • DONA Certified Doula   CD(DONA)  

  • Postpartum Healing Lodge Certified Postpartum Doula

  • Clinical Applications of EFT

  • Size Inclusive Birth Pro

  • Belly Binding

  • Sacral Flexion Patterns

  • Racial & Social Justice for Birth Workers

  • Certified Placenta Encapsulator

  • OSHA Blood Borne Pathogen Training

  • Polarity Therapist

  • Reiki Master

  • Tapping Mentor

  • PTSD & Trauma support with Veterans Stress Solution

  • Energy, Trauma and Healing with EFT

  • Touch for Health

  • Matrix Energetics

  • BA Psychology 

  • AA Chemical Dependency Counseling

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It's been so delightful working through my fears with someone who helps me laugh and love myself again.

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