Birth, Photography & Somatic Support
Birth, Photography & Somatic Support
For people moving through life’s most potent transitions
Birth | Photography| Somatics | Breath | Sound | Embodiment
Whether you are preparing for your first birth, welcoming another child, or navigating a season of deep personal transformation, these moments invite us into profound change — physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
At the heart of my work is a deep respect for the body's innate intelligence. When we slow down, listen, and attune, this intelligence guides us not only through pregnancy and birth but also through the many cycles of creation, gestation, and rebirth that shape our lives.
Birth is one of our earliest initiations. It teaches us how to trust, surrender, advocate, and create. These same lessons echo far beyond the childbearing year and inform how we live, love, and become.
My work weaves together birth preparation, nervous system support, somatics, photography, and ritual — supporting people to move through birth, creation, and major life transitions with more presence, agency, and connection to themselves.
〰️ Free Palestine
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〰️ End the Ecocide
〰️ End the Climate Crisis
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〰️ Free Palestine 〰️ Free Congo 〰️ Free Sudan 〰️ Free Turtle Island 〰️ Free All Oppressed Lands & People 〰️ End the Polycrisis 〰️ End the Ecocide 〰️ End the Climate Crisis 〰️ Children First
Ways to Work with Me
My work spans birth support, photography, and embodied practice — offering care for people moving through birth, family life, creative work, and personal transformation.
Continuum Birth
Support across the birth continuum.
Birth Doula & Birth Photographer Serving Maple Ridge, the Fraser Valley & Greater Vancouver
Holistic birth doula care and professional birth photography for families in Maple Ridge, Langley and throughout the Fraser Valley, rooted in evidence-based education, informed choice and embodied presence.
Continuum Photography
Capturing life’s most potent transitions.
Photography
Maternity, birth, newborn, family and archetypal branding photography rooted in presence, connection and honest storytelling. I document the tenderness, intensity and transformation of life’s major thresholds — from growing a family to stepping more fully into who you are.
For branding sessions, I create expressive portraits using symbolism, story and place to reflect the essence of who you are, the work you do, and what you want people to feel when they encounter your brand.
Serving Maple Ridge, Langley, the Fraser Valley & Greater Vancouver.
Hathor’s Haven is the home for my embodied and transformational work — supporting people through birth, change, creativity, and becoming.
Somatics + Birth
Body-based birth preparation, nervous system support, and somatic practicum sessions.
Breath + Sound
Accessible individual and group sessions for regulation, reconnection, and deeper listening.
Dance + Embodiment
Facilitated movement and Kundalini Dance practices for expression, presence, and embodiment.
ECRB
A self-paced digital course exploring relationship, embodiment, intimacy, and deeper connection.
Somatic support, birth preparation, breathwork, sound, dance, and self-paced courses for people moving through transition, creation, and change.
Hathor’s Haven
Current Offerings within Hathor’s Haven
Breath + Sound Sessions
Individual and small-group sessions using breath, sound, and somatic awareness to support regulation, reconnection, and embodied presence.
Currently accepting clients.
Erotic Coherent Relational Blueprint
An initiatory, body-based container exploring erotic intelligence, nervous system safety, and relational coherence.
This work is for those who are no longer interested in intensity without integration, or connection that burns hot and collapses.
Live round completed June 2026. Self-paced digital course coming Fall 2026.
Nourish — Kundalini Dance & Somatics Circle
A three-month, embodied practice for women in seasons of creation, transition, and becoming.
Kundalini Dance is an ecstatic movement container that supports nervous system regulation, sensation, and inner rhythm through breath, music, and somatic awareness.
Most recent live round completed June 2026. Next round TBD.
“Melissa!! You're a freakin gift to us! ❤️❤️ A bajillion times - thank you for being with us all the way through!! OMG WHAT A JOURNEY this was! I am so deeply grateful for your devoted guidance and endless support, especially right at the end there where I was so weak and felt defeated 😭😭😭 You really made me believe in myself until my very last drop - that I will never ever forget!!!! ❤️❤️❤️”
Tasha & Jason
Love Notes
Hi I’m Melissa!
I’m a birth doula, somatic embodiment practitioner, Kundalini Dance facilitator, ceremonialist, photographer, oracle deck creator, and twin mama. I love my many hats!
My journey into this work began over 12 years ago with my first doula training through DONA, where I fell in love with the transformational nature of pregnancy, birth, and the transition into parenthood. Since then, my own experiences of motherhood, along with extensive training across somatic, energetic, and coaching modalities, have shaped a deeply integrated approach to care.
While birth remains a foundational pillar of my work, my practice has expanded to support women across many thresholds — fertility journeys, motherhood, creative seasons, career and identity shifts, and moments of rebirth. My work weaves together science and intuition, embodiment and education, depth and lightness.
With women and families, I offer attentive listening, education, advocacy support, practical comfort measures, and mindset coaching - all held with warmth, humour, and respect for your unique path. My intention is always the same: that you feel empowered, informed, and deeply supported, no matter how your journey unfolds.