Hello, here’s a glimse of who I am

Serena Oliveira

As a professional birth wisdom keeper, Serena bridges the universal, traditional & transformational experiences of life cycle changes.


In other words, I’m the chill one in the room when someone’s having a baby, while there’s a black bear on the porch.

I was born calm, in a room with 3 older siblings, and so I was named Serena

When you’re super exhausted I’ll help to recharge you. If your baby is fussy I’ll help you to troubleshoot. If you’re 9 months postpartum and anxious + isolated, we’ll make a solid game plan and I’ll hold you.

Education:

Hatha & Iyengar Yoga: * 2000-present​

Community & Trauma Informed Herbalism: Seed Soil Spirit School * 2021

Professional Birth Photography: Birth Becomes You Certification * 2020

Institute of Somatic Therapy Practitioner Certifications: *2000

Fertility Massage

Massage Doula Support

Prenatal Massage

Hot Stone Massage

Research - Reflexology

Reflexology for Feet and Hands

Ethics - Communication

Pathology - Edema

Transformational Prenatal and Postpartum Coach: Certification * 2020

Placenta Specialist & Postpartum Doula Training: International Placenta & Postpartum Association Certification * 2016

The Bold Method for Birth Facilitator: training with Karen Brody * 2014 (no longer offered)

Auricular Detox Specialist: The National Acupuncture Detoxification Association * 2014

Holistic Peer Counselling Instructor: HPC for Birth & Parenting with Nekole Shapiro * 2013

Midwifery 101: Gloria Lemay * 2012

Doula Certification: Wise Woman Way of Birth with Gloria Lemay * 2008

Womb Wise Traditional Birth Attendant Immersions: 2007 & 2008

Herbal Immersion: In person with Sheelagh Mackenzie *2007

Sociology & Cultural Anthropology: Kwantlen University * 2002-2004


Serena is:

She/Her

Mama, sister, daughter, womb bestie

Doula: modern + traditional birth alchemist

Fertility, Pregnancy & Postnatal somatic massage practitioner

Yogi since the age of four (thanks mom!)

Ethnographer

Yoni steam teacher

Reiki weilder

First gen Desi/Canadian

Fourth gen Irish/French/Can

Bilingual (English/French)

Postpartum specialist

Birth photographer

Cross cultural safety advocate

Hippy Podcast host -I record love notes from the heart (Stay Tuned for our show Honey Soul coming soon!)

I’m a cheerleader for new beginnings and many creation stories are about strawberries.

My friends call me

“the People’s Strawberry”

In our reproductive health community I readily send offshoots of bright inspo & also come from a long lineage of abundantly sweet knowledge keepers. Like you, I grow easily beside others. In that old school & ageless kind of way, my resilient roots hold abundantly rich fruits mixed with clearly seen & glowing seeds.

I’ll find room to grow on mountain sides or in a homegrown garden. I am sisterly. I alchemize and rise through the rich lessons of birth & life to simply share what the world needs more of: LOVE

Serena’s Philosophy of Care

I bring people together to embrace and feel more supported in their roles as intergenerational and cross-cultural powerhouses. To help others trust their deepest instincts and womb as their ultimate GPS.

To help hone in on practical research while holding space for that deeper remembering that has been lost with the tribes and languages that once held the power of visceral instinct on the forefront around the world.

Through my own journey of embodied wisdom and trust and nearly two decades of directly supporting families (I took my first Doula training in 2007 and I’ve been running weekly postanal support groups non-stop since 2017)- I now connect the dots of intuition, culture and research and how they impact our everyday lives and times of important decision making. I help and support everyone to dive deep into fears and rise into their own best defined version of freedom in their mind, body and heart

My role is to proactively and holistically help to heal and recognize diverse needs and connections to our natural state through educational and support services. I provide classes and private coaching for the seasons of adolescence, pregnancy and beyond to help uncover and nurture your inner leader.  We are not just mothers, daughters, or wives (yes we are LGBTQ+ twin spirit welcoming!), we have a visceral responsibility to listen deeply to what we ultimately want to bring forth as we give birth to ourselves, our ideas and projects in a  way that our grandmother's couldn't.

Together, we are revolutionizing birth care culture

We help you forge your parenthood path, while supporting you in your accountability and integrity to bring it to life.

We recognize the healing power of ritual, art, ceremony, non-violent communication, and interconnection to self + the land.