Community Birth Village
Ancestral
Community Caregiver & Birthworker
Celebrating and supporting the family "village" before, during, and well after birth.
History
In the past, the Conjurers, Brujas, Root Doctors, Midwives, and Parteras were a staple in the community. They were the: doctors, lactation consultants, nurses, midwives, doctors, doulas, care givers, counselors, and spiritual healers.The community birth village was originally founded by Reign to support pregnant and postpartum folks. However, it has grown to be the birthplace of support to families at all stages of the ceremony of life.It is our mission to serve the community and remember ancestral wisdom together, while bringing "the village" back to the community.For now, Reign is the primary practitioner, but we are exciting to be expanding our support with additional practitioners and services soon!
Meet Reign
Reign is ancestral ceremonialist who—with deep reverence—honors her Black and Indigenous Creek Ancestors. Her maternal Matriarch brings Closed and Sacred Practices, and her Paternal Matriarchs bring Medicinal and Spiritual wisdom. This includes her great, great grandmother, a Georgia Midwife born in 1881 on Creek land.Reign's practice serves to preserve ancestral traditions. Currently, she is serving in the Lenapehoking region, also known as New York City.
Journey to Ceremony
2011-2015
• Colonial Religious Deconstruction
•Sociology/ Psychology/ Organizational Development Studies2016-2018
• Remembering, Collapse, Prayer, Song, Drumming, Chant2018-2023
• Vedic Philosophy in India;
• Doula studies with Doula Training International
• Sitting with Shaman in Peru
• Didactic Midwifery Studies with Mama Primavita
• Reclamation, Ancestor Veneration
• Deep Grief, Mother Wound Healing2024-2025
• Rest, Grounding, Accepting the Calling to Ceremony, Non-extractive labor, Surrender, Art as labor, Liberation as Ceremony2025+
• Student Midwife
Services
Reign offers Communal Birth Support which includes birth planning; resource gathering; food, movement, and spiritual preparations; birth attendance, and spiritual birth ceremonies to help with the preparation, birth, and post-birth support.
Reign offers maintains the ceremonies and rituals that "civilized" and colonized society interrupted.These are the ceremonies that honor pregnancy, birth, end of life, grief, harvest, planting season, healing, and the daily rituals in between.
Additional Community Events Coming Soon
Community Birth Support Classes
Lactation Support
Collective Blessingway
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Meet Reign
My name is Reign, and I am a Ceremonialist.I answer the calling to maintain the community ceremonies that call remembrance to our ancestors and gratitude to the earth.Currently, I am preparing for a fast
Family Support
I specialize in children birth-6, senior companionship, house management, personal/ family assistance, and interim care during family transitions. Click the link below to book a call to discuss!
Birth Support
I offer Full Spectrum Communal Birth Support that includes somatic embodiment, birth planning, resource gathering, birth attendance, and afro-indigenous birth ceremonies.
I am a story-teller, black and afro-indigenous researcher and writer, multidisciplinary artist, and somatic movement practitioner.
Early Childhood Caregiving
I am an Emotionally Responsive, Neurodivergent-Affirming Caregiver for Sensitive Littles.My focus is on building secure relationships and honoring each child's nervous system.We build confidence, boundaries, and support early development through connection and co-regulation (instead of punishment and academic pressure).
Community Birth Support
As a Ceremonialist, birth is one of life's many ceremonies. We used to hold space for this ceremony as a collective village, and it is my goal to hold space for the sacred elements of ritual, self-wisdom, and connection to the ancestors and other realms as we return to this collective practice.I support freebirthers, home-birth families, or anyone who wants to connect to their community and inner wisdom in their birth season.
Community Birth Support
I am a non-medical, Community Birth Attendant that focuses on connecting with ancestral practices to help you to prepare your body, your home, and your community for the ceremony of birth.We customize in-person or virtual visits, rituals, birth presence, ceremonies, and post-partum attendance with your preferences and needs.Some of the visits in preparation for the ceremony of birth may include:
Birth planning (Location, Support, Community)
Food preparation for proper nourishment
Ancestral Birth Movement, Chant, and Hypnosis Rituals (Ancestral Birth Dance™)
Planning for your postpartum experience
Somatic practice: grounding, body connection, soft trauma release
Communal Birth Support
Costs and visits are fully customizable based on your needs and budget.
This is about communal support throughout your birth season with a lot of focus on before and after birth.
FAQ's
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Other Birth Related Ceremonies
Blessingway Ceremonies for a safe pregnancy
Honoring miscarriage, stillbirth, or the choice to end a pregnancy
Closing your sacred 40 days postpartum
Celebrating, grieving, or honoring your birth experience
Ceremony can be held privately at home or within a small gathering