Community Birth Village
Heritage
Community Caregiver & Birthworker
Celebrating and supporting the family "village" before, during, and well after birth.
History
In past centuries, the Conjurers, Brujas, Root Doctors, Midwives, and Parteras were a staple in the community. They were more than baby catchers and gardeners. They were also: the lactation consultants, midwives, family medicine practitioners, labor and delivery doulas, postpartum doulas, counselors, health educators, and spiritual healers.The community birth village was originally founded to support pregnant and postpartum folks. However, it has grown to be the birthplace of developing holistic wellness and support to families at all stages.It is our mission to serve the community and share the ancestral wisdom of our Indigenous ancestors, and reinstate the village community.
How to
Re-Introduce
'The Village"?
Want to extend your village? Ricki, our resident ancestral wellness practitioner develops community through the practice of sisterhood. The purpose of this Sister Circle is to rebuild our village and repair the connection with our matriarchs.This FREE community gathering "Birth Your Village" is to repair that severed bond and heal the mother wound. This circle is focused on the healing of black, brown, and indigenous wombs and communities.
Consult a Holistic Wellness Practitioner
Want to discuss what type of support your family needs, and how to begin establishing the village that can grow with your family?
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Meet Our Community Pracitioner: Ricki Reign
Reign is a holistic practitioner focusing on community caregiving, birthwork, family/community economics, and restoring indigenous practices of the African diaspora.
She is the predecessor of Mamie Hudson, one of Georgia's revered Traditional Midwives born in the 19th century. And her practice serves to preserve the ancestral traditions of her foremothers.Reign first entered birthwork with naive excitement. But the injustice, misinformation, and disempowerment that she saw in the medical system triggered her own memories of medical trauma and abuse. It became clear her pathway was to step into a deeper community wellness mission, which led to her own womb-awakening. The practice of surrender, intuition, gratitude, knowing, love, wisdom, compassion, and observation.She is currently prioritizing opportunities to support:
Child & Infant Caregiving
Elderly Companionship
Birth & Postpartum Care
Community Birth, Wellness, and African Diasporic Education
Ancestral Somatic Movement (incorporating yoga, chant, dance, afro-diasporic practices)
Diasporic Cultural Reclamation Workshops (A guided program to unlearn, remember, and reimagine self in community)
Toddler/ Infant Nanny
Currently, I serve NYC as a part-time nanny with a specialty in "littles" (infants, toddlers, and preschoolers). I love the families that I work with, and offer interim, full time rotational, and part time care so that families can have balance, flexibility, and additional support. If you'd like to schedule, click the link below!