Pregnancy Loss and Abortion Support.
I offer care for you if you have experienced miscarriage (at any gestation), loss, stillbirth and abortion. It can be very hard to access care if you have experienced loss - it may be very hard to be around parents whose children are living and it may be that these spaces, that are able to hold the grief and nuance that comes with loss simply do not exist.
I offer one-to-one sessions with anyone that would like ot lean into support postpartum. What this looks like is entirely indvidual to you but may include:
Gentle movement and body centric practices to move with the emotions that may be arising and to come into contact with them.
To move with our emotions in an embodied way and to use movement to move with grief. Not stifle it, or force it out, but to be with it.
I offer deep rest through Yoga Nidra if this is suitable for you. For some it may be too difficult to settle into deep rest initially.
Postpartum recovery through strength work and tension release.
To lean into all sides of our being and know we may not feel just any one thing.
Abortion Specific Support
I am not a birth doula, but I am an Abortion Doula. I trained as an Abortion Companion/Doula with DOPO who are a cooperative whose mission it is is to provide holistic, stigma-free abortion care and education in our communities and advocate for Reproductive Justice worldwide. I have experienced three abortions and believe that abortion is healthcare. People have abortions and I support them. I offer tender care to anyone that has experienced abortion.
Despite the fact that I am a Somatic Therapist and a Trainee Body Psychotherapist in this role, as an Abortion Doula, I am not acting as a therapist. I offer peer companionship and someone who understands the nuance of abortion. For this reason the support that I offer is free of charge. It is also free of charge because of my belief that abortion support is incredibly lacking and that everyone should be able to access it. It is one of the ways that I want to support my community.
Many people do go on to work with me in Biodynamic Massage after but it is not necessary if you do not want it. You can still contact me for abortion support.
I offer face to face abortion support or online support for folks based in Sheffield. I can offer online support and zoom calls for anyone else.
I am not an expert on abortion. Only you are the expert on your abortions. I have been working as an abortion doula since 2020.
The type of support that I offer is dependent on the needs of the individual.
I offer companionship for you after an abortion - whether you have had that many years ago or very recently.
I offer a place to land and a space for you to be heard. I am led by you.
You may want to tell me your story(ies) and you may not - you are welcome always to share as much as you like.
Abortion can bring up a huge array of emotions. Everything from grief, loss, relief, joy, connection, disconnection, anger, rage, calmness, assuredness and much more. I hold space for all or any of these emotions to be present.
Through mindfulness, somatic practices and breathwork I offer somatic practices to allow you to feel supported and perhaps move through your emotions.
A note: the language that we use around abortion, loss, miscarriage, stillbirth, baby loss is so individual. I will do my best to honour you and how you articulate your experience and what is important to you.
Please contact me should you be interested to hear more. info@alexnewtonyoga.com
More information on the wonderful community of DOPO can be found here www.wearedopo.com
