Holistic Postpartum Doula
Nourish, Heal & Thrive as a New Mother
Becoming a Mother is a Birth of Its Own.
Holding the Mother
A SoulFull Approach to Postpartum Healing
In the postpartum window, you are also newly born.
Just as you nourish and care for your baby, you, too, need nourishment and loving support. In our modern culture, we have minimized the significance of this transition. We have been taught to value independence over wellbeing.
Motherhood is often a reckoning. Though it may feel unfamiliar, and perhaps uncomfortable, learning to ask for and accept support during this time is essential to our long-term health.
In many traditions, the first 40 days after a person gives birth are sacred. Communities gather around them to offer food, healing touch, and household support. This tradition stems from a deep understanding that our bodies need space to rest and recover after birth; that the feeding and care of a newborn is a significant undertaking; and that a nourished mother is essential for a nourished baby.
I offer Holistic, Trauma-Informed Postpartum Care, rooted in many years of somatic healing experience. Beyond the typical postpartum doula services of baby support, light housework and meal prep, these offerings also include holistic birth recovery services, herbal support, bodywork, yoga therapy, and energy healing.
Serving the greater Denver metro area (travel fee may be applied for families farther than 30 minutes from my home in Littleton).
I might be the doula for you if...
You're a first time mom who understands how essential rest, loving care and nourishment are during the fourth trimester.
This is not your first baby, and you know you need more holistic support this time around.
You know that rest is important postpartum - and you don't want all the labor of the household to fall on your partner.
You want to heal holistically from your pregnancy and birth - incorporating herbs, food, ritual, bodywork and energy work into your recovery plan.
You feel anxious about becoming a mother, and want an experienced support system.
You've experience trauma, and need extra tender care during this vulnerable time.
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Holistic Postpartum Care
One of my mottos for new motherhood is:
You take care of the baby; everyone else takes care of YOU.
A mother’s body, heart and mind are wired for closeness with their new baby. That’s why my Holistic, Trauma-Informed Postpartum Services are designed with your nervous system in mind. Let me bring you food, care for your home, support your body with herbs and healing touch, answer your questions and deeply listen to you- so you can focus on the important work of bonding with your little one.
Learn more about the wide range of support included in Holistic Postpartum Doula Care below.
Support for Mom
- Birth Story Debriefing
- Womb Massage
- Pelvic Floor Yoga Therapy
- Energy Healing
- Womb Closing Ceremony
- Yoni Steams
- Belly Binding
- Nipple & Breast Care
- Nourishing Meals & Snacks
- Herbal Teas
- Sitz Baths
- Foot Baths
- Reflexology
- Castor Oil Packs
Support for the Family
- Postpartum planning
- Nourishing meals and snacks
- Light housework (laundry, dishes, etc)
- Grocery shopping & meal planning
- Troubleshooting common postpartum concerns for mom and baby
- Supporting feeding and sleeping choices for family well-being
- Partner birth debriefing
- Sibling support
Support for Baby
- Baby Massage
- Feeding Support
- Soothing Support
- Daytime Sleep Support
- Baby Wearing
- Bathing
Postpartum Care Packages
Options are essential in new parenthood. You are the expert on your body, your baby, and your family.
I encourage every new family to deeply consider the upcoming transition. What will it actually take to allow the new mother to rest in her postpartum window? How will you support her physical, emotional and spiritual healing? What tasks and support will need to be taken on by another? Who can you call upon for support?
Each family system is unique. Every family system needs support.
Learn more about my Holistic Postpartum Care Packages below.
All-Inclusive Packages
For the families who want holistic support for mom, baby and the entire family system.
- 90 minute Postpartum Planning Session
- 2 home visits per week (4 hours each)
- A nourishing meal (6-8 servings) with each visit. Inspired by Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine (but adapted to your family's tastes)
- Custom teas, cacao, snacks and other nourishment
- Each visit can include holistic birth recovery services, light housework and newborn care support based on your needs
- A Womb Closing Ceremony 4-6 weeks after birth
4-week package: $2,700
6-week package: $3,900
Schedule your Free Consultation Call to discuss availability and sliding scale options, if needed.
Welcome Home Package
Can be booked as a standalone service or added on to an all-inclusive package. The Welcome Home package will be delivered as soon as possible upon your return from the hospital (~2-3 days postpartum, but can be adjusted if needed) and will include:
- A nourishing meal (6-8 servings) suitable for your early postpartum days
- A nutrient dense snack (6-8 servings)
- 32 oz of bone broth
- 32 oz of postpartum tea
- A loose-leaf postpartum tea blend
- Herbs and salt for your first two sitz baths
- A cozy lavender heat pack
$280
Schedule your Free Consultation Call to discuss availability and sliding scale options, if needed.
Holistic Birth Recovery Package
3 90-Minute In-Home Sessions. Each session is customizable, and can include:
- Birth Story Debriefing
- Womb Massage
- Pelvic Floor Yoga Therapy
- Energy Healing
- Womb Closing Ceremony
- Yoni Steams
- Nipple & Breast Care
- Herbal Teas
- Sitz Baths
- Foot Baths
- Reflexology
- Castor Oil Packs
Cost for all three session: $675
Schedule a Consultation Call below to discuss scheduling and sliding scale options, or purchase your package now and I will reach out to schedule!
Hourly Postpartum Doula Support
$50 per hour, 4-6 hour visits.
One holistic birth recovery service can be included in each visit, with the exception of the Womb Closing Ceremony. This can be added for an extra fee.
Currently offering sliding scale pricing. We can discuss options for your budget on our free consultation call.
What does it mean to be trauma-informed in postpartum care?
With a background in somatic trauma-healing through Yoga Therapy and Energy Healing, I bring an added layer of awareness and safety to your postpartum cocoon.
Becoming a mother can be fraught with difficult emotions – even if we have a dream pregnancy and birth. As a trauma-informed practitioner, I can help you hold space for the full spectrum of your experience postpartum.
If you have trauma in your history, I may be a particularly good fit as your doula. I can help you navigate the ways those old traumas may resurface through the body in the days after giving birth.
At the core of trauma-informed care is awareness – you may be more tender, more sensitive, more anxious. You may feel like you are asking too much. You may not know what to ask for. No matter where you are, I can meet you there to offer loving support.
Holistic Birth Recovery
As pregnancy and labor ask so much of you, postpartum is a time of deep healing and integration. Holistic Birth Recovery honors this sacred transition with practices that tend to the layers of your being: body, mind, and soul.
Through yoni steaming to support cleansing and renewal, a womb closing ceremony to gently seal what has been opened, and somatic healing sessions to reconnect you with your body’s wisdom, these offerings create a pathway back to wholeness. Each is an invitation to be witnessed, nourished, and held as you step fully into your new chapter of motherhood.
These services can be offered in my office space. If you’d like in-home services, consider purchasing my in-home birth recovery package.
Yoni Steaming
Yoni steaming is a sacred practice to cleanse and soothe the pelvic tissues, connect with your womb space, and support the optimal function of your sacral chakra. Herbs will be intentionally chosen to support your body, and while you sit I will offer meditation and energy healing to deepen the experience. You will leave feeling alive, embodied and open.
Schedule a Yoni Steam for pelvic support, hormonal support, or as part of your birth recovery process. You can start steaming when bleeding subsides after a vaginal birth, or 6 weeks after a cesarean birth.
Womb Closing Ceremony
Appropriate from 4 weeks to many years postpartum.
A Womb Closing Ceremony is a sacred rite of passage – a way to mark and honor the chapter of birthing your baby, and step into the next chapter of your life and motherhood.
Through pregnancy and birth, our bodies and energy fields must expand and open to allow new life to pass through. After giving birth, it is important that we close the bones of the pelvis, energetically sealing the root chakra and womb space.
In this ceremony, we call in the power of Mother Earth, of smoke and plant medicine, of body work and energy healing – to help the wisdom your womb has gained through pregnancy and birth to surface and integrate.
In the final stage of the ceremony, you can be tightly wrapped in scarfs. Not only is this a delicious physical experience for postpartum bodies, but also a symbolic cocoon, within which you can process the lessons from your birth.
A physical and spiritual experience, you can expect to emerge from a Womb Closing Ceremony transformed.
I offer this ceremony with profound gratitude to the lineage of American and Mexican midwives that have tended to and taught these practices. May we all collectively remember what it is to be held.
Somatic Healing Sessions
Appropriate from 4 weeks to many years postpartum.
Somatic Healing Sessions for Birth Recovery combine Pelvic Floor Yoga Therapy, Energy Healing, and Abdominal Massage to help you reconnect with your postpartum body, support healing in your core and pelvic floor, release tension and bring nourishing energy into your being.
You deserve care.
In-Home Birth Recovery Package
3 90-Minute In-Home Sessions. Each session is customizable, and can include:
- Birth Story Debriefing
- Womb Massage
- Pelvic Floor Yoga Therapy
- Energy Healing
- Womb Closing Ceremony
- Yoni Steams
- Nipple & Breast Care
- Herbal Teas
- Sitz Baths
- Foot Baths
- Reflexology
- Castor Oil Packs
Cost for all three session: $675
Schedule a Consultation Call below to discuss scheduling and sliding scale options, or purchase your package now and I will reach out to schedule!
Frequently Asked Questions
What areas to you serve?
I live in west Littleton but am happy to travel throughout the greater Denver metro area and foothills. A travel fee may apply to locations more than 30 minutes away.
How does payment work?
After our consultation call, we will establish a plan for your postpartum care. If you are already postpartum, payment is due the day of our first session. Payment plans can be arranged, if needed.
If you are planning your care while pregnant, a deposit equal to one week of services will be paid to reserve your time on my calendar. The remainder will be due the day of our first session, unless otherwise arranged.
Do you accept insurance?
**Carrot members: the Carrot directory is currently closed, however I am approved for Carrot reimbursment. If you would like to work with me, you will simply email Carrot to ask them to add me to their network.
Not currently accepting other insurances.
If funds are a concern, we can speak about your budget on our consultation call and create a plan that will feel nourishing to you, and works with your family’s finances.
Do you offer overnight support?
With young ones of my own, I don’t offer overnight support at this time. I am happy to provide recommendations to you for colleagues who do. We can even partner together if you’re interested in my holistic services during the day.
What is your availability?
My availability for postpartum care is generally between 9am- 5pm Tuesday-Thursday. However, earlier mornings, evenings and Friday-Monday may be available with notice and planning.
About Alexi
I’m Alexi Neal, a Holistic Postpartum Doula, Trauma-Informed Somatic Healer and Mom to two tiny humans.
In over 13 years of supporting healing in the body and beyond, I have become a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, an Internationally Certified Yoga Therapist, a Reiki Master, and a continuous student of neuroscience, the nervous system, and human deveopment. I was trained as a Postpartum Doula by my own homebirth midwife, Geneva Montano.
I have also specialized in Prenatal Yoga, Yoga Therapy for the Pelvic Floor, Holistic Postpartum Recovery, Matrescence, Ayurveda, and Trauma Informed Care. My practice brings together modern research and ancient wisdom.
My own journey into Motherhood journey sparked the call work with mothers. For 5 years, I applied this knowledge to supporting trauma survivors in healing, integrating and building thriving lives through individual and group support. But when I became a mother, I faced my own reckoning with the dramatic life changes that occur through this portal. It’s a time that needs far more attention, preparation, and support than our culture believes. But when we provide that support, it is rich with creative, dynamic and evolutionary potential.
Now, my mission is to hold mothers through this threshold, so they can emerge vibrant and rooted.
