Holistic Nutrition, Yoga, Birth Support, and overall wellbeing with Erin Schifferli, MS RDN, 500 HR E-RYT, and Doula. Virtual and in-person appointments available.
Birth Services
Promoting access to holistic birth choices by informing, empowering, and supporting families as they prepare for their birth journeys and beyond. Remaining present with families every step of the way as they navigate the many choices available to them in modern healthcare. Encouraging families to cultivate overall wellbeing as they learn, grow, and prepare for birth and parenting.
Erin offers compassionate and intentional support for families during the birth year and beyond. Conception, birth, infant care, and parenting bring change and many choices. This can be both an exciting and overwhelming time. Modern parents have a full spectrum of options and decisions to make, and having a birth - team they can trust is vital. Knowledge is empowering for families as they navigate their individual birth journeys. Erin is an advocate for family centered birth care that is informed. She celebrates diversity and offers a non-judgmental environment in order to respectfully support birthing families.
Birth Services & Classes:
Learn * Grow * Prep * Connect
Birth Education / Preparation with Erin Schifferli
Private sessions (either virtual or in - person) for families as they prepare for birth. Offered to the birthing person plus partners and willing to work collaboratively with their birth - team. Families will receive personalized assistance based on individual needs and birth vision / plan. New parents, experienced parents, home-birth, hospital- birth, birth-center, community-birth, VBAC birth-prep, high-risk, low-risk, and multiples welcome.
What happens during Birth edu / prep sessions and how will it help me prepare for birth?
Firstly, learn to better understand your own body, breath, and mind and how they effect the natural process of birth. Discover how the unhindered hormones of birth work within the body and your baby and why is it important to foster their release within the body.
Next become more aware of the many choices before you - during your pregnancy, for your birth, and postpartum. Cultivate confidence knowing that you won’t be judged for your preferences or questions but rather empowered with options, education, and support.
With that knowledge prepare for the onset of labor with a birth vision / plan. Learn how to write or polish your birth vision / plan and how to advocate for your wishes. Practice breathing techniques, active birthing positions, and mindful methods to encourage a safe, healthy, and holistic delivery. Find out more about easy to use comfort measures that will support your vision for birthing.
Navigate infant care choices and parenting questions before baby arrives. Discuss postpartum care and how to support every member of the family when Baby comes. Get the answers you need for questions as they arise along your individual birth journey.
Questions about payment?
specialized services & assistance available for teen parents
Prenatal Yoga - forming private small group classes
Focuses on safely guiding Mommas with breathing techniques, pelvic floor exercises, yoga poses & preparations for labor. Sessions of PreNatal passes based on your Due Date or Drop-In. This is also a wonderful class for both brand new moms and experienced parents to experience the practice within a community.
Some health insurance plans, HSA & wellness cards excepted, contact us for further information -info@erinschifferli.com
Doula Services with Erin Schifferli
Looking for someone to support you, from start to finish, as you prepare to welcome your baby(ies) into the world - no matter how the journey unfolds? Would you like to have a birth team member who will not judge you or your family’s choices during the birth year and beyond? If you’re seeking a birth professional who will prioritize you and your choices, help you navigate all the options, and provide you with plenty of resources, then contact Erin.
Her intention is to advocate for the birthing family as they embark on the birth journey and beyond. She will help families actively prepare for their personalized birth vision. Erin specializes in providing focused breathing and centering methods that allow Momma and family to sustainably create the birth environment they seek. Have further questions? Send an email inquiry or schedule a free meet & greet.
*Book a free 45 minute session to meet and get to know Erin and discuss your birth support options
How will Doula support with Erin assist me and my family?
Understand that you have choices before you through out your pregnancy and know that you won’t be judged for your preferences or questions but rather empowered with options, education, and support.
Learn how to write or polish your birth plan to best meet your family’s personal needs. Practice active-birth breathing techniques, positions, and methods to encourage a safe, healthy, and holistic delivery.
Be prepared with the knowledge of different situations as they may arise and how to navigate them in the moment. Prepare to welcome your newest family member(s) into the world with confidence and support.
Various contract options available:
Half Moon Support - Two prenatal sessions, attendance at birth, and one postpartum follow up
Full Moon Support - Four prenatal sessions, attendance at birth, and one postpartum follow ups
New Moon Support - support for the full pregnancy, attendance at birth, and postpartum support with two or more weeks of care
Open Sky - build your own support model of care
Birth Prep Classes - Expectant (not offered currently)
Birth Prep - Childbirth Education Classes:
Not your average birth education classes! This series includes Momma, Partner of choice, and any Doulas or other supporters are welcome to attend. As a group, students will explore the Who, What, When, Where, How and Why of Birth and Beyond. This 4 week series assists the birthing family in learning about pregnancy, birth, baby, postpartum care, and and discuss the many options surrounding birth. The information provided prepares the birthing family as they navigate all those important choices. Students will practice breathing and positions in class to assist them during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum. Resources will be shared to equip and connect new parents as they embark on the birth journey. Each class will have time for community question and answers.
Offered Seasonally (on pause)
Some health insurance plans, HSA & wellness cards excepted, contact us for further information -info@joywheelyoga.com
Interested in attending but need assistance? No problem. Contact us for further information about our financial assistance programs - info@joywheelyoga.com
JoyWheel Founder - Erin Schifferli, MS, RDN, Prenatal Certified 500 HR E-RYT, Doula, and Childbirth Educator is grateful to have trained with DONA certified educators, Julia Sitting & Christy Muscato of Beautiful Birth Choices, along with self-study of The Birth Coaching Method by, Neri Life Choma, MS, author, birth-educator, and Doula. As a whole being, partner, mother of four, and business owner - her learning continues everyday on the road of life. As an advocate of - holistic birth and beyond choices - for all families she continually seeks learning and growth in order to best support birthing families. Erin is grateful for the love and support of nature, family, friends, clients, and community who continually inspire her.