Salt Spring Island Doula Collective
Supporting families in our community during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum
* Available for clients birth and postpartum.​
Sabrina Luppino
Birth and Postpartum Doula Training, Indie Birth
Fertility Awareness, Holistic Sexual and Reproductive Health Educator
Arvigo Mayan Abdominal Therapist
It would be my honour to support you throughout your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey. Every birth is unique and every family deserves to feel heard, supported, and respected—no matter where or how they choose to give birth. I offer care for home births, hospital births, and everything in between, always centering your choices without judgment.
Birth unfolds in many ways, and understanding both physiological birth and the medical system allows me to support you in navigating your options with clarity and confidence.
During labor, I hold space for you and your support team, facilitating clear communication with your providers and encouraging a strong foundation of informed consent. My care extends into the postpartum period, ensuring you feel supported as you and your baby transition into this new chapter.
* Available for clients.​
Joselyn Porciuncula
Postpartum Doula (certification pending) with Doula Canada, Red Cross First Aid CPR/AED Level C, Food Safety Canada Certified, IPAC Certified, Certified Infant Massage Teacher by Little Kidz, former La Leche League Canada leader, Spa Therapy Certificate from the Vancouver School of Bodywork and Massage, and Death Doula Certified from Douglas College.
As a postpartum doula, I aim to support the healing of the birthing person, baby, and family with love,
connection, and presence. I consider the postpartum period sacred and feel comfortable exploring and
meeting each family’s unique needs and circumstances. I hope that with each visit, one feels supported,
empowered, and cared for. Through my own experiences as a birthing person to four, a mother, and a partner, I have been called to support, share knowledge, and advocate for young families, especially those who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, and medical treatments/interventions. I am also able to provide the healing art of touch and massage for adults and babies and incorporate these practices into postpartum visits, whether at home or in the hospital. Together, we can explore how I can support you and your family. I am open to short-term, long-term, and impromptu support.
I’m looking to support 3 birthing families in their postpartum period to complete my Doula Canada postpartum doula certificate. You will find more info. on the Salt Spring Exchange .
* Available for postpartum clients only
Paula Cole
Certified Birth Doula CD (DONA), and Postpartum Doula CD (CAPPA).
Breastfeeding course for care providers (Douglas College), Infant CPR (red cross), Food Safty,
Sacred Pregnancy & Birth Journey instructor.
I Support all types of birth, whether it be home or hospital, medicated or non-medicated, single or multiples, first babies or third. I believe that we all have the right to choose to birth the way we want and feel supported in our decisions. I am a doula with a passion for supporting and sharing knowledge with families so they feel informed about their choices through pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. I also provide breast/chest​ feeding support In the postpartum period. I am a mother of 5 wonderful children who have all added exceptional amounts of knowledge to my work. It excites me to pass on the old knowledge of birth that has somehow been lost in our modern times. I believe that all parents deserve to be supported through such a transformational time in their lives. I aim to walk beside them on that journey Knowledge is power. I am Also the Referral Coordinator for the Birthing Families Foundation and work hard at connecting Families who are struggling with barriers in the community, with doula support
* Available for clients for birth and photos​
Anabel De La Foret
Anabel is a passionate birth worker and has done extensive training in traditional midwifery, natural birthing and holistic care. She has attended over 60 births in various places in the world including studying midwifery with the Amish folk in Iowa, working in birth centers in India and Honduras and supporting birthing families on Salt Spring Island for 7 years. She supports all kinds of natural birthing practices and supports families through education to birth feeling empowered! She offers childbirth education 1:1 classes , and the entire package of birth support which includes pregnancy, birth and postpartum care. She has deep knowledge about herbalism, embodiment, hypnotherapy/ guided mediation, traditional midwifery and more! Her heart is invested in this work and she loves it with everything she has!
* Available for clients for birth and post-partum
Niki Nephin ND
​Training:
Birth Doula (DONA, 2010)
Breastfeeding training: Jack Newman Breastfeeding Clinic (2013)
Naturopathic Doctor (CCNM, 2014)
Birth Story Medicine (Birthing From Within, 2015)
Spinning Babies Practitioner (2018)
Perinatal Mental Health Birth Trauma Certificate (CPMHT, 2019)
The perinatal period offers us so much opportunity to grow, heal and learn more about our bodies and ourselves. While exciting and empowering, it can also be a time of a lot of ’noise’. My goal is to help you attune to your own inner knowing while providing sound education rooted in evidence and experience to help you guide your decision making. I see my role as a doula as a guide - not only on the birthing day, but in advance and afterwards - as you navigate your unique experience of matrescence.
I have additional training in Spinning Babies (a terrible misnomer!) which is an approach of balance + alignment to help babies into 'optimal positioning for easier birth'. Some of the other tools I offer are the use of herbs, homeopathy + acupuncture for labour ‘induction’ and progression. I also have a deep passion for perinatal mental health (depression, anxiety, postpartum or during pregnancy) as a Naturopathic doctor offering primary care for babies, children and parents in the early family years.
My care is full spectrum, trauma informed, and backed with over a decade of experience. I have experience in supporting ALL kinds of births, and outcomes. I welcome the opportunity to walk with you as you find the ways that feel most resonant to you and your lineage about birth and parenthood, while also offering you current evidence-based education + support. The truth is parenthood often forces us to expand our awareness of what we think will happen and what actually does. I want you to feel prepared, supported, nurtured and held through all possible outcomes. I want you to feel like you have someone in your corner you can turn to and truly trust. I want to help you hold both the reality that you CAN do this, and also that it might take you for a wild ride at the same time because that is what we all learn as we bring humans earthside and raise them up :)
As a mother of three alive children (and two who never came earthside) I am acutely aware that babies also have their own personal paths to becoming. As a Naturopathic doctor, I also offer a wider scope to assist in miscarriage + abortion support. You deserve respectful continuity of care during all your reproductive experiences.
Folks wishing to connect can reach me by email: askdrniki@gmail.com. To get a better sense of who I am please visit my website: www.nikithenaturopath.com.
Roxanne Pouliot
Known as “Auntie Roxy” in her friend’s circle for a long time, Roxy has recently transitioned into the parent club and feels re-inspired about her work as a doula on the island . With her deep love for kids and nature, she is excited to support the community through postpartum care and birth support. Roxy certified as a Full Spectrum Holistic Doula at Pacific Rim College in 2018. She has since been part of the Doula Collective on Salt Spring Island where she met her closest people on the island and served many families. She is also part of Birthing Family Foundation as a referral coordinator. Roxy has also worked with 5-8 years old kids at Wisdom of the Earth, a nature connection school on the island. Through her years of connecting deeply with many families on this island, she is excited to support your profound birth journeys in many shapes or forms. Roxy currently accepts people who would like to birth on the island or access post-partum services
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Email: roxy.pouliot@gmail.com
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* Currently on maternity leave, will be available soon
Madison Greggains
Certified Holistic Doula (Pacific Rim College) & Certified Holistic Nutrition.
I feel deeply about the work of doulas for mothers, babies, families and communities. As a doula, I wish to hold space for the family and be available for support every step of the way. 250-538-7842
Away until April 2026th - available for postpartum care
*Currently on maternity leave until September 2026
Kristin Thiessen
Certified Holistic Doula (Pacific Rim College), Certified Bodywork Therapist (Vancouver School of Healing Arts) Certified in Prenatal Massage, Reiki Level 1, Certified Mother Roaster (Art of Sacred Post Partum). Physiologic Baby Care (Innate Traditions).
It matters how we bring our babies into this world. As a birth keeper, my priority is to be with women and birthing families. I’m here to reflect your strength and support what matters most to you in the unfolding of your birth experience.
In the current maternity care system, the doula is the only member of the birth team that is chosen by the birthing family. It is an honour to be trusted with this responsibility! I am dedicated to providing empowering information, and helping you access the knowledge and resources that build confidence and preparedness.
I am fascinated with the physiology of birth, with the innate power of the feminine body, and ways to integrate traditional wisdom in the childbearing year. I want to contribute to generating culture that honours the Mother.
I am also a professional bodyworker, and bring gifts of healing touch. I believe that all pregnant and postpartum bodies require loving, intelligent contact to thrive. I offer a spectrum of hands on care that includes pregnancy massage and mother warming services after birth. It is a joy to be of service in these ways!
*Currently away until end of February 2026
Available for clients. upon return!
Li Mei Wong
Training: Gloria Lemay and Jessica Austin - Wise Woman Way of Birth
Li Mei is a doula, yoga teacher and a a mama of a seven and a two year old. Her interest in embodied movement, breath work and meditation lead her to support birth from the heart.
Mei believes deeply in the beauty of the birth process and empowering mamas. She believes in the body’s innate wisdom and has deep trust in mama’s intuition.
Mei is an advocate for choice in all stages of pregnancy, birth and beyond.
As a mama of a three year old, Mei is a doula for the whole family, able to step in where there is an expressed need for love and support. She is able to offer calm guidance in preparation for, and in the precious time after baby arrives.
*Currently on Maternity Leave til 2027 for Birth & Postpartum Support
Mackenzie River
Certified Holistic Doula (Pacific Rim College)
Certified Holistic Doula & Birth Mentor (The Matrona)
Quantum Birthkeepers & Traditional Midwifery Program (Whapio & The Matrona)
Breathwave Facilitator, Prenatal Yoga Instructor, Herbalist, Integrative Nutrition Counsellor (Institute of Integrative Nutrition)
Mackenzie has been steeped in Doula work and family tending for close to 10 years and feels it is her true calling in this life, to Mother and to serve in this way.
Mackenzie is close to birthing her 1st baby and feels this will only enrich her work and devotion moving forward through the wisdom of this sacred initiation.
Mackenzie is a birthkeeper, breathwaver and songweaver who holds the edges for women & families journeys of healing and rites of passage. Particularly through Pre-conception, Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum. She has supported dozens of families through these initiatory times and has attended close to 20 births, the vast majority at home. Honouring the wisdom of the womb in all phases is her life’s work. She is a humble student of the plants and ancient traditions from many lineages that she’s had the honour of learning from, and is also a certified integrative nutrition counsellor. Mackenzie is a portal for transformational tales of love, death, birth and rites of passage on her show "The Mama Psychedelia Podcast.”
