Hello, my name is Miranda and I am a mummy to Forest and Daisy! 

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I'm so passionate about everything massage, pregnancy and birth related.  But do you know something? I never thought I would be!  After school, my life was all about travelling with my backpack.  I was fascinated with the world!  Hungry to dive oceans, climb mountains, learn yoga, meditation, different cultures and traditions.  I travelled for 4 years around Australia and Asia, picking up jobs along the way (wondering what kind of jobs?  Here's a long list!).

 

Then I met Nik and everything changed.  Having my own children opened my eyes to the magical world of pregnancy and birth! 

 

I absolutely love helping to empower women to achieve a calm, comfortable and enjoyable (yes, enjoyable!) birth.  I love to help birth partners feel prepared and confident.  I enjoy helping parents to continue that calm through bonding with their babies using the loving and therapeutic touch of massage.

 

Giving birth, and becoming a parent, is a huge journey, a life-changing experience.  

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I gave birth to Forest and Daisy using HypnoBirthing.  I was really scared of birth, petrified even!  I'd heard so many scary stories about birth (my own 5 sisters' births too!).  But HypnoBirthing changed that.  I know firsthand how birth feels and how HypnoBirthing really, truly works, to make the birthing process such a beautiful, calm experience for EVERY woman.  I was able to use the HypnoBirthing techniques with my husband, Nik, through a long labour, ending in a c-section for our son Forest.  The knowledge we gained from the course really helped us to feel more empowered, and make informed decisions along the way.  We then used the techniques to prepare for Daisy's birth; an unmedicated, calm and joyful hospital birth.  Both very different births.  Read about my own two HypnoBirthing births 

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I truly believe that if a woman has great support by her side, she can have the most positive, empowering birth experience.  This is why I became a doula.  A supportive and encouraging birth partner can be positively birth-changing!  HypnoBirthing courses help birth partners to be wonderful support.  For some, they feel they need an experienced and skilled female support too, and that's where I can step in.  I'm a birth doula (having trained with BiA Doula Training in Amsterdam), and after supporting many clients, I still cry when a baby is born.

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I began my training in India in 2004 where I fell in love with massage.  I then became a Holistic massage therapist in the UK in 2009, and have been learning more and more since then.  I enjoy working with pregnant women especially.  A woman's body goes through many changes during pregnancy, and birth, and massage supports those changes, while nurturing her, making her feel wonderful.

 

I'm also a fully qualified Baby Massage teacher, having trained with Peter Walker in the UK and years later with To Baby & Beyond.  Baby massage is a powerful way to communicate and bond with your baby, helping to build your confidence whilst supporting and encouraging your baby's development.  Touch is so important for a baby's physical, social  and communication development.

 

I have been lucky to have helped 100's of families whilst living and working in Singapore, the UK, and now here in the Netherlands, and have experience teaching and supporting in hospitals, birth centres, and home births.

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I can't wait to be able to help and support you through your pregnancy, birth and baby journey!

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Please feel free to have a look around my website and contact me if you have any questions or just fancy a chat.  I'm here for you!

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Miranda

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Training and Education:

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Ayurvedic massage course - India (2004)

Introductory Thai massage - Thailand (2003)

Level 3 Holistic Massage (ITEC) course - UK (2009)

Pregnancy, labour & Postnatal massage (FHT, CThA, IICT) course - UK (2016)

Advanced Deep Tissue massage & Trigger Point Therapy course (FHT, CThA) - UK (2016)

Warm Bamboo Massage course - UK (2017)

HypnoBirthing (The Mongan Method) Educator training (& yearly updates) - UK (2012)

Developmental Baby Massage teacher training (Peter Walker) - UK (2017)

Doula Training (Foundation & Advanced) - The Netherlands (2018)

Spinning Babies Workshop - The Netherlands (2019)

Acupressure for Birth - (2019)

Postnatal Support Network summit - The Netherlands (2021)

Pregnancy Relaxation Script workshop - UK (2020)

Pregnancy & birth Aromatherapy diploma - UK (2020)

PAIL Advocate pregnancy & infant loss awareness - Online (2020)

Coaching Skills for birth professionals - The Netherlands (2021)

Infant Massage teacher training (To Baby & Beyond) - UK (2021)

Baby Yoga teacher training (To Baby & Beyond) - UK (2022)

Toddler Yoga teacher training (To Baby & Beyond) - UK (2022)

Postnatal Doula training (Newborn Mothers) - (2023)

Postpartum Education & Care Professional training (Newborn Mothers) - in progress

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Something for fun.....

Wondering what I did for work before I became obsessed with pregnancy, birth and massage?  Here's a long list that might make you giggle:

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Babysitter

cleaner

shelf-stacker in a shop

bakery assistant

backpacker hostel manager

gardener

catering assistant

cycle taxi driver

legal secretary

legal assistant

PADI Divemaster

PADI Scuba Diving instructor

PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer

and then finally....

massage therapist

HypnoBirthing childbirth educator

baby massage teacher

baby yoga teacher

birth doula 

postnatal doula

etc!

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