Moving through big life events — illness, birthing three babies, divorce, losing a parent mysteriously — have been the most valuable and defining experiences of my life. They have taught me that the heart of what this life is all about exists in the chasms that open when we have identity-shaking experiences. They offer us the opportunity to see that we are wells of resilience, resourcefulness, hope, and heart.
My goal is to support mamas in their own inner expansion and growth. In birth, this means exploring what’s important to you and letting that guide us toward your intentions for how you want to meet birth. This practice will help you build tools for the future, for parenting and life. In circle, this means creating space for you so we can hold your vulnerability with you and you can come home to yourself. In both settings and beyond, we’ll unearth your intuition, develop resilience for the unexpected and replace fear, doubt and worry with a curiosity about the unknown and your own inner wisdom.
ABOUT ALI CARR
I am a mama of 3 girls and I live on the westside of LA with my husband, our daughters and our dachshund, Mokey.
My call to support mamas started in 2018 when my two oldest daughters were 4 and 1 years old. The importance of “the village” came fiercely into view — I needed it and I also wanted to contribute to it.
I shifted my editorial career in outdoor adventure towards the maternal world, leading content on a project supporting birthing people from pre-conception through postpartum in mindset, movement and nutrition at Nike. It was a dream gathering wisdom from holistic perinatal experts across the globe including meditation and movement teachers, pelvic floor therapists, neurologists, doulas, spiritual guides, mental health counselors and more. From there, I consulted on Sanhu House, a postpartum retreat center in Santa Monica, CA.
In 2023, I was diagnosed with and went through treatment for aggressive stage 1 breast cancer. Going through this experience gave me a reverence for the things that thread us back to our most primal selves, like birth, death, breath, movement, presence and nature. I found healing and guiding in them. This whole experience — and a steady meditation practice — made it clear that getting out from behind the computer and working with women on an intimate level was deeply important to me.