Hi, I’m Sophie Jeffries.
As a qualified and experienced postnatal doula, pilates instructor & educator, shiatsu therapist, and mother of two, I love supporting mothers throughout pregnancy, right after birth, and deep into the long years of Mothering.
My focus is on helping women to prevent and recover from injuries related to pregnancy, birth and motherhood. Specifically core injuries such as Pelvic Girdle Pain. Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. Diastasis Recti. Postnatal Depletion. All common conditions that can often be preventable and recoverable from, if only women were provided with the knowledge and support they need to be able to deeply care for their body.
My intentions are to help women learn to Mother themselves, just as they Mother their gorgeous children. Tend to their mama bodies with restorative bodywork and regenerative movement.
And most importantly, befriend their body with kindness and reverence.
“I can’t imagine what my postpartum experience would have been like without you, so thank you for your beautiful support – your wisdom and kindness and gentleness, as well as your cooking and massage and all your other skills! I felt so loved and supported and I think it has set me up for motherhood in the most perfect way. I feel nourished, I understand how I need to rest, I feel more confident as a mother.”
– Mama Damaris
Training and Qualifications:
Pelvis Pro - Core Exercise Solutions 2024.
Foundations in Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics 2024.
Breathwork Instructor 2024.
Womens Circle Facilitator 2024.
Holding Space Consultant training 2023.
Closing the Bones with Naoli Vinaver 2023.
Spinning Babies Aware Practitioner 2022.
Birth Cartographer Training 2022.
The Body Ready Method 2022.
Physiologic Baby Care Course Innate Traditions.2021.
Postpartum Belly Binding La Matriz 2021.
The Art of Birth; Naoli Vinaver 2021.
Birth Trauma Training for Birth Workers with Dr Erin 2020.
The Shoulder Solution coreexercisesolutions.com 2020.
Trauma-Informed Practice for birth professionals with Nisha Gill 2020.
Trauma-Informed Practice for bodyworkers with Nisha Gill 2019.
Optimal Maternal Positioning workshop with Ginny Phang 2019.
Orgasmic Birth workshop with Debora Pascali-Bonaro 2019.
Pregnancy Corrective Exercise Specialist 2019.
Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss 2018.
Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist 2018.
Advanced CPD in Modern Postnatal assessment, Core Restore and Functional Exercise Programming. 2018.
Newborn Mothers Postnatal Doula training 2017.
Advanced CPD in Modern Functional Pregnancy Exercise Programing 2017.
Spinning Babies Workshop Ginny Phang-Davey 2017.
Creative Ways of Making Space for the Baby Part 1. 2017.
Advanced Diploma in Professional Pilates Instruction National Pilates Training 2015.
Extraordinary Vessels Shiatsu for Pregnancy & Birth Suzanne Yates wellmother.org 2014.
Diploma in Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies Australian Shiatsu College 2009.
Diploma in Professional Pilates Instruction Pilates International Training Centre 2009.
Pilates Matwork Certificate Pilates Foundation UK 2005, Cert IV 2008.
BA in Dance with Honours (WAAPA) 2001.