Unearthing the imprint of Birth to

Become Her — The Mother

Birth mEdicine

~Birth Medicine

~ alchemise your story

~Birth Medicine ~ alchemise your story

Somatic & Systemic work for birth preparation, birth debriefing & birth processing & integration

You are here because you know birth changes you

Guiding Women to meet with the body, to meet with the story, to see the patterns, to access the map that Birth brings to your life.

the medicine of birth unfurls the next version of you

Birth Medicine is somatic and systemic work that explores your relationship with birth — the stories, beliefs and conditioning you have inherited, absorbed and lived through your relationship with your body, pain, fear, safety, control and surrender.

Is birth is ahead of you? Do you want to understand the fears, beliefs and patterns you may carry into the experience?

Is birth behind you? Is there something about that experience is still asking for your attention?

Have you recognised that the way you meet birth is intimately connected to the way you meet yourself, your relationships and your life?‍

BIRTH MEDICINE

Feel HELD with impeccable PRESENCE and

DISCOVER HOW BIRTH BECOMES YOUR RESOURCE FOR LIFE.

Are you ready to discover what Birth is asking you to become?

Birth does not end when your baby is born. Preparation for birth begins long before labour starts. Long before pregnancy.

Here we explore what you are carrying into birth, or what birth revealed within you. Together we unearth the map that Birth imprints in your body— understanding how it can resource you as you move through Motherhood and life.

Birth Medicine is for the woman ready to meet herself through Birth— before, after and beyond.

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The body remembers everything

Birth pushes us to our limits because Motherhood pushes us even harder. And Motherhood asks more of us because Matriarchy asks for a whole new level of Woman.

Motherhood asks you to lose yourself in order to find yourself, over and over again

How to work with me

Birth Medicine

Come with an intention—whether it be Birth preparation, Birth debriefing, Birth processing or integration, and let the session be lead by what is alive for you on the day. No prior preparation is required.

From the comfort of my home to yours.

Birth Medicine sessions are private, 90 to 120 minute online sessions held via Zoom. They can be experienced as a single session or be the beginning of a deeper container of work together.

New to Birth Medicine with Tanya?

Begin with a Welcome session.

If you have already had a welcome session you can choose a package to be held on a deeper journey into your Birth Medicine with Tanya.

WELCOME Space

Single session

$300

COMFORT Space

1 month Journey

$850

WARMTH Space

2 month journey

$1700

The Welcome Space is where we begin. A spacious two hours to have your story heard and begin unravelling what it holds. Following your session, you’ll receive a written summary of the themes revealed along with 24 hours of WhatsApp text and voice-note support for your integration processing.

Birth Medicine can bring emotions, experiences and patterns into view that extend beyond birth itself.* Sometimes what emerges asks for more time and space to explore, integrate and transform. The Comfort and Warmth spaces offer this deeper journey.

Birth Medicine is not a substitute for psychological or therapeutic care where this is required.

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THE COMFORT SPACE $850

Pay in full or in two fortnightly instalments $425

A month of supported exploration and integration, building upon the work begun in your Welcome session.

Includes:

2× private 2-hour online sessions with Tanya
WhatsApp text and voice-note support between sessions

THE WARMTH SPACE $1700

Pay in full or in four fortnightly instalments $425

Two months of deeper exploration and integration, allowing time and space to continue working with what is emerging.

Begin following your Welcome session or continue the work established through Comfort.

Includes:

4× private 2-hour online sessions with Tanya
WhatsApp text and voice-note support between sessions

Choose your Door

Birth Medicine is

Mother Medicine.

what is birth medicine?

Body-based education and exploration revealing the stories, patterns and relationships we carry within our bodies.

A blend of somatic and systemic practices working with the body, the stories it remembers and the patterns that birth brings to life.

We begin with what is alive for you now. Together, we follow what emerges through the body, exploring the experiences and relationships that have shaped how you meet birth, motherhood and yourself. This work creates space for what is asking to be seen, understood and integrated.

Birth Medicine may support women seeking:

Preparation for birth
Fear or uncertainty around birth
Exploration of a previous birth experience
Support to move through previous birth trauma or disappointment.
Support to deepen their relationship with their body.
Guidance with Mother-daughter relationships
Preparing for their transition into Motherhood.
Access to their birth experience as a resource in motherhood.

Open Birth Medicine

About your birth medicine guide

Hi, I’m Tanya

For almost three decades, I have walked alongside women through pregnancy, birth and motherhood, witnessing the profound ways birth shapes and reveals the becoming of woman.

As a midwife, mother of five and lifelong student of women’s bodies, my work has taught me that we never arrive at birth without a story. We bring our upbringing, our conditioning and our ways of meeting life with us.

Birth Medicine grew from my understanding that what birth reveals can become a resource for motherhood and for life.

More about Tanya

There is more to birth than the physical act of bringing a baby into the world.

Whether birth is ahead of you or behind you, you recognise that the way you meet birth is intimately connected to the way you meet yourself and life.

You are ready to understand what your body holds, recognise the patterns shaping your responses, and discover what becomes possible when you meet yourself differently — this is Birth Medicine.

"I found the session really valuable and really enjoyed the process. I loved the focus on making meaning from my birth experiences and how to use these learnings as a catalyst for mothering/ life etc (versus perhaps more traditional birth debriefing which may focus more on understanding clinical aspects and what felt good / what didn't and why - this is really valuable, too, but I'd already done this for previous births). The 'landmarks' structure Tanya gently suggested for the session was a useful way to support meaning making, and to not get too caught up in just the 'story'. It made it easier too for me to gently structure the story given I was reflecting on three births. Tanya had a really lovely, gentle and safe approach - I'm sure this is already her general approach, but I could see that she made a very conscious effort at the beginning of the session to establish rapport and to develop a sense of felt safety - which I'm sure can be hard for a one off, short session. Tanya listened very carefully, and while she articulated ideas I hadn't myself identified, she kept the space open for me to do most of the talking. "

—Georgie, Mother
I booked with Tanya to explore some lingering feelings about my previous birth but it ended up being a journey through far more than that. Birth medicine is truly accurate. Tanya has such a powerful way of gently supporting you to peel back the layers while being respectful of what you have the capacity to engage with in that moment. Thank you so much Tanya for your time and guidance, Our Matriarch indeed.

—Caitlin Guard, Mother & Midwife, Adelaide
"I did two birth medicine sessions with Tanya after my unplanned csection at 3 weeks post partum. This was the best thing I did to heal from my birth. Tanya provided a safe, compassionate and non-judgemental space to process and find the medicine in my birth. Tanya truly heard my birth story, which is healing in itself, helped me to somatically process and guided me gently to find the medicine of my birth. It was so healing and I highly recommend to any mother but especially when birth didn't go as planned. The Medicine I found in this session benefited me well beyond just healing from birth".

—Kim Mahaffey, Mother

Frequently Asked Questions

There is no preparation required. Simply arrive as you are, with whatever is present for you. Find a quiet, private space where you feel comfortable and can be uninterrupted for the duration of our time together.
Each session is unique and guided by what you bring. Through conversation, somatic awareness and systemic exploration, we work with the stories, beliefs, patterns and responses that emerge. There is no set agenda or expectation of what needs to be achieved.
Not at all. Birth Medicine is for women preparing for their first birth, women who have previously given birth, and those seeking to understand or integrate their birth experiences. You don’t need to be pregnant or planning another baby to receive this work.
Not at all. Birth Medicine is for women preparing for their first birth, women who have previously given birth, and those seeking to understand or integrate their birth experiences. You don’t need to be pregnant or planning another baby to receive this work.
Birth Medicine sessions are currently offered online via Zoom, allowing us to work together wherever you are.
Traditional birth education generally focuses on providing information about pregnancy, labour, birth and the choices available to you.
Birth Medicine goes beyond information. It invites you to examine the beliefs, conditioning, relationships and patterns that influence how you respond to life and may shape how you navigate birth.
Rather than teaching you how to give birth, this work supports you to develop a deeper relationship with yourself, your body and your own capacity to meet birth.
A conventional birth debrief often focuses on reviewing the events of a birth, understanding what happened and answering questions about the care received. We can certainly do this if you desire to.
However, Birth Medicine is less concerned with reconstructing the events and more interested in how those events were experienced, what remains within you and how they continue to influence your relationship with yourself, your body and your life.
Through somatic and systemic exploration, we work with what emerges, allowing space for new understanding, integration and a different relationship with your birth story.