Emilie Joy Rowell
embodiment coach, hypnobirthing and antenatal teacher
Hello
Lovely to have you land on my page - whether you're in the early days of pregnancy or navigating parenthood I'm happy to help you adapt to the mind and body changes that are part of the process of growing a family.
Welcome
Massive congratulations if you've landed here because you're pregnant or have just had a baby.
I love helping parents like you grow their families and adapt to this shift in life. My passion is helping people find the right resources to have their best experience of pregnancy, birth and parenting.
Taking a realistic approach to the rollercoaster ride of emotions and the big physical changes that happen during and after pregnancy. I'm currently only offering birth coaching support online, plus some in-community sessions in Frome and Bristol.
Over the past 18 years, I have helped hundreds of women and their partners adapt to becoming new parents, some for the first time and others adding more to their crew. Everyone is different and a one-size-fits-all approach just doesn't work.
I love that we all have different bodies, priorities, principles and approaches to parenting.
Because I have been doing this for quite a while, the way I work has slowly evolved. I started off teaching Relaxed Birth and Parenting classes - Scaravelli influenced pregnancy yoga classes, active birth workshops and attending births as a doula in 2008 (those little people are in their teens now!).
As I worked with more women, I began to notice patterns and experiences that informed my professional development. Seeing how many women were affected by trauma - either from their past or following their birth experiences led me to learn more about how I can help, support and signpost for people who've had past diffulct experiences is really important to me.
Don't get me wrong - I also see people grow and glow through birth, infact I fundamentally belive in birth's capacity to do just that.
I've gained a much better understanding of the physiology of birth and the pelvis in particular. In my second pregnancy, when I was keen to feel it all first hand. I did more Scaravelli yoga workshops, completed Dancing for Birth training, took another Pregnancy Yoga teacher training (this time with Nadia Narain at Triyoga - a more Kundalini informed approach).
I had a more sensitive pelvis in my second pregnancy, was teaching a demanding schedule of 10+ classes a week in 3 different cities. I got tennis elbow from the repetitive movement of packing for a house move and stuff was at points, well - stressful.
I get it.
I won't share my birth experiences with you.
Because this isn't about me.
It's about you and your unique experience.
I will say that I didn't come into this work after a negative birth experience. I have met many birth workers who are healing through this work. I was lucky to be brought up hearing about my mum's positive experience of birthing me at home. I grew up hearing my scientist parents talk openly about trusting the process of birth (my mama grew up on a smallholding) and when it came to my births, that mattered. They transferred that trust to me and my ability to birth.
Over the years I have seen a wide range of birth experiences professionally. I've suported home births, VBAC, trauma survivors. They all have their unique needs, priorities, beliefs and approaches.
My aim is to help you uncover what yours are, find the best ways to meet those needs and build yourself a set of tools and network of support that will best help you meet birth, new parenting and growing your family in a way that feels good.
I work with parents who are navigating big life changes. The reality of shape-shifting, growing a family and shifting dynamics of identity and relationships that comes with that.
Blending somatics and biomechanics to really help you move through the physical changes of pregnancy, from head to toe in body and soul.
I use elements of embodied coaching and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) becasue they are effective, simple and adaptable ways to embed new patterns, develop awareness and make space for change.
Happy to say I am now based in beautiful Frome and available for in-person sessions here, or to meet you where you're at online.
Hope to meet you soon!
Emilie
contributor / articles published
Rihanna's Postpartum Body Is Just a Body, Not "Inspo" For the Body-Positivity Movement
or read more of what I'd have liked to say uneduted here ;)
Article on Pelvic Wellbeing
Not available online - print copies
Contributor to 2020 articles
"I was somewhat mind blown by how the smallest movements and changes to posture can impact the pelvic floor and how I could really feel the changes in my body as my muscles were working. Highly recommend."
- Chloe Jones
training & development
Emilie is a fully qualified doula, yoga and antenatal teacher with over 18 year experience and a DBS certificate.
Doula
2008 - Relaxed Birth & Parenting Childbirth Educator and Doula
2012 - Nurturing Birth Doula
Pregnancy Yoga Teacher
2008 - Relaxed Birth & Parenting, Scaravelli inspired training
2012 - Triyoga, Pregnancy Yoga Teacher training with Nadia Narain
Postnatal Yoga Teacher
2013 - Triyoga, Postnatal Yoga Teacher training with Nadia Narain
Massage
2015 - MotherMassage® training with Elaine Stillerman.
2014 - Indian Head Massage
Study Days
- Supporting Healing After Perinatal Trauma, Dr Jenna 2025
- Free From Harm training - White Ribbon Alliance, 2023
- Birthrights training - 2021
- Advanced Biomechanics for Birth, Optimal Birth, 2020
- Gathering in the Knowledge, Sara Wickham, 2019
- Biomechanics for Birth, Molly O'Brien, 2019
- Home Birth Conference - Ina May Gaskin & Sheena Byrom, 2016
- Birth Crisis Workshop - Sheila Kitzinger, 2012
- The Postnatal Period, 2010
- Looking at The Pelvis, 2010
- Best Practice Recommendations for Supporting Women in Labour - Michel Odent & Liliana Lammers, 2009
Other Training
- Maternal Journal Facilitator Training, 2025
- Common Postpartum Patterns, Institute for Birth Healing,
- Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) 2024
- Hypnobirthing Teacher Training, 2023
- Trauma Coaching Certificate, Embodiment Unlimited 202
- A Modern Approach To Pain and Biomechanics, Antony Lo and Lauren Ohayon, 2022
- Certificate of Embodied Meditation TT, 2022
- Certification of Embodied Coaching, 2021
- Franklin Method Pelvic Fascia Trainer, 2021
- Movement Ecology During Pregnancy with Katy Bowman of Nutritious Movement, 2018
- Female Pelvic Floor Training for Birth & Wellness Practitioners, 2017
- Your Pelvic Matters teacher training, 2018
- MotherMassage training with Elaine Stillerman, 2016
- Diastasis Recti Biomechanics training, 2015
- Dancing for Birth, 2012
Yoga
- CPD with Gary Carter, 2026
- C-Section Recovery Workshop, Yoga Teachers Forum, 2021
- PRESS Yoga for Pelvic Dysfunction and Lower Back Pain, 2017
- Study Day with Peter Blackaby, 2017
- Embodied Yoga Principles Teacher Training, 2016
- 200-hour Teacher Training, 2015 (REPS Level 3)
- Trauma Sensitive Yoga CPD, with Sara Holmes De Castro, 2015
- 2013 - Triyoga, Postnatal Yoga Teacher training with Nadia Narain
- Scaravelli Immersion Course with Catherine Annis, Triyoga, 2012
- 2012 - Triyoga, Pregnancy Yoga Teacher training with Nadia Narain
- 2010 - Workshops with John Stirk
- 2008 - Relaxed Birth & Parenting, Scaravelli inspired training
Experience
- Supervision of trainee coaches for Embodiment Unlimited 2024 - 2026
- Guest trainer with Embodiment Unlimited, LECC, CECC and Embodied Toolkit trainings, 2023 - 2024
- Team for Continuum Doula Training, 2022
- Zoom Host - The Embodiment Conference, 2020
- Volunteer for Frome Birth Talk
- Mum & Baby Yoga teacher at Camp Bestival, 2015
- Positive Birth Movement Facilitator, 2015-2020
- Organised 'Birth Reborn' CPD with Michel Odent, 2009 here
- Teaching since 2008
Memberships and associations
MEMBER
FEDANT
Registered no. 13781
Franklin Method
Pelvic Fascia Trainer, 2021
MEMBER
IICT
Internatinoal Institue for Complementary Therapists
Relaxed Birth & Parenting
Trained with Relaxed Birth & Parenting in 2008.
Member of Rachel Reed's Reclaiming Childbirth Collective since 2024
Embodied Yoga Principles
Qualified Embodiment Toolkit facilitator and coach, 2016
Nurturing Birth Doula
Trained with Nurturing Birth Doulas in 2012.
This Girl Can
Proud to partner with This Girl Can
It's a celebration of active women up and down the country who are doing their thing no matter how well they do it, how they look or even how red their face gets.
Where to find me
I work in Frome, Bath and Bristol as well as online.
BRISTOL
I work from The Practice Rooms in Bristol and cover BS6, BS2 and BS8.
FROME
I'm based in Frome and work out of Honey Rooms on Catherine Hill, BA11.
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Practical, accessible classes for pregnancy, birth and beyond. Motherslove classes and workshops are designed to give new and expectant parents space to explore their experience and tools to help them parent with confidence.
- Classes for pregnancy to help mums strengthen, relax and prepare for birth.
- Antenatal birth preparation classes and workshops for pregnant women and their birth partners.
- Baby and Me postnatal yoga classes for parents with babies up to crawling.
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antenatal yoga classes
Prepare for birth and parenting with these gently strengthening yoga based classes.
Learn to relax, sleep better and feel good about birth and parenting.
ANTENATAL CLASSES
To prepare you and your birth partner for the experience of birth and parenting. We'll learn about the body and the mind in birth, active birth, how to support a woman in labour, birth plans, options, caring for a newborn and what to expect in those early days.
Baby and Me
Postnatal classes with gentle stretches for baby and you. Perfect to get moving and find some you-time in the early stages of new motherhood. Wednesday afternoons in Frome.
nurturing massage for mums
Specific, gentle massage classes for pregnant and postnatal women.
- Classes for pregnancy to help mums strengthen, relax and prepare for birth.
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