• 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 routes. Most importantly, I deepened my understanding of trauma. Seeing how much birth can impact life is huge. Don't get me wrong - I also see people grow and glow through birth, but knowing how to support people who've had past diffulct experiences is really important to me.

    gained a much better understanding of the physiology of birth and the pelvis in particular.

    Since then I have trained and read and learnt and tried different things. Particularly in my second pregnancy, when I was keen to feel it all first hand. I did more Scaravelli yoga, danced, completed another Pregnancy Yoga teacher training (this time with Nadia Narain at Triyoga - a more Kundalini 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 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 (mama grew up on a smallholding) and when it came to my births, that mattered.

    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) in this work because they are fantastic, simple and adaptable ways to embed new patterns, develop greater 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

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    Rihanna's Postpartum Body Is Just a Body, Not "Inspo" For the Body-Positivity Movement

    Article here

    or read more of what I'd have liked to say uneduted here ;)

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    Article on Pelvic Wellbeing

    Not available online - print copies

    avaiable here

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    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 10 year experience and a DBS certificate.

    Doula

    2008 - Relaxed Birth & Parenting

    2012 - Nurturing Birth

    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

    • Free From Harm training - White Ribbon Alliance, 2023
    • Birthrights training - 2021
    • Advanced Biomechanics for 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
    • Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) 2024
    • Hypnobirthing Teacher Training, 2023
    • Trauma Coaching Certificate, 2023
    • 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

    • 200-hour Teacher Training
    • REPS Level 3 Recognised
    • Yoga Alliance registered
    • PRESS Yoga for Pelvic Dysfunction and Lower Back Pain, 2017
    • Embodied Yoga Principles Teacher Training, 2016
    • Trauma Sensitive Yoga CPD, with Sara Holmes De Castro, 2015
    • Scaravelli Immersion Course with Catherine Annis, Triyoga, 2012

    Experience

    • 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

  • Training and associations

    Federation of Antenatal Teachers

    MEMBER

    FEDANT

    Registered no. 13781

    Bristol Doula Network

    MEMBER

    BRISTOL DOULA NETWORK

    Find my listing here

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    Franklin Method

    Pelvic Fascia Trainer, 2021

    International Institute for Complementary Therapy Member

    MEMBER

    IICT

    Internatinoal Institue for Complementary Therapists

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    Relaxed Birth & Parenting

    Trained with Relaxed Birth & Parenting in 2008.

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    Yoga Alliance

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    Nurturing Birth Doula

    Trained with Nurturing Birth Doulas in 2012.

    Embodied Yoga Principles teacher

    Embodied Yoga Principles

    Qualified Embodied Toolkit facilitator and coach, 2016

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  • Where to find me

    I work in Frome, Bath and Bristol as well as online.

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    BRISTOL

    I work from The Practice Rooms in Bristol and cover BS6, BS2 and BS8.

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    FROME

    I'm based in Frome and work out of Honey Rooms on Catherine Hill, BA11.

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