Julia Forest
Co-Director, Doula, Trainer
Introduction
Julia Forest (she/her) is a doula, childbirth educator, and birth advocate whose birthwork career spans over 20 years. A trainer of trainers, her whole-body philosophy of birth support is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and built on a truth Julia has witnessed again and again: the body already knows how to do this. Her work is about helping people trust that.
Background
Julia is the co-creator of the Sacred Birth Yoga and Doula Training, one of the only programs of its kind that weaves the transformative power of yoga together with the relational depth and skill of doula work. For many of the birth workers who come through it, it becomes the training that changes not just their practice, but the way they see birth entirely.
Her teaching is heart-led, accessible, and rooted in deep respect for the person on the journey, whether that person is a first-time parent stepping nervously toward labour or a doula student stepping into their calling for the first time. Julia holds space for both with equal care.
Her vision is simple and steadfast: every birthing person deserves to cross that threshold with confidence, with presence, and with full trust in their own body and strength.