Hey there, I’m Salina.

I used to think it was unfair that as a woman we were the ones to menstruate and that we were the ones who had to birth if we wanted children.

I’ll never forget the moment this perspective changed for me.

I had just birthed my first baby, my daughter Kirra, in the warm waters of my bath tub at home. I held her tiny body to my chest and whispered to her “welcome home”. She was finally here.

Eventually it was time to birth the placenta and my midwife suggested my partner Ben hold Kirra in the bedroom while this took place.

With the placenta birthed (how cool is the placenta by the way!), I exited the bath feeling sleepy yet warm and fuzzy, riding high on the back of those physiological birth endorphins.

Draped in a cozy flannel blanket I walked from the bathroom to my bedroom where Kirra was snuggled in her Daddy’s arms.

I realised in that moment the enormity of what had just transpired.

As I looked at him holding her so gently and with a look of pure love, it dawned on me that regardless of whether he would want to or not, Ben could never experience this profound, transformative moment I’d just had.

This body of mine that I had both loved and loathed at any given time throughout my life had created perfection and brought it forward - beautifully, naturally - into this world. Who was I to have ever shown her anything less than gratitude and reverence for her ability to create life.

This path I had just walked, swaying with the waves, rolling in the mighty swell, moving between light and darkness within my mind, all the while knowing that this dance wasn’t just my own but a duet with my sweet darling as we transitioned her Earthside together.

“The ability to create and bring forth life, to rise to the challenge to work so powerfully within our body and with the little spirit that grew there, is a gift.

And not than the cruel injustice I had considered it to be for so long."

Two years later, I would again be birthing in water in my own home. We welcomed our son, Jai, surrounded by family.

Another Goddess moment, of feeling powerful beyond measure, of journeying within and above, all at once to guide my baby home.

All Mama’s are magic. They are portals of life, and it’s my passion to support any woman who wants to birth in her full, raw, unencumbered power, to do so.

About Salina

I traded the Australian seaside for the mountains of Banff in 2015 where I now live with my husband, Ben, our two home-birthed babies, Kirra and Jai.

I am fiercely passionate about women’s rights and social justice. and currently work with YWCA Banff to drive initiatives that support women, girls and the Bow Valley community.

Training

  • The Well Rounded Birth Course
    Mentorship with creator and birth educator, Hayley Molina

  • Childbirth Physiology Course
    Dr. Rachel Reed, PhD

  • The Menstrual Course
    Dr. Brittany Wickert, Dr. Acu. & TCM

  • Honouring the Mother
    Amber Rose, Facilitator & Ceremonialist

  • QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique)
    Level 1 Intern
    Dolores Cannon

I grew up on the unceded territory of Boon Wurrung Country in Australia and now reside in Mînî hrpa within Treaty 7 Land on Turtle Island. I pay my respects and am in the deepest gratitude to the Traditional Elders and People, past, present and future who care for these lands and waters, who build community, birth their babies and hold their ancestral wisdom here. Isniyés.