My name is Ignacia Escobar. I am a sister, daughter, and mother.
I am a Latin American woman grateful to have been born in that part of the world. I grew up in Chile and currently live in Berlin with my family. Since my teenage years, I have been searching for new knowledge and experiences that can help me to understand what life is – and how we can make it more harmonious and fairer for all beings that inhabit the earth.
After giving birth to my son in a natural water birth in 2019, I experienced a fundamental transformation - my identity and relationship with my environment had suffered an irreversible break. A new woman had been born in me. This awakened in me the curiosity to know how other cultures and women live motherhood. By talking to other mothers, I realized the lack of care that women confront, not only in pregnancy or childbirth but especially during the postpartum period. Suddenly, I could perceive how this visible and invisible violence permeates our societies – this revelation has since then led me to become a Doula.
“There is nothing to do. Open and let go. Surrender. Allow it to happen. Yes, nothing to do. Just be. And flow with the process. The inner power.”
— Frederick Leboyer
I took my doula training with Camalo Gaskin at the Center for Doula Pathways in Berlin (centerfordoulapathways.com).
In addition to that, I have attended many trainings and had transformative life experiences that are providing important tools for my practice. To give you a glimpse of my background, here is a selected list of these path-making encounters:
Yoga
9 years of practice and 5 years of teaching.
Integrative Yoga Certifying Training in Ashtanga Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Hatha Yoga, Vaisnava Academy of Viña Del Mar, Chile.
Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Training. Pregnancy, birth and conscious parenting, Amar Yoga International, Chile.
Workshops and practice with Ashtanga Yoga masters Matthew Vollmer, Rolf Naujokat, Petri Räisänen & Sharath Jois.
Meditation
Vipassana meditation retreats in India and Germany (daily practice).
Zazen meditations retreats, Chile.
Therapeutic and energetic practices
Bachelor and Diplome in Speech Therapy (Honours), University of Valparaíso (Chile), 4 years of experience with children with language and speech disorders, autism, Asperger and Down syndrome.
Reiki Usui Level 1, 2 and 3 (Master) Almazen Reiki School, Chile.
Homa Therapy Workshop, Camila Llamazares, Chile.
Thai Massage (Level 1), Thai Massage School of Chiang Mai.
Sahumadora Training, Abuela Roxana Campos, Chile.
Cyclic Woman Training, Espacio Raiz, Chile.
Yoni Egg Workshop, Espacio Raiz, Chile.
Cacao ceremony workshop, Abuela Ana Luisa Solis
Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum
Innate Postpartum training, Rachelle Saliga.
Innate Postpartum Care Practitioner, Rachelle Saliga.
Physiologic Baby Care course, Rachelle Saliga.
Pregnancy: The Inner Journey e-course, Jane Hardwicke Collings.
Pain to Power Childbirth Course, Debra Pascali Bonaro.
The Ayurvedic Doula, Specialized Certification in Ayurvedic Postpartum Care. Inner Sun and Moon.
Belly Binding for Birth Professionals, Learn to Belly Bind.
Facilitating a Smoother Birth and Faster Recovery, Institute for Birth Healing.
Placenta Medicine Training, Placenta Medicine Chile and Latin America, Chile.
The Art of Birth, midwifery workshops online, Naoli Vinaver.
Divine Postpartum workshop, Lalita Madhava.
Natural Ginecology workshop, Lalita Madhava.
Placenta Remedies Workshop, Lalita Madhava.
Natural Fertility workhop, Lalita Madhava.
Nourish, Pregnancy & Birth from the Mapuche tradition, María Quiñelen.
Postpartum Belly Binding & Cesarean Scar Tissue Remediaton, Tema Mercado.
Bengkung Belly Binding training, Yesie Aprillia.
The Impacts of Adverse Prenatal and Birth Events: A Transdisciplinary Approach, Prenatal and Perinatal Healing Online Learning Center.
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