Specialty: birth, postpartum and Yoga instructor

Elisha Conover-Arthurs (she/her) is a Mother, grassroots doula, activist, performance artist, healer and Yoga instructor with nearly 30 years of experience upon the path of dance and healing movement.

As a Doula and yoga instructor, Elisha helps clients ease into their journeys as parents both physically and emotionally. She is passionate about empowering families going through this pivotal transition by ensuring that they know about the  range of parenting resources and birthing options available, dispelling fear and instilling hope for positive outcomes.

Working closely with clients, she designs tailored support programs that include counseling, pre- and post- natal yoga, breath work, reiki, gentle massage, visualization and relaxation techniques. She also helps clients realize their birthing visions, crafting birth plans, blessing way ceremonies and naming ceremonies that resonate with the spirit of each unique journey.

Giving birth to her daughter naturally at home unattended was a radical act of transformational empowerment that set Elisha on the path of sacred mothering, and inspired her to experience the natural births of her 4 children. There within, she experienced the joys of intuitive parenting; breastfeeding, baby wearing, co-sleeping, and practicing herbal medicine for self and children. Elisha continues to share classical Hatha Yoga, pre- and post- natal yoga, radiant lotus qi gong, traditional and contemporary dance and percussion, and offers a line of handmade crafts including baby carriers, dolls and jewelry. She has been raising her family with the support of Indigenous Caribbean and African ceremonies, and time spent in nature living with the land. 

Through the journey, she discovered an array of techniques that can make birth an empowering rights of passage. Her goal is to cultivate and encourage radiant well being within each and every family from the inside out.

Griselda (she/her) Spanish speaking

Griselda is a Postpartum and Abortion Doula.

Her current specialty and passion is providing support to undocumented folks and families, helping them to navigate and understand the health care system in Ontario. Griselda believes that everybody deserves dignified access to Health, sexual health and reproductive health regardless of their immigration status.

When she is not holding babies, at a hospital with a client or juggling with daily life as a parent, Griselda enjoys watering and caring for her indoor plants.

Currently studying the course to be a Lactation counselor, Griselda hopes to be able to create a lactation group support for Spanish speaking clients in the future.

Doula

Karla is a certified birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, and pediatric sleep educator based in Toronto. As the founder of The Doula That Could, she leads a team dedicated to holistic, evidence-based perinatal care for families across the city. Her practice blends clinical expertise with deep emotional support, empowering parents through every stage of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum journey.

Fluent in English and Spanish, Karla brings bilingual sensitivity to her work, ensuring inclusive, culturally attuned care. She holds certifications in childbirth education, breastfeeding support, NICU family care, hypnobirthing, clinical aromatherapy, nutrition, and preventative newborn health. Her approach is rooted in calm, clarity, and compassion—guiding families with confidence and warmth through life’s most transformative moments.

With a background in resource creation, client communications, and team leadership, Karla also collaborates with hospitals and local organizations to expand access to quality perinatal support. Whether designing visual handouts, planning family meals, or introducing continuity of care through her team, she remains deeply committed to nurturing families with practical tools and heartfelt guidance.

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Natalie (she/her) hails from Toronto, Ontario. With over 20 years of doula experience, she has dedicated herself towards assisting families with their doula needs. Her experience includes education on natural or belly births, adoption, fostering loss or abortion, as well as, prenatal and postnatal care for the whole family. Natalie has also increased her educational background with certification(s) in: childcare, medical administration, community services, first aid and foster care - all areas of expertise focused to better hone her doula skills.

Her own experiences with pregnancy and childbirth pushed her to continuously grow and expand her knowledge base of being an even better doula. No labouring person should go through an experience like childbirth blindfolded and feeling as if they have no options.

Natalie’s passion has been enduring for providing informational, physical, and emotional support for people during their pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum journeys. Natalie considers herself a resource to the families that she works with by helping navigate medical terminology, protocols and systems, while allowing trust and comfort to flow naturally between herself and the client. Ever since witnessing her first live birth she was hooked into the world of child birth advocacy.

Follow Natalie on Instagram: @natalieshelpinghands and her Facebook page: @NataliesHelpingHands.

Visit her website at nhhcanada.com

Nikita (she/her) is a Cornerstone-trained doula and the founder of Solace Support, based in Milton, Ontario. Her journey into birth work began in 2018, inspired by a deep desire to nurture and support others through life’s most powerful transitions.

Currently pursuing a degree in Women and Gender Studies, Nikita’s education strengthens her trauma-informed and reproductive justice–focused practice. Since joining Birth Mark Support, she has supported over 90 diverse families across the Greater Toronto Area through labour, birth, and the postpartum period.

Grounded in the belief that everyone deserves informed choice, Nikita prioritizes empowerment through education and builds relationships founded on trust and safety. She is known for her calm, compassionate presence and feels deeply grateful to the families who invite her to share in such transformative moments.

Specialties: birth, postpartum, multiples

Tish (she/her) is originally from the Bronx, New York, but has been in Canada for over 30 years. She finds great fulfillment in helping families recognize there is someone out there to help them make the transition to parenthood.

Tish’s first experience with birth was at a young age. From this experience, she discovered that she wanted to give others the things that she wished she’d had during her own pregnancy, labor, and birth. She feels that it's important for her clients to know that they are being supported by someone who really cares, and therefore puts a lot of herself into the families she supports both prenatally and in the postpartum period. She focuses on helping them find resources for how to transition into becoming parents as smoothly as possible. Her goal is to leave her clients feeling confident in their parenting skills after her time with them as their doula has ended.

In addition to being a trained birth and postpartum doula, Tish has certifications as a medical administrator and in First Aid/CPR-C. She has volunteered with the elderly and as a lunch monitor for elementary school students. Currently, she is working on completing her childbirth education certification.

Tish loves reading but has currently turned to audiobooks for the drives before and after supporting a client’s birth. She also likes listening to old-school music on blast.

Follow Tish:

Instagram: @tish_thedoula

Facebook: tishthedoula