Eyla Cuenca has lived and traveled throughout The United States and several other countries, accumulating knowledge and expertise in her field for over a decade. Her work strives to connect women, parents, and children through the scope of conception, birth, and parenting. As a birth guide, she draws on a blend of ancient traditions and evidence-based information to bring custom-tailored support to every individual, no matter where they are in their process.

As a teacher, birth guide, and visual storyteller, Eyla offers natural birth classes, prenatal and postpartum guidance consultations, reiki energy healing, documentary birth photography, and highly individualized birth doula support. She provides support in person and online so that anyone anywhere in the world has the opportunity for empowered birth education and guidance.

Eyla Cuenca is a voice of wisdom and sanity that’s desperately needed in the birthing space. She’s built a wealth of knowledge and expertise in her field that spans over a decade. She draws on a blend of ancient traditions and evidence-based information to bring custom-tailored support to every individual no matter where they are in their process.

Starting her career as a birthing photographer, Eyla saw a place for herself in the birthing process. But as she went through doula training, it became apparent just how much the process falls short of women’s needs.

Whether man or woman, Eyla’s wisdom applies to all. She shares her journey of becoming a birth keeper and lactation consultant, the effect of having a doula on the birthing process, the difference between a birth keeper and a doula, and her thoughts on the continued attack on individual medical autonomy.

Eyla is also offering listeners a generous 20% off her course using code “LUKE20” or by visiting lukestorey.com/eyla.

 

06:37 — The Role of a Doula in an Optimal Birth

  • What doulas do and how they assist the pregnancy and birthing process

  • How so much doula training falls short

  • The ways media programs us to view birthing

  • How working with a doula affects the outcome of birth

  • Benefits of The Bradley Method

  • Habits for supporting milk production

  • Skin-to-skin contact

  • Hierarchy of milk alternatives


45:59 — Preparing For Giving Birth, Body & Soul

  • Eyla’s birthing story

  • Optimal home-birth settings

  • The importance of getting grounded and anchored during birth

  • How epidurals disconnect women from their bodies

  • Following the positions that feel natural

  • Differences between a doula and a midwife

  • The risks of ultrasound – see the Jim West study

  • Feeling confident that you have everything you need to birth naturally

  • Invasive birthing procedures to avoid

  • Eyla’s Uncovering Birth Masterclass (use code “LUKE20” for 20% off!)

  • Placenta as a magical superfood for mothers


1:35:59 — Navigating the Troubles of Modern Pregnancy

  • How the plandemic has changed the approach to alternative birthing

  • Preparing the body for birth

  • Reading a woman’s signposts during birth

  • Resentment that builds up between couples around birthing and how to avoid it

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