"Mikka taught me how to prepare my body, heart and mind for the days leading up to giving birth and during labor." - Alina
Mikka is knowledgeable, compassionate and confident
"Mikka is a phenomenal teacher. I was blown away by her ability to [recognize] some of the problems with my poses over zoom."
Highly highly recommend!
"Mikka is teaching me the how and important why of proper core and pelvic engagement to further my yoga practice and avoid reinjury"
..THANK YOU for preparing me so well for labor and delivery
(and motherhood more broadly).
"I really do feel an overall sense of calm and gratitude from yoga that I did not feel before."
"I especially like Mikka's Pelvic Floor and Core Strengthening [work]. I've learned so much!"
She's knowledgeable, enthusiastic and so supportive!
"I ended up using a lot of the mantra and breath work from your yoga class during labor."
Thank you for teaching such an awesome prenatal yoga class
"The midwife told me after that it's likely I would have had to get a C section had I not been so active during my pregnancy and in touch with my body."
I offer practices, knowledge and support to help you connect with your body, mind, and soul with unabashed self love and acceptance. It is my life’s work to help you fully claim this massive transition into parenthood so you feel capable, resilient, loved and strong.
greetings most beautiful birthing community!
Welcome!
My name is Mikka Bonel and I am the founder of Birthing Yoga and Holistic Healing.
I’m a certified Postpartum Ayurvedic Doula, Prenatal/Postnatal/Pelvic Floor/Therapeutics Yoga Teacher.
I am a Birth Educator, Bodyworker and Life Coach.
I'm a queer, quirky, passionate (and compassionate) mama as well!
I have clocked in over 1,500 hours of training and have been a teacher in movement since I was 16.
I am a yoga education and physiology geek with the library to prove it!
All of the above is my dedication to you. I want you to have support from the time you start with me (anywhere from conception to postpartum) through your postpartum phase (a phase hard to define linearly as some birth folk feel they have not healed still in their 60's!).
My programs are not meant to be a quick fix solution but a holistic approach that truly set you up for the rest of your life.
My invitation is for you to lean on others (including me!), to meet yourself where you are at judgement free and connect with a deeper sense of self. I would love to join your awesome community so you too can be nourished, loved and supported.
Training
- I’m a certified Postpartum Ayurvedic Doula.
- I’ve completed Birthing From Within’s “Teaching workshops'' course in birth education.
- I’ve clocked in over 1,000 hours in yoga/Ayurvedic training including 200hr, pre/postnatal (beginning and advanced), therapeutic yoga, physiology, anatomy, restorative yoga, Yin yoga trauma-informed yoga, ayurveda doula and yoga philosophy.
- I am a certified Pelvic Floor Yoga teacher.
- I have training in bodywork including hands-on trigger point work and intuitive touch. I have clocked in over 1, 000 hours of hands on bodywork.
- I am trained in life coaching and have mentored dozens.
- I became a mama in 2016. I cannot tell you how much I have learned in the last several years caring for my kiddo
Mentors
Jane Austin, Harvey Deutch, Sean Feit, Jean Mazzei, Jenna Furnari and Birthing From Within.
It is my passion to help change the culture around birth, and the postpartum period.
After I gave birth, I had no idea how to get myself back to feeling strong.
I vow to educate and hold space for the birthing community to shift this paradigm (or lack thereof) so that every birth person feels safe, held and nourished during their own rebirth.
