Catherine Braxton
she/they
“I’ve been fortunate enough to continually cultivate body awareness, family, love of land and reclamation of Black lifeways as reparation. Building solid community is a deep love of mine. I have a deep passion for holistic health, hikes, road trips, nature adventures, hugs, open world video games, time with plant kin and many good books.”
Catherine Braxton is the child of Brenda, grandchild of Anna Doris & Loretta Hill, full spectrum doula, educator, yogi & yoga teacher, herbal enthusiast, licensed massage therapist, and one of the founding members of the Northwest Reproductive Justice Collective.
Catherine has been in Portland for 3 1/2 years, since just before the pandemic hit and offers birth work services that range in support from birth through to postpartum, abortion and grief as well as Massage & Craniosacral Therapies in addition to yoga.
Catherine came to love the body and its movement through the world of dance, theater and yoga in Harlem & Manhattan, NY. A free spirited being, they are informed deeply by the lessons of life as an AfroIndigenous person with deep roots in community and matriarchal healing wisdom.
She attended Wheaton College, and later Brown University in Wampanoag Territory (Providence, RI) studying Theater & Africana Studies with a focus in Ritual & Birth in Pre-Antebellum North America, followed by an Education Internship at Trinity Repertory Company where she taught students in various age groups from elementary - college age in playwriting, yoga, dance, creative movement, acting, etc. She received her Yoga education from multiple apprenticeships in the New York City area before receiving her 200hr certification from Jai Yoga Arts in Brooklyn.
Learn more about what Catherine is up to: In Search of a Garden