Catherine Braxton
she/they
“I feel that this work of engaging with matriarchal lifeways, prioritizing pregnant people, folks with wombs, children and families is something that calls me daily.”
Catherine Braxton CFSD, LMT (she/they) is the child of Brenda, grandchild of Anna Doris & Loretta Hill. She is a Black American, Queer, trauma informed, Birth Justice Activist. The umbrella of her work includes full spectrum doula care, educator, yoga teacher, community herbalist and licensed massage therapist. She comes to doula and yoga with nearly a decade of active working experience. Fun fact, her first birth witness was at 7 years old. Catherine (Cat) is a child of the Great Migration with roots in Brooklyn, NYC and has been in Portland for 6 years. Through In Search of A Garden Birth & Bodywork, they offer birthwork services that range in support from birth through to postpartum, abortion and grief tending as well as Massage & Craniosacral Therapies.