Community Birth Village
Community Caregiving & Birthwork
Celebrating and supporting the family "village" from birth through end of life!
Meet Reign
How We Started!
Hello, I answer to Ricki or Reign!I run Community Birth Village in New York City, alongside also operating advisory practices.I created Community Birth Village after training as a Doula in 2020, because I wanted to approach birth from the perspective of a Community Birthworker who not only cares for individual families, but who also makes resources accessible.
With time, I found that as a birthworker, I needed to be an herbalist. And as an herbalist, a gardener! The roles of caregiving didn't live in clean boxes.I found myself assisting families before, during, and after birth; but also at end of life, after diagnoses, during times of transition, etc.Community Birth Village became a way for me to begin ideating on how to restore the village that is often lost in modern society, with a goal of creating a collective of caregivers beyond myself who support the community.
Who I Am!
Outside of community support and caregiving, I love immersion-style learning. I learned to speak Spanish in Colombia, and I am currently learning French.I am also learning to sew, exploring water color paint, and I enjoy north creative and non-fiction writing.I enjoy working with families with shared values, and look forward to learning a bit about you too!
Services
Pregnancy, Birth, or Postpartum Support
End of Life Care Planning
Care Companionship/ Household Assisting
Birth-Kinder Nannying/ Childcare
Life Support, CPR, First Aid, AED Training for Parents and Caregivers
Somatic Facilitation for Caregivers
Community Talks and Discourse
To Build Trust, I Offer:
Verified background check credentials
Letters of recommendation
Referrals who you can call or email
Access to my calendar for interviews
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Meet Reign
Reign is ancestral ceremonialist who—with deep reverence—honors her Black and Indigenous Creek Ancestors. Her maternal Matriarch brings Closed and Sacred Practices, and her Paternal Matriarchs bring Medicinal and Spiritual wisdom. This includes her great, great grandmother, a Georgia Midwife born in 1881 on Creek land.Reign's practice serves to preserve ancestral traditions. Currently, she is serving in the Lenapehoking region, also known as New York City.
2011-2015
• Colonial Religious Deconstruction
•Sociology/ Psychology/ Organizational Development Studies2016-2018
• Remembering, Collapse, Prayer, Song, Drumming, Chant2018-2023
• Vedic Philosophy in India;
• Doula studies with Doula Training International
• Sitting with Shaman in Peru
• Didactic Midwifery Studies with Mama Primavita
• Reclamation, Ancestor Veneration
• Deep Grief, Mother Wound Healing2024-2025
• Rest, Grounding, Accepting the Calling to Ceremony, Non-extractive labor, Surrender, Art as labor, Liberation as Ceremony2025+
• Student Midwife
Family Support
I specialize in children birth-6, senior companionship, house management, personal/ family assistance, and interim care during family transitions. Click the link below to book a call to discuss!
Birth Support
I offer Full Spectrum Communal Birth Support that includes somatic embodiment, birth planning, resource gathering, birth attendance, and afro-indigenous birth ceremonies.
I am a story-teller, black and afro-indigenous researcher and writer, multidisciplinary artist, and somatic movement practitioner.
Early Childhood Caregiving
I am an Emotionally Responsive, Neurodivergent-Affirming Caregiver for Sensitive Littles.My focus is on building secure relationships and honoring each child's nervous system.We build confidence, boundaries, and support early development through connection and co-regulation (instead of punishment and academic pressure).I specialize in birth-6 with children who are shy, non speaking, neurodivergent, and/or have sensory differences.For overnight care/ night nurse please book a call.
Community Birth Support
As a Ceremonialist, birth is one of life's many ceremonies. We used to hold space for this ceremony as a collective village, and it is my goal to hold space for the sacred elements of ritual, self-wisdom, and connection to the ancestors and other realms as we return to this collective practice.We support freebirthers, home-birth families, hospital births, or anyone who wants to connect to their community and inner wisdom in their birth season.
Birth Services
Communal Childbirth Education
Community Birthworker Program
Dedicated Birthworker Package
Additional Postpartum Support
Blessingway Ceremony
Homegoing Ceremony
Bone Closing/ Postpartum Ceremony
CPR, First Aid, AED Training
Birth Companion
Ancestral Birth Hypnosis
Buildable Birth Packages
Group Birth Support
Starting at $499 (Payment Plans Available)
Group birth planning and education that allows you to get all of the tools you would get working with a doula 1:1, in a group setting.This makes care more accessible to you, and helps you to establish a community of other parents-to-be!Even in the group setting, we customize your birth plan, assemble your birth team, establish rituals, and assemble your personal tool kit to feel confident and equipped before, during, and after your birth.If you still want a dedicated birth attendant, you can add this one at a much lower price than our birth packages. On a sliding scale.
Individual Birth Support
Starting at $2,000
Costs and visit focus are fully customizable based on your needs.We focus on communal support throughout your birth season with a lot of focus on before and after birth.
Group and One-on-One
Birth Support Include:
Birth planning (Location, Support, Community)
Food preparation for proper nourishment
Ancestral Birth Movement, Chant, and Hypnosis Rituals (Ancestral Birth Dance™)
Planning for your postpartum experience
Somatic practice: grounding, body connection, soft trauma release
Communal Birth Support
Birth Companion Readiness
FAQ's
1. What is a Community Birthworker?A community birthworker focuses on making birthwork accessible, and ensuring the entire community is given the resources and education needed to support successful birth outcomes for the entire community.2. What is a non-medical birth?A birth without medical intervention. For example, a person who gives birth at home with their family or a doula.3. Do you need to hire a doula, midwife, or community birthworker?Technically, no. If you are self motivated to learn what you need to have a safe birth, then you can do so. Low risk pregnancies are not inherently a medical event.However, because birth knowledge has been violently stripped from our communities, many families feel more comfortable having the support of a doula, birth attendant, or midwife depending on their needs.4. Which type of birthworker(s) do you need?If you are seeking medical support, a midwife is very helpful! Some opt for an Ob/Gyn. If you are seeking non-medical support, a doula, birth attendant, or birth keeper may suit you well.How can your village be a part of your birth team?Your village can be educated and equipped to support you! Submit a form below to join us for a group birth companion workshop, or to schedule a custom workshop for you and your family!
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Other Birth Related Ceremonies
Blessingway Ceremonies for a safe pregnancy
Honoring miscarriage, stillbirth, or the choice to end a pregnancy
Closing your sacred 40 days postpartum
Celebrating, grieving, or honoring your birth experience
Ceremony can be held privately at home or within a small gathering