Catharine Miller

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About Catharine Miller

"Preserving the sacred art of birth is her vision"

Catharine Miller is a Licensed Midwife (LM) of twenty years, recognized both by the state of California and nationally certified through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM).

She trained through the apprenticeship model, working with different midwives in her community, and at a high-volume birthing clinic in Texas.She also trained with a physician who had a home birth practice in San Diego.

Having worked in midwifery since 1985, she has been involved in keeping the home birthing option open for families, and in promoting the women's right to choose the best birthing path.She is active in her state organization, the California Association of Midwives (CAM) and has served on their Board of Directors.She is also a member of the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA).

Current midwifery services offered by Catharine include prenatal care, delivery and post-birth care in your home, postpartum care and newborn care.In addition to offering these midwifery services, Catharine is a pregnancy massage therapist and a birth educator.She teaches prenatal yoga classes, childbirth education classes and infant massage.Catharine has apprenticed and educated many aspiring midwives, several of whom are now licensed.

As a result of her many years of practice in the community, Catharine has adjunct support from many sources.She can offer an extensive referral base in the alternative care community, including acupuncture, homeopathy, herbs, women- and baby-centered chiropractic care (including cranial-sacral work), counseling for the childbearing year and much more.She also has support from the medical community, including certified nurse midwives, L & D nurses, post-partum nurses, birth center staff, and physicians.

After the birth of her son in 1982, she was drawn to serve women throughout their childbearing years.She recognized the gap in our society's approach to birth between honoring the natural process of childbirth and providing the necessary ?medical safety net.?With this recognition she developed a comprehensive program of midwifery care to nurture body, mind and spirit.

YogaPracticing and teaching Yoga since 1980 has allowed Catharine to observe the incredible benefits for the childbearing woman.She has experienced these benefits first hand during her own pregnancy and birth and now offers yoga, breath work, meditation and guided imagery to expectant moms.
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A lifetime student as well as a teacher, Catharine continues to explore women's studies in depth.

Raised in Canada, and having lived and traveled around the world has given Catharine the opportunity to observe a variety of diverse cultures.The attitudes towards women as well as different belief systems regarding family and raising children have provided insight for her midwifery practice.

About Catharine Catharine grew up in a small town in Canada, within a very large extended family.Surrounded by her two sisters, many aunts, uncles, cousins she enjoyed the benefits of a very strong family bond.

After completing her education in her home town, she left for Europe where she discovered a love for travel.After three years of journeying around the world, she landed in California and has lived in a little seaside town ever since.

Catharine loves to spend as much time in nature as possible hiking, swimming, and exploring new places.She enjoys long walks on her local beach, where her 22-year-old son also lives and is an avid surfer.

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Catharine Miller's combined training as a prenatal yoga teacher, massage therapist, childbirth educator, and California Licensed Midwife in private practice make her a uniquely qualified and inspiring yoga instructor.Catharine is the mother of Eli, born at home 23 years ago.