Hi! I am Claire 

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Originally from France, Cape Town has been my home since 2015.

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​I am the mother of two children, Luna and Gael who constantly teach me how to move with flow!

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​Being a doula resonates for me as my soul mission in life. I loved having a doula for my second birth and the deep feeling of safety her presence offered me.

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In 2016, I did my doula training with Mama Bamba in Cape Town and two and half years later, I received my certification as a birth doula from Mama Bamba and the international organisation DONA.

 

I feel lucky to have received the teachings of Robyn Sheldon, the beautiful founder of Mama Bamba and deeply knowledgeable midwife and doula. I have worked, as a student first and then as a certified doula in the private and public sectors, through a doula network in Cape Town.

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"Lune Orange" means orange moon in French. It is the name of a Native American grandmother who appears in some of the stories I love to tell my children at night (inspired by one of my favorite book*). Her loving, nurturing and calming energy surrounds me as a birth keeper.  It also reminds me the quiet and powerful connection that we as women all share with the moon.

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The practice of yoga has always been in my life, and more recently the one of conscious dance, which has become my medicine. When I am not supporting women and their families, I work as an epidemiologist for a medical NGO.

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​I feel honoured to accompany and witness the arrival of new humans on earth, and the evolution of the families and communities they join.

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*Jamie Sams. The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers: Your Sacred Path to Discovering the Gifts, Talents, and Abilities of the Feminine Through the Ancient Teachings of the Sisterhood

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