Ziara Kyre York

Peace sis. I'm Ziara, Owner and Founder of Natural Rhythms. I am a Certified Holistic Doula (CHD.), Certified Breastfeeding Specialist (CBS.),  Montrice, Medicine Woman, and Student of Traditional Midwifery. I am on a mission to support, nurture, and empower families as they navigate through the transformational and sacred healing journey that intrinsically takes place throughout the childbearing year. 

My journey into birth work began in 2020, shortly after the murder of George Floyd and the acts of police brutality against the people protesting this injustice that followed. I recognized during that time that despite the community's successes in bringing awareness to the injustices my peoples have been facing for over 400 years on Turtle Island, and for millennia worldwide, something needed to be done about it. I felt called to make a difference in my community somehow, and prayerfully sought out the path for which the creator had destined my feet to walk. Only a short while later, my prayers were answered when I learned about the sacred work of the doula. Immediately I recognized that birth work was my calling, and I have immersed myself in the field ever since. 

I officially opened my practice and began serving women as a birth and postpartum doula in August of 2020 after professionally training with some amazing and inspiring women, including a handful of elder doulas and internationally renowned African-American midwife Mama Shafia Monroe. Since then, I’ve walked alongside 60+ families and counting along their journeys, serving women through pregnancy, birth, and far beyond, in both hospital and community settings. tending to and supporting home births, hospital births, and birthing centers and have attended births . In 2022, I spent six months living in Atlanta, Ga, where I apprenticed under Grand-Midwife Mama Sarahn Henderson before heading back up to Nebraska to continue my studies and serving the vastly underserved population of women of color. 

Over the last few years, I've had the honor of learning from Chiefs, Medicine People, Healers, Midwives, Matriarchs, and Wisdom Keepers across Turtle Island and internationally with the intention of deepening my knowledge of our intrinsic, yet presently dismantled, relation to our Mother Earth and connection to the land. I am an advocate for humankind returning to our natural state of living and sovereign being while utilizing the holistic modalities of healing the mind, body, soul, and womb which our creator gifted to us through the divine plants and sacred medicines which exist abundantly all around us. The aim is to found and cultivate independent healthcare, education, and food systems, as well as individual support networks, within Black and Indigenous communities and to bring healing and peace to the wombs of Black and Brown women. 

I am a  Keeper and Teacher of the Ancestral Childbearing and Rearing Traditions which have been passed along to me by my elders and teachers.

I am a Warrior Woman, Land Protector, Peacekeeper, and Ceremony Facilitator.

I am a Human Rights Activist, Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Advocate for Non-Violence.

I am a Visionary, Spiritual Architect and Alchemist.

I am a Forever Student of Birth, Life, and Quantum Matriarchal Wisdom.

I am a Writer, Author, and Poet.

I am a Singer, Song Keeper, and Sound Healer.

I am a Plant-Based Foodie, Avid Traveller, Cat Mom, Sister, Auntie, and Friend.

I am a multicultural Wombman descended from the Aboriginal peoples of Africa and the South-Eastern regions of North America, specifically to my knowledge, the Creek and Karankawa tribes. 

It is my honor to have been supporting mothers and families throughout pregnancy, birth, and beyond since 2020, and I will be continuing to serve mothers and families for generations to come.

I want to help take care of you and your family in every way that I can. That’s why I set off to be your one-stop shop providing comprehensive services to women and families throughout the childbearing year and far beyond.

Helping you find empowerment within, while providing unfeigned compassion, care, and love to you and your family throughout your entire sacred journey is my speciality and calling. 

Here, you are recognized as a being whole person. 

I believe it is vital that that your physical, mental, spiritual, cultural, and emotional needs are addressed throughout your care, so that you can feel fully seen and supported, mind, body, heart, soul, and womb, where ever you may be on your life's journey. 

I adhere closely to the ways of my ancestors within my practice, following closely the teachings and wisdom I've been given, while considering and combining some of the modern day research we have in today's society. 

I strive to honor those who came before me and am working diligently to rectify the maternal experience for those who will come after me by advocating for my people to return to the traditions, principles, and practices of our wise ancestors in the realms of natural birth, motherhood, family, health, wellness, community, and beyond.

I hold this work very close to my heart. 

And I've truly found my place in the world walking along side you and your family as you embark on one of the most transformational journey's of your lives. 

Throughout your journey, you can count on me to be there loving, caring, and supporting you full circle, from the very beginning until the end. 

During times of celebration and times of challenge, I will be there for you with encouragement, a hug, a homemade soup, a shoulder to cry on, a warm cup of herbal tea, and a compassionate listening ear. 

The mothers I serve call me a member of their family's, because I support and care for everybody like families do. 

When you work with me, you can feel that you are loved. You know that you are supported as you walk in your power and do this amazing thing that you were created for with confidence. 

I feel blessed every day to be walking in my purpose and doing my passion, honored every time I lay hands on a mother or hold her child, and grateful to be impacting my community and leading by example.

Some would say they found a good profession doing this work. I found my calling. I found what I was created for. I was born to do this.

It would be my honor to help you find empowerment within, and support you throughout your sacred journey. 

Truly, it means the world to me.

Stay loving,

-Ziara Kýre York