Welcome to the Tahoe Truckee Birth Collective! We created this collective to help families find prenatal, birth and postpartum resources in one place. Our goal is to empower growing families by offering services, resources, and education.
Your positive birth begins here.
When: Saturday and Sunday
May 3&4, 2025
Time: 10am-6pm both days, with an hour break for lunch
Where: The Peace Offering
10075 W River St Suite B, Truckee, CA 96161
What to expect: A comprehensive childbirth preparation course focused on mindfulness, physiology of birth, and connection. This popular two-day weekend workshop does sell out, so sign up today! Birth partners are encouraged to attend. Enrollment closes 5/10/25.
cost: Sliding scale $370-650 *scholarships available
Meet the Tahoe Truckee Birth Collective

We are a group of independent birth doulas, post-partum doulas, and local health practitioners serving the NorthLake Tahoe-Truckee area. We welcome you to explore our members' bios and individual websites to learn more about our services for expectant and new parents.
Andrea Schwartz is a DONA trained Birth Assistant and certified GentleBirth Childbirth Educator. A mother herself, she wants to help you be the most fierce, confident version of yourself in the birthing process as you discover the deep instinctual power you already possess. She is committed to bringing an open mind, a full heart, and positive energy to support you on your journey.
In 2022 she founded the Birth Class Retreat: combining her comprehensive childbirth preparation workshop with an all-inclusive weekend getaway. This idea was born after years in practice as a childbirth educator, with the idea that we can more deeply trust instinctive birth as a physiological process by committing to education and preparation. She focuses on partner preparedness, mindfulness, deep relaxation, along with hands-on and tactical tools to achieve a more positive birth experience in your eyes. You will leave feeling more confident, calm, and empowered for your birthing day!
DONA training 2015. GentleBirth Childbirth Educator cert 2020. Andrea is familiar with the Spinning Babies® Approach after attending the Spinning Babies® workshop for birth professionals in March 2023. Heart Of Mentoring with Birthing From Within 2024.
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Instructor
Marissa has had the honor of supporting parents for the past 10 years as a Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator and Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Instructor in the Truckee/Tahoe area.
In 2012, Marissa became a certified Birthing From Within Doula and Childbirth Educator. Since then she has gained further education and training through Jane Austin’s Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Level 1 & 2 certifications, completed Spinning Babies workshops, studied Birth Story Listening and completed an Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula training with Sacred Windows Studies.
Her Doula style is loving, compassionate, understanding, grounding, calming and dynamic. She helps people prepare for the birth of their dreams by providing education, information, practices and resources. Marissa believes with the proper care, support, love and time that parents can have happier experiences of pregnancy, birth and postpartum. She strives to help parents understand their options, how to make decisions and how to find solutions in the moment to achieve a positive empowered birth.
Certified Lactation Counselor, PostPartum Doula, Infant & Twin Specialist, Newborn Care
Alyssa’s specialty and passion is working with newborns. She offers support for new moms (as well as 2nd, 3rd, 4th+ time moms!) and their families after the birth of a baby (or babies). She can help set the stage for the best possible transition into life with a new baby and promote a healthy mother-infant bond as well as optimal child development.
As a Certified Lactation Counselor, she supports moms with breastfeeding management. She offers virtual consults to prevent and solve common breastfeeding problems. She also provides support to families choosing to bottle feed with either breastmilk or formula.
Doctor of Chinese Medicine, licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, functional medicine provider, and the owner of Whole Roots Health
Brianna integrates ancient Eastern philosophy of the body’s healing potential with functional laboratory diagnostics to create a holistic model of healthcare. Her practice specializes in Women’s Health, everything from hormone balance, pelvic pain, fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum care.
She loves helping women connect the dots with their health, listening to their whole story, and teaching about the interconnectedness of our mind, body, and world around us. Supporting the progression of women’s healthcare (a gap in the conventional medical world) keeps her inspired and fuels her passion for supporting our community.
Marriage and Family Therapist, Perinatal Mental Health Trained Provider
Jaye is a mental health therapist focusing on creating space for and honoring the journey from woman to mother, person to parent, and the shifting identities this change in roles often brings. She is trained through Postpartum Support International to work with the Perinatal Population and parents and caregivers struggling with Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Jaye's goal is to work with birthing persons, parents, and caregivers at all stages and redefine what it means to be a "new parent," as every stage, child, and season of parenthood brings new joys, fears and challenges.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/jaye-weber-truckee-ca/992046
Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Doctor of Natural Medicine, Functional Medicine Nutritionist, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, Family Herbalist, Doula, Mama
Janel specializes in women’s and family health as well as optimizing digestion for all body systems to function their best. While working as a doula and childbirth educator for a decade she saw a big void in the healthcare system and went back to school to fill it. She now works with people and uses their unique story, genetics, history, diet, labs, and symptoms to support them in restoring resilience, balance, and optimal health.
www.mountainrebalance.com
acupuncturist, massage therapist, labor support
Kaila is board certified by both the California Acupuncture Board and Nationally by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She specializes in helping women from fertility to delivery and beyond. She believes pregnancy and childbirth to be an extraordinary time in a woman's life and has a passion to help facilitate great transformation.
Kaila is credentialed to provide support during labor and delivery at Tahoe Forest Hospital
https://www.zivawellness.life