Guiding Families and Birthworkers with Expert Care and Comforting Touch

Making touch more accessible, comfortable, and supportive throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum is one of my life's greatest passions.

For nearly three decades, I’ve blended my expertise in massage, acupuncture, and birth work to help my clients feel supported and well-equipped.

My Comforting Touch for Birth classes empower both expectant parents and birth professionals with hands-on skills to provide nurturing care during pregnancy, labor, and beyond.

Whether in-person or virtual, these classes are designed not just for comfort, but to elevate your ability to guide and support your partner or client.

My 1:1 work extends to postpartum healing with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Moroccan 'Closing of the Bones' techniques, helping new mothers and birthing individuals recover through deep, restorative care, in addition to Havening Touch for emotional support, and more.

Ready to nurture your body, mind, or business? Let's work and learn together.

The Comforting Touch Difference

30 Years of Experience

Hands-On & Virtual Offerings

Holistic Mind-Body Approach

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Expectant Parent

Are you searching for ways to improve your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience through hands-on care?

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Birthworker

Would you like to expand your professional skills, elevate your client care, and set yourself apart?

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Are you a birthworker looking to elevate your skills and better support your clients?

Are you expecting a baby or know someone who is?

Subscribe now and get a free hip squeeze video tutorial straight from my Comforting Touch for Birth guidebook. You’ll also unlock early access to exclusive offers, insightful blog posts, and resources based on decades of experience as a massage therapist, doula, acupuncturist, and birth educator.

Your contact information will always remain confidential.

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Nicole, Doula

“During a recent birth, my client mentioned it was almost unbelievable how much more she was able to cope when her hips were being squeezed. I immediately told her about your video. Your method is the best, most sustainable one I’ve ever seen.”

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Comforting Touch Client Toolkit

Birthworkers, let’s upgrade your clients’ birthing experiences and add value to your services, all while taking something off your plate and increasing your revenue potential!

Introducing the Comforting Touch Client Toolkit, an educational, video-based resource library that provides your clients with hands-on techniques they can use during labor and postpartum.

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Jacqui Colby, Doula and Childbirth Educator

“Yiska Obadia's Comforting Touch videos help expecting parents get comfortable with practicing loving touch and counter-pressure to prepare for birth. They teach the support partners how to make their touch be most ideal as well as how to maintain longevity and stamina. These videos are just a few minutes long, but bright gems that help expecting parents prepare, feel confident, and comfortable for their big day. Thank you Yiska for sharing your wisdom with the birth community."

Hi! I'm Yiska Obadia.

I’ve spent nearly 30 years as a bodyworker and attended my first birth in 2001. Since then, I’ve become a doula and developed Comforting Touch classes for doulas, midwives, birth educators, and expectant parents. Through thousands of client interactions, I’ve crafted an approach to touch that is accessible, comfortable, and effective. My mission is to share this knowledge and guide others in confidently using Comforting Touch in their practice and personal lives.