39. From Military Nurse to Birth Body Work with Marya Ellifie: Fascia, Structural Integration, and Improved Labor Support

In this episode of The Birth Link Podcast, I sit down with labor nurse Marya Eddaifi, who shares her powerful journey from a military birth experience to creating her own practice centered on structural integration and fascia based bodywork. We talk about how soft tissue mobilization of ligaments, muscles, and joints can improve comfort, autonomy, and recovery in labor, even for those with limited mobility or epidurals. Marya opens up about the gaps she saw in hospital training around comfort measures and the anatomy of labor, and how her work now empowers birthing people and their newborns for a smoother, more supported experience.For anyone pregnant and all birth workers, this is an episode you don't want to miss. Find her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/maryathebirthcoach/ Find all Marya's offer on her linked tree, including DLM app https://www.maryaeddaifi.com/