"Nuna Luz held our family through the most tender transition. Her presence was calm, grounded, and deeply ancestral — exactly what we needed."
Elena M.
First-time mother
Ancestral Birthkeeping
Tending birth as sacred and rooted in the Earth.
Birthkeeper/Doula support, education and postpartum care grounded in physiology, energy and our connection to the land — ancestral wisdom for your journey into parenthood.
Offerings
Holistic care for every stage
Birthkeeper/Doula support
Continuous, attuned presence before, during and after your birth — holding space so you can trust your body and your baby.
Learn more →Childbirth Education
Physiology-based classes that demystify birth, so you walk in informed, grounded and connected to your innate wisdom.
Learn more →Postpartum Care/Innate Postpartum Care-Preparing for the Fourth Trimester Classes
Nourishing in-home support for the fourth trimester — rest, recovery, lactation and gentle guidance for your new rhythm.
Learn more →Conscious Parenting & Soul Guardianship
Education that nurtures connection over control — honoring your child's nature and your family's ancestral roots.
Learn more →Placenta Encapsulation
Respectful preparation of your placenta into capsules — a gentle, ancestral practice to support postpartum recovery and hormonal balance.
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About
Birthkeeping as a return to the earth
Hazel Alvarez (Nuna) is a birthkeeper, mother, wife, holistic educator, and author. She guides soul guardians — parents, teachers, and caregivers — back to the remembrance of who they are, and what it means to embody the experience of being a child within the physiological and emotional realms. Her offerings include courses that center around holding sacred space at birth, as well as writings that awaken ancestral memory and illuminate the path of conscious parenting.
Nuna Luz Birthkeeper is a space of remembering — where birth is honored as a physiological and spiritual rite of passage. My work weaves together doula support, education and ceremony, always in service to the mother's body, the baby's wisdom and our connection to the land.
Every offering carries ancestral knowledge — care that has been passed between mothers for generations, now held for you.
Training & Certifications
Education & credentials
Birth Training
- Birthkeepers Midwifery Cohort — The Matrona 2024; Quantum Midwifery Education
- Holistic Community Midwifery Skills & Learning — Birth From the Earth, Earth Groundz Academy 2024
- Homeopathic Training — Gateway to Practical Homeopathy 1 & 2, Feminopathy Course, Joette Calabrese Practical Homeopathy Inc.
Certifications & Certificates
- The Matrona
- Holistic Midwifery — Childbirth Mentor
- Advanced Holistic Doula
- Holistic Childbirth Consultant
- Certified Family Advocate
- Certified Homeopathic Consultant
- Certified Postpartum Doula
- Certified Innate Postpartum Practitioner — Innate Traditions, 2025
- Trained in Neonatal Resuscitation
- CPR
- Colorado School of Energy Studies: Working With Babies, Biodynamic Training
Postpartum Training
- Innate Postpartum Care Certification Training, 2025
Current Studies & Ongoing Professional Development
- Advanced studies in Pre- and Perinatal Psychology through The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH)
- Independent studies in Consciousness, exploration of septennial development and anthroposophical perspectives on childhood
- Continuing Education in Anthroposophy: The Child's Changing Consciousness by Rudolf Steiner, with focus on anthroposophical perspective on child development and human consciousness
Other Education
- Master's Degree — Early Childhood Education; Human Resource Management
- Bachelor's Degree — Psychology
Approach
Four roots of my practice
Physiology
The Body's Wisdom
Trusting the body's innate design for birth and recovery.
Energy
The Unseen Thread
Honoring the unseen threads that hold mother and child.
Earth
Roots in the Land
Rooted in nature, season and the rhythms of the land.
Ancestry
The Long Memory
Carrying forward knowledge passed mother to mother.
Testimonials
Words from the families I walk beside
"The childbirth education gave me back my trust in my body. I walked into birth informed, empowered, and never alone."
Sarah & James
Home birth parents
"Our postpartum care felt like being wrapped in a warm blanket. The herbal remedies, the listening, the wisdom — pure medicine for our family."
María L.
Mother of three
Let's walk this journey together
Reach out to learn more about my offerings or to begin planning your birth, postpartum or parenting journey.
nunaluzbirthkeeper@gmail.com