About Matriarch Yoga + Prenatal Wellness
Hi, I’m Brandy Oswald-Byrne!
I am the Founder of Matriarch Yoga + Prenatal Wellness. I am a certified yoga teacher, prenatal + postpartum yoga teacher, birth doula, fertility awareness educator, and mama to two wild + wonderful kiddos.
I have been teaching yoga for over 13 years, taken THREE different birth doula trainings, worked with birth doula clients of all ages + stages of life, and have worked in menstrual + reproductive wellness since 2019.
As a birth doula and prenatal yoga instructor, I specialize in promoting optimal fetal positioning - aka the best position for your baby in the womb in late pregnancy - to help you have an easier, shorter, uncomplicated labor with fewer interventions.
The research, and many real-life birth experiences, demonstrate that when a baby is head down with its back facing your belly button (we call this OA positioning), labors tend to be shorter, easier, and less complicated than other fetal positions.
My goal is to help you encourage your baby into this ideal birth position prior to the start of labor and to give you accessible ways to turn your baby before or during labor should a sub-optimal fetal position present itself…
- WHILE ALSO -
Giving you access to playful + energizing yoga classes, empowering labor + birth prep education, affordable + personalized birth doula support, and a community of loving + supporting mamas, parents, families, and community members to help us all feel rooted + connected right here in our very special Vermont community.
I am deeply honored to be a part of your pregnancy, birth, & postpartum journey.
xoxo,
Brandy Oswald-Byrne
Matriarch (noun):
A powerful, revered, deeply respected woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or social group. The term frequently refers to a respected mother or grandmother who holds significant influence, makes important decisions, or serves as the unifying figure for her descendants. (Miriam Webster Dictionary)
On a spiritual level a matriarch refers to a woman who embodies the ancestral feminine wisdom and wise woman role. She is intuitive, protective of her family + community, a bridge between past + future generations, and often has deep experience with life, love, and learning life’s most profound lessons.
You, mama, are becoming The Matriarch. You are creating the next generation. You are bumping up against life’s most profound + challenging lessons. Here at Matriarch Yoga + Prenatal Wellness, we are here to help you tap into the vast well of ancestral feminine wisdom that has long been ignored + forgotten in our male-dominated societies. From pregnancy, to birth, to postpartum, to a lifetime of mothering - We aspire to help you reconnect to the ancient, primal, ancestral ways of The Matriarch.
The Matriarch Yoga + Prenatal Wellness Story
Here at Matriarch Yoga + Prenatal Wellness, we aspire to help you have a resilient + comfortable pregnancy, a powerful + confident labor, the birth story you’ve dreamed of, and a deeply nourishing postpartum experience while fostering community, connection, & joy.
As a mama of two, birth doula, and yoga teacher of many years our founder Brandy Oswald-Byrne saw some gaps in the prenatal yoga, birth prep, and postpartum support community.
Prenatal yoga classes that are too frequently taught by instructors with little to no training specific to optimal fetal positioning & labor + birth prep, that are too short to truly balance strength + stretch + profound relaxation, and that have little focus on actual labor + birth prep postures & practices.
Childbirth education classes that are too often overwhelming, that fuel information overload, monopolize many hours of our lives, and spend too little time focusing on what is the most important aspect of having an easier, shorter labor - birth prep practices to support optimal fetal position AND what to actually do with your body during labor.
And postpartum & prenatal combo yoga classes that are unable to fully focus on the unique needs of postpartum people like pelvic floor recovery, healing diastasis recti, specialized movements + postures for c-section recovery, extreme sleep deprivation, the postpartum hormonal crash, the strain of breastfeeding, and more.
Our goal at Matriarch Yoga + Prenatal Wellness is to offer prenatal + postpartum yoga classes with well-trained instructors, labor + birth prep classes that are to-the-point and focused entirely on promoting easier + shorter labors, and prenatal + postpartum yoga classes are are designed to be exactly what you need exactly when you need it!
Brandy’s Qualifications
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training - Yoga Vermont, 2014
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training - Yoga Vermont, 2018
Fertility Awareness Method Training - Natural Family Planning Teachers Association (NFPTA), 2020
Birth Doula & Childbirth Educator Training - BirthWorks International, 2020
Volunteer Birth Doula Training - University of Vermont Medical Center, 2023
Birth Doula Training - Births Arts International, 2025
Prenatal & Postpartum Yoga Teacher Training - Bliss Baby Yoga 2026
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Yoga Classes
Check out our schedule of weekly community yoga classes (for everybody!), prenatal yoga classes, & postpartum yoga classes.
Labor + Birth Prep
Explore our signature, unique labor + birth prep classes as a vital addition to conventional childbirth education classes or powerful standalone alternatives and learn all about how to work with Brandy 1:1 as your personal birth doula.
Parenting Classes
Discover our rare and sought-after parenting classes that emphasize reviving primal + ancestral parenting practices in a way that honors our modern lifestyles and deeply respects the health of our planet Earth.
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