Welcome to Sessions With Symba, the podcast where I bring you conversations with previously pregnant and birthing people, along with birthworkers to share their stories and multi-faceted perspectives towards carrying and giving life to the babies we love. I am your host, Symba Luna, a Licensed Massage Therapist, Reiki Practitioner, Birth Doula, and Ordained Minister, holding a collective space of peace. A Black queer individual, specifically holding a safe space for individuals and allies of the Black LGBTQIA community to experience. I want to use this platform to take you along with me on my process as a prenatal massage therapist entering the Doula and Birthworker industry through my business Journey Spa. It is my intention to create dialogues that might not often be mainstream by sharing experiences within our community that can serve as resources to pregnant, birthing people, and their families. Our goal at Journey Spa is to contribute to and learn how we can support the future of the birthing community combating against the disparity of the Black maternal and infant mortality rate.