Winston-Salem Birth Photographer & Sacred Birthkeeper ~ CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen

Sometimes, the storyteller, the birthkeeper- her hands bleed. Inspiration is a funny thing.

Just a little behind the scenes magic in my own personal life.

May you walk forth through these moments brave, through these emotions vulnerable, and through these transitions- deeply deeply supported.

A hospital birth story, a birth photographers reflections on sending in her back up team to support a birth in her place.

A newsletter announcement!

"This is the work" targeting the flaws in our cultures monetary values, and how to bring balance to these energies and professions.

Guest writer Gennelle Miles shares her heart and thoughts on two moments in her life as a birth worker.

I have built this table, and you are welcome here. <3

8 tips for working as a nerodivergant birth worker. Autism and birth.

My experience working as an autistic birth worker. Autism and Birth series.

Essential oils can play a beautiful role in the cultivation of energy and intention in a birth space. Essential oils for birth.

A fateful story of animal and human, and spirit that transcends physical forms. Death and life and connection.

What should I ask my birth photographer? Questions to ask when interviewing your birth photographer.

You have to be able to serve in unpredictable circumstances. If you aren't, either your clients will suffer or you will.

A moment of surrender, and a reunion with hope over a beautiful lake that I happened upon. Moments in the life of a local photographer.

A moment in the life of a seasoned photographer, touching light, and being touched by the souls she honors.

Each year I choose a word to guide me. I started this when I started photographing births, and I don't believe in coincidences!

Sweet Fall. Bringing us both a cool breeze, and hot afternoons. Birth and decay. A shift. In weather, spirit, and season. Fall brings me...

Sometimes... Even I need a reminder of how and where to find the light. I find it here. In birth. In life. In this work. <3 Thank you.

When policy, culture, regulations, fears, and traumas don't keep her from having those things- that. That is. That is my favorite birth.