Welcome to Seeds of Support

My name is Janice and I have been holding space for clients for over 20 years. While my work has been primarily focused in maternal child health, it has grown to include support of clients of any age and stage in life through somatic based techniques, gentle body and energy work, and CranioSacral Therapies.

I founded Seeds of Support in 2018 when I brought my experience as a labor nurse and mother of twins to my private practice where I held space for families as a Postpartum Doula, Energy Worker, and Certified Lactation Counselor. My practice advanced as I became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), spending many years learning about biologically normal newborn behavior, lactation, infant oral function, maternal mental health, co-regulation, and attunement. My practice also grew as I supported clients with Reiki and Intuitive Energy Work though their transitions with illnesses, grief, and end of life care. After further training in CranioSacral Fascial Therapy, CranioSacral Therapy, and as a PsychoSomatic Practitioner, my practice now focuses on gentle bodywork, nervous system regulation, and integration work.

If you are here for physical concerns, stress, emotional challenges, infant feeding challenges, releasing emotions trapped at a cellular level, psychological integration work, mother wound work, healing from birth, end of life comfort care, or you just feel overwhelmed or frazzled, welcome.
I’m glad you’re here and I look forward to holding space for you.

- Janice Roodsari RN, IBCLC, CFT, Reiki Master.

 
 

Experience, Certifications, & Trainings

 
  • Registered Nurse, 2005 - Present

  • Mother to Fraternal Twins 2009

  • Real Diaper Association Volunteer Educator, 2011 - 2018

  • Real Diaper Association Board Member, 2014 - 2018

  • Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), 2016

  • Postpartum Doula Training (Darla Burns), 2017

  • Reiki Level 1, 2, & Reiki Master Training, 2017, 2018, & 2020

  • Specialty RN Lactation Educator, New Parent Resource Center, 2018 - 2022

  • How the Infant’s Structure Affects the Infant’s Function (Jaye Haleryn), 2018

  • Babywearing for Birthworkers (Laura Brown), 2018 & 2023

  • International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) 2019 - Present

  • Infant Massage Workshop for Birth and Postpartum Professionals (Pamm Klieman) 2020

  • Using the Hazelbaker Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function (Alison Hazelbaker) - 2021

  • Untying Ankyloglossia (Bobby Ghaheri, MD), 2023

  • Ventura Coast Milk Bank Board Member, 2023 - Present

  • Oral Habilitation of the Breastfeeding Dyad: A Master Class for IBCLCs (Jennifer Tow), 2024

  • Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (CFT) Foundation & Infant Training (Gillespie Approach), 2024

  • CranioSacral Therapy 1 & 2 - Upledger Institute, 2025

  • Psychosomatic Practitioner - Integrative Psych Institute, 2025

* This is not a comprehensive list *

 

*Photos Courtesy of Leigha Smith Photography*