Christina Ricchi, CMT, CD

I am so grateful to have worked with Christina as our doula for the birth of our second son. She is knowledgeable, yet humble, soft, yet strong, encouraging, yet does not sugar-​coat labor when it gets to be it toughest. Her orientation as a body worker and the way she uses breath and touch when appropriate, helped me stay out of my head and in my body during labor and delivery. She also has solid relationships with may of the nurses and midwives at Marin General, which made for a birth team that was very respectful and all on the same page. Finally, her massages are amazing, and really helped me with my persistent lower back pain towards the end of my pregnancy. She also does a post-​natal visit in which she gives her birth clients and new babes a cranio-​sacral session, which was such a treat. Even when my two year old climbed into bed to see what was going on, she was able to continue the session and make him feel welcome and included. Very much looking forward to continuing to see Christina for massage whenever I can!

We are so grateful to have worked with Christina. When we got pregnant with our first child, we knew we wanted a natural, peaceful birth and Christina helped support​our vision​every step of the way. In the prenatal visits, she helped​us discover our ideal birth​scenario and​provided us with resources (visualization​s​, books, audio recordings) to help support our preferences. She helped​prepare us for​the many decisions​of pregnancy, labor & delivery and newborn care, so we could make the best choices for our family.
When our son’s birth arrived, Christina was amazing. She was right there from my initial contractions to post-​birth. She knew just how and when to jump in, but also when to give both me and my husband our space. Christina reminded my husband and I focus on one another and the incredible event happening to us. She is very familiar with Marin General​which​helped us navigate our admission and get comfortable in the hospital space.​She gave good suggestions on different positions to minimize my pain while also ensuring my labor progressed. With her help, we had a beautiful, all natural birth.
​Afterward, Christina followed up with us and came to visit our new baby multiple times. She even gave our baby a cranial sacral treatment and came back to give me a much needed postpartum massage.
I can’t say enough good things about Christina. She is incredibly conscientious and caring. She is a wonderful, calming doula and a talented masseuse. I highly recommend her.

Professional, timely & kind! We used Christina’s placenta encapsulation services recently & couldn’t be more pleased with the results.

Christina was my doula for the birth of my first child and I can’t say enough positive things about working with her! Christina’s knowledge and strong, nurturing and soothing energy were invaluable during my pregnancy and during the birth. I would recommend hiring her on early in your pregnancy — I appreciated the extra meetings and found her input just as helpful at different stages of pregnancy as during birth. During my pregnancy she helped me to connect with the baby on a deeper level and provided excellent support by answering my questions, loaning me books, discussing my well-​being and providing prenatal massage. I feel so positive about my birth experience and feel that I owe a lot of that to Christina. She was able to handle everything that both I and the hospital threw her way — she’s very resourceful! Christina is such a gem — exactly who you want on your «birth team» and the best massage therapist as well!

The magic begins when you walk in the door. Christina is a healer on so many levels. Her touch is truly transformative and each one of her massages leave me feeling whole again. With a nurturing and intuitive touch, Christina taps into the body and the spirit. She is an incredibly gifted and talented at figuring out what is needed. I know Christina as a friend as well and she blows me away with her intuition about relationships. The support and feedback I receive from her is unparalleled and all done with a certain glowing wisdom that is hard to describe. I highly recommend Christina as a massage therapist, doula and coach.

Christina is a phenomenal healer and body worker. Her sensitivity, warmth, and extensive knowledge of both hands-​on and energetic work offers a balanced and custom-​tailored session. I left my session wit Christina feeling relaxed, energized, and happy! She has wisdom in her hands~

I’ve received 2 massages from Christina in the last few months. She is very present, attuned, nurturing, strong, and intuitive, and I will certainly return for more work. I am also a massage therapist, and as a practitioner I can highly recommend Christina for her massage and craniosacral therapy.

Christina is a kind, loving, and gentle soul. Her bodywork reflects her sensitive and nurturing spirit. I have always felt safe with Christina and appreciate her receptivity to my requests and her attunement to me throughout the massage. She has a flowing, soothing style and can also go deep and focus on especially tight areas when I need her to. I feel very taken care of when Christina works on me.

I just received a wonderful pre-​natal massage from Christina. It was heavenly! Her touch and style were just what I needed and she was completely open to whatever I asked for (more/​less pressure, different parts of the body being focused on, etc.). Christina is very calm, sweet and has great energy. I only wish I could have had a longer massage!

Christina gives a wonderful massage. She is very present, quiet, caring, and knows how to go exactly where your body needs. Don’t let her young appearance fool you! She is very skilled! I highly recommend her.

Christina has a beautiful flowing style as a massage therapist and creates many moments with her amazing hands where you just surrender to how amazing it feels. She integrates a variety of influences into a style that is uniquely her own. Her craniosacral work is sublime. A great listener, she checks in about what you’re needing in each session, creating a very nurturing environment to relax.