About Maddie
I'm here to hold a safe space for both your visible wounds and the very edge of your expression.
As a first-generation descendant of refugees and Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, Maddie Lam integrates ancient wisdom with modern bodywork and birth work. She weaves Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and contemporary trauma-informed psycho-somatic frameworks into the power of healing touch.
Her mission as a bodyworker and birth doula is to help clients restore a sense of safety in their bodies, reconnect with their innate wholeness, and cultivate a deeper relationship with the larger body: Mother Earth. With deep presence, her work offers birthers, women, queer folxs, women of color, and trauma survivors an opportunity for healing, integration, and new ways of creating home in their bodies. Rooted in her own history of healing deep trauma, she has found and developed a modern praxis with ancient roots to help her clients shed old shells and embody new space. Maddie is based in the Boston area.
Expertise and experience
Professional Qualifications
Education & Certifications
Experience
I am a professionally trained birth doula and licensed massage therapist. I hold a BA in Sociology.
Specializations
Approach
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Trauma-informed bodywork & recovery support
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PTSD
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Chronic pain relief and restoration
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Prenatal and postpartum care
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Birth work
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Myofascial release and fascial therapy
With over 14 years of experience in healing arts, I offer deeply attuned, trauma-informed support for people moving through life’s most tender thresholds — birth, grief, transformation, and embodiment. My work is rooted in compassionate presence, cultural humility, and the belief that every person deserves to feel safe, seen, and empowered in their body and choices.
As a birth doula, I have had the profound honor of supporting families through pregnancy, labor, birth, and the sacred transition into parenthood. I approach birth work with steadiness, intuition, advocacy, and care — creating grounded support that honors each family’s unique values, identities, and lived experiences.
As a death doula and bodyworker, I have offered compassionate touch, craniosacral therapy, and massage for those nearing the end of life, holding space for tenderness, dignity, and connection during times of profound transition.
My practice is women-centered, queer-centered, and BIPOC-centered, with a deep commitment to creating healing spaces where people can reconnect with their innate wisdom. Through somatic work and therapeutic touch, I support clients in tending to the parts of themselves shaped by trauma — individual, ancestral, and collective — so they can move through life with greater trust, softness, and embodiment.
Over the years, my work has spanned clinical, educational, artistic, and community-based settings. I have supported individuals navigating eating disorders at Walden Behavioral Care, developed racial healing and mindfulness programming with Ivy Child International, served as Artist in Residence at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, served as the Teacher in Residence at Esalen, guided transformational wilderness experiences for teens of color with Deva SoulJourneys, and worked with the New England Free Jacks supporting athlete wellness and recovery.
Whether I am accompanying someone through birth, grief, healing, or personal transformation, my intention is the same: to help people feel more resourced, more connected to themselves, and more held in moments that matter deeply.
My work is hands-on, attuned, and integrative. I draw from trauma-informed somatic practice, myofascial bodywork, and intuitive listening to support healing in the body and nervous system. Whether in the treatment room or the birth space, my intention is to create a supportive environment where people feel encouraged, empowered, and able to access their own innate capacity for transformation.
“I woke up and my knees are feeling more relief than they have in months. The last time they felt like this my dad had visited me from the other side and helped heal them for an evening. Thank you so much, Maddie words can’t explain how grateful I am to you.”
Bodywork Client