About Ursula
Movement Therapist | Pilates Instructor | Massage Therapist | Birth Doula
Ursula Haczkiewicz has over 20 years of experience in rehabilitation, performance, and bodywork. She is a certified STOTT Pilates instructor, licensed massage therapist (Dahan Institute), holds advanced certification in the DK Body Balancing Method, and is a certified birth and postpartum doula trained through DONA International.
A former national-level gymnast from Canada, Ursula performed internationally for over a decade with Cirque du Soleil in Mystère and Saltimbanco. Since 2003, she has worked with Olympic athletes, NFL players, professional dancers, new mothers, seniors, and post-op rehab clients. She helps people come back from injury, build strength, and move into new stages of life with confidence.
As a mother of three, Ursula understands the challenges mothers face. She brings the same care to her doula work, offering practical support and body-based tools to help mothers feel strong and grounded through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery.
Athletics & Performance
Ursula comes from high-performance sport and movement. She specializes in mobility, recovery, and performance optimization. Her clients range from professional dancers and Cirque performers to NFL players. She combines deep tissue massage, Pilates, and functional movement therapy to support physical longevity.
Becoming a Doula
Ursula has lived through the physical and emotional intensity she now helps others navigate. Her experience spans athletic performance, artistic movement, clinical bodywork, and birth support. She works with clients training at an elite level, healing from injury, or adjusting to life with a newborn.
Why I Do What I Do
The journey of motherhood is profound, transformative, and often overwhelming. I believe that every mother deserves unwavering support before, during, and after birth.
Years of bodywork and movement coaching have shown me how much physical recovery and mental health are connected. Prenatal and postnatal Pilates helps rebuild strength, restores confidence, and gives new mothers space to reconnect with their bodies.
“In my work as a doula, my focus is on the mother. I want to help her feel comfortable, nourished, relaxed and appreciated; to facilitate a harmonious transition for both mother and child in those most profound first days and weeks after birth.”
Certifications & Achievements
Meet My Backup Doula
Hi, my name is Viktoriia, and I would be honoured to be part of your support team. I am currently completing my certification as a doula through Doula School Canada, but my journey in birth work started long before. From 2018 to 2022, I worked as a midwife in Ukraine and Poland and also taught prenatal childbirth education classes.
As a mother of three, including one beautiful homebirth, I have experienced both sides of the birthing process. This helps me truly understand the hopes, needs, and desires of birthing families.
Supporting pregnancy, birth, and newborns is not just my profession, it is my passion. I feel privileged to help new life enter the world in the most gentle and joyful way.
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Languages: English, Ukrainian, Polish, and most Eastern European languages
Inspiring Testimonials
What My Clients Say
“Having Ursula as part of our birth support team was the best decision for our family. As our pregnancy for our 2nd baby ended up being high risk, it became quite the mental hurdle leading up to the big day. Not to mention, having a traumatic experience with our 1st birth, I was very intentional on who I needed on our team this time around, as this was our last baby.”
Lynn
“Expect to feel genuinely loved and cared for by Ursula! With her individually tailored Pilates exercises, I am regaining my pelvic floor health, core strength, and stability. After having my second child, I struggled with lower back pain and weakness. Working with Ursula has been life changing. She is patient, knowledgeable, and truly invested in my recovery. I feel stronger now than I did before pregnancy.”
Tanja
“Her postpartum massages were particularly rejuvenating. Beyond her wealth of knowledge and experience, it is her genuine compassion for the families she supports that sets her apart. I will always be deeply grateful to her. As a first time mom, I was nervous and unsure about so many things. Ursula guided me with patience and warmth, helping me feel confident in my new role. My only wish is that I had found her sooner.”
Annisha
