About

Educating, supporting and celebrating God’s design for all cycles of women’s lives! We seek to be an international, non-denominational standard for implementing resources on the three branches of womanhood: maidenhood, maternity, and menopause. We offer home and cottage birth options for women in the Shenandoah Valley as well as yoga classes, workshops, blessingways, and special events. Our hope is to see our culture recognize the importance of proclaiming God as the creator of women’s cycles, educating women on His design, and viewing the phases of womanhood as normal life processes created as blessings to us, God’s way! Please also see Grace Midwifery, and Holy Yoga of the Shenandoah Valley which are DBA’s under the umbrella of Blessing God’s Way.

Doran Richards

Doran’s love and passion is helping women see that all phases and cycles of womanhood are blessings to us, God’s way. She has created resources and tools to help women embrace how our Creator has fearfully & wonderfully made their bodies. She is a Certified Professional Midwife serving women and their families through maternity, birth, and postpartum. She also is the author of a curriculum for girls titled Maidens by His Design. She is a speaker and has been to several international locations where she has used her gifts and passion for holistic women’s health. She is also a Shepherd for the Northeast Region for Holy Yoga Instructors. Her yoga training includes: Trauma, Pre/Post Natal, and Yin. She holds a Masters in her yoga certifications.

Emma Claborn Blessing God's Way Ministry Assistant

Corinne Avellino | Ministry Office Manager

I grew up in a town on the outskirts of Philadelphia and moved to Virginia in 2020. After bouncing back and forth between various half-held ideas about a career, I became a mother in 2021 and quickly developed a deeply rooted passion for serving other women.

I am now a postpartum doula and die-hard lover of real food and raw conversations. I believe that supporting the mothers in our communities is one of the most impactful things we can do to create a better world for all. 

When I am not investing in this god-given work of nourishing women, I am with my daughter exploring trails, reading books on holistic health, creating art, and discovering wild and delicious food combinations in my kitchen or at local restaurants.