Hi, we are Lele.
A non-profit organisation that brings together women and collaborators dedicated to regenerative education, culture, and support.
We act as a circle of weavers, connecting midwives, birthworkers, educators, artists, and families to nurture a culture of birth, care, and community rooted in compassion and creativity.
Our mission is to weave a new fabric of (wo)men’s creativity, support, and ancestral knowledge into the heart of society.
Through art, ancestral skills, education, gatherings, and ceremony, we awaken the understanding that caring for each other, and for the Earth, is the foundation of a healthy and joyful community.
Lele Kolektiv acts both as a network and a movement, recognising women’s work, care, and creative expression as the living roots of a sustainable and equitable society.
OUR BEGINNINGS
The Kolektiv emerged from years of work in birth education, women’s health, and community care.
Lele Kolektiv was born from a ten-year longing to connect birthworkers into a living network. And to ensure that every woman experiences birth and the postpartum period as sacred, supported, and beautiful.
We remember a time when communities held mothers through transformation, when wisdom was shared freely, and care was woven into daily life.
Now, we are rebuilding those circles, one story, one connection, one act of care at a time.
The word “Lele” carries ancient sounds.
It traces back to Slavic mythology, to Ljelja/Lelya and the goddess Lela, symbols of renewal, tenderness, and the blossoming feminine. And to the lineage of Lada and Mokoš, guardians of love, fertility, women, and the cycles of life.
Lele is a movement toward a new culture that is generous, gentle, creative, attuned to the rhythms of life and the needs of the Earth.
THE TEAM
Meet us.
Jela Ravnjak
Jela is an educator, birthworker, and a social innovator with 10 years of experience supporting families through fertility, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period through her company Lele.hr. She has contributed to the creation of numerous projects, doula trainings, online resources, and communities, weaving together regenerative culture, education, and care.
As the founder of Lele Kolektiv, her mission is to connect communities around birth, catalyse action, and cultivate regeneration within the world of birthing. Carrying a purpose rooted in the healing of society & Mother Earth.
Jasmina Njavro
Jasmina is a birthworker, somatic therapist, and facilitator exploring the body as a space of healing, creativity, and transformation.
She integrates years of experience as a doula and birth trauma therapist with deep knowledge of nervous system regulation, bodywork, and relational presence.
Her work focuses on creating safe, grounded spaces where women and practitioners can reconnect with their bodies, restore trust, and co-create regenerative ways of being.
Through her sensitive facilitation and somatic insight, she brings embodied wisdom into every aspect of Lele Kolektiv’s educational and artistic work.
Ivana Lovrić
Ivana is a shiatsu practitioner, body-oriented facilitator, and educator with over a decade of experience supporting personal and collective transformation through touch, awareness, and embodied learning.
Her work bridges traditional Eastern medicine and contemporary somatic education, focusing on restoring connection within the body, between people, and with nature.
She has experience in facilitation, training, and project design, integrating body intelligence and creativity into educational and community initiatives. Her approach weaves together experience in shiatsu, psychosomatic processes, and women’s health to create spaces for deep listening, regeneration, and embodied leadership.
Luise Bähr
Luise is an artist, doula, menstrual cycle educator and community practitioner whose work brings together visual storytelling, women’s health education, and embodied knowledge.
Through her art, she creates bridges between the biology and physiology of pregnancy and birth and the more symbolic, intuitive, and spiritual dimensions of women’s life transitions. Her practice is deeply shaped by more than ten years of living in community and close relationship with nature.
Luise is the author of Remembering the Goddess, a book that invites women to reconnect with their bodies, cyclical wisdom, and inner resources. She advocates for accessible knowledge and practical support throughout the journeys of womanhood, pregnancy, birth, and motherhood.
Her work includes menstrual education, educational content, womb massage through the Mizan tradition, postpartum doula support, and holding spaces for both individuals and groups.
Fiona Fenton
Fiona is a traditional birth attendant, birth and postpartum educator, and community organiser whose work centres on supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the wider rites of passage of women’s lives.
She facilitates birth education and debriefs, women’s circles and gatherings, and menstrual education, creating spaces for reflection, connection, and shared learning.
Through her work with families, gatherings, and community initiatives, Fiona brings to Lele Kolektiv a grounded understanding of birth culture, traditional forms of support, and the practical weaving of people together around care.