Childbirth Education:
Birthing Classes, Yoga & More
Peace on Earth Begins at Birth
Peace on Earth Begins at Birth
My work in the birth world aims to educate birthing women and families in easier, more natural and peaceful ways to bring humans into the world. My research confirms that peace on Earth begins at birth and how we birth human beings matters — it is essential to nurture pregnant women and new mothers. I specialize in natural childbirth education as a certified Hypnobirthing practitioner, certified Whole Birth prenatal yoga and dance instructor, and am a DONA and traditional trained birth and postpartum doula.
I have been offering prenatal services since 2005 in San Francisco and Berkeley, California, Maui, Switzerland and now the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado. I have taught private classes as well as publicly at Kaiser Medical, Maui Family Support Services, the University of Hawaii, Valley Isle Childbirth Education and the San Francisco Community Childbearing Institute and Birth Center. I have trained in California, Hawaii, Egypt and Australia, and have over 30 years of dance and natural health training. I combined all my teachings into a workshop called Easier Natural Childbirth and was the host of the online radio show called Natural Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting, where I interviewed birth experts from all over the world.
Learn a combination of prenatal yoga, dance, massage, acupressure, hypnobirthing, and a variety of other tools to ease your baby into the world naturally.
What are the benefits of having a natural childbirth?
• It’s safer
• Higher success rates in breast feeding
• A higher chance of successful parental bonding
• Less of a chance for postpartum depression
• Having a positive empowered birth experience and memory of your labor
• Having a faster postpartum recovery period
• Feeling like you can accomplish anything – no joke
Contact me to schedule a private workshop. $120.
Also available as an eBook.
In this class you will learn a variety of techniques to ease your baby into the world in the most peaceful way possible.
• The philosophy of Hypnobirthing
• What is hypnosis and why it works
• The physical reasons behind pain in labor
and how to diminish that
• Practice going into a state of hypnosis
• Special massage techniques
• Special breathing techniques
• Create your gentle birth tool bag
Contact me to schedule a
private class $120.
Come stretch, relax and rejuvenate. Perfect for all stages of pregnancy. Learn simple movements to prepare for your labor. You will also learn special moves that you can use during your labor to relieve discomfort and help ease your baby into the world. Dance is also a wonderful way to bond with your baby.
What we cover:
• Birth specific yoga postures and movement for strength, tone, balance and agility.
• How to enhance your comfort in pregnancy and prepare your body and mind for birth.
• Different breathing and relaxation techniques
and when to use them.
• Techniques for easing your baby into the world.
• How to connect with your baby through dance.
Research shows that music and dance can greatly relax the body and mind. A relaxed birth is safer, easier and faster. Contact me to schedule a private class. $80.
A doula adds an extra level of comfort and support to any birthing woman and helps her to have a safe and empowering birthing experience. A doula does not replace a midwife, Dr., nurse, Father, or any other birth support that may be with a Mother during her labor.
Benefits of having a doula at your birth:
• Decreased cesarean rates by 50%
• Reduced length of labor by 25%
• Reduced rates of Pitocin usage by 40%
• Reduced requests for epidural by 60%
Postpartum Doula Services – I offer 7 days of specialty at home postpartum care.
For full description of services click here.
Contact me to set up an initial phone consultation.
$1800.
Class Schedule: Online & in Maui, HI
Prenatal Yoga & Dance, Mama’s Tea & Talk Story, Hypnobirthing, Easier Natural Childbirth, and Postpartum Care Clinic