The Four Essential Steps

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left”]Through the course of our lives, we learn about childbirth through the stories our families tell, the lessons we learn in school, the images we see in the media and the messages from our culture at large.  Some of what we have learned can serve to fill us with confidence as we approach the day of our baby’s birth.  Some of what we have learned does not serve us well but rather fills us with a sense of doubt, fear or a false sense of knowing or expectation. Gaining awareness of the assumptions and beliefs we have made about childbirth is an invaluable process.  Replacing old stories that do not serve you well and replacing them with a story that does is a process that unfolds through a variety of facilitated practices, reflections and exercises. This important step will be woven throughout each module to give your awareness around this theme many opportunities to grow.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”undefined” align=”left”]The more you expand your knowledge about the process of birth the more access you have to you and your baby’s full potential to be born gently and safely. Learn about the incredible intelligence of our bodies and how we are blue printed to birth our babies with love and ease. Strengthen your ability  to align yourself with this intelligence and experience birth from a place of trust and connection.  Learn how to turn the fear of the unknown into a powerful practice of curiosity and creativity.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”undefined” align=”left”]Integrate practices that cultivate faith and trust in your body’s inherent wisdom. Your body is designed to help you cope with the intense physical challenge of birthing your baby. Cultivate faith and trust in your own inner knowing.   Begin to build the practices that will align you mentally and psychologically with your body, your intuition and your baby’s intelligence.  We will weave together a a basket of tools and practices from; a variety of wisdom teachings, yoga, Chinese medicine, massage,  kinesiology, hypnobirthing and meditation for you to integrate and apply to your unique birth.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]

[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”undefined” align=”left”]The amount of information available to us can be slightly overwhelming, confusing and often misleading if it is out of context or out of date. Learn about the research evidence around obstetrical care and practices and all the available options for support during pregnancy, birth and beyond. Build your knowledge to help you make the best informed decisions for you and your child. Understanding how birth can look so many different ways and what huge variations of normal and natural there are takes the theoretical into embodied practice. Understand your options, nurture your intuition and  gather a team to support you along the way.[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]