COURSES FOR EXPECTING COUPLES:

“Freedom to Birth”

“Freedom to Birth” is our signature childbirth education class which prepares couples to both gain an understanding of the physiological process of labor and to find ways to connect with their body, mind, and spirit in order to have the empowered birth of their choice.  Through a combination of the Lamaze childbirth education model, using evidence-based research to understand your pregnancy and the full experience of birth, and Karen Brody’s FEAR to FREEDOM method participants in “Freedom to Birth” will be offered a full range of knowledge and tools for making informed decisions and staying present in their experience.

Course will include the following information among other topics:

  • the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and birth
  • understanding the stages and phases of labor
  • management of sensations of labor using natural and medical methods
  • how to have a natural hospital birth should you choose and how to know when the right time to choose an epidural might be
  • understanding modern interventions and prevention/delay of these in childbirth
  • how to prevent and what to expect from a cesarean birth
  • how to communicate with your partner and medical support team
  • breastfeeding 101 and the postpartum period
  • and so much more!

To register, please email birthfocus@gmail.com

  • 4 week series – Tuesday evenings (NEXT SERIES begins MARCH 6, 2012 6PM-9PM)
  • $350 per couple ($300 early bird discount with registration two weeks prior to first class night)
  • Location: Kids at Work/242 W. 27th St. (b/w 7th and 8th)

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

COURSES FOR WOMEN ONLY:

“Birth Empowerment Circle”

This is a course designed specifically for women to connect with their feminine and intuitive side during birth. Using Karen Brody’s FEAR to FREEDOM method this course will offer the opportunity to connect a woman with her body and voice to create an action plan to have a more empowered, and present, birth experience.

The “Birth Empowerment Circle” includes:

  • journaling exercises to gain a greater understanding of the multitude of emotions experienced along this journey
  • “Mommy-centered” napping (using Yoga Nidra methods)
  • relaxation/visualizations for before and during childbirth as well as the postpartum period
  • movement and body exercises for the pregnant and postpartum body
  • breathing techniques to manage labor sensations
  • and so much more!

To register, please email birthfocus@gmail.com:

  • One Saturday/month  (NEXT SESSION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 12PM-5PM)
  • $150 per person ($125 early bird discount for registration registration two weeks prior to class)
  • Location: Kids at Work/242 W. 27th St. (b/w 7th and 8th)

 

 


Just as a woman’s heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth.
Virginia Di Orio