Breathe For Birth
workshops, courses
and private sessions
Breathe for Birth
is the seamless integration of our signature Yoga for Pregnancy and Birth with inspiring and on-point childbirth education. Breathe for Birth is all about consciously connecting with your child; learning practical ways to move and breathe - to lean into the intensity of childbirth; to help you birth with dignity and grace in any setting.
Each week we will explore the lush and lovely entwining of movement and breath, enriched with deep-guided relaxation and reassuring imagery to help you lean into the intensity of labour. These practices are themed and layered and given deeper context with each week to build confidence in yourself, your child and your birth process.
To suit your time, energy and learning styles, Breathe for Birth is offered in three different formats:
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Six Week Online Course
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One -day workshops in Melbourne
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Private sessions - online or from my private studio, Daylesford Victoria.
Breathe for Birth
explore lovely ways to move and breathe for healthy pregnancy, birth and early postpartum to -
Befriend your nervous system - understand when and how to either down-regulate your stress response from alert vigilance; or up-regulate from passive acquiescence into a into a place of calm, centred and assertive awareness.
Connect with your babe - consciously bring your awareness inward to connect emotionally and energetically with your child. Engage with practices that will benefit you and your baby's mental, emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing for years to come.
Experience the majesty of your birthing hormones - release dreamy, luxuriant birthing hormones to facilitate progress in labour and bonding with your newborn.
Nourish working muscle and connective tissue - release deep-held tension as you cultivate a profound sense of softness and pliability in your pelvic bowl. Lovingly create space to encourage your baby to position favourably throughout pregnancy and embrace release practices to facilitate birth.
Enhance pelvic floor integrity - explore and fully embody the exquisite paradigm shift that will fill you with clarity and confidence - softening your pelvic floor is the key to sustaining resilience and integrity.
Embrace your boundless capacity to let go - when you taste and feel the rich sensations moving through you in this practice, you can’t help but be inspired by your body’s innate birthing intelligence and your boundless capacity to lean into the intensity of labour and simply let go for birth.
Birth with dignity and grace
in any setting.
Would you like a more structured approach to fully embodied birth preparation? Do you feel concerned about the potential impact birth may have on your pelvic floor? Are you concerned about your capacity work with the intensity of labour and childbirth?
I'm here for you, I’ve shared these practices with hundreds of birthing women. All you need to do is say yes to you and your heart-felt desire for a positive birth experience
Breathe for Birth
is a welcoming, inclusive space for ALL women
Perfect anytime from the start of your second trimester, these sessions are superb for first-time mothers and an excellent refresher for women who have birthed.
Breathe for Birth will be of particular assistance if you:
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Would like to do all you can to have a positive birth experience;
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Are having difficulty accessing childbirth education classes;
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Feel mainstream birth preparation services do not support your unique needs and desires for birth;
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Have been advised your baby is settling in an unfavourable position for birth;
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Are planning a Vaginal Birth After Caesarian VBAC;
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Are carrying birth trauma;
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Are experiencing pelvic girdle pain {AKA pelvic instability};
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Are concerned about your pelvic floor function before, during or after pregnancy
Breathe for Birth
Six Week Online Course Dates 2021
22 April - 26 May 2021
16 July - 20 August 2021
Breathe for Birth
One Day Melbourne Workshop Dates 2021
VENUE: MAMA Kensington
Saturday 5 June
Saturday 4 September
Breathe for Birth
Private Sessions
Some of us feel more comfortable learning in a private setting. Private sessions cover all of the material offered in my online courses, with the added benefit of being able to tailor to your particular needs.
These sessions can be held online or in person, at my home studio a 10 minute from Daylesford Victoria with COVID19 appropriate measures in place. To support your learning style and availability they can be held as a single 4.5 hour session, or paced over 2-3 sessions.
Private birth preparation sessions are perfect for anyone who prefers one-to-one learning.
Breathe for Birth Private Session, we will co-create your own home practice to support you throughout pregnancy to;
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Create a clear understanding in the way Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth breathing and movement techniques, become the active birth practices that will support you through labour, birth and early mothering;
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Help you feel prepared & confident in all of your birth choices.
Duration - 4.5hr
Standard - $375
Concession - $365