Preparing to meet your baby is emotional, psychological, and physical preparation that takes courage, curiosity, and patience.

Birthing From Within Birth childbirth classes are designed to meet you wherever you are and however you feel about labor, birth, and welcoming a new baby. These classes offer thoughtful, non-judgmental guidance through questions, reflection, and experiential learning in class.

Inspired and influenced by the landmark books by author and visionary, Pam England - Birthing From Within & Ancient Maps for Modern Birth as well as Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth, Emily Oesters Expecting Better and many more, Rebecca's classes are solution-oriented, experiential, and useful in guiding parents through what they will need to birth mindfully, no matter what happens.

Classes cover:

• Mindful, breath-centered pain-coping practices, useful to BOTH parents during labor + birth
• The stages of labor + what it might look like emotionally, physically, + psychologically
• Exploring & supporting birth partner's role as the guardian of the birth space including offering ways they may support birthing person and themselves through each stage of the process
• Hands-on practice for physical comfort in labor including labor + birth positions and using a Rebozo
• How to ask questions of + get information from care providers + create a supportive birth environment WITH them by creating a Birth Preference List - learning what it is + isn’t!
• Medical pain-relief, including the Epidural + how to know how to work together to determine when those options might be helpful+ compassionate choices.
• Cesarean birth options + designing a family-centered Cesarean birth preference list
• Birth, pushing + how to use your breath & body to guide your baby out
• The first 40 days of postpartum care for the entire family including designing a postpartum plan
• Weekly emails with extra resources
  
  

Investment: $375 for the birthing parent and partner. Minimum registration required. We recommend starting this class no later than 32 weeks.

You deserve your best possible birth experience, and there’s so much you can do to prepare for that! The Body Ready Birth™ Workshop is designed to prepare you physically for birth. This workshop is not a comprehensive Childbirth Education Course and we recommend signing up for one separately.

While we are built to birth, so much of what we do on a daily basis is not helping your body be ready to give birth. Our ancestors were all about squatting, walking, and moving their bodies in ways we don’t do much of today. In fact, most of us only squat when a workout tells us to (if that!). In this workshop, we'll reintroduce the physical movements necessary to ensure your baby's path through your pelvis is open and unencumbered.

The medical model of birth is not intended to facilitate a smooth, physiological birth. When labor is not progressing according to the medical model schedule, interventions are quickly utilized. Oftentimes something as simple as a change of position can be enough to get labor going again, but many medical providers and birthing people don't know when to change positions, or even what positions are best. In this workshop you and your partner will learn and practice labor and birth positions, empowering both of you to meet each stage of labor with confidence.

With this targeted, game-changing offering you’ll:

• Experience birthing positions before labor
• Build neural pathways from your brain to your body
• ‍Create mobility in your pelvis
• Address common musculoskeletal issues that often slow down labor
• Prepare all 3 levels of your pelvis for birth
• Gain the confidence to know EXACTLY how to move in birth to help your baby progress
• Practice innovative hands-on techniques to increase comfort and connection with your partner during labor
• The know-how to minimize and prevent common birth injuries with proven methods.

All so you can have your easiest possible birth! There is so much you can do to prepare your body when you have the right knowledge and tools. This workshop provides those tools and a guideline for practicing them before birth and utilizing them during your labor.

Take control of your birth today with Body Ready Birth™

Investment: $300 for birthing parent and birth partner. Pre-registration required, minimum registration required for workshop to run.

Includes:

• 5 hours of in-person class time to learn and practice functional movement
• Learn hands-on techniques to practice with your partner
• Time with me, a certified Body Ready Method Pro, to ask questions and gain knowledge
• Online access to targeted birth training and movement videos to easily continue to practice at home as well as printable handouts to have with you in labor
• Lifetime access to the online platform

This class is ideal for parents, expecting parents, grandparents, caregivers, or anyone interested in learning how to save a life! This class is not designed for those who need certification or a course completion card for employment.

This two hour course is taught by Dr. Laura Vanston, an experienced pediatric nurse practitioner, with a background in CPR training and acute and emergency pediatric care.

*Course registration fee is $50/person. Each participant needs to be registered separately. Pre-registration is required. Minimum registration required for workshop to run.

Yoga is so often recommended to pregnant and postpartum people as a safe and beneficial form of movement, and for good reason! Beyond the mental and typically thought of physical benefits, the breath and movement practices of yoga are wonderful tools for understanding and maintaining optimal health and functionality of the Pelvic Floor. This workshop and class is designed to educate students on the basic anatomy and physiology of the Pelvic Floor, how it functions during pregnancy, birth and postpartum, and how yoga and breathwork can benefit overall pelvic health! The first hour of this event will be a workshop style: lots of education and discussion. The second hour of this event will be a yoga class that incorporates all of our new Pelvic Floor learnings!

Investment: $75 registration inlcudes the one hour workshop and one hour yoga class. Once you've attended the workshop you may return for the class only portion as many times as you'd like.