Workshop Content During this three hour Yoga Birth Rehearsal with Doula, Childbirth Educator and Yoga and Meditation teacher Nadia Raafat, we will journey through the template of a normal physiological Labour from its onset to babe in arms and breastfeeding. As part of the birth rehearsal we will look at the following: Signs of [...]
This June, The Positive Birth Movement takes an honest and open-minded look at the role of dads and birth parteners in the Birthing Room. Earlier this month The Daily Mail published an article by author, childbirth guru and former obstrtrician Michel Odent criticising strongly the current trend for fathers to attend births. You can read [...]
Session 1 What is Mindfulness? How Does it Relate to Childbirth and Parenting. In this first session we will explore what Mindfulness is, what it is't, how it differs to meditation and how it can transform our experience. Because this course is about childbirth and parenting we will also explore how mindfulness can alleviate the anxieties and discomforts [...]
The Second Stage of Labour has a very different feel and purpose to it. This is the time when the baby moves from the open womb into the birth canal and journies to be born. It is characterised by the fetal ejection reflex which brings with it a totally different [...]