Crossing the Threshold

Online three-day retreat (also available as a weekly series and an in person retreat)

Crossing the Threshold is an experience that will inspire, nourish, and refresh your birth practice. This guided retreat creates space for intentional self-exploration, skill development, and new learning about birth with storytelling, art, ritual, dialogue, and community connection.

15 hrs BfW Contact Hours

$600

Be sure to read the full Refund & Cancellation Policy in the Terms of Service when you register.

Step into a new and inspiring approach to modern birth.

Crossing the Threshold is Birthing from Within’s signature retreat, designed to inspire, nourish, and refresh your birth practice. It can serve as a stand-alone workshop, and is also a key part of Birthing from Within childbirth educator and doula training and certification.

Over the course of the retreat, you will experience storytelling, art, ritual, dialogue, and embodied processes to: 

  • Explore your foundational beliefs about birth and the connections they have to your present work. 

  • Consider what parents really need to know in order to give birth.

  • Consider what birth workers really need to know to be of service.

  • Expand possibilities of how to work with parents in ways that value coping, resilience, and inner knowing while helping parents detach their sense of self-worth from their birth outcomes.

  • Explore ways to cultivate inspiring, nourishing practices that reduce and heal birth worker burnout.

“Crossing the Threshold was a magical weekend. I was able to address some professional blocks I had been working on for a while. It was just what my soul needed. Thank you!”

- Sharon

“I was not sure what to expect going into the retreat, but what I experienced over those two and a half days was nothing short of transformational.”

-Jen

About the weekend:

  • Retreat begins Friday evening and ends Sunday afternoon

  • Fully online, live, group experience

  • Partial scholarships are available for BIPOC, LGBTQ, and people with disabilities.

Upcoming Dates

This training is presented in spoken English. Automated captions and transcripts are available. We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact Lauren at Lauren@BirthingfromWithin.com, or call (505) 585-1823. Please submit accommodation requests at least two weeks in advance of event for seamless access.