Continuing Education
Enhance your practice
Birth professionals of all experience levels will develop new skills, tools, insights, and frameworks through engaging, hands-on workshops that cover a range of topics related to the childbearing journey.
Live & Virtual:
$290.00
Birthing From Within's unique Birth Art Process has been helping expectant parents and birth professionals for over 30 years. This fantastic and popular online distance course is designed for people who work with pregnant parents and their partners. Each week you will experience and embody the Birth Art Process for yourself, as you learn through readings, lessons, assignments, and weekly live video calls.
Four weekly sessions, 90 minutes each, virtual
$175.00
Learn and experience Birthing from Within's foundational pain coping practices, including ways to engage parents in using vocalization for the intensity of birth.
Two sessions, 2 ½ hours each, virtual
$175.00
Learn how to get insight into what your clients already know, gain clarity on the most important elements of preparing for birth, create engaging material, and set the foundation for a coping mindset.
Two sessions, 2 ½ hours each, virtual
$165.00
Build a framework to guide parents to courageously take a closer look at their fears and learn ways to develop a solution-focused, compassionate, and trauma informed mindset to explore the unwished-for in birth.
Two sessions, 2 hours each, virtual
$110.00
Learn how to use the symbol of the labyrinth as a map for the internal experience of birth/the childbearing year to help better prepare the parents you support. This course is for anyone who works with people preparing for birth or postpartum.
One session, 3 hours, virtual
$165.00
As with birth, parents cannot fully plan for all of the unknowns of postpartum, but there are things they can do to prepare for the experience. This two-session course offers birth workers skills and processes to support pregnant parents in preparing for the postpartum journey ahead.
Two sessions, 2 hours each, virtual
$110.00 USD
This course is designed for birth workers aiming to deepen their understanding and enhance their skills in supporting parents through the induction of labor process. Induction of labor, a common medical intervention, can present unique challenges and emotional dynamics for both parents and birth workers alike. Through a blend of modern knowledge, practical techniques, and empathetic communication strategies, participants will gain the necessary tools to provide compassionate and effective support during this critical stage of many parents’ birth journeys.
One session, 3 hours, virtual
$110.00
This class considers ways to introduce and discuss cesarean birth with all kinds of clients, from those who are actively planning cesarean births to those who are resistant to even thinking about it.
One session, three hours, virtual
Evergreen- On Demand:
$50.00
On demand recorded workshop & digital resources.
Learn how to use the symbol of the labyrinth as a map for the internal experience of birth/the childbearing year to help better prepare the parents you support. This course is for anyone who works with people preparing for birth or postpartum.
$200.00
This self-guided online course gives you the building blocks of the Birthing from Within philosophy, and teaches you how to share some of our most foundational and heart-opening processes with parents in your community.
In person:
Embrace a holistic and deeply personal approach to childbirth preparation that will inspire both your team and the families they serve. We integrate skill building around the emotional, physical, and social aspects of birth, providing a rich framework for your team to enhance their practices.
Whether a specific topic, or a foundational base, Birthing from Within can customize a workshop to fit your unique needs. Click here to see workshop options, email Christine@BirthingfromWithin.com to inquire about group rates. Join us!
$1600.00
Bring heart and soul into childbirth preparation and support in our 5-day in-person doula training, which combines a unique embodied retreat with dynamic hands-on and interactive learning to bring you a workshop experience like no other.
Five day training (four full days and one half day) with pre and post self paced digital learning.
$650.00
Birthing From Within's signature live retreat is being held in person again after a long period of virtual-only! This is an embodied workshop that can be taken as a stand-alone experience or as part of Birthing From Within's doula and childbirth educator certification programs.
This offering is designed for teams that work with birthing people and families and are looking to be inspired, nourished, and refreshed.
For groups, we offer this retreat live in a virtual format, or in person in select locations.