Upcoming Workshops

Childbirth preparation courses can also be done on Zoom. Please contact me directly. Private birth preparation is also available for your convenience at your home or in your backyard. ​​

TBD,  (on Zoom): Self-Hypnosis and Relaxation 
Saturday Feb. 5, 2022  12:30p-4:30p (IN PERSON): Labor & Delivery Workshop 
Couples & Individuals by request: L&D, movement and comfort measures, Self-Hypnosis, Refresher Class, or Prepared Partner 

Labor & Delivery Workshop

Knowledge is power. If you are planning on giving birth in a hospital, it is recommended that you take an "out of hospital birthing class". The rates of Cesarean births have rapidly increased over the past 40 years (1 in 3 births nationwide.) The reasons are layered and complicated, but many women are discovering it's time to take back their births.
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In this Intensive 4-hour Workshop you will:
  • Learn hands-on techniques to improve your chances of a physiological birth.
  • Get Insight into what to expect in a typical hospital birth. 
  • Discover ways you might avoid unnecessary interventions.
  • Explore movement, touch and vocalization as natural comfort measures.
  • Uncover the latest scientific research meant to benefit you and your baby.

Self-Hypnosis for Childbirth

 Giving birth requires a surrender of our usual mode of busyness. Our brains and hormones play a significant role in our labor and delivery.  This class is a practice session which helps you physically relax and allows you to get into a more tranquil state of mind for giving birth. It is imperative that we learn how to get out of the "thinking mind" and access our primal brain and mammalian instincts in order for labor to be more efficient. 
 The technique is based on Yoga Nidra, or "Yogic Sleep" -a   practice designed to reduce brain activity and promote an overall sense of well being.  Ires will assist you into a very comfortable reclined position and then talk you through a 35 minute script using guided imagery and visualization.
Optional, but also available - a simple writing technique to help uncover and release anxiety and/or fear. 
"I would not have been able to have such a relaxed and empowered natural birth if it wasn't for Ires.  My husband was also grateful to learn techniques to help me through labor.  Ires is so open-minded, warm, and very informative.  I highly recommend this class.  My midwives were very impressed with how my labor and delivery went.  I told them I couldn't have done it without Ires's classes."  -Tiffany
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