Step through your Rite of Passage
Birthing Ourselves E- Course gives you over 12 hours of content to explore transformation in yourself and your growing family. The 3 stages of this Rite are infused throughout the course using a holistic approach through mindful embodiment as well as tools and terminology for physiologic birth.
Example Curriculum
How to Take and Interact with this Course
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Session 1: Introduction to Mindful and Heartfelt Childbirth Preparation
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- Overview of Course and Session 1 (6:14)
- Qigong: Shaking and Earth Element (5:25)
- Mindful Heartfelt Childbirth (MHCB) Approach (17:12)
- On Mindfulness (1:40)
- On Mindfulness Printable
- Let's Move: 3 Movements of Session 1 (6:19)
- Anatomy and Physiology Part 1: Dilation, Effacement, and Station (14:41)
- Anatomy and Physiology Part 2: Dilation, Effacement, and Station (15:02)
- Pelvic Floor Breathing Explained (3:35)
- Breathing Practice: Pelvic Floor Breathing
- Exercise: When 2 Become 3 (5:33)
- Materials for Exercise: When 2 Become 3
- Review of Homework, Practice, and additional Resources (3:34)
- Printable: Homework, Practice, and Resources
- Closing Audio: Beginning Mindfulness Meditation
Session 2: Dimensions of Labor and the Intensity Experience
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- Session 2 Introduction (10:52)
- Audio File: Heart Coherence Meditation
- Let's Look Back: Review of Session 1 Homework (21:11)
- Foundations of Mindfulness (11:06)
- Printable Foundations of Mindfulness
- Let's Move: 3 Movements of Session 2 (9:29)
- Anatomy and Physiology: Stages of Labor (28:10)
- Common Birthing Behaviors
- The 3 Nervous Systems and Pain, Part 1 and 2 (21:33)
- Printable: Confronting Fear
- Audio File: Pain Practice
- Review of Homework, Practices, and additional Resources (5:46)
- Printable: Homework, Practices, and Resources
- Audio File: Xi Breathing Meditation
Session 3: All About Breath
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- Session 3 Introduction (6:00)
- Qigong: Metal Element (3:07)
- Let's Look Back: Review of Session 2 Homework (10:26)
- Anatomy Lesson: Physiology of Breath (9:05)
- Let's Move: 3 Movements of Session 3 (5:46)
- Breath Practices for Stages of Labor (21:40)
- Printable: Suggestions for Breathing
- Sounding Practice
- Review of Homework, Practices and additional Resources (7:59)
- Printable: Homework, Practices and Resources
- Loving Kindness Meditation
- Printable: Loving Kindness Meditation
Session 4: Movement through the Pregnancy and Birth Continuum
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- Session 4 Introduction (7:39)
- Qigong: Fire Element (5:29)
- Let's Look Back: Review of Session 3 Homework (18:08)
- Anatomy Lesson: Optimal Fetal Positioning (16:43)
- Let's Move: 3 Movements of Session 4 (10:35)
- Labor Flow (12:54)
- Printable of Lao Tzu Poem
- Breathing Practice: Box Breathing
- Mindful Labor Practices (16:10)
- Printable: Mindful Labor Practices
- Review of Homework, Practices, and additional Resources (5:58)
- Printable: Homework, Practices, and Resources
- Chocolate Meditation
Session 5: When Birth Needs Help
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- Session 5: Introduction (8:44)
- Qigong: Water Element (3:43)
- Let's Look Back: Review of Session 4 Homework (18:07)
- Birth Plan? (14:00)
- Let's Move: 3 Movements of Session 5 (10:39)
- The Birth Help Continuum Part 1, 2, & 3 (53:57)
- Breath Practice: Back Breathing
- Review of Homework, Practices, and additional Resources (5:42)
- Printable: Homework, Practices, and Resources
- Sharing and Listening Practice
- Closing Meditation: Meeting Whatever Comes
- Printable: Meeting Whatever Comes
Bonus Session: Loving Yourself Postpartum
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- Session 6 Introduction (24:45)
- Qigong: Integration (2:27)
- Immediate Postpartum (7:56)
- Pathway to Savoring Postpartum (16:23)
- Printable: Pathway to Savoring Postpartum
- Connection and the Fullness of Intimacy (10:03)
- Printable: The 9 Types of Intimacy
- Closing Meditation: I've Got You
- Printable: Homework, Practices, and Resources
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