The Sebastopol HypnoBirthing® Workshop Series Is Open For Registration!
Classes Will Be Held Monday Evenings 5:30pm January 14th- February 11th
What Is HypnoBirthing®?
HypnoBirthing is a childbirth method, that focuses on preparing parents for gentle birth. HypnoBirthing encourages a calm, peaceful, and natural pregnancy, birth, and bonding experience for families. Unlike other childbirth methods that teach you how to cope with and manage pain, HypnoBirthing is based on the premise that childbirth does not necessarily need to be painful if the mother is properly prepared and relaxed. When women understand that pain is caused by constrictor hormones, created by fear, they learn, instead, to release fear thus creating endorphins—the feel good hormones. They are then able to change their expectations of long, painful labor and are able to replace them with expectations of a more comfortable birthing. Rather than exhausting, shallow breathing techniques so readily found in birth classes; HypnoBirthing parents learn deep abdominal breathing and total relaxation, enabling the laboring mother to work in harmony with her body and her baby. This allows her to achieve a shorter and more comfortable labor for herself and baby.
How Are Workshops Taught?
HypnoBirthing® workshops are comprised of five classes which meet once a week for 2 ½ hours. Classes are comprised of mothers to be and their delivery support (be it husband, doula, midwife or friend). Hypnobirthing is a simple process of rewriting the story women subconsciously have about labor and delivery from one of fear to one of the natural, empowered, controlled, minimally painful labor they were born to have. The class sizes are kept small, and attendance is limited to between two and five couples.
When Is The Best Time To Participate In A Workshop?
The classes are appropriate for any stage in pregnancy, however, sooner is better. Much can be gained by participating in the workshop early so that proper nutrition, daily relaxation and self hypnosis can be practiced and mastered.
Workshops include:
* Your own copy of the 302-page HypnoBirthing Text, HypnoBirthing– The Mongan Method* 5 information-packed class meetings, helping you to understand why labor
doesn’t have to hurt* 5 professionally written scripts for your home practice
2 CDs for your relaxation, stress reduction, and bonding* Handouts for planning your Birth Preferences
* Your own copy of the 302-page HypnoBirthing Text, HypnoBirthing– The Mongan Method* 5 information-packed class meetings, helping you to understand why labor
doesn’t have to hurt* 5 professionally written scripts for your home practice
2 CDs for your relaxation, stress reduction, and bonding* Handouts for planning your Birth Preferences
* A set of Birth Prompts for your birth Companion
* Demonstration and practice in optimal birth positions
* A free hypnotic session in building birth confidence and eliminating fears
* A Guide to good pregnancy nutrition
* Several deep relaxation techniques for use during birthing, plus
* Well-paced instruction designed to build your confidence and help you to have a safer, easier, and more comfortable birthing
* Special calm breathing methods for use throughout labor and during birthing
* Private instruction if desired
* Small classes for personal attention
* Body toning exercises and practice
Price for the workshops is $295 and covers the cost of the entire series for you and your birth support as well as your materials (the hypnobirthing book and relaxation CD’s). Preregistration along with a $75 deposit holds your space in the class.
For More Information and Registration Contact Franchesca Duval at
