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BECOME A
Birth and/or Postpartum Doula

Gain the skills you need for heart-led mindfulness-based birth work!

What is mindfulness and what place does it have in birth and postpartum work?

Mindfulness is a mindset and process of self-awareness that can improve birth outcomes, increase maternal satisfaction, invite clarity and healing, and foster empowerment for your future clients. As you step into your doula practice, you will find that many clients prepare for birth in an "outcomes-based" way and define their birth experiences solely by met or unmet expectations (My birth was a successful VBAC, I had an unmedicated water birth, I ended up with a c-section, I had a failed hypnobirth, etc.) You can help your clients work toward outcomes-based preferences while also helping them release rigid expectations that lead to feelings of failure, judgment, shame, self-blame, victimization, and trauma. This way of preparing for birth is both compassionate and transformative, allowing all birthing individuals to experience birth as a rite of passage regardless of outcomes. Mindfulness is also an effective coping tool that helps us release labels and beliefs like "too painful" "too hard" or "I can't do this" and instead open to and welcome feelings and sensations in the body. 

In the postpartum sphere, mindfulness and the foundations of yoga provide an entirely new vocabulary and skillset when engaging with depression, anxiety, emotions, and overwhelm. Rather than being victimized by the unraveling of identity that can occur postpartum, mindfulness and yoga give purpose to the process, allowing us to see the big picture reality of healing and personal evolution. You can provide your clients with hope, compassion, practical support, and life-changing perspectives on what it means to "rebirth" postpartum.

But here's the other huge benefit: mindfulness benefits YOU and makes doula work more sustainable long-term! By training with Bhava Birth you are setting yourself up for success by learning self-care practices, better mindset, managing expectations, processing secondhand trauma, and so much more. Too many doulas burn out in the first year of practice. You deserve a well-rounded training that will prepare you for the full experience of birth work. Knowledge is not enough. Bhava Birth wants to empower you with physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual tools for starting and sustaining a service-led business of passion.

What sets the Bhava Birth trainings apart from other trainings out there?

Before Stephanie launched this doula training she interviewed handfuls of doulas, both new and old, in the field to find out what they loved most about their training and where they felt it was lacking. Based on that information she found that the following areas are sorely neglected and Bhava Birth now emphasizes:

  • Mindfulness and Yoga Foundations

    • ​Underlying everything we cover in this training are the fundamental principles of mindfulness and yoga, such as embodiment, self-compassion, mind-body connection, present-moment awareness, breath practices, holistic preparation, and much, much more

  • Business Logistics

    • Logo, website, and business card design

    • Marketing and networking strategies

    • Structuring packages

    • How to host and what content to cover in prenatal and postpartum visits

  • Business Psychology

    • Building confidence as an entrepreneur​

    • How to put yourself out there authentically

    • Holding boundaries and practicing self-care

    • Business as a powerful self-development path

  • Advocacy​

    • In hospital and out-of-hospital birth settings​

    • For unique client needs: LGBTQIA+, VBAC, PAL, post trauma, and more

  • Continuous mentoring​

    • Many of the larger doula training agencies are not able to provide mentoring or further education beyond the training. Stephanie is passionate about not only training her doulas but helping them succeed in the field! Not only do you get three days of hands-on training, you also get to come back (in person or online) for unlimited monthly meetups. Bring your questions, concerns, frustrations, and successes ​and let us hive mind solutions. 

Birth Doula Training

Foundational principles for Birth Doula work:

  • Mindfulness

  • Bodily Autonomy + Consent

  • Informed Decision-Making

  • Collaborative Care

  • Client Provider Alignment

  • Holistic Preparation

  • Preparing the Whole Family Unit

  • Birth is a Journey 

  • Advocacy

What does the training cover?

  • What is a Doula?

    • Foundational Principles

    • Scope of Practice

  • Holistic Preparation 

    • Mental​: history of birth in America, two models of care

    • Physical: anatomy, nutrition, movement, Stages of Birth, hormones

    • Emotional: emotions in the birth space, processing techniques, birth trauma

    • Spiritual: birth as a rite of passage, Blessing Circles, rituals, altars, mythology

  • Preparing the Whole Family Unit

    • How to effectively involve partners, children (and even pets)

    • Creating boundaries with loved ones

  • Cultivating Mindfulness 

    • Self-care practices

    • ​Scripts and tools for prenatal, labor, and postpartum

  • Birth Doula Work, from start to finish

    • Prenatal visits, Labor support, Postpartum visits​

    • Advocacy

    • Structuring packages + pricing

    • Tools of the trade

  • Hands on comfort measures and Labor simulations​

    • Rebozo techniques for Comfort and Connection, grounded in cultural heritage

    • Laminated labor positions and support cards

  • Business Strategies

    • The self-employment​ path

    • Marketing and networking

    • Contracts, intake forms, and flow charts

    • Finding your niche and showing up authentically

  • Starter Branding Kit 

    • Logo design

    • Website creation

    • Business card design 

 

What is the cost, and what's included?

  • Option 1: Birth Doula Training $1250

    • Three full days of connection, nourishment, and mindfulness (lunches and snacks provided)

    • Continuing monthly meet-ups for more depth, support, and information

    • 200+ page Manual

    • Laminated Labor Support Guides

    • Doula Portal for accessing printable PDFs, forms, and other educational resources

    • Online community support: Bhava Birth Mindfulness Doula FB group

    • Your name will be added to our directory of Bhava Birth Mindfulness doulas which will increase your exposure and online presence!

    • Your very own customized Starter Branding Kit by Soulseed Academy, which includes logo, website, and business card design ($500+ value!)

  • Option 2: Bundling Trainings - Talk to Stephanie about adding the Postpartum Doula or Advanced Mindfulness Doula trainings. You can save hundreds of dollars by bundling!

Once you have attended the full event, you will be qualified to advertise yourself as a Trained Bhava Birth Mindfulness Doula. Should you choose, you can continue to fulfill the course requirements for certification and/or affiliation path. Payment plans can be set up upon special request.

 

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Postpartum Doula Training

Foundational principles for Postpartum Doula work:

  • Mindfulness

  • Global Traditions

  • Holistic Healing

  • Supporting the Whole Family Unit

  • Postpartum is a Rebirth

 

What does the training cover?

  • What is a Postpartum Doula?

    • Foundational Principles

    • Scope of Practice

  • Global Traditions

    • Forty Days culture

    • The five universal principles of postpartum healing

    • Creating the chrysalis

  • Holistic Healing 

    • Mental​: mental health, mindset, establishing clear expectations

    • Physical: nutrition, low-impact movement, pelvic floor and core recovery, lactation, belly binding 

    • Emotional: emotions of postpartum, birth story processing, birth trauma

    • Spiritual: postpartum as rebirth, Kundalini awakening, Closing or Transition ceremonies

  • Supporting the Whole Family Unit

    • How to effectively support partners, siblings, new baby (and even pets)

    • Infant care: sleep, feeding, colic, allergies, diapering, baby wearing

    • Creating boundaries with loved ones

  • Postpartum Doula Work in practice

    • Prenatal planning to postpartum visits​

    • Structuring packages + pricing

    • Tools of the trade

  • Business Strategies

    • The self-employment​ path

    • Marketing and networking

    • Contracts, intake forms, and flow charts

    • Finding your niche and showing up authentically

  • Starter Branding Kit 

    • Logo design

    • Website creation

    • Business card design 

What is the cost, and what's included?

  • Option 1: Postpartum Doula Training $900

    • Two full days of connection, nourishment, and mindfulness (lunches and snacks provided)

    • Continuing monthly meet-ups for more depth, support, and information

    • 150+ page Manual

    • Doula Portal for accessing printable PDFs, forms, and other educational resources

    • Online community support: Bhava Birth Mindfulness Doula FB group

    • Your name will be added to our directory of Bhava Birth doulas which will increase your exposure and online presence!

    • Your very own customized Starter Branding Kit by Soulseed Academy, which includes logo, website, and business card design

  • Option 2: Bundling Trainings - Talk to Stephanie about adding the Birth Doula or Advanced Mindfulness Doula trainings. You can save hundreds of dollars by bundling!

Once you have attended the full event, you will be qualified to advertise yourself as a Trained Postpartum Doula. Should you choose, you can continue to fulfill the course requirements for certification and/or affiliation path. Payment plans can be set up upon special request.

 

2023 Trainings

Birth Doula Training

March 23rd-25th

Orem, Utah

$1,250

Advanced Mindfulness Training

May 13th | Dec 2nd

Orem, Utah

$525

Postpartum Doula Training

October 20th-21st

Orem, Utah

$900

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