Accredited Calmbirth® Childbirth Education
YOUR BIRTH ~ YOU CHOOSE
"Calmbirth had given me a sense of power, allowing me to believe my body was ready to do its job.
Using Calmbirth techniques and Rachel's support I had a wonderful, natural labour .."
Using Calmbirth techniques and Rachel's support I had a wonderful, natural labour .."
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Rachel Vines is an experienced educator of Calmbirth®, bringing with her a decade of experience of working with couples through pregnancy, birth and parenting.
Calmbirth® is a proven childbirth education programme suitable for all parents, which supports couples to prepare for a natural, calm and joyous birth. Calmbirth teaches mums and partners HOW to manage labour in a calm and gentle way! Through Calmbirth® you will learn to access and use your inner resources (relaxation, breathing, positioning, and sub-conscious tools) to create a labour and birth that you intend.
Class Themes:
Classes include practical support techniques, a Calmbirth® learning support guide, and a CD of relaxations and visualisations for home practice and labour.
Calmbirth® is more than a birthing class.Calmbirth® is practical support for life, which reminds families of the inner resources available to them to parent with conscious choice. To birth and parent consciously is a most wonderful choice that you can make - and you already have all the tools necessary to do this.
Grantly Dick-Read – Author of ‘Childbirth Without Fear’
Dick-Read was a British Obstetrician and commonly known ‘father ‘of the natural childbirth movement, who understood that parent’s beliefs (around birthing and life) significantly influenced their experience of childbirth. He understood that healthy mothers, with an inner belief that childbirth is a natural and calm process, and those who birthed without fear, tended to birth calmly and ‘without drama’.
Given his experience in cross cultural environments, Dick-Read understood that beliefs were both culturally acquired and also learned. Culture determines the wider context in which belief of childbirth is advertised and played out. Learned beliefs and behaviors/reactions, developed predominantly during the childhood years, are integrated with cultural beliefs and vice versa, creating a personal and inner belief about birth.
Calmbirth® builds on the important work of Dick-Read to provide a practical set of skills to support your intention around childbirth and for life.
Class Times Fees and Inclusions Testimonials Registration
Rachel Vines is an experienced educator of Calmbirth®, bringing with her a decade of experience of working with couples through pregnancy, birth and parenting.
Calmbirth® is a proven childbirth education programme suitable for all parents, which supports couples to prepare for a natural, calm and joyous birth. Calmbirth teaches mums and partners HOW to manage labour in a calm and gentle way! Through Calmbirth® you will learn to access and use your inner resources (relaxation, breathing, positioning, and sub-conscious tools) to create a labour and birth that you intend.
Class Themes:
- Accessing your inner resources to release fear, anxiety and tension around pregnancy, childbirth and parenting
- Calm breathing; including simple and practical relaxation techniques for pregnancy and labour
- Birth physiology; understanding the natural and amazing design of the uterus and the birth process
- Stages of labour and natural labour support options
- Understanding how important your inner beliefs and attitudes around birthing are, and how this may influence the birth process
- Conscious parenting - connecting and nurturing your baby; growing a health and happy family.
Classes include practical support techniques, a Calmbirth® learning support guide, and a CD of relaxations and visualisations for home practice and labour.
Calmbirth® is more than a birthing class.Calmbirth® is practical support for life, which reminds families of the inner resources available to them to parent with conscious choice. To birth and parent consciously is a most wonderful choice that you can make - and you already have all the tools necessary to do this.
Grantly Dick-Read – Author of ‘Childbirth Without Fear’
Dick-Read was a British Obstetrician and commonly known ‘father ‘of the natural childbirth movement, who understood that parent’s beliefs (around birthing and life) significantly influenced their experience of childbirth. He understood that healthy mothers, with an inner belief that childbirth is a natural and calm process, and those who birthed without fear, tended to birth calmly and ‘without drama’.
Given his experience in cross cultural environments, Dick-Read understood that beliefs were both culturally acquired and also learned. Culture determines the wider context in which belief of childbirth is advertised and played out. Learned beliefs and behaviors/reactions, developed predominantly during the childhood years, are integrated with cultural beliefs and vice versa, creating a personal and inner belief about birth.
Calmbirth® builds on the important work of Dick-Read to provide a practical set of skills to support your intention around childbirth and for life.
Class Times Fees and Inclusions Testimonials Registration