San Francisco: Labor Doula + EpiDoula + Lactation + Postpartum Training

Have you been looing for a way to incorporate your nurturing spirit with the miracle of pregnancy and birth?

Stay with us or come in each day to a lovely home, with amazing views, nestled in the Oakland Hills for this doula workshop weekend in the East Bay San Francisco area.

Imagine a fulfilling career supporting mothers through pregnancy, childbirth, and then with breastfeeding their newborn!  You can make such an impact on the world, and future generations!  Mothers crave this non-judgmental, nurturing support, and you bring your open heart to give it.  Maybe you find yourself naturally drawn to this kind of caring for others?  Now is the time to pursue those dreams and make doing this as your career, a reality!  You can do something so natural, while blessing your family financially.  There is no better way to fulfill your calling.

It makes so much more sense to take all 3 certifications at once:

It is better for your clients - You will have the ability to provide well-rounded care for each family, from pregnancy, through birth, postpartum and breastfeeding.  They can reach you easily.  You have a relationship with them.  They already trust you.  You know their story, and can see the bigger picture.  You won't have to refer them out to other caregivers when you can help them yourself - which they will prefer!!

It is better for your own business - You will have the ability to provide care in more aspects for each family, rather than lose that income to a referral.  You will be speaking to your target market already, and can sell more inclusive packages for higher income.  Your initial marketing will stand head and shoulders above others in the industry because you have more to offer, which families choose over someone who does not.  Your extended wisdom will enable you to become the "go to" person for your clients and that will automatically generate more word of mouth advertising among the community you serve.

Your trainer has 6 children of her own, with 3 hospital and 3 home births (2 of which were accidentally unassisted).  She has been a doula for over 25 years and has created and built multiple 6-figure birth and postpartum care agencies in 3 different cities.  Her humor, hands-on teaching techniques and gripping story-telling will help you to remember the lessons that you can't learn from a book!

At this relaxing and fun workshop, we will focus on you!  We talk you through start to finish, how to find clients, secure contracts and support those families through every twist and turn to a happy end of your care.  We'll also teach you how to "exit interview" in a way that will bring in free, word of mouth marketing for you for years to come.  

During the 3 day weekend, we will participate in many individual and group activities:

• Close your eyes and benefit from special birth-related aromatherapy as you learn about essential oils, 
• Relax your body and your mind with new, labor specific massage techniques,  
• Drink detoxifying teas and nourish your body with vegetarian, healthy and low carb lunches,
• Think through trouble shooting and brainstorm ways to deal with difficult situations before you encounter them, and work on deeply transformative personal introspections about your own life calling.  
• Your perspective and ability to provide amazing service to your clients and prioritize self-care will come into balance.  You will practice gentle movement to keep your body awake and your mind alert.
• Welcome new and unique techniques only taught in our workshops such as how to utilize the Hawaiian "Ha" or breathe of life in your practice.  Another very special technique you'll find indispensable, is learning the baby rotation hula :) from our island loving trainer. 

Friday, 8am-6pm: Labor Doula Focus

Saturday, 8am-6pm: More Labor + EpiDoula Focus (lowering complications including c-section for epidural moms)

Sunday, 8am-3pm: Lactation Support and Educator Focus + Postpartum

This enrollment is nonrefundable, but if you're worried you may miss a portion of the event, don't be!  It will be recorded and sent to you within 7 days after the conclusion of the workshop, so you can watch it on your own time, later.

If you're interested, please get your deposit in.

The pricing is all-inclusive. This means it includes your Membership fees, Certification Packet fees, as well as the cost of the Workshops themselves, manual, extra materials like teaching kit, tools, gifts, etc.  This event is nonrefundable.  The only other fees you may encounter are if you need an extension.  You will also have a list of books to work through, purchased by you separtely in whatever form you prefer (e-book, audiobook, or paper).  Otherwise everything you need to get certified is included in this one workshop enrollment time fee.  Enrollment in this workshop gets you into Labor Doula (CLD), Postpartum Doula (CPD) and Lactation Support and Educator (CLSE) certification programs.  There are a number of assignments to complete in order to gain your credentials.  This workshop is one of those assignments.  For the complete list of assignments for our credentialing programs, you can go here:  https://www.maternitywise.com/certification-programs

You can also utilize a payment plan. Just pay the DEPOSIT ticket below and someone will be in touch to assist you in setting up a weekly or bi-weekly plan to pay the remainder.

When you do the Combo Training (meaning you attend all workshops this weekend) you will save a lot or time and money!

We look forward to meeting you and serving you through this transformative weekend of education and fun.