Transforming pain in labour – Weekend birthing workshop  

Geelong    Sat 28 & Sun 29 August 2010

A 2-day workshop for pregnant women, their partner and support people to increase resources for normal, physiological childbirth.

Pregnancy and birth involve profound changes. Your body alters. Relationships develop in unexpected ways. Your attitude to the world around you undergoes a deep shift. Confusing and ambivalent feelings can surface, filling you with joyous expectations but also confronting you with fears about life and death, and your ability to face the challenges of birthing and mothering.

In many cultures and across time the challenging journey of pregnancy and birth was celebrated and honoured as a transformational process, a ‘rite of passage’. Women were supported in this journey and enabled to find the inner resources they would need to become powerful mothers. Often in our current ‘labour-bypass’ era, a woman’s need to consciously experience this transformational process is not fully recognised or adequately supported. This workshop offers much to women who wish to honour this inner process.

Discover what to expect and how to deal with it through dynamic labour rehearsal, breathing, movement, sound release and support strategies. Explore psychological and relationship dynamics which affect birthing potential. Identify, reframe and transform your relationship with pain. Learn how to work with pain to connect with your instinctive birthing self.

 Please bring:

* Pen and Notebook

* Cushions, pillows , bean bag, birth / physio ball (if you have access to one)

* Wear comfortable clothes and warm socks

 Time: Saturday and Sunday 9.30 – 5.30pm. Morning tea and afternoon tea provided.

 Location: Geelong YWCA – 70-78 Little Malop St , Geelong

 Cost: $370 per couple, $50 for additional support people, $135 for other observers
Concession available – please apply if genuine need.

 Bookings Essential.  For further information please call Melissa on 0423 155 460.
To make a booking please see attached flyer and booking form.

 Proudly presented by Geelong Branch Maternity Coalition

About the author

Melinda is the founder and owner of Eco Toys, Australia's first toy store to focus entirely on environmentally friendly toys. She is a mother and passionate about protecting our beautiful planet so that all our children can grow up to enjoy the beauty of our natural world. She believes that we can all make a difference in this world by choices we make.

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