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1. Prenatal Breast/Chestfeeding Course
5/15/22, 9:30 - 11:00 AM
$24.99, Early bird discount = $17.99
, Scholarships available via email inquiry
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2. Virtual Weekend Course:
5/20/22 - 5/22/22
Sliding scale $45 - $400, Scholarships available
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3. Retreat Weekend Course (in-person):
9/3/22 - 9/5/22 (Labor Day Weekend)
Sliding scale $900 - $1130 per family
Covid Precautions: small class size (5 families), only vaccinated and boosted participants, masks TBD
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4. Weekly Virtual Drop-in Mindfulness Groups:
Every Monday, 5:30 - 6:30 PM -- CANCELLED temporarily
Wednesdays -- CANCELLED
No Registration Needed
Free, Donations Accepted:
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Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4133756799
Warmly welcomed: pregnant families, parents, babies, birth-workers (including pregnancy and postpartum).
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Weekend Class Content
Pregnant Belly Outdoors
Hands on a pregnant belly
Parents with Newborn Baby
Homework and Participation Expectations
For All Class Participants (including partners):
Readings and videos prior to weekend course
Attend at least 70% of lessons
It's encouraged to attend a minimum of 2 drop-in meditations outside of class time
Sample Class Curriculum (for One Weekend Course)
(curriculum subject to change, includes approximately 14 hours of instruction time)
Prep for Lesson 1
Start reading pdf of Chapter 2 of “Full Catastrophe Living” by Jon Kabat-Zin. Pdf will be provided.
Gather Supplies:
Order book 1 month before class: "Mindful Pregnancy & Birth" by Riga Forbes; available on Amazon Kindle and in hardcover:
https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Pregnancy-Birth-Mindfulness-Forbes-ebook/dp/B077GKF9YK/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=mindful+pregnancy+%26+birth+Riga+Forbes&qid=1565390962&s=gateway&sr=8-2
Optional Prep: Minimum of 1 minute/day of breath awareness, noticing the sensations of the inhale and the exhale.
Lesson 1
~ What is Mindfulness?
Usefulness w pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, breastfeeding/chestfeeding, and parenting?
The Research
Guidelines & Basics of Mindfulness
Breath Awareness
If time allows:
Acceptance Exercise
Lesson 2
~ The Challenges of Stress & Cultivating Care
Developing positive habits of mind
Discuss attitudes of mindfulness
Training the body to respond to stress with relaxation
: Body Scan
Cultivate generosity of spirit towards self and others others: Loving
Kindness or Metta Meditation
Lesson 3
~ Intro to Stages of Labor
~ Intro to Mindfulness in Labor
~ Additional Mindfulness Techniques for Labor
Pain as an object of meditation, t
ypes of pain
Counting the Breath; Mantras
Informal practice (Waking to this Moment): Lunchtime Meditation
Lesson 4
~
Continue discussion of pain:
Massage exercise
Pain Meditations
~ If time allows: "I’m Not My Thoughts (unless I choose to be)"
Discuss the observer/inner-witness
The Nature of Thoughts
Thought Bubbles
Lesson 5
~ Being with Fear
~ Being with Difficult Situations
Options for responding to difficult situations
Loving Kindness / Metta continued
Forgiveness
;
RAIN /
Compassion Break
;
Circle of Benefactors
Open Awareness Meditation
Lesson 6
~ Labor and Birth
Practice labor and birth coping skills with Ice Contractions
Conscious intentions and goals without attachment to outcome
If time allows: Deep listening Exercise
~
Mindful transitions and good-byes
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