: Prenatal Yoga & Childbirth Preparation Hills District: PowerBirth®

PowerBirth® Program Since 1999

PB 5 Week Training Course
PB Practice Classes
PB Couple Workshop
PB Starting Dates
Costs

"I'm pleased to say I had no pain relief, although I was induced.
Not once did I consider using drugs for pain relief.
I have no doubt that PowerBirth helped me to have the wonderful, natural birth I desired"
Lysabeth 1st birth April 09

You will Learn

Mind Centering Techniques, to strengthen your Mind and train it to remain focused, calm. Mental and emotional steadiness will allow for more and deeper physical relaxation which will support your working uterus by minimising tension and reducing pain production. As a result of your regular practice you will develop mental stamina, reduce or eliminate pain and rediscover your inner strength and learn how to use it.
To modify perception of & response to pain.
Deep relaxation.
To facilitate a natural childbirth & achieve an easier and shorter labour.
To avoid drugs
Effective management of intervention.
To avoid unnecessary intervention.
Proper breathing.
To understand the Mind/Body connection & how to use it to your own advantage.
To understand your birthing environment & how to use it to your own advantage.

Mothers Benefit in Pregnancy, Childbirth, and afterwards

Assisting with and avoiding common ailments in pregnancy backache, heartburn, varicosity
How to avoid/remedy a posterior bub & breech position
How to prevent and release sciatica
How to care for your back and pelvic floor
Encourage the right position for your baby
Increased breathing capacity, improve circulation & oxygenation.
Improved flexibility, strength & energy.
Maintaining physical, mental & emotional well-being.
Remove fears, self-doubt & misconceptions.
Improved sleep, stress reduction.
Increased positive attitude & self-confidence.

Increased inner focus & mental clarity.
Increased self-reliance & reducing/avoiding need for pain medications.
Reducing pain production & increased tolerance to physical discomfort.
Increased endurance & mental stamina.
Facilitate a natural childbirth.
Shorter and easier labour, & faster recovery.
Feeling positive & satisfied afterwards

PowerBirth® 5-week Training

Bookings required

Costs (Click here)

SATURDAYS 10.00am & THURSDAYS 7.00pm

You can start round 20 weeks of pregnancy. Please check the Starting Dates for PowerBirth 5-week Training
You choose to attend SPN classes before PB.

Your first session is 2 hours, followed by four 90 minutes sessions.
The 5 weeks are structured in a sequential manner, training the mind progressively from simple practices to the state of Focus & Relaxed Awareness (FRA).

Classes consist of yoga postures, breathing, mind training, relaxation training & led relaxation, pelvic floor awareness, birth stories in focus, motivational talks & knowledge sharing and many pregnancy & childbirth issues are addressed weekly.

Choose your starting date well so that you will be able to commit to your 5 week-training and practice classes afterwards. Do not book your hospital ante natal classes during the same period! A missed class can only be made up by attending a corresponding session that is presented in another class within the same week so that sequence is not lost.

You may take 2 classes per week: 1 Simply Prenatal Yoga (SPN) & 1 PB training.

PowerBirth® Practice Classes

PB Training is a prerequisite.

SATURDAYS 10.00am & 11.30am, THURSDAYS 10.00am & 7.00pm
Practice times varies, please check starting dates for courses

PB Practice starts from the week following the Training. It is a continuation of PowerBirth Training. Here you have the opportunity to practice what you have learnt, to deepen and cultivate the mind state that you will take into your childbirth. These classes are a great support to the training course and helps you to stay on track with your practice as well as to keep you calm and fit through the remainder of your pregnancy.

Empowering stories demonstrating self reliance, mental calm, ease and short births from 1st timers are presented at the beginning of each class, and other inspiring stories such as fully self managed births. Visual imagery on birth and processes not presented in the Training are practiced in these classes. The state of FRA is revisited and deepen each week.
A minimum 5 practice is recommended. Mothers usually take classes all the way to their due date. You may choose to take 2 classes per week; 1 SPN & 1 PBP

Classes consist of yoga postures, breathing, practice of state of Focus & Relaxed Awareness, visual imagery, led relaxation, birth stories in focus, motivational talks & knowledge sharing and many pregnancy & childbirth issues are addressed weekly.

PowerBirth® Couple Workshop