SUPPORTING YOUR UNIQUE BIRTH JOURNEY WITH ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS THROUGH THE

Childbirth Education Course

Join me for a 5-class series designed to empower expectant parents, doulas, advocates, and anyone seeking more knowledge about childbirth.

Create your own birthing experience.

If you’re a pregnant person or birth facilitator looking for the resources to navigate the journey with safety, confidence and knowledge you’re in the right place!

But this may be hard for you to believe if you...

  • Don’t know that there are safe choices outside of the hospital.

  • Struggle with deeply ingrained cultural programming that says there is something inherently wrong with your body.

  • Have been led to believe that your body may not have the ability to give birth.

  • Can’t afford a doula or midwife.

No matter what kinds of challenges you’re facing, you deserve the chance to...

  • Have an empowering, transformational, ecstatic birth experience, free from trauma for both you and your baby.

  • Heal and prevent birth trauma.

  • Have a strong knowledge of birth, allowing you to connect to your body and make informed decisions.

  • Possess the agency to self-advocate, even if it goes against the medical system or other power structures.

If you’re not sure where to start or what your options are, I can help provide clarity through the…

Childbirth Education Course (CBE)

CBE helps expectant parents, birth workers, and advocates embark on a transformative, alternative birth experience.

What’s included:

  • 5 sessions (or individual sessions) taught live online via Zoom on Mondays. A recording will be available after the class.

  • A deep dive into the normal physiology of birth.

  • Embodied practices honoring the spiritual, emotional, and physical transformational journey of birth.

  • Clear information about all of the procedures you may consent to or decline.

  • Support for each family’s decision-making process.

  • Opportunities to have your questions answered by the instructor during class time.

What the birth mommas are saying:

“You were a gentle teacher about pregnancy and birth.”

— Cara Reddy

Understanding the natural physiological process of birth allows you to make informed choices during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. Knowing your options changes everything.

Fears around birth are natural, but knowledge is power!

So, by the end of this course, you will be able to…

  • Feel safe about birth and labor through an understanding of the body’s natural process.

  • Create a unique birth plan that is grounded in solid knowledge about of all of your options.

  • Improve your experience of birth by connecting to your essential self and following your intuition.

  • Gain the strength and courage to make choices about your body and baby, based on your own truths instead of external pressures.

  • Navigate the transformational journey of birth with power, confidence and joy.

  • Pass on the wisdom you have cultivated to your community and descendants.

“I used so many elements of what you taught and shared with us during the classes - truly, truly helpful! Thank you again Tara, you are a treasure to this community!”

— Waiʻala Ahn

Join our 5 class series

  • Nurturing & Nourishment

    Explore the metabolism of pregnancy, how excellent nutrition fortifies the body for birth and how to utilize embodied practices to cultivate deep support for your birth journey.

  • Holistic Stages of Labor

    Examine the stages of labor from a new perspective, with the focus on the magic and support which are available innately through hormonal release and nervous system regulation.

  • Fear-Pain-Tension Tools

    Cultivate a practice for navigating birth to make sure when the day comes, you have access to what you need and a team that will support you.

  • Movement & Upright Birth

    Dive into the physiology of labor and understand how to work with the deep wisdom of your body.

  • Bonding & Birth Plan

    Review which procedures are available to you and connect with your  sense of safety to create your unique birth plan.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN BIRTHING ADVENTURE!

Classes are held four times a year:

Fall Session: October 7 - November 4, 2024

Winter Session: January 6 - February 3, 2025

Spring Session: April 7 -  May 5, 2025

Summer Session: June 2 - June 30, 2025

$399

ONE TIME INVESTMENT

All 5 sessions, 15 hours of teaching

$99

PER SESSION

1 session each, 3 hours of teaching

“You have made the experience truly magical for me and I have learned so much from it.”

— Haunani Ramil

About Tara

I provide home birth services, advocacy and education for people who care about childbirth, body sovereignty, and community health. 

But it hasn’t always been easy. I’ve had financial challenges, struggled to stand up and advocate for myself, experienced a miscarriage, been a patient in the medical system and felt the lack of regard from mainstream culture and medical care providers.

I created this course because not everyone is perfectly aligned with a homebirth, and that’s alright. However, everyone deserves to feel safe and have dignity when giving birth, no matter where they are or what options they choose. 

The childbirth education classes offered by the hospitals have zero real information included in them. I know there are lots of people who want to understand what to expect when they give birth. I’m honored to articulate that information to empower anyone. 

My goal is to decolonize knowledge, provide an authentic presence through embodied practice, and use my agency to nourish the collective. Are you ready to have agency over your body?

FAQs

  • My Childbirth Education 5 Class Series was created with the understanding that birth is a natural, physiological process our bodies innately know how to do. The course focuses on empowering the birthing person through detailed education about alternative care options, embodied practices you can tailor to your needs, and respect for your choices.

  • The course was created by Tara, a Certified Professional Midwife with over 2 decades of experience in the field of midwifery.

  • You’ll receive information by email with Zoom links to join the live online classes. All classes take place on Monday evenings at 1 or 2pm hst/4pm pst/5pm mst/6pm cst/ 7pm est).

  • All sales are final. If zoom sessions cannot be attended, a live recording will be provided.

  • I believe in equitable access to reproductive health resources. I do not want anyone to miss out on this information due to lack of funds. Therefore I do offer a sliding scale. Please fill out this google form to pay on a sliding scale.