Tea Time with Pacific Doula Services

After a weekend of workshops, I want to open my home up for one more gathering of people who participate in the birth community. Whether you are local, have traveled in from distant places, or are passing through, we would love to have you for a mid-morning gathering around a pot of tea.

We will be discussing whatever topics you bring to the table!

Tea and light refreshments will be served. I will also be serving my favorite green juice to any interested parties :)

Please RSVP by following this link.

Body Awareness for the Birth Worker

When: Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 4:00PM to 6:00PM
Where: Private Residence, San Mateo, CA 

Join Pacific Doula Services in welcoming Brandon Chien, Fitness Professional and Strength Coach!

This two-hour skill-building workshop is intended for birth workers of all shapes, sizes, and abilities. Learn the techniques for bringing comfort, strength, and resiliency to YOUR body (and thus your birth business). This workshop will focus on body awareness and fitness skills to bolster and support YOU, both in and out of the birth room.

Topics covered:
// Support Yourself Supporting Others! Why it's worth it
// Ground Up: Building Mindfulness and Awareness
// Prepare & Prevent
// Release & Restore
// Including a special instruction on the "10-minute Reboot for Birth Workers"

As a partner to a birth worker, Brandon has unique insight into the particular challenges that birth work places on the body. As a weightlifting coach and personal trainer, Brandon brings his holistic and hand's on approach to the learning experience.
Read more about Brandon at www.bscfitness.weebly.com

This workshop will be hosted in San Mateo, in my living room. Attendance is capped at 14 folks.

The cost is $25 for the first 7 people who register; $40 for the last few registrants. 

To register, please contact me at jessica@sfpeninsuladoula.com.

Meet Brandon (and his barbell)

Massage Techniques for Pregnancy, Labor, and Postpartum (Advance Skills Workshop)

When: January 26, 2013 - 10:00AM to 12:00PM
Where: Private Residence, San Mateo, CA

Join Pacific Doula Services in welcoming Onyia Osha Pemberton, Massage Therapist & Doula!

This two-hour skill-building workshop is intended for doulas, childbirth educators, and the like. Come learn the techniques for bringing comfort and strength to pregnant, laboring, and postpartum folks through massage. 

As a rehabilitative massage therapist, doula, and mother of twins, Onyia brings a blend of technical knowledge, intuitive skills, and hand's-on approach to the learning experience. 

This workshop will be hosted in San Mateo, in my living room. Attendance is capped at 14 folks. The cost is $35 for the first 7 people who register; $50 for the last few registrants. 

To register, please contact me at jessica@sfpeninsuladoula.com.

Meet Onyia (and her baby Amaya)
 

Gena Kirby's Strength and Comfort in Labor Rebozo Workshop

When: January 25, 2013 - 5:00PM to 9:00PM
Where: Private Residence, San Mateo, CA

Join San Francisco Peninsula Doula in welcoming Gena Kirby, of Progressive Parenting Radio, to the Bay Area!

Gena will be traveling to the Bay Area in late January 2013, and we are lucky to have her pop into the Peninsula to offer an evening workshop!

Interested in learning about the history of the rebozo? Learn how midwives in Mexico have used the rebozo for centuries to provide comfort, re I will share how midwives in Mexico have used it for centuries to provide comfort relaxation and strength to women in labor. The class is broken up into three parts. There will be a break for 45 minutes for lunch.

We will go over how to encourage a malpositioned baby to move, and how to empower the birth partner. The rebozo brings everyone participating in labor together.

We will be hosting a four-hour workshop that covers twenty (20) different techniques of the Rebozo. We will also have the opportunity to enjoy a special discussion on Brain Wave Lengths in Labor. There will be a 45-minute break for us to share a potluck meal. 

http://rebozoclass.wordpress.com/testimonials/

This workshop will be hosted in San Mateo, in my living room. Attendance is capped at 12 folks. 
The cost is $75 for the first 7 people who register; $100 for the last few registrants. 

Pregnant folks/couples are encouraged to attend! If you have any clients that want to attend it's $65 per couple. We are also reserving 3 spots for teenage parents & low-income folks - please contact me for details.

Registration & Details: 
Registration Here or
Register on Facebook

Expect plenty of laughter and some tears as we journey together in this workshop celebrating the history and wisdom of the rebozo.

Apprenticeship Interviews Underway

This morning, I sipped on a cup o' Josephine (java + coconut oil floater, look into it!) while interviewing a possible apprentice in my living room.

We chatted about experience, expectations, trepidations, exciting developments, and opportunities for growth. We talked about what it takes to be a community leader, and the importance of developing a professional identity that is entirely your own. We talked about sex education.

With the handful of interviews that I have scheduled throughout the weekend, I am glad for the opportunity to meet with some pretty cool folks to discuss what calls us to this work, what we can do to make the work sustainable and fulfilling (at the same time!), and how we can better serve our society/selves.

Thank you, in advance, to all of those who have an interest in this program -- I can feel the world shifting beneath my feet with every potential Apprentice Doula I meet.

"Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be." --Joseph Campbell