Courses
Experienced doula, Lina Nilsen and I run regular in-person Birth and Postpartum Preparation courses and workshops in and around West Wales.
Many of our offerings are currently subsidised with thanks to generous funding from The Lottery Community Fund, granted to the wonderful new Community Interest Company, the Real Health Collective CIC, for us to facilitate (and which I am proud to be a Director of).
*Concessions and payments plans are available; just be in touch so we can discuss something that works for all.
Birth Preparation Course
When: Wednesdays 25th June, 2nd, 9th and 16th July, 2025, 10am to 1pm
Venue: Blaenffoss, west Wales
Cost: £120ppn, £200 per couple. Concessions available with thanks to generous funding from The Lottery Community Fund, granted to the the Real Health Collective CIC, for us to facilitate. Payment plans also available.
Our holistic Birth Preparation courses are aimed at pregnant women/ people from around 25 weeks of pregnancy onwards, and their birth partners where possible.
Our course is a mix of both practical and evidence-based information, self-reflective and physical exercises, useful tools and creative tasks, to help you prepare physically and emotionally for birth.
Our course is the perfect opportunity for you to be present with your pregnancy, upcoming birth and postpartum period amongst busy lives, in a relaxing and nourishing environment, held by experienced mothers and birth professionals. Our courses also serve as an invaluable opportunity to connect with other local people who are soon to give birth.
Our intention is to offer you support and guidance and solidarity in whatever kind of birth you are planning and whether this is your first pregnancy or your sixth!
To book, email naomi@embracingthewaves.com
We cover the following topics:
- What happens during birth? The anatomy and physiology of birth, pain science, phases of labour.
- Choices and rights in birth. Hospital birth and routines, home birth, making a birth plan, how to advocate for an empowered birth experience.
- Tools for birth. Pain relief. How to support both the birthing person and the birth partner
- Pregnancy and birth as a rite of passage. Pregnancy and birth as sacred, becoming a mother and a parent. The changes and metamorphosis of becoming a mother/ parent.
- Postpartum – the roadmap to a healthy thriving mother AND baby.
Our courses span 12 hours, split over four sessions, with refreshments included.
We also provide a growing digital folder of pregnancy, birth and parenthood related resources, a library of books for you to borrow and useful items for sale for your childbearing year, such as rebozo scarves and herbal sitz bath mixes to support post-partum healing.
Postpartum Preparation Course
How is it possible to make the postpartum a time where the mother can restore, heal, transform and actually feel rejuvenated?
This three hour workshop is designed to support you as you navigate the transformative journey of the postpartum period.
After giving birth, it takes time for the body and the mind to settle into all the new-ness. In this workshop you will learn the most essential tools to find a rhythm and confidence in this momentous chapter of your life.
This workshop is for parents-to-be and new parents, whether this is your first baby or your last!
Where: Blaenffos, west Wales
When: Saturday 12th April, 10am to 1pm
Investment: £25ppn, £40 per couple, subsidised with thanks to generous funding from The Lottery Community Fund, granted to the the Real Health Collective CIC, for us to facilitate.
To book, email naomi@embracingthewaves.com
This 3 hour, in-person workshop includes:
- The concept of the Fourth Trimester
- The main keys to a deeply healing and peaceful postpartum period that are found across all ancient cultures
- What to expect of postpartum
- Nutrition
- Healing rituals (bellybinding, sitz bath, yoni steam etc)
- How to put together a postpartum plan
- The roadmap to a healthy thriving mother AND baby.