Enlightened Birth
Enlightened Birth is a holistic birth preparation experience that supports expecting parents in meeting birth as both a powerful physiologic process and a profound life passage.
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Grounded in over two decades of midwifery, bodywork, and teaching, Enlightened Birth offers clear, steady guidance on how birth unfolds in the body — and how to prepare for the intensity, altered states, intimacy, and force of the experience itself. This workshop centers safety, nervous system regulation, and trust in the body’s design, helping you understand how to protect the field and work with birth’s natural current.
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Whether you are preparing for a hospital, birth center, or home birth, this offering supports you in approaching birth with presence, faith, and reverence for the body’s intelligence.
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Offered both in-person and online.
Enlightened Birth In-Person Couples Retreat
In-person, day-long birth preparation retreat for couples planning or considering a natural birth.
$350/Couple
Tea & a hearty snacks included.
*Bundle your birth class with prenatal/postpartum bodywork sessions to receive a discount! Option to add package will pop-up during checkout.
UPCOMING DATES:
⫸ Sunday, February 15th, 12-5pm
Glen Ellen, CA ​
⫸ Sunday, March 22nd, 12-5pm
Glen Ellen, CA ​
Enlightened Birth offers a spacious container for expecting mothers and their partners to prepare together and commit deeply to the birth journey. Mothers are supported with a simple, flexible framework for meeting intensity with presence and confidence, while partners are guided in understanding the depth, influence, and quiet power of their presence. The intention is for both partners to arrive at birth grounded in their bodies, connected to one another and their baby, and prepared to meet the experience with steadiness, trust, and care.
en·light·ened
adjective
1. having or showing a rational, modern, or well-informed outlook.
2. spiritually aware.
birth
right of passage
Birth, like most great rites of passage, comes down to a leap of faith.
Enlightened Birth provides you with the wisdom and faith that's needed to leap.
We explore the following Core Teachings and more through engaging lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and lots of practice:
Enlightened Birth
⫸ Love Is Why
⫸ How to Support Births Natural Process
⫸ Unite With The Instinctual Animal Within
⫸ As A Ceremony
⫸ The Spirit Door
⫸ Sex & Birth
Power & Progress
⫸ Power: The Uterus
⫸ Progress: The Cervix
⫸ Stages of Labor
⫸ The Baby's Journey
The Art of Surrender
⫸ Birth In-to-me-see
⫸ Outlets for Energy:
Breath
Sound
Movement
Touch
Trust Birth
⫸ WHEN Birth Is Longer or Harder Than Anticipated
⫸ WHAT Aspect Isn’t Working?
⫸ HOW to Make Choices in Childbirth
⫸ WHY It's So Enormous!
Heal All The Way
⫸ A Midwife’s Guide to Postpartum Healing
⫸ A Pelvic Floor Specialist's Guide to Healing After Birth
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Frequently Asked Questions
⫸ What makes Enlightened Birth different from other birth preparation classes?
The content of Enlightened Birth draws from my 20+ years of practical experience in the birth community: as a midwife, prenatal yoga instructor, massage therapist and prenatal massage instructor, doula trainer, and through my own birthing experience. Enlightened Birth extends far beyond the basics to offer you inspiring birth wisdom.
⫸ When should I take this course?
You can attend an Enlightened Birth retreat at any time during your pregnancy but most couples choose to attend during their mid-to-late 2nd trimester.
⫸ Should I attend a hospital birth class in addition to Enlightened Birth?
It depends. Many couples feel that this curriculum gives them more than enough preparation for their birth. Enlightened Birth also pairs beautifully with other birth classes because the content is guaranteed to be unique.
⫸ Am I guaranteed a natural birth experience?
Nothing in life or birth is guaranteed, but when the day(s) is done your birth is guaranteed to be an epic story that will leave you forever changed. Fortunately, after two decades in midwifery & women’s health, I am certain that the story can always be about empowerment, reclamation, and ecstatic love.
⫸ For the online course, how long will I have access to the course material?
Each Monday night class will be recorded and uploaded to our online classroom. You will have access to all the LIVE class recordings + bonus video & audio recordings for 90 days after your classes start date.
"Enlightened Birth was packed full of powerful knowledge, positive affirmations and tons of goodness for us to carry with us into our natural birth journey. Seth shared that he felt much more confident about being a part of the birth team and caring for me in labor. He noted that the tips and tricks Kate shared were simultaneously simple and easy to remember while also feeling like intimate and deep solutions. I would highly encourage any of my clients and friends to participate in this retreat, especially if natural childbirth is your goal. Kate turned a hum-drum experience into a truly peaceful and beautiful journey preparing for a spiritual and enlightened birth."