Frequently Asked Questions

I created INNATE Postpartum Care - Certification Training in 2015, as a secondary training for birth and health care providers. I acknowledged then what I acknowledge now: Most modern educational pathways for healthcare providers offer a framework for the postpartum period, that is rooted in pathology; pathology detection and pathology treatment. And that in order to be of true service to postpartum Mothers and families, it is imperative that healthcare providers have a framework for postpartum WELLNESS, rooted in a holistic understanding of postpartum physiology and psychology.

First: please read the above response in regards to Who is INNATE’s Training for? And second: INNATE’s Training is part of humanity’s great re-membrance - what is shared in class can support ALL of humanity during this collective time of repair. The ultimate ‘requirement’ to participate in INNATE’s Training, is a commitment to thriving LIFE, through the pathway of Maternal Health. If you meet this ‘requirement,’ you are most welcomed to take INNATE’s Training.

Yes, payment plans are accepted for all of INNATE’s training. They are set up as automatic payment plans, and available as the payment choice at the time of registration. Payments are non-refundable. Monthly payment is taken every month, the same day of the month as the first payment.

My family and I offer two to five $1,500 grants for every INNATE Training offered. We offer these grants for birth and health professionals of color, who are actively working within their communities, and have true financial need.

The scholarships we offer for birth and health care professionals of color are in acknowledgement of 500+ years of racism being used as a weapon against humanity—with the understanding that this ‘history’ affects ALL of us today.

We feel it imperative for the health of all people, that each community has culturally-competent care providers with whom they feel good and safe with. This felt sense of safety is foundational for nervous-system regulation, which is foundational to wellness. The scholarships we offer is one part of our contribution to the creation of: community wellness.

We believe that when we address our collective history of indoctrination of inferiority and superiority complexes – through dismantling our respective conditioning, through conscious dialogue and through external action – we will be able to create a world based in love and justice.

Our family is not in the position to offer trades/scholarships/loans beyond the outlined scholarships we do offer. This business structure we have created is how our family assures our health and vitality—therefore assuring our ability to continue offering what we do. INNATE’s training is how our family supports ourselves, and represents 18-plus years of lifework.

If you are wanting to participate in INNATE Postpartum Care-Certification Training and do not qualify for the scholarships we offer and/or do not currently have the funds to register, we can suggest the following:

• We offer payment plans as outlined above.
• Apply for a grant from a supporting organization.
• Take out a personal loan from a loved one.
• Ask an existing client to consider paying you in advance for your work, resourcing you to take this training.
• There are many possibilities available to manifest the resources needed to take this training.

I created this training in part to give to birth and health care professionals the necessary tools to create thriving businesses – in integrity and alignment with life. I support THRIVING LIFE on this planet, and this includes financially thriving through economic security.

Upon successful completion of the Certification Requirements, Certification as an INNATE Postpartum Care—Certified Provider offers:

• The ability to Identify yourself as an INNATE Postpartum Care - Certified Provider in your respective community and work.
• Be included in the INNATE Postpartum Care - Certified Provider Practitioner’s Directory (please link to providers directory) on our website.
• Be included in marketing/advertising through Innate Traditions’ website and social media.
• Have access to a private, INNATE Providers web page, where you have access to:
  • A 5-class community education series to teach in your community entitled: INNATE Postpartum Care – Community Education Series Mother-Centered Postpartum Care for FAMILY WELLNESS; Rooted in Revitalized Community Support.
  • Media pack – of marketing and advertising materials for the community education series
  • Handouts to use with your clients – based on the community education series.
  • Recorded webinars and ongoing educational resources.
  • INNATE Postpartum Care—Certified Provider logo for your business purposes.

Beginning in 2021, INNATE’s ONLINE Training will be 9-months long. We meet most Wednesdays during our 9-months together, through LIVE Zoom classes. Each class is 2-3 hours long. All classes are recorded and stored in our online classroom. In addition to our class time, there are: 4 Live Question and Answer Sessions; Small group mentorship calls; and Co-Counseling Partners. Required reading books (link to the required reading book page please) are for those wanting to complete certification, and can be read during INNATE’s Training or after INNATE’s Training, prior to completing certification. A felt-sense of community holding is central to INNATE’s Training and is intentionally woven into all of INNATE’s ONLINE infrastructure.

All of INNATE's classes are taught LIVE online - classes are not pre-recorded. All classes are recorded and stored in our online platform. On average, about half of registered students attend LIVE and half watch class recordings. You can do whatever works for you - this is the beauty of online learning.

We do not offer refunds on course registration / tuition. You are welcome, however, to gift or sell your place to another woman (they will still need to complete a registration form).

The INNATE manual + postpartum supplies we learn to work with in class, are all sent out about one month into INNATE's Training. We will request shipping address confirmation from you at that time.

Class replays are available for 4 months once INNATE's Training ends.

Since the classes are LIVE the information and class details will be uploaded typically within 24 hours after the LIVE class.

To become CERTIFIED as an INNATE Postpartum Care Provider, the following requirements must be met within 6 months of completion of training:

1. Required reading of 5 books.
2. Three Case Studies applying INNATE Postpartum Care teachings. The purpose of case studies is:
   • That we are not just ‘talking’ about the information/understanding it from our minds only, but rather that we are embodying it; and
   • That you begin to envision how you want to weave INNATE’s teachings into the work you are already doing—and then try it out. In this way, you will be developing your unique expression of how to bring this work forth serving postpartum women.
   • Case Study #1 must be done on YOURSELF—applying the information and techniques learned to your life and your body. This is ‘care for the caretaker’ and is how we practice in integrity. Case studies #2 and #3 may be done with clients, friends, or family members—whether one week or 10 years/plus postpartum. These case studies are to be done at a discounted rate.
3. Each case study must be a written, 1-page review.

4. Upon completion of the booklist reading and the case studies, a small group certification consultation is scheduled with Rachelle. Certification is $727, and can be scheduled/paid for under SESSIONS. (please link to the SESSIONS section - as one of the drop down options underneath INNATE Postpartum Care)
5. Once your certification consultation is scheduled, you will be sent an email with important information of necessary steps.
6. Successfully complete the certification consultation.
7. Certification is to be completed within 6-months of the completion of INNATE’s training (either in-person or online). After 6-months, certification can still be completed, with a late fee of $117. After a 12 month period, INNATE’s training must be retaken/re-paid for, in order to complete the certification process.

There is a required reading if you are wanting to complete certification. These books can be read concurrently with INNATE's Training - or - can be read after INNATE's Training, before the certification deadline. The required reading books are:

1. Maternity Coming Face to Face with Your Shadow by Laura Gutman -OR- Mothering From Your Center by Tami Lynn Kent.
2. A Mind of Your Own -or- Own Yourself by Kelly Brogan
3. Seven Times a Woman by Lia Andrews
4. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price
5. Move Your DNA -or- Diastasis Recti by Katy Bowman