Taught by Elder Donna Maria Camps

Emotional Intelligence for Modern Healers is based on ancient star nation teachings for humanity. These teachings are worded with the intention of helping you with the ability to -see- and to understand what you are -seeing-, in order to discover who you have always been. We are creators through our ability to feel and generate emotional frequencies. Emotional energy is the creative force behind our reality. It is time we learn how to master ourselves.

Donna-Maria Camps was born on the island of Trinidad in the West Indies. She is a Sun Dancer of the Lakota tradition, and a Western Door sweatlodge leader and has worked as a spiritual advisor within the Canadian federal prison system providing ceremonies for inmates as well as for the prison staff.

Taught by Midwife Karen Rae Ferreira, CCH, RSHom (NA)

In this 3 hour introductory class, you will gain awareness and understanding of the use of various healing modalities, including homeopathic, botanical and other natural remedies, in urgent maternal and newborn postpartum conditions. The topics to be discussed include: Maternal Bleeding/ Extended Postpartum Hemorrhage; Mastitis; Healing after Cesarean birth (relieve pain, treat & prevent infection, and speed healing); Maternal Grief & Postpartum Depression; Urinary Conditions (bladder incontinence, retention, prolapse); Neonatal & Maternal Birth Injuries (tailbone, shoulder, neck, hematoma, episiotomy).

Karen Rae Ferreira, CCH, RSHom (NA) began her study and use of Classical Homeopathy, Botanical & Natural Medicines, Midwifery, and Diet & Nutrition in 1979, and has maintained a private practice in Classical Homeopathy since. Karen is married, a mother/stepmother of 6, and grandmother to 6, and a biodynamic gardener.

Understanding Elements of the Sacred Feminine and Sacred Masculine to bring about a deeply bonding, fulfilling, functional polarity to the family

Taught by: Elder Pat McCabe, Woman Stands Shining

Drawing upon insights from Indigenous cultural practice, as well as from sources from modern culture, we will look at some of the underlying principles of the Feminine and Women’s Nation as well as the Masculine and Men’s Nation, and the spiritual capacity they hold based upon their innate characteristics. With this foundation we will then look at what happens when all of this medicine comes together with the bringing of Life, and with the great spiritual possibilities of the family, the community and the Global Community.

Pat McCabe, Woman Stands Shining, is by blood from the Dine (Navajo) Nation, and was also adopted by the Lakota Spiritual Way of Life. She speaks worldwide from an Indigenous perspective on "sustainability,' is an artist, writer, activist and visioner of Thriving Life principles on this Mother Earth, and is the Mother of five children.

Taught by Dan Doty

A course to support the fatherhood journey in immediate postpartum and beyond.

Dan Doty is a father, husband, meditation teacher, men's work leader, and wilderness guide. He was the former co-founder of EVRYMAN and the director of hit tv show MeatEater. His current practice includes supporting dads via Fatherhood Unlocked and leading groups into the wilderness to help men contact their inner strength and confidence. In his spare time, Dan loves to meditate, camp, wrestle his kids, and go on dates with his wife. 

Taught by Amanda Coslor, Licensed Midwife and Coquelicot Gilland, Somatic and Presenting Skills Trainer

In this course we will go over caesarian births and some of the somatic and psychological impacts to both mother and baby. By understanding the anatomy, physiology and developmental psychology of the muscles that are effected in caesarian births, we will help expand your ability to read and speak to the mother’s body with a trauma informed perspective. This course will draw from the different somatic psychological systems to demonstrate bodywork techniques, practices and developmental sequencing exercises that help in resolving some of the traumas that are activated in a C-section birth both in mother and baby. We will discuss various ways for birth workers to recognize nervous system dis-regulation–a symptom of trauma–in both themselves and in clients. We will then teach practical tools for nervous system regulation for both you as a care provider, and for your clients.

Amanda Coslor is a Licensed Midwife who has practiced over the last 15 years in both Wisconsin, California and Colorado. Amanda has a long history as a community health educator. Amanda trained in a somatic system known as Bodynamics, learning about trauma and its effects through a child development framework. She cares deeply about health care approaches that see people as whole and valuable members of their community.

Coquelicot (“co-cle-co”) Gilland is a Personal Coach and Life Skills Trainer, Bodynamic Analyst, Bodynamic Foundation and Skills Trainer, Somatic and Presencing Skills Trainer, Restorative Touchworker and Certified MassageTherapist, Yoga Mentor, member of Birth and Early Parenting Educators, Pastoral Counselor, and Minister with the Association for the Integration of the Whole Person (AIWP). Her work has evolved through more than 30 years of experience and a deep commitment to personal and professional growth. She acts as catalyst and facilitator for the development of inner strength and wholeness.

Taught by Audrey Thorp, Traditional Birth Attendant, Full Spectrum Facilitator, Homeopathy Practitioner, INNATE Postpartum Care - Advanced Practitioner, and Founder of The Rooted Woman Collective

Not every pregnancy that begins, continues. Be it miscarriage, abortion, or other reproductive losses, many women and their families may find themselves looking for facilitation while processing the abrupt end of a new pregnancy. The unique postpartum needs of these experiences are often largely ignored, though desperately needed - every woman is postpartum no matter the birth outcome. This module covers the wide variety of reproductive losses, how they are experienced physiologically and psychologically, and how they can best be supported in holistic, physiologic, and knowledgable way. 

Audrey Thorp is a mother, an autonomous traditional birth attendant offering full spectrum facilitation, homeopathy practitioner, Advanced INNATE Postpartum Practitioner, educator, and mentor.

She is the founder of The Rooted Woman Collective, a sanctuary where practitioners come to have their cups filled as women first and foremost. This is where she teaches her wise woman structures so holistic entrepreneurs and practitioners can serve their communities from a place of abundance and in integrity. 

Taught by Whapio, Elder Midwife

Many Postpartum women are disappointed, wounded and even angry about their recent birthing experiences. In this class, we will address the Postpartum Psyche and unfold the dynamics of what may have occurred so that women can heal and embrace the gifts of the postpartum. We’ll be witnessing the power dynamics that often play out between the family and the caregiver and we’ll have a forward-thinking and mature discussion of the psychological rank that is usually part of this dynamic. We’ll discuss what the wise use of power looks like and we’ll witness the distress caused by the misuse of knowledge and influence. Understanding and articulation opens the door to witnessing and healing. And that is the goal of this discussion…the retelling of birth stories in a clear and powerful voice.

Whapio has been a midwife and teacher for the past 40 years. She has directed the non-profit organization ‘The Matrona,’ since it’s creation in 2001 and continues to offer midwifery and doula programs, both on-line and in person. Whapio speaks frequently about the Consciousness of Birth and value of Returning Birth to the Family.

Taught by Sarah Byrden, Moga Dao Sacred Sexuality Teacher

MogaDao Sacred Daoist Sexuality Teacher Sarah Byrden offers her teachings, allowing us to understand sexuality in the postpartum phase with great reverence, possibility and beauty. Often, the postpartum phase of a woman’s experience—as well as her partner’s—can feel like a severance from sexuality, when in fact this time is one of the most potent and primordial doorways into true human sexuality. Often bewildering, sorrowful and full of unspoken feelings for both partners, this course will help you to understand how to help your clients learn to navigate and celebrate this phase as a rite of passage; realizing the profound opportunity for a deepening experience and understanding of sexuality and life energy.

Sarah Byrden has been an educator in the fields of transformational wilderness therapy, international cross-cultural development, experiential and body-based healing since 2000. As a certified MogaDao Sacred Daoist Sexuality Teacher, she offers paradigms, practices and teachings that allow her students to integrate sexuality into their lives in profound ways. She is the owner and founder of The Elemental Self, a company offering visionary curriculum, transformational workshops, and wilderness immersion for the sacred recovery of matters of the body, heart, soul and our eternal wildness.

Instinct, Neurobiology, and Power

Taught by Maria Maldonado, Autonomous Midwife and David Ali, Systems Designer

This class will be about 3hrs long

We will cover:

• Basic Anatomy, Physiology
• Common and normal physical changes (tears, hemorrhoids, pain, etc)
• What does it mean to be "cleared" by a doctor
• Neurobiology, shifts in the territory of our bodies and psyches (men too!)
• Unpacking the questions of "when is it safe to resume having sex after birth?"
• Menstruation & Pregnancy Prevention
• Reclaiming a culture that honors the transformation into matrescene, fatherhood
• The mystery and vitality of our sexual energy as currency for materializing healthy and coherent realities.
  
  

David Ali Riviello Felix is a father, biologist, farmer, and herbalist and systems designer.

Maria Maldonado is an Autonomous Midwife-Partera and an Elemental Fertility Guide & Educator.

Rooted in the recognition that we are extensions of raw natural power, designed to move through our physiologic rites-of-passage consciously, and evolve in collaboration with nature, Seed To Body is born.

We are a family practice rooted in elemental wisdom, offering comprehensive reproductive-care services, empowering online seminars & immersions, as well as transformative in-person retreats.

Taught by Qiddist Ashé,a medicine woman and female health educator

Fertility awareness overview, postpartum fertility, breastfeeding and fertility, mucus only method, sympto thermal method, marquette method (sympto hormonal), other forms of contraception and pregnancy prevention, copper IUD risks, additional steps and resources

Qiddist is a medicine woman and female health educator who holds space for transformation as we cultivate the inner and outer resources we need to live fully in our power. She is the founder and creatrix of The Womb Room, an online community for female health & sovereignty. Informed by her maternal lineage of Ethiopian midwives and her own work in authentic midwifery, functional health, herbalism, somatics, and spiritual sovereignty, Qiddist merges the science and the spirit of female health, orienting to all the ways we can reclaim agency and responsibility for our bodies and our lives. 

Qiddist’s work is rooted in “womb to tomb” midwifery, spanning all parts of our generative lives from menstruation and fertility, to pregnancy and birth, conscious pregnancy prevention, cervical health, postpartum, menopause and beyond— and all the death/life cycles that come with these phases. She believes that through models of ritual-centered community care, we can remember that we are our own medicine, and that it is our birthright to know how to tend to our wombs and to each other.

Taught by Dr. Lauren Mallari-Snyder PT, DPT, Women’s Health Specialist, Founder Thrive Physical Therapy

This course takes a deeper dive into the biomechanics and physical techniques to improve changes in the postpartum body. We will clarify physical therapy’s role in postpartum care. We will review and deepen your anatomy and biomechanics knowledge on posture/alignment, breathing and Diastasis Recti, and go over techniques on how to improve these issues. We will learn efficient body mechanics to help prevent spine, pelvis, core and pelvic floor dysfunctions and will learn exercises to strengthen these areas, necessary to perform these body mechanics correctly and eventually automatically.

Lauren began her career as a Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2012 after graduating from the University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences in San Diego, CA. Fascinated by the art and science of movement, she began studying more about Women’s Health and Pelvic Floor dysfunctions through Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute, and combined that with her orthopedic and neuromuscular re-education studies of Functional Manual Therapy® through The Institute of Physical Art. She is a member of the San Diego Birth Network and American Physical Therapy Association and Founder of Thrive Physical Therapy in San Diego.

Taught by Haize Hawke, Homebirth Midwife

String has been used to protect or honor major life events in West African tradition since ancient times. In this ceremony, we use it to signify the importance of the birth journey. We also acknowledge the length of time we held in between both worlds. This is an honoring of what we have accomplished and where we have been. What we have seen between the veils and what we are creating on this side. Then finally, the string signifies closure. That which was wide open is now, for a time, closed.

Haize Hawke is a Mother, Doula, Midwife, Meditation Teacher, Healer, Long- Distance Birth Coach, a Life Coach, and a Spiritual Counselor. Haize’s focus is on creating support within the family unit—allowing for optimal relaxation and felt support to be experienced in birth. Haize is the facilitator of Sister2Sister/Brother2Brother Coming of Age Spirituals and Rites of Passages Ceremonies; a celebration and support for a young girls and boys as well as women and men, evolving into adulthood.

Taught by Elizabeth Betwixt, Women’s Pelvic Health Provider

Birth is a rite of passage for parents, baby, family, and community. As a postpartum care provider, you may facilitate a Birth Story Integration Ceremony to support the family’s return from their journey between the worlds to reincorporate with their people. Through the power of story, Mother and Father celebrate joyful moments, unwind stress, allow emotions to flow, and acknowledge their challenges and choices. A community circle witnesses, and the family is supported to metabolize the multidimensional passage of birth in body, mind, and spirit. Parents and siblings are initiated into Baby’s language, and Baby is initiated into a community who receives and cares for his expression. Thus the ceremony serves the family both as a Closing of the birth and an Opening into a world of healthy relations and collaboration through the workings of life.

Elizabeth Betwixt is a women’s health practitioner, educator, and cultural engineer who resides in Boulder, Colorado. Her work WiseWomen Pelvic Care, is the culmination of 20 years of study in the sacred feminine pelvis. She creates sanctuary for women to embody the power of this creative and sexual center ~ our Fertility. Elizabeth’s passion is to catalyze a remembrance of our womanhood as a Thriving Garden of Life. Her care for the planet is actualized in guiding women to seed a new earth through tending the health of their bodies.