Hypnobirthing is....

HypnoBirthing is more a philosophy--a life approach--than it is a birthing technique.  While it is an educational tool used during pregnancy to teach specific breathing, relaxation, visualization, meditative and nutritional practices, its main principle is to honor and respect birth.  The salon prepares mothers, as well as couples, to experience peaceful and beautiful births--no matter the setting. HypnoBirthing highlights the psychological, emotional, physical and spiritual components to birth which connect the mind-body-and spirit in full preparation for the extraordinary life-changing event to follow.

Throughout the series, couples will experience deepened states of relaxation through guided self-hypnotic sessions.  At all times, participants are in full control of their body, fully conscious and in charge of their own experience.  In its most simple terms, hypnosis is a deepened stated of relaxation that allows a person to bypass the critical mind and to access and connect with the subconscious mind.  Self-exploration of the subconscious mind, combined with the power of suggestibility, allows one the opportunity to discard unhelpful programming and replace it with more positive truths.  This is the essence of HypnoBirthing, a reconditioning of the mind to accept a vision of birth that is gentle, peaceful and in alignment with our natural design and function.  Women's bodies were made to experience comfort during birth and it's time for women, and men, and our children to be told the truth, and what better way to know the truth than to experience it firsthand? 

Sessions follow a 5-week schedule, meeting once per week for 2.5 hours.  Ideally, sessions are started around 20-34 weeks' gestation, however, if more guidance on nutrition or body toning are needed, earlier enrollment is encouraged.  Alternatively, if you over 35 weeks, accommodations can be made upon request.  If you are a previous HypnoBirthing couple who desires a refresher course, please contact us.

***All sessions, regardless of in-person or online format follow the 5-week schedule and 2.5 hour meeting length to ensure the content is presented in its entirety, providing enough time between sessions for processing and integration.  

HypnoBirthing can be used by first-time expecting parents or by couples looking to reclaim aspects and heal from previous birthing experiences.  If an instinctive conscious birthing experience is sought, this HypnoBirthing salon is a beautiful compliment to achieving that goal.  Below are some of the benefits to HypnoBirthing parents and their babies:

• A release of fear or limiting beliefs surrounding pregnancy, birth and parenting;
• Fewer interventions and surgical births;
• Reduction, and/or elimination of the need for anesthesia, episiotomy and other interventions;
• Shorter first and second labor phases;
• Fewer pre-term and low-birth weight babies;
• Lessened or eliminated pelvic floor damage;
• Happier and more content mothers and babies;
• Alert babies-capable of nursing almost immediately;
• Fewer cases of post-partum depression;
• Infants with higher than average APGAR scores;
• More confident, supportive and present birth companions;
• Comfortable, easier and faster births;
• Peaceful, calm and gentle entry into the world.