This workshop is for you if you work with pregnant people, are a pregnant person, or wish to learn more about polyvagal theory and its role in the birthing space.

Attendees will learn:

• How to optimize the birth process to minimize the trauma experience and foster connection and co-regulation

• How Doulas / Practitioners /Yoga Teachers create safety within the Birthing Preparation and Process

• Support for pregnant people, and Preparing Mind for Birth,

• Body Based Movement, Sound and Breath – prepare Your Body for Birth

• Engaging the rhythm of regulation in the early Postpartum Period

This course is for you if you are a pregnant person, work with pregnant people, or wish to learn more about the role of the pelvic floor muscles during childbirth.

Speaker: NYC and international birth educator Chantal Traub, www.chantaltraub.com,

Attendees will learn:

• What the pelvic floor is, and what it does,

• How to optimize your client's pelvic health during 2nd stage of labor to prevent perineal tearing,

• How to promote postpartum pelvic floor healing,

• How the pelvic floor muscles help rotate the baby and get into birth ready position,

• Review breath and practice positions for effective pushing and how best to prepare the pregnant body for pushing and a full postpartum recovery.