Mindful Birthing - Programs for Mindful Family Living

Welcome to the Training and Community Page. Here you will find information about Mindful Family Living Community Events and our Professional Trainings.

Professional Trainings

As the wide ranging benefits of Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) Education on the health and well-being of expectant and new families becomes increasingly known, perinatal health professionals are looking for experience and training in this way of teaching and in exploring how they might bring this powerful skill to those they serve. In our workshops, retreats and trainings health professionals will be able to begin or deepen their understanding of mindfulness for their own lives, experience first-hand the mindfulness practices as taught in the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Education Program, and investigate the possibilities for bringing mindfulness into the fields of maternal, child and family health in which they work.

Workshops, Retreats and Training

Mindful Birthing, Mindful Living

A 2-Day Self-Care Workshop for

Perinatal Health Professionals

When: TBA

Mindful Birthing, Mindful Living

A 6-Day Retreat and Training for

Perinatal Health Profesionals

When: 2008 - Postponed

Location: Commonweal Retreat Center

Bolinas, California

This retreat is designed for those interested in exploring teaching MBCP and mindfulness in other settings and for medical and mental health professionals seeking an introduction to mindfulness meditation and understanding its complementary relationship to obstetrics, midwifery, nursing, pediatrics, medicine, particularly family medicine and clinical psychology. Obstetricians, pediatricians, family practice doctors, midwives, labor and delivery and postpartum nurses, doulas, childbirth educators, lactation consultants, prenatal massage therapists, infant massage instructors, pre and postnatal yoga instructors, infant mental health professionals, early childhood educators, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, counselors, educators or anyone interested in the health and well-being of families may well find this program of value to their work--and their lives.

For complete retreat description and application

11-Week Professional Development and

Training Program (PDT)

For perinatal and mental health professionals, birthing, postpartum and infant care professionals or anyone interested in the health and well-being of pregnant and birthing families, infants, children and parents.

When: TBA

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