Thursday Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Pre-Conference Workshops
- B1–Ancient Herbs/Modern Medicine with Shonda Parker – 9a until 3p — $90 until March 1, 2012; $105 thereafter — maximum of 30 attendees allowed
- Through lecture, discussion, and hands on research you will learn how the body interacts with, metabolizes, and distributes herbal medicines of different types.
- Learn the factors that can influence the skin, mucous membranes, and gastrointestinal absorption of herbal medicines.
- Examine tissue sensitivity to herbal medicines and be able to demonstrate a knowledge of therapeutic considerations that must be used when counseling the client of childbearing age.
- Present a case study relevant to your personal birth work and as a group offer critical and supportive suggestions for improvement in herbal care.
- Session includes identification of herbs and hands on participation
- B2–Undisturbed Birth: Science and Wisdom with Dr. Sarah Buckley — 9a until 4p — $100 until March 2, 2012; $120 thereafter — maximum of 40 attendees allowed
- Join Sarah as she explores the science and wisdom of natural, undisturbed birth.
- Learn about the “ecstatic hormones of undisturbed birth” and their importance in optimising safety, ease and pleasure for mother and baby.
- Discover the wisdom of an undisturbed hour after birth and delayed cord clamping, and the long-term benefits for breastfeeding and attachment.
- B3–Variations of Normal Birth with Lisa Barrett — 3p to 6p — $60 until March 1, 2012; $75 thereafter — maximum of 40 attendees allowed
- Receive training from one of the World’s leading experts on birth variations such as twin delivery, breech delivery and other considerations that typically
bring great fear and lack of training/understanding in the medical and midwifery realm. - Learn the different variations that can occur in birth and ways in which the birth server can help the mother to transition through them.
- Glean knowledge of positional changes, how to vary ones support of the mother appropriately as well as other techniques used to support each individual situation.
- Learn from actual and amazing birth stories, see pictures/video, in order to glean the best measures of support for the women you will serve.
- Receive training from one of the World’s leading experts on birth variations such as twin delivery, breech delivery and other considerations that typically
- B4– Liver Rejuvenation and the Art of Cleansing for Women in the Childbearing Years with Sherry Rothwell – 6:30p to 9p — $50 until March 1, 2012; $60 thereafter — maximum of 40 attendees allowed
- Learn How to Harness the Power of Liver Rejuvenation to Cleanse with CONFIDENCE, so that you can Increase Your Energy and Boost Your Mood WITHOUT nausea, detox symptoms or causing harm to your unborn or breastfed babe!
- Whether you are a caregiver who desires to gain more knowledge about liver rejuvenation to benefit the women you serve, or you are a mama who is curious about cleansing, this class will give you a new and empowering perspective that will help allay your concerns.
- We will look at liver health and rejuvenation not only from the perspective of western science and Naturopathy, but also through the eyes of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
- By embracing the wisdom in each approach and by looking at the broader perspective, we will piece together the common themes that can help us gain a better understanding of how our body functions as a whole.
- We will weave together the knowledge, tools and strategies that are essential to support our bodies’ inherent cleansing capacity, while at the same time discovering the specific distinctions that afford us the wisdom to know how to rejuvenate effectively and cleanse responsibly.