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The non-member rate for this 5 week series is $225 and the member rate is $200. Click here to purchase your membership today.
Are you an expecting parent navigating the beautiful yet challenging path of pregnancy in the Bay Area? Are you either overwhelmed with information, looking for a space to integrate practice or feeling clueless as to where to start? Do you want to build a lasting community with other expecting parents? Look no further! Our unique support circle is tailor-made for individuals like you, who are embarking on the incredible journey of growing babies while transitioning into parenthood.
In this confidential and nurturing space, we invite you to come together with fellow pregnant individuals for five weeks of heartfelt connection and unwavering support. We understand that every pregnancy is a unique experience, which is why we welcome all your individual circumstances and stories. Together, we'll embark on a journey of exploration, growth, and camaraderie.
Each week, we'll dive into topics that naturally arise during pregnancy, helping you prepare not only for the arrival of your little one but also for the transformation you're undergoing. This series is not centered around clinical education but rather about creating embodied practices and using tangible applications so that you leave feeling empowered, capable and loved.
Guided by a skilled facilitator, you'll have the opportunity to share your thoughts, concerns, and triumphs in an environment designed to foster deep connections and joyful celebration.
Please Note:
-Topics covered during each session are outlined in the Details Tab. Top Take-Aways from this Support Circle include: - simple embodied self-care practices to feel a deeper connection with yourself and your baby (babies) - a community of other pregnant folks to bolster your support system - clear communication tools to equip you while navigating new relationship dynamics - a tangible postpartum plan!
-This group is not limited to those pregnant with their first baby. Second, third, and fourth time birthing people are welcome.
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General Overview (each circle is tailored specifically to the unique group of attendees):
Session 1 Conception:
-Your journey to pregnancy.
-What led you to this path?
-Group agreements for creating and maintaining a sacred, safe space.
Session 2 Our Changing Identity & Relationships and Our Babies:
-Process your changing body and identity through pregnancy and birth.
-Learn to get rid of the shoulds, let go of expectations and build a deeper sense of inner trust.
-Navigating changing relational dynamics.
-Hopes and fears and regarding our relationship with your new baby (babies), partners, parents, friends, co-workers, and greater community.
-Ideas to enhance connection with your baby through your pregnancy.
-Exploring who we want to be as a parent.
Session 3 Postpartum Preparation & Plan:
Discuss and process what your 4th trimester is realistically going to look like. As a postpartum doula and yoga instructor, Mikka is here to guide a conversation about "the forgotten trimester". You will walk away from this session with a clearer vision and a strategy for you to thrive and not just survive during the first 12 weeks with your baby.
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Session 4 Birthing your New Self along with Baby:
-Reflecting on what you would love in your birth experience.
-What is important to you in this rite of passage?
Session 5 Our Community:
-Blessing one another on the rest of your journeys into New Parenthood.
-Ways to maintain support and community.
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Mikka Bonel, is the founder of Birthing Yoga and Holistic Healing. She has over 1,000 hours of training in yoga, bodywork and birth-work. Mikka is a prenatal and postnatal educator, yoga instructor, bodyworker, 1:1 Yoga/Life coach, Ayurvedic postpartum doula and Somatic Trauma coach. Mikka's main teachers/mentors: Jane Austin (pre/postnatal yoga guru), Harvey Deutch (Yoga Therapuetics), Leslie Howard (Pelvic Floor yoga) and Jenna Furnari (Bodywork and postpartum doula) br> Mikka is devoted to welcoming your body, heart and soul into this massive transitional period so that you feel held, capable and STRONG. She believes in strength in softness and trusting the deeper wisdom we all have to make the best choices for ourselves and our babies. She radically advocates for self love and connection being the most important ingredients for thriving during one of the most difficult transitions for your life. Mikka radically advocates for education around the first year of postpartum as our society doesn't talk about such things! Consequently, many birth humans feel alone, in pain and massively overwhelmed in their first months postpartum. Mikka is here to say, "Hell no!" It does NOT have to be that way. birthingyoga.com
