Childbirth Workshops / Doula Services

3rd Thursday of Each Month

Educational & inspiring workshop for pregnancy and labor.

Ocean Oasis, 1333 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica/ Register -310 451 9900
Every 3rd Thursday. of the month 6:30-9:30
Fee: $75

Join other parents for an educational and inspiring time preparing for your new baby's birth and to celebrate your family to be. The presence and support of a woman's partner is a powerful aid to labor and delivery. This workshop will give parents tools and techniques to encourage a loving and empowered childbirth experience.

"Thank you for the workshop, we really enjoyed it. It was wonderful...all the information & exercises were both relaxing & very useful."- Workshop participant

With informational support, yoga, music, and meditation this workshop will cover:

- Emotional and physical support techniques for couples
- Discussion of medical procedures and options
- Comfort measures for labor
- Relaxation, Breathing, and Movement techniques
- Visualization and meditation for pregnancy and birth
- Yoga positions and breathing for labor and birth
- Bonding between parents and unborn child

This workshop is a perfect compliment to your hospital childbirth education series and is recommended anytime during either the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Prior yoga experience is not necessary and beginners to yoga are welcome.

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DOULA - Birth Support Services:

DOULA is an ancient Greek word for a woman's assistant. It has now come to be synonymous with a woman who gives birth support. A doula provides emotional, physical, and informational support to a pregnant woman and her partner. As a birth assistant, she helps the mother manage the many sensations of labor by guiding her with various techniques and positions beneficial to the birth process. She does not perform any medical tasks.

Doula's are a part of a sisterhood that upholds codes of conduct and professional practice. In general, their services are wide ranging and may include: creating a birth plan with the mother, helping the mother seek education around birth issues, and advocating the couples desires to the hospital staff or midwife. A doula can also give advice about breastfeeding and other aspects of post-partum care.

Khefri Riley has come into doula work through the birth of her first son Zen Reign. Delivered underwater with no drugs, her Doula's played a major role in her positive experience. Khefri has received her Doula Training Certification from The Judy Chapman Family Center and Pre-Natal Yoga Certification in The Khalsa Way from Golden Bridge Yoga.

Custom Services include:

- Pre-natal visits

- Yoga techniques and private classes

- Visualization and Meditation

- Creation of Birth Plan

- Attendance at Birth and Post-partum visit

- Digital Photography at Birth

- "Momma Goddess" Fashion shoot

- Telephone support

- Breastfeeding support

- Holistic Approach

- Alternative Birth resources

- Creativity and Motherhood

- Written Birth Story

Birth packages can be personalized depending on the needs and wants of client.