Next Workshop: 1st August 2026

A full-day workshop for pregnant women and their birth partners

 

Nobody tells you how much of birth is mental. You can pack the bag, write the plan, read all the books, and still find yourself in the middle of labour thinking: nobody prepared me for this.

This workshop is the answer to that.
 

Prepare for Birth is a full day designed for you and your birth partner to explore what labour actually involves. Not just the mechanics, but how to move through it, together. Everything we cover is evidence-based, and all of it is practical. These are tools you’ll leave having actually used, not just read about.

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What we cover

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Mindfulness is at the heart of the day, and for good reason. We’ll spend real time learning how to sit with uncertainty, manage fear, and stay present when things are intense. There is strong evidence for mindfulness as a support for pain management and fear in labour, and it doesn’t stop being useful once the baby arrives.

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Breathwork goes far beyond relaxation. We’ll work with breath practices that support pain management, help the body release and soften the pelvic floor, and give you an anchor. We’ll also cover the breath for the pushing stage specifically.

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Movement and birthing positions are about learning to work with your body rather than against it. We’ll explore positions that support optimal foetal positioning, keep labour progressing, and give you and your birth partner a shared physical language for the day.

 

All of this is threaded through the physiology of labour. What your body is actually doing at each stage, and why. Including what happens when labour becomes medicalised, because for many women it does. Breathing tools for a ventouse delivery. Staying grounded in a c-section theatre. Working with position when you have an epidural and can’t feel your body the way you expected to. Understanding what’s happening, whatever form it takes, is what makes it possible to stay present rather than just endure it.

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By the end of the day you’ll feel ready. Not in the sense of having everything figured out. Ready in the sense of: I trust my body, I trust my partner, and whatever happens, we can handle it.