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"Closing The Body, Opening The Heart"

Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (ET)

Washington, DC

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Event Details

Birthing Hands of DC

Birthing Hands of DC SM offers a full range of birthing care and related services to women preparing for birth and motherhood.

We follow time-honored traditions of total birthing care, coupled with sound medical protocols.

Our caring team of professionals ensures that all women and families receive the highest quality of available birthing options that meet their wellness, lifestyle and cultural preferences as a precious new life is brought into the world.

We sponsor workshops, classes and special events on issues of interest to soon-to-be expectant mothers, expectant mothers, mothers, birth care service providers and the local birthing community.

Birthing Hands of DC Presents

"Closing of the Body, Opening of the Heart"

Instructor: Sonija Parson, Doula (CBI)
International Midwife

NEW DATE & TIME:
Saturday, April 12, 2008
9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Emergence Community Arts Collective
733 Euclid Street, NW
(Near Howard Univ. and Benjamin Banneker High School)
Washington, DC 20001

www.ecacollective.org

Who Should Attend?  
Class will be of special interest to expectant moms and dads, doulas, midwife birth assistants, massage therapists, other birth care service professionals.

What Will Be Covered?
Class will cover a Mayan traditional way to physically and emotionally close the cycle of pregnancy and birth, and open a new chapter with a new baby.

Description:
Class will teach the physical and therapeutic closure of the women's body, post partum, with a technique traditionally used by many indigenous midwives that literally, as well as metaphorically, closes the women's body. Often, new mothers feel like their body is "left wide open" their ribs and hips are literally pushed outward to accommodate their body's growth. They can also feel more susceptible to illness or emotional crisis. "Closing of the Body" allows the new mother to come to the end of her birth experience, celebrate it, and let her body close while allowing her heart to open for the next chapter in her life with her new baby and family. Many women find this experience to be an opportunity to acknowledge and resolve emotions that have surfaced during labor and birth. The class will be interactive with hands-on demonstrations.

Sonija T. Parson is the senior doula and midwife assistant with Birthing Hands with extensive experience providing birthing services in the United States and internationally. She recently returned to Washington, DC from Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico where she serves as a traditional midwife. She practices this healing art in Mexico and Washington DC.

Registration Fee: $30.00 / $35.00 at the door

B.Y.O.L.

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Space is Limited. Early Registration Recommended.

A Certificate of Attendance will be presented for use
with ALACE and ICTC CEUs