-Practical Birth Skills workshop-

how to best support labour & birth
with active birth, hypnobirthing, biomechanics and birth partner tools

Next date: Saturday 23 May 2026, 2pm-5pm, Petersham

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“While the private antenatal classes we did with another provider left me and my partner overwhelmed, Amelie’s practical birth skills workshop made us feel actually informed, prepared and ready. The techniques we explored proved really supportive and meant I was able to labour at home with ease for as long as I wanted”

— Marta

Get yourself and your birth partner equipped and ready to navigate labour & birth, from the first twinge to being settled in bed with your newborn baby.

Understand what approaches and tools best support the birth process,
and what frequently hinders or derail it (and what to do about it!)

Get the chance to rehearse and practice first-hand tested techniques, tips and tricks to navigate the intensity of labour, avoid exhaustion and overwhelm, or if birth seems to take a more challenging path.

For anyone wishing for a physiological or low intervention birth,
whether at home, birth centre or in hospital.
The workshop can also offer many supportive tools if you are considering or planning for an induction.

 

“A very special thank you for your birth skills workshop; I really recommend it to all mamas! I used many of the techniques and had my dream (and speedy!) physiological birth in the water”

— Emilie

What we cover

  • Key aspects of birth physiology & birth biomechanics (how birth & your bodywork) so you understand the ‘why’ of the skills explored, and are able to apply them in YOUR birthing circumstances, with confidence and trust

  • How to best approach each ‘phase’ and ‘key moment’ of labour to support physiology and avoid exhaustion and overwhelm (two key derailers of birth), based on your birth plans

  • Simple but effective tools to approach the sensations & challenges of labour with more calm and and promote supportive birth hormones, including breath, nervous system support techniques, and release techniques

  • How to create space in your pelvis for an easier birth, and when + what specific positions & biomechanics may help facilitate baby’s progress in specific circumstances (including, if you choose to have an epidural)

  • How to support and shorten the ‘pushing’ phase of birth, and reduce your chance of tearing or need for episiotomy

  • What can be tried if labour doesn’t seem to ‘establish, slows or ‘stalls’ before reaching out to further interventions

How we do it

This is a very practical workshop where after an introduction chat about how birth and how bodies work, we journey along the ‘phases’ of labour & birth (from when you think labour is starting, until the birth of your placenta), as if birth was happening.

Although there is a lot of information-sharing, the main focus is on lots of simulations and ‘birth rehearsals’, so you and your birth partner can get a sense of how things may look & feel on the day, and explore the skills and tools first-hand.

So you can go beyond the theory of birth prep and practically build confidence in how to best support & positively influence your labour & birth when it actually happens!

What you also get

  • a handout with printable ‘cheat sheets’ of the various tools explored

  • birth skills & breathing practice cards

  • 2 movement practice videos

  • daily & weekly biomechanics preparation practices

  • 3 breathing practice downloadable mp3

  • access to the workshop recording (recorded workshop bundle only)

  • free 30mn video call follow-up consultation to ask any questions (recorded workshop bundle only)

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£105 per person/couple including all resources

or £75 (recorded workshop bundle version)
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PURCHASE RECORDING

This workshop is also available as a private session, entirely tailored to your situation and needs, delivered online or in your home (area dependent) - £185 per person/couple
including all resources, and redeemable against the cost of full birth doula support.

Please get in touch if this is an option you’d like to explore.
For further support, have a look at my doula support packages or 1:1 pregnancy yoga support.

“Amelie's expert advice and tips for labour and birth were invaluable: I felt completely prepared when it came to using these different approaches on the big day.”

— Karen

FAQs

  • This workshop is best taken once you are in your third trimester, as it will make more sense in your body.

    You can join any time until you give birth, it’s never too late to learn about your body and prepare it for birth!

    If the next workshop date is ‘too late’ for you, you can purchase the recorded workshop bundle, which includes a 30mn consultation call for any questions you may have.

  • Absolutely not!

    Although the workshop is a great complement to my pregnancy yoga classes/courses, the tools & techniques we explore are accessible to everybody.

  • I try to run the workshop every 2 months. Check the website to see future dates, or get in touch to enquire/join the waitlist.

  • No, all equipment will be provided, including birth balls, rebozos, and other props we will use to rehearse labour & birth together.

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