Medicine of Birth
Each birth carries its own wisdom, gems and medicine.
For some births, this is easier to access, or the birth is so empowering that the wisdom, gems and medicine are less sought after.
For other births, because it wasn’t as empowering as hoped for, the wisdom, gems and medicine become more important yet perhaps also more illusive. We can get caught in a narrative that prevents us from seeing this birth story’s beauty.
This workshop is a special 4-week container with 4 women. Each week one woman goes through the Birth Story Listening© debrief, with an open discussion afterwards. Between the classes, there are homework assignments that allow you to delve deeper into your own story.
“Let there be no mistake, when a woman makes efforts to intervene and fight her demons, whatever that demon may be, it is one of the most worthy battles known, both archetypically and in consensual reality. Even though they might, as in the tale, hit ground-zero-minus-five bottom via famine, capture, injured instinct, destructive choices, and all the rest, remember, at the bottom is where the living roots of the psyche are. It is there that a woman’s wild underpinnings are. At the bottom is the best soil to sow and grow something new again. In that sense, hitting bottom, while extremely painful, is also the sowing ground.”
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. in “Women Who Run With The Wolves, Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype”
There is an immense power in sharing our stories amongst each other, and finding common threads and new perspectives.
Stories have been a fundamental part of human culture since ancient times. Through sharing them, we connect, understand, and empathize with one another.
When women come together while sharing their stories, they inspire and empower one another. Their vulnerable shares encourage others to embrace their own unique challenges, recognize their inherent strength, and find the purpose in their story.
Through story sharing we can understand how we don’t need healing from our challenge, and instead we see that living the challenge was the healing after all.
What does it look like:
4 live Zoom classes.
Each class is 2 hours long.
4 women plus myself as host.
1 live birth debrief per call, plus guided group dialogue & Q&A.
3 home work assignments between the 4 classes to delve deeper into your own story.
The classes are not recorded for optimal participation and privacy.
Investment:
CAD$247 per person.
Payment in full required to be registered.
Registration closes 2 days prior to course start.
No refunds once classes start.
Next dates:
6, 13, 20 & 27 May 2025
10am-12pm PST
Book with a friend for a 10% discount.
Put together your own group of 4 women for a 15% discount and custom dates & times.
Recommended reading:
Women Who Run with the Wolves; Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Reclaiming Childbirth as a Right of Passage; Weaving ancient wisdom with modern knowledge
by Rachel Reed
Everything Toltec Wisdom Book; A Complete Guide to the Ancient Wisdoms
Loving What Is; Four Questions that can Change your Life
by Byron Katie
About me
My name is Rosie, I live in Squamish, BC and:
I am a Mother of 2 Boys (2017 and 2020). The first birth was traumatic and the second birth was beautiful. Both births were transformative, each in their own way.
I am a Certified Birth Story Listener, a transformative birth debrief protocol.
You can find more about me on my ABOUT ME page.