Spiritual Midwifery Training

A 9 month training for mothers, doulas, midwives, childbirth teachers and complementary practitioners.

- starting May 30 th 2009

“Honouring the sacredness of the most mysterious and beautiful act of creation –

that of the conception, gestation, and birth of a child”

Saturday May 30th 2009

“Sharing our Stories of Life” – our birth, menarche, motherhood, womanhood, cronehood.

• Sharing our spiritual insights from our own paths of mothering.
• Exploring the possibility of “mothering” other women physically emotionally and spiritually.

Saturday June 20th 2009

“The Incarnating Child”

• Soul contact with unborn baby before conception, and in pregnancy.
• The physical and spiritual process of conception.
• Healing rituals for women becoming mothers (abuse, miscarriage and loss).

Saturday July 18th 2009

“The Unborn Child”

• Spiritual support to mother and unborn baby
• Assisting with family bonding using journeying with visualisation and sound
• Facing fears and anxieties – developing intuition – pregnancy dreams

Saturday September 19th 2009

“The Sacred Body”

• Anatomy and physiology
• Physiology of birth process
• Blessingway Ceremony

Saturday October 31st 2009

“Creating Sacred Space”

• In the home, and in the labour room
• Appreciating energies disruptive to the labour process
• Positive birthing energy
• Blessing for the Newborn

Saturday November 28th 2009

“Spirit in Nature”

• Nature and the Divine during pregnancy
• Plants, herbs and flower essences for pregnancy and birth.
• Sacred sites, and meditation in nature

Saturday 19th December 2009

“The Placenta, The Inner Mother”

• Spiritual significance of baby's connection to placenta
• Physical connection to the Inner Mother
• Lotus Birth

January 2010 – date to be confirmed

• Day of sharing experiences and thoughts for the future /case history presentations

February 2010 – date to be confirmed

• Prayer silence and contemplation
• Insights for parents from spiritual teachers of many paths
• Singing, chanting and meditation

All training modules are supported by showing of videos and dvds – more detail in programme sent out after booking

Home study for this course involves:-

• written assignments every month
• reading (some books need to be purchased)
• 2 case histories (may be family members)
• journal of daily insights and mediations
• we have a library of wonderful books, videos, and dvds – may be borrowed

Accommodation

• Overnight accommodation is available at Meadowsweet Farm – shared room or single, in a thatched cottage. €20/25 Bed and Breakfast (snacks and drinks included).

Cost of Training

• Total cost of training for 9 Saturdays from 10am to 5pm is €900.
• A €100 non-returnable deposit to secure a place on the training must be paid by the end of March 2009.
• Remaining cost of training, €800, must be paid by May 30 th , the first training day
• In cases of financial hardship a payment plan can be worked out
• Participants must attend all study days
• Training fee includes vegetarian lunches and refreshments, all materials and handouts.
• A more detailed programme will be sent upon receipt of deposit.
• Please make all cheques payable to Debra Norton
• Send to Debra Norton , Meadowsweet Farm, Glendree Lower, Feakle, County Clare , Republic of Ireland

Further Information

There are three criteria for acceptance onto this training :-

• you are a woman
• you have given birth to a child
• you are passionate about supporting other women on the path to giving birth.

A certificate will be given at the end of the training.

There is no final examination, and no judgment of work produced. The enthusiasm generated from the sharing of the content of the training should provide all the impetus that is needed to read, and do all the written assignments and case histories. Some of these assignments are of self-exploration and many of them will give the opportunity to understand the spiritual initiation that is given to every woman in birthing a child.

The Training Facilitator – Debra Norton

• I am a mother to three children, ages 30, 26 and 10 years, and am also about to become a grandmother.
• I am married and my youngest child is home-educated in a farm and nature setting in County Clare , Ireland
• I ran a Steiner mother/toddler group on the farm for two years
• I trained as a nurse and midwife in the 1970s and later as a doula, and I have a humanistic counselling certificate
• I worked with a herbalist and natural healer for some years, offering workshops to expectant parents and midwives.
• Then I organised 3 major UK conferences in the 1990s – two “Womens Health, Birth & Healing” conferences and “A Peaceful World for our Children”, focusing on peaceful birth, and inner/outer peace.
• In 1997 I founded the Holistic Childbirth Teacher Training in the UK
• I am training to be a herbalist.

  Contact Details: Debra@glendree.com or Call:- 00353 61 924868