Practice Name: New Beginnings Hypno Birth
Location of Service: Hamilton (QLD)
Shannon is a Passionate Hypnobirthing Practitioner, Beauty Therapist, Photographer & Creative Director. She has attended many births over the years supporting women with their incredible journey into motherhood and has had the privilege to photograph and document many of these births.
Pregnancy and childbirth have always been a special interest to Shannon and understanding the physiological changes a women’s body experiences. Shannon has a wealth of knowledge to support women through all stages of their journey.
Whether you are a first time mum or you are healing from a traumatic birth Shannon is here to give you all of the tools and knowledge Hypnobirthing Australia has to offer.
She welcomes you to come along to her studio in Hamilton and learn with other like minded families. If you cannot attend one of her Classes she offers in home training. One of the benefits of this is you will be taught in a familiar comfortable environment.
As her journey into childbirth education expands she has began the likes of energy healing. Shannon takes a special interest in Indigenous health & outcomes and offers Culturally appropriate classes for anyone who Identifies as Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander (please get in touch).
Shannon leaves us all with a simple message “ why be ordinary when you are designed to be extraordinary”.
FIND ME ON:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/New-Beginnings-Hypno-Birth-1054104604691257/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/newbeginnings.hypnobirth/
Practice Name: Mother Down Under
Location of Service: Gordon Park (Brisbane)
Hello and welcome!
I am Caitlin, a childbirth educator, a registered nurse and a mother.
My passion is helping mothers.
Whether they are trying to conceive, pregnant, coping with a newborn or wrangling a toddler, I love hearing their stories, providing advice when I can or at least a shoulder to lean on. Since giving birth, I have provided casual encouragement to other women through my mommy blog http://www.motherdownunder.com.
I am thrilled to be a hypnobirthing practitioner and to be able to positively support women throughout their pregnancy, birth and beyond.
As a nurse, I have come to hypnobirthing from a scientific background, and I believe that empirically, the method makes so much sense. Our bodies are complex, are able to perform extraordinary feats and, just as they are capable of growing a perfect baby without our conscious input, they are also capable of birthing that perfect baby without much conscious effort.
After experiencing a beautiful hypnobirth, I felt so empowered and positive.
I strongly believe that, if your pregnancy and birth are the positive events that you hope they will be, you will enter motherhood feeling confident and better able to cope.
I found that hypnobirthing enabled me to have a relaxed pregnancy, a natural birth and demonstrated that trusting my mothering instincts led to ideal outcomes for me and my baby.
It is truly my wish that every woman has the opportunity to experience the pregnancy and birth that she desires.
Melissa Spilsted is the Founder & Director of Hypnobirthing Australia™ and teaches parents hypnobirthing techniques in regular classes held at Paddington, Brisbane and Robina, Gold Coast. Melissa also teaches Practitioner Courses to childbirth professionals throughout Australia and the world. In addition to the regular Hypnobirthing Australia course, she has written a world first course for ‘Positive Caesarean Birth’.
Melissa brings to her hypnotherapy and hypnobirthing classrooms over 20 years experience in teaching and professional qualifications. In addition to this – Melissa has successfully used hypnobirthing techniques three times herself and has had three beautiful, peaceful and calm natural births!
Widely known as a hypnobirthing expert, Melissa’s TV and media appearances have included Channel 7 Sunrise, The Courier Mail, Woman’s Weekly, Nurture Magazine, Mother and Baby Magazine, Practical Parenting Magazine, Birth Matters, television and national radio interviews. Her work has also been showcased in the Royal College of Medicine in London and childbirth hypnosis albums (available through this website or iTunes) are popular throughout the world.
Based on her success in delivering hypnobirthing classes over a number of years, combined with her personal and professional teaching, voice training and clinical hypnotherapy experience; Melissa has developed the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Program that incorporates modern, contemporary training resources and professionally recorded Australian practice recordings; that is uniquely designed for contemporary Australian families and systems of maternity care.
Please click here to see Melissa’s timetable of classes and feel free to contact her directly to discuss your own positive preparation for a beautiful, calm birth.
Practice Name: The Power of Birth
Location of Service: Alderley, Brisbane (QLD)
Hello and Congratulations on taking the first step towards a positive birth experience for you and your baby.
My background is in international education with two decades of experience in training. However since personally experiencing birth I was drawn to a career as a Hypnobirthing Australia TM practitioner. My experiences of birth come from 2 opposite ends of the spectrum. #1 – a highly medicalised birth (c-section) and #2 – a powerful natural birth (hypnobirth) and feel I have a profound understanding and appreciation of both.
My passion lies in allowing every mother-to-be the opportunity to truly know that it’s possible to give birth in a calm and empowering way regardless of any past experiences or what she has been conditioned to believe. My desire is to help women trust deeply in the innate wisdom of their bodies, to understand how the brain plays an integral role in the birth process. And at the same time, to appreciate the wonders of the medical system.
I gave birth to my two babies in my early 40’s. By having a caesarean and then a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) I’m now acutely aware of available options and choices for parents in either of these situations.
By arming women and their partners with knowledge and tools to confidently navigate their childbirth journey and to understand the physiological processes of the body during labour and birth, leaves both mummas and partners feeling empowered. They are then able to make informed decisions resulting in positive births.
The labour and birth experience are imprinted on a woman and her child for the rest of their lives and it is so exciting to know that this process can be powerful and positive, no matter the circumstances.
The birth of a child is a wonderous event. In your preparation to give birth it would be a joy and privilege to offer you vital learning tools, healthy encouragement, wisdom and insights and much laughter.
Feel free to contact me directly for further information on class times. (website in process)
esther.thepowerofbirth@gmail.com |Ph 0431 834 384
FB: thepowerofbirth | INSTA: @the_power_of_birth
Practice Name: Angela Marshall Acupuncture
Location of Service: Brisbane, Mansfield, QLD
As an acupuncturist and mother myself one of my key passions is helping women throughout all stages of fertility, pregnancy, labour and post-partum. Providing them with the tools, knowledge and confidence that allows them to have not just a positive pregnancy, but a positive and calm birthing experience as well.
As a mother of four, I have had four very different pregnancies and birthing experiences and know what it is like to feel unsupported, worried and anxious. With my work as an acupuncturist, I see many women throughout their entire fertility and pregnancy journey and see a lot of overwhelm and worry among these women. For me personally hypnobirthing is about broadening my skillset and being able to expand the services that I offer my patients, to help them feel supported and to be able to feel empowered to create not only a positive pregnancy, but a positive labour experience.
I also know that acupuncture on its own cannot do everything so being able to have an extra skill to help mothers to harness the power of the mind, to feel relaxed and to listen to their own body’s natural wisdom, is something that is very important to myself, my values and how I choose to support my patients. Offering this course which is in alignment to my way of practicing will ensure my patients have the tools and knowledge to assist them in having a birth experience they will want to remember.
Practice Name: Truly Madly Motherhood
Location of Service: Brisbane, Ferny Hills, QLD
My classes are relaxed, down-to-earth, and really focus on your bodies innate capability to birth your baby. I believe birth is all about the mind. Of course there is a physical aspect to it but our bodies are so amazingly equipped to assist us in that process — it’s our thoughts and the stories we have in our head that can get in the way! So let’s work together to get your mind in the best possible headspace for the empowering and positive birth that you deserve. I so strongly believe that women are capable, powerful forces and when we are properly supported we can truly move mountains — or in this case we can move mini humans out of our bodies!
My birth experiences are a testament to the power of having an unwavering trust of your body and the natural process of birth. I have brought three very big babies safely into the world, all born at home and all needing me to pull on different aspects of my Hypnobirthing training to get me through. I have had a whole lot of life happen during my pregnancies, plus I am from Canada so my entire family is overseas. I didn’t have that primal support system of my mum and sisters so when life really started getting hard during my first pregnancy, and that calm joyful pregnancy journey that I had envisioned started slipping away from me, I had to come up with a new plan. I couldn’t control life, but I could control my birth experience — so that’s what I did and the results were profound. I credit Hypnobirthing for helping me become the powerful birthing woman that I never knew was always in me, and for setting me up for the awesomely chaotic journey of motherhood.
Practice Name: Belly Birth and Bubs
Location of Service: Manly & Thornlands (QLD)
I’m a mother to a beautiful little ‘hypnobub’ and I’ve always had a passion for birth, but after the beautiful birth of my son I finally found my calling. I took a drastic turn in my career and invested all my passion in becoming a Hypnobirthing Practitioner to help women achieve the birth they desire and deserve.
Being able to help couples during this magical time of their lives is a dream come true. I look forward to helping you learn techniques to use during birth and gain the knowledge needed to help build your positive calm birth plan.
It can often be hard to trust your own instincts especially through modern maternity practice, however, through hypnobirthing you can learn to trust your body again and have confidence that it will lead you through the process. You’ll gain the knowledge and understanding to release your fears and ‘let go’ to the birthing process.
I offer courses in Manly, Brisbane, but I have a passion project being offered through limited spots in Thornlands. Private and online classes are also being offered if you would prefer the comfort of your own home, wherever that may be in the world.
I look forward to working with you and your partner during this journey please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Find out more:
Website: bellybirthandbubs.com
Facebook: Belly Birth and Bubs
Instagram: @bellybirthandbubs
Practice Name: Birthing Kindness
Location of Service: Oxley (QLD)
My name is Chantell, I’m a young mama of three. Theodore (7), Evelyn (4) and Lottie (5 months). I’m a primary teacher in my fifth year of my teaching journey and I adore teaching the early years. I am down to earth and often am described as grounded and positive. I became passionate and interested in birth with my third pregnancy. I felt a pull towards the birth world and I loved learning more about pregnancy, birth and beyond. I had a beautiful hypnobirthing experience with my third birth and I felt the need to educate all women and their birth partners about hypnobirthing and the joy of a peaceful birth.
I chose to train as a hypnobirthing practitioner and I am so glad I did. Diving deep into the techniques to empower a peaceful birth has been a joy! I feel so blessed to be working with women and their birth partners to assist them with the birth they deserve.
Bringing my education, teaching skills and knowledge to my childbirth education classes is exciting, I get to share The Positive Birth Program in an engaging and positive way!
Chantell, @birthing.kindness
Practice Name: It takes a village Midwifery
Servicing: Jindalee (Brisbane, QLD)
Mae’t is a Medicare Eligible Independent Midwife. She enjoys preparing mums and birth partners to have their best birth and an empowered transition to parenthood. Mae’t has been working with pregnant women and teaching childbirth preparation since 2004. Mae’t has three happy children, birthed in a hospital, a birth centre and a positive waterbirth. With experience in supporting women in birth, Mae’t has an interest and understanding of how to prepare mums and birth partners for a calm and empowering experience.
Practice Name: Full Circle Yoga and Hypnobirthing
Location of Service: Brighton (QLD)
Hi, I’m Amy and I’m all about women having joyful pregnancies, births and beyond!
As soon as I found out I was pregnant with my second child the fear of labour descended on me. I would describe the birth of my first child as traumatic and not an experience I was keen to repeat. I began to search for a more gentle, empowered way to give birth and came across the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program. I went on to have a beautiful birth with my second child, and recently added number three to the clan using Hypnobirthing Australia techniques.
I am also a qualified yoga teacher specialising in pregnant and post-natal women. I have extensive knowledge of the physiology of the pregnant body and will work with you to create a healthy body and mindset for your pregnancy, labour and your journey into parenthood.
My goal is to empower women and their support persons to make educated decisions that serve them, their babies and their vision of a positive birth. It’s not about having a textbook perfect birth, it’s about having YOUR version of a positive birth.
I offer small group classes on the Northside of Brisbane, where you can meet and connect with others who are on the same journey as you. I also offer private classes by appointment.
Practice Name: Sacred Space Hypnobirthing and Hypnotherapy
Location of Service: Birkdale (QLD)
I would like to embark on this journey with you.
To provide a safe space to replace any fears of birth with confidence, not just for you, but for your birth partner too.
Help you to achieve your hopes and dreams for your birth, regardless of what course your labour may take.
Offering ongoing support after the course and if you have any residual fears, which I doubt you will, I will gladly come to your home and do a one on one fear release with you and/or your birthing partner.
After having two hypno bubs myself and a background in hypnotherapy, I have been constantly drawn back to hypnobirthing over the last five years. It is something I am deeply passionate about and I am so excited to be part of this birthing evolution. Women need to hear amazing birth stories when pregnant, not the war stories that so many women seem to have.
We need to spread the word that birth is a beautiful and powerful experience, which can be embraced wholeheartedly.
You will become an advocate for Hypnobirthing for years to come. You will be able to pass on the skills you have learnt to friends and family, and even one day, to your own children.
Offering small group classes and private classes in your own home if preferred. Contact me today to discuss payment plans and course options.
Practice Name: North Brisbane Hypnobirthing
Sam is a certified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner and Childbirth Educator (HPCE) based in North Brisbane. She has a Bachelor degree in Psychology and is currently working as registered Nurse. Sam has experience in adult mental health and works as part of specialised peri-natal mental health team. She is passionate about natural birthing and is a member of the Maternity Coalition.
After experiencing a traumatic birth with her first child, Sam understands the importance of the parents being validated, respected and informed during and after the birthing process. This experience has led her to discover Hypnobirthing.
Sam strongly believes that every woman deserves to have a positive, empowering birth. By learning and embracing Hypnobirthing, mothers and birth partners are equipped with the tools and techniques to make this a reality. Sam is excited to have the opportunity to teach expectant mothers and birth partners the benefits of Hypnobirthing and to be part of their journey towards a calm positive birth.
Practice Name: Hypnomami
Location of Service: Margate (QLD)
Hello, and Welcome!
My name is Barbara. I have been passionate about pregnancy and childbirth from an early age.
After living in several countries and being fortunate enough to be the birth partner and doula for my dearest expat’s friends who didn’t have family around, I have had the opportunity to learn about different relaxation birth methods and techniques.
I came across Hypnobirthing Australia™ when I became pregnant, and I was astounded how complete and informative the course is compared to others. It is like all the other courses I learnt merged into one, and I fell in love straight away.
I am a proud hypnobirthing mum of one, and I would love to share my experience to help other mums to have a positive pregnancy and childbirth experience.
I believe every woman must have the birth they desire.
Send me an email on hello@hypnomami, and I look forward to supporting you on one of life’s most amazing experiences.
Love,
Barbara
Practice Name: Life Options (Beautiful Births)
Location of Service: Cleveland (Brisbane, QLD)
Gabriella from Life Options (Beautiful Births) has lived and worked in the Redlands Brisbane for over 20 years.
She is a mother of four and has run a clinic from her home in Thornlands for ten years. Gabriella is a CBP. ABP, Birth Doula, Hypnobirthing Practitioner and independent birth facilitator.
Gabriella’s passion and drive set her apart from her piers, she has dedicated her time to women and their families in her role as a Birth Doula and Holistic therapist. Her career has been a great success and very fulfilling. As a Hypnobirthing Practitioner Gabriella feels that she is able to give a greater amount of confidence and support to pregnant women and their families at a birth, especially when they fear the most natural thing a women can do (birth).
Gabriella has outstanding qualifications in all her chosen modalities and prides herself on delivering the highest quality of care to all her clients. It’s truly is a labour of love! LOOK @ LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUR CHILD
Practice Name: Soul Mama Birthing
Location of Service: Brisbane, North Lakes, QLD
Lauren found Hypnobirthing through her own pregnancy and fell in love with it immediately. The course made her feel so confident and excited after many years of being so fearful of birth. However, she was surprised at how quickly her reservations were soothed even after just 1 class. All her fears were calmed, and by her 2nd class she was downright excited! She went on to deliver a little Hypnobub (albeit a little early!) and was soon raving about Hypnobirthing methods to anyone who would listen. After her birth, and talking to others who hadn’t experienced Hypnobirthing, it became even more evident just how much it had actually helped her have an in control and empowering birth- one that she was extremely proud of.
Soon she decided to become a certified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner, to empower and lift up others to enable them to also have the birth they wanted, just like she had been so grateful for her own teacher for doing.
Lauren holds group classes in North Lakes, Brisbane, Qld. She also offers a range of other options including private sessions and Zoom classes.
Practice Name: Mother Moon Hypnobirthing
Location of Service: Springfield Lakes (QLD)
Hi, my name is Jess and I am the face behind Mother Moon Hypnobirthing. I am a Registered Midwife with 10 years experience, Certified Childbirth Educator since 2014, and Hypnobirthing mama to a beautiful little boy, bringing the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program to Ipswich and surrounding areas.
I am so passionate about these techniques that I implemented them for my very own birthing journey in 2019. I welcomed my son earthside in the comfort of my home, surrounded by my incredible team of independent midwives and my Hypnobirthing trained husband. Practice what you preach!
Every woman deserves to enter her labour freed from fear, and feeling excited and confident about birthing her baby, regardless of the circumstances. My role is to help facilitate your journey toward a positive birthing experience. Upholding the principles of positive, empowered, and informed birthing for every woman is the foundation of my practice, both as a midwife and Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner, and the reason I choose to teach this very program.
I feel so passionate about sharing my knowledge, experience, and energy with you as you, too, navigate this journey to Motherhood.
Find out more:
Website: https://www.mothermoonhypnobirthing.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MotherMoonHypnobirthing/
Instagram: @mothermoon_hypnobirthing
Practice Name: Glow your Family
Location of Service: Loganholme, QLD
Kirra is a passionate and enthusiastic childbirth educator with extensive experience in teaching and hypnotherapy. After the incredible birth of her own little hypnobub, she embarked on a journey to empower others on their path to parenthood. Click here to view Kirra’s birth story. Kirra understands first-hand the importance of inclusive care from pre-conception to birth and beyond, supporting parents and families from all walks of life.
Kirra is dedicated to making hypnobirthing the ‘norm’, believing all parents deserve to have a positive birth experience no matter the circumstances. She will guide you with tools and knowledge to ensure you look forward to your birthing day with joy, confidence and clarity. Kirra will help you prepare your mind and body for what it is naturally designed to do and empower you to unleash your innate glow as you embark on this amazing, life-changing journey. Your babies entrance into the world will be gentle, calm and positive because you will be prepared to make informed decisions with the invaluable support of your loving birth partner.
Kirra is here to help you embrace your true glow through private and group sessions being held in the south-east Brisbane region. Live online sessions will also be available as an alternative option. Kirra will work with your personal circumstances to ensure you receive the best childbirth education experience possible.
Kirra looks forward to supporting your growing family on this beautiful path – please visit http://www.glowyourfamily.com.au
Practice Name: Trudy Vains Birth Doula
Location of Service: Burpengary (QLD)
Trudy Vains from Burpengary is dedicated to pregnancy, birth and postpartum in many ways. Her yoga studio is filled with all things pregnancy, and this is where she holds four classes for Pregnancy Yoga per week, (15 classes of other style classes per week) two Mums and Bubs classes per week, Hypnobirthing, Child Birth Education, Spinning Babies Parent Class as well as Doula information sessions.
Trudy attends four births per month as a Birth Doula and offers Hypnobirthing Australia™ classes in her packages, as well as offering in small group sessions. Her toolkit for birth is full and can help you in many ways. Trudy attends hospital births only that range in distance from South Brisbane to Sunshine Coast.
Birth is amazing in every way, no matter how it plays out, you are a birthing goddess and that’s really important for you to know and understand. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Trudy
Practice Name: Holistic Birthing Coach
Area’s Serviced: Caboolture, Sunshine Coast
Practice Name: Positively Hypnobirthing
Location of Service: Gold Coast (QLD)
Kate is a warm, compassionate person who is truly dedicated to empowering birth couples and supporting them so they may have the positive birth that they deserve. Kate is passionate about teaching the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course, because she believes this course gives you the knowledge, tools, support and preparation to achieve this goal.
Kate originally used hypnobirthing to birth her daughter in 2011 and knew then, this was a course all birthing couples should experience. However, it wasn’t until 2 years later, when Kate experienced an accidental unassisted breech homebirth that she realised to what extent the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course helps birthing couples. Kate comments on how amazing the birth of her son was and she credits hypnobirthing techniques and tools to how well the birth went and how well she and her husband were able to cope with the pressure of these special circumstances in the lead up to the birth. It was this turn of events that persuaded Kate to become a Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner, so she could educate and support other couples so they too could be informed and understand their rights as birthing parents to have a wonderful birth experience with no regrets. Click here to view Kate’s birth story.
Along with being a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ practitioner, Kate is also a Childbirth Educator (HPCE), trained in the basics of Hypnotherapy, professionally voice trained and… of course, a 2 times hypnobirthing mum : )
Kate offers the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course to couples on the Gold Coast in a group setting or private one-on-one setting in the comfort of your own home, if you choose. She also offers support as a skype practitioner for our Hypnobubs® online courses. So if you would like to join Kate’s course please contact her on 0407 999 620 or visit https://positivelyhypnobirthing.com.au
Practice Name: Earth Mother Birth Services
Location of Service: Gold Coast, Southport, QLD
Lyndsay is a very passionate Midwife, Childbirth Educator and Remedial Therapist who has supported women in pregnancy, labour & birth and the postnatal period in 3 different public hospitals across NSW and QLD.
With her foundation in Remedial Therapy, Lyndsay has a holistic & health conscious approach to Midwifery. Lyndsay believes education is where women can discover birth as a significant life event & rite of passage leaving families feeling empowered to transition into early parenthood with confidence & love, regardless of their mode of delivery.
Lyndsay is a mother of three who utilized evidence-based education & self-hypnosis during her own labours and with her birth partner’s support, led to a positively, life-changing experience. In wanting to share this mindset preparation with more women, Lyndsay birthed her online labour of love, ‘Earth Mother Birth Services,’ offering accessible & affordable zoom consultations, hypnobirthing courses & other birth services to expectant mothers & birth partners.
Fondly known as ‘Gypsy Lyndsay’ in the birth community, Lyndsay see’s herself as an integral member of a collaboration of professional people who are passionate & philosophical about this heart-centered work of advocating, educating & empowering you to own your power in birth & parenting. Through informed 7 empowered parents, new souls can be guided into the world in the most positive & gentle way possible.
Practice Name: Ahava Birth
Location of Service: Gold Coast (QLD)
Leah is a qualified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner based on the Gold Coast.
Her interest with hypnobirthing developed after hearing whispers around the birthing suites on her midwifery placements and through her work as a Birth Doula supporting women who were fond of this method. She is a Registered Nurse and on her way to completing studies to become a Midwife. She is a qualified Birth Doula through Childbirth International and completed her Bachelor in Nursing at The University of Southern Queensland.
She is passionate about doing all that is within her power to enable women and their birth partners to beautifully transition into the season of becoming parents. Her aim in doing this is through creating a foundation of love, free from fear and full of empowerment. Her hope is that all women will discover the beautiful source of power they possess and feel inspired to have confidence in their bodies. She longs to see all women in her care confidently envision their ability to walk into motherhood knowing they are strong, secure and feeling nurtured throughout the process.
Leah would love to take you through the Hypnobirthing Australia course privately and work with you as you learn, relax and feel confident about your baby’s birth. If you are also looking for a birth doula to work with you during your pregnancy, attend your birth and be able to support you postnatally, she is able to provide caring and intuitive educational, physical and emotional support throughout Brisbane and The Gold Coast, QLD.
Contact her for more information.
mobile: 0419297076
email: leah@ahavabirth.com
website: http://www.ahavabirth.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ahava.Birth/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahava.birth/
Practice Name: Nurture Paradise
Location of Services: Baringa, Sunshine Coast QLD
Jayme describes the hypnobirth of her son as the best physical experience of her life and she has a genuine desire to share the gift of hypnobirthing with other mums and their babies.
Jayme believes we are all connected and that each baby who is born in a safe calm environment full of love and wonderment at creation, will be another ripple in the wave that changes the world. Jayme also believes that all mothers have an innate ability to breathe their babies into the world with confidence and inner strength, harnessed through the power of Hypnobirthing.
Jayme moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2000 and has called this slice of heaven her home ever since. Blessed with a love of massage and a natural gift for healing, Jayme enjoyed owning and running her own Remedial Massage clinic in Noosa for several years and a position as a Chiropractic Assistant during the early years of starting a family in Cooroy. Now located on the Southern end of the Coast in Aura the City of Colour, Jayme has created Nurture Paradise Soul Retreat to share her passion for hypnobirthing with her local community.
Practice Name: Belly2Birth
Area’s Serviced: Gold Coast
Shari fell in love with Hypnobirthing after completing the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course back in 2011 and using the techniques to birth her first child. Shari went on to have a beautiful natural birth and felt so empowered by this experience she just had to pass on the message and program to other women and couples.
Shari has now been teaching the Hypnobirthing Australia™ program for over 7 years and has taught hundreds of couples from all around Australia. Shari has also been awarded in our top 3 practitioners for the last 4 years running (2014/ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019) and Shari also works at Hypnobirthing Australia head office. Shari now comes highly recommended from Doctors and Midwives and has attended local hospital workshops where she has shared the Hypnobirthing Australia™ program to care providers and how they can support Hypnobirthing couples during labour.
Shari is passionate about creating a beautiful experience for couples both in the course that she teaches and in the support that she offers not only as a Hypnobirthing Practitioner but also as a mum who has Hypnobirthed. You can watch her beautiful birth video HERE on her website homepage, where Shari & her husband show how she used the techniques to have an amazing water birth.
Shari offers group classes for both Natural Birth & our Positive Caesarean Birth Courses on the Gold Coast, Queensland, however, is available to travel if need be for one-on-one sessions or as Skype Practitioner for our online courses and is flexible and able to work in with you depending on your lifestyle.
To contact Shari please phone 0423 773 316 or visit http://www.belly2birth.com.au
Melissa Spilsted is the Founder & Director of Hypnobirthing Australia™ and teaches parents hypnobirthing techniques in regular classes held at Paddington, Brisbane and Robina, Gold Coast. Melissa also teaches Practitioner Courses to childbirth professionals throughout Australia and the world. In addition to the regular Hypnobirthing Australia course, she has written a world first course for ‘Positive Caesarean Birth’.
Melissa brings to her hypnotherapy and hypnobirthing classrooms over 2o years experience in teaching and professional qualifications. In addition to this – Melissa has successfully used hypnobirthing techniques three times herself and has had three beautiful, peaceful and calm natural births!
Widely known as a hypnobirthing expert, Melissa’s TV and media appearances have included Channel 7 Sunrise, The Courier Mail, Woman’s Weekly, Nurture Magazine, Mother and Baby Magazine, Practical Parenting Magazine, Birth Matters and national radio. Her work has also been showcased in the Royal College of Medicine in London and childbirth hypnosis albums (available through this website or iTunes) are popular throughout the world.
Based on her success in delivering hypnobirthing classes over a number of years, combined with her personal and professional teaching, voice training and clinical hypnotherapy experience; Melissa has developed the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Program that incorporates modern, contemporary training resources and professionally recorded Australian practice recordings; that is uniquely designed for contemporary Australian families and systems of maternity care.
Please click here to see Melissa’s timetable of classes and feel free to contact her directly to discuss your own positive preparation for a beautiful, calm birth.
Practice Name: Jayde McCarthy
Location of Service: Sunshine Coast, Buderim, QLD
My name is Jayde, I am a Registered Nurse and Mum to 3 hypnobubs. I found Hypnobirthing so empowering I became a practitioner and still use the techniques every day. Expecting a new baby can be overwhelming, my passion is to educate and empower mums to be, as well as your birthing partners to achieve your best birth and beyond. I am located on the Sunshine Coast servicing Kawana/Buderim region. I offer personalized one on one sessions as well as group classes.
Practice Name: Hypnobirthing Sunshine Coast
Practitioner Name: Kylie Gillespie (Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner, previous career in Physiotherapy) HPCE
Location of Service: Forest Glen and surrounding areas (Sunshine Coast)
Kylie previously worked in physiotherapy with special interest in birth and women’s health, before becoming interested in hypnotherapy and hypnobirthing. Years of physio clinical experience highlighted the important mind-body role in healing and wellness for Kylie. Her own four positive births were testimony to the power of that mind-body connection in birthing.
Every woman hopes for a gentle, natural positive birth and Kylie believes that a positive birth experience creates satisfaction, well-being and empowerment that reach well beyond the birthing suite. She provides education and support to assist women to experience the joy and empowerment of a positive birth, no matter what circumstances arise.
Group classes and private sessions are conducted in the Sunshine Coast and hinterland area at a number of locations including Forest Glen and Caloundra. Kylie has extensive qualifications and experience, and is committed to providing the best possible education and support to all her clients on their most important journey.
Practice Name: The Mustard Seed Midwife
Location of Service: Gold Coast, Currumbin, QLD
Hi, my name is Frankie van der Sluis.
I am a qualified midwife, wife and mother to two adult children. I have always enjoyed providing childbirth education and this has been a big part of my career working in Midwifery Group Practice.
I was first introduced to the concept of hypnobirthing as a student midwife. Immediately I recognized how powerful the mind is and how a birthing woman using self-hypnosis can journey through her labour with incredible control.
This led me to my discovery of Hypnobirthing Australia’s ‘Positive Birth Program’. As I witnessed women who had attended the program go on to have an empowered and positive birth experience, I decided that it was time for me to become a practitioner myself and integrate this into my practice as a midwife.
I am passionate about supporting women’s choices in their maternity care and helping them to achieve a safe and as natural as possible normal physiological birth. I hope to see a change in how women and their families view birth, without fear and with the feelings of self-determination, autonomy as they welcome their baby’s earthside.
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Website: https://themustardseedmidwife.com.au
Instagram: @themustardseedmidwife
Practice Name: TFD Services
Location of Service: Rosemount and Rockhampton (QLD)
Sara brings a wealth of knowledge and skills to empower women in their birthing process. Sara has been a registered Psychologist for over 15 years as well as fully trained Hypnobirthing Practitioner, Hypnosis Practitioner and Trainer, and NLP Master Practitioner, Coach and Trainer.
Through this unique combination of powerful skills, Sara is able to assist individuals to master their mindset and create significant change in their lives. Sara understands the power of the mind body connection and assists women and their birthing partners in their journey of pregnancy, and post-partum to both mentally and physically prepare and thrive in the journey of parenthood.
Sara believes that every woman deserves to have an empowering birth. By learning and embracing Hypnobirthing, mothers and birth partners are equipped with the tools and techniques to make this a reality. Sara is honoured to teach expectant mothers and birth partners the benefits of Hypnobirthing and to be part of their journey towards a calm positive birth.
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Website: https://www.tfdservices.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TfdServices
Practice Name: Soul Women Tribe
Location of Service: Nambour (QLD)
Nikita is a loving mother of two beautiful boys. After using hypnobirthing for her second birth and being so amazed fell in love and decided that this was a path she wanted to go down to help empower other mothers to have a calm empowered birth.
Nikita is also a hypnotherapist and empowering coach and practices kinesiology. Her passion is empowering “Women”.
After training with Hypnobirthing Australia™ she knew it was her passion working with mums and their family’s to guide support and empower then before birth during and after.
Practice Name: Lavender Hypnobirth
Location of Services: Tweed Heads/ Banora Point (NSW)
My name is Amy and I am a mum to three beautiful children who fill my heart and home with laughter and love and keep me on my toes each and every day.
I am a Registered Midwife a Registered Nurse and a Hypnobirthing practitioner. I work with two midwives at Coastal Midwives and will be commencing employment at the Gold Coast University Hospital soon.
I have a passion for antenatal education and empowering women to achieve the birth that they desire and I believe that Hypnobirthing allows women to achieve this. I believe that all women have the right to a joyous, memorable and loving birth and I would love to assist you and your birth partner to gain knowledge and to learn strategies and skills that will help you to achieve an awesome birth experience.