Directory

Practice Name: Little Bird Flies

Location of Service: Surrey Hills, VIC

Melissa is a certified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner and Childbirth Educator based in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.  She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Midwifery and is currently studying a Bachelor of Naturopathy and Health Sciences.  Having worked for a number of years as a midwife, caring for women throughout all stages of their pregnancy, birth and postnatal periods: She understands the importance of the mind-body connection and the nurturing of a woman’s innate strength to create an empowered and positive birth experience for both the woman and her partner.

Melissa has a passion for women’s health and believes that all women; whether they are first-time mums, LQBTIQ, pregnant with their second child or have just settled in Australia after seeking refuge have access to a space that is safe to learn and to flourish as strong powerful individuals ready to take on childbirth without fear.

Melissa is excited to have the opportunity to teach expectant mothers and their birth partners the incredible benefits of hypnobirthing, arming them with the tools and techniques required so that a calm and positive birth experience can be achieved.

Practice Name: Bear Your Birth

Location of Service: Perth, Booragoon

Kirryn wants to help women feel empowered and confident about their ability to give birth, no matter the path they choose to take.

Kirryn has personally used the Hypnobirthing Australia techniques to birth her daughter in January 2018 and it completely changed her mindset and the outcome of the birth. Being just as fearful of the pain relief options as she was about the actual birth, she knew there must be a better way to get through a process that our bodies are designed to do.

After studying the techniques and having an amazing drug free water birth, she knows these tools really work!

Kirryn is passionate about teaching women that birth does not need to be feared and that all woman can feel empowered throughout pregnancy and birth if they educate themselves and put time into preparing and practising for the outcome they want.

Kirryn offers face to face classes in Booragoon, WA please feel free to contact Kirryn if you have any questions.

Practice Name: Blueberry Yoga & Hypnobirthing

Location of Service: Melbourne, South Yarra

Mel Campbell is a Mother of three busy little people, a Prenatal Yoga & Meditation Teacher and a Hypnobirthing Practitioner based in the inner South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Mel discovered hypnobirthing when preparing to welcome her first child in 2011 and went on to have three beautiful birth experiences using the techniques she learned. She is excited to now be a Hypnobirthing Practitioner herself and help other women discover the tools that she found to be so invaluable.

In her Prenatal Yoga Classes, Mel strives to empower women to connect with their body and mind to prepare for birth. The Hypnobirthing Australia Course is the perfect extension to that because it allows time to go deeper and get into the detail of how it all works and why.

Mel is passionate about helping women prepare for birth in a non-judgmental way with the aim being for women to feel joyful and positive about their experience no matter the journey birth takes. Mel believes Hypnobirthing is always foremost about Childbirth Education and sharing evidence-based information that helps women make informed decisions. Her motto is ‘When women feel in control, informed and empowered, beautiful birth experiences follow.’

Please CLICK HERE to contact Mel Campbell

Practice Name: Lesley Dempsy Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner

Location of Service: Port Lincoln, SA

Having trained in Midwifery in the late  80’s , I have sound knowledge,  skills, and experience as a Childbirth Educator,  facilitating antenatal classes, caring for birthing Women, postnatal care including breastfeeding support and home visits.

I have been a Registered Midwife since 2012, currently working in Canberra. I absolutely love being a midwife, there truly is nothing more incredible than seeing a baby coming into the world. It truly is a privilege beyond words.

I have seen how fearful some women can be preparing for birth. This fear makes me really sad for women as I know how incredibly beautiful and empowering birth can be. This is why I became a Hypnobirthing Australia Certified Practitioner. The Positive Birth Program helps women understand that she can have an empowering birthing experience (regardless of the birth outcome).

Pregnancy and childbirth should be a wonderfully memorable experience. I am passionate about educating women and birthing partners to embrace birth and to truly believe in her body’s ability to give birth naturally, calmly and gently.

At Hypnobirthing Canberra, we offer women and their partners the opportunity to embrace birth as a natural life experience, not something to be feared. Taking a relaxed and friendly approach to equip you and your birth partner with information about breathing and massage techniques, normal birth physiology and deep relaxation, to allow parents and their babies to look forward to a safe, positive and gentle birth experience.

Practice Name: Anna Hooper

Location of Service: Gladstone, CQ

Hello and welcome as you embark on one of the most amazing journeys of your life.

My name is Anna, I am a registered nurse and midwife, IMIS trained baby massage instructor and, most importantly, a mother of two. I know what an incredible, life affirming experience childbirth can be under the right conditions. My aim is that all people can experience childbirth in the best way possible.

I am excited to be able to help you to embark on your journey, guide and empower you when it comes to making informed decisions along the way and to welcome your new family member into the world with the minimum of distractions.

Over the past 8yrs I have been privileged to be present at a multitude of hypnobirths and what has always amazed me was how these couples started on their most amazing path together, with excitement and positivity and most importantly, without any fear through the joy of hypnobirthing. This whole experience continues through labour and beyond.

It has become my goal to enable all women and their birth partners to have the same experience, to bring their precious baby earth side in a calm, positive and safe environment with joy and celebration. I look forward to walking along side you through this most magical of times.

Practice Name: Nurture & Embrace – Childbirth Education

Location of Service – South Perth (WA)

Hi, I’m Sarah, Registered Midwife, qualified adult educator, and mother to twin girls. I currently work as a midwife in the public health system and love my job!

Birth is an incredible moment to bear witness to and every birth I am involved with is a privilege, but I know firsthand the difference quality childbirth education makes.

The environment Hypnobirthing creates is positive and serene. It is amazing to be involved in a calm and empowered birth, and this has inspired me to teach Hypnobirthing.

I truly believe Hypnobirthing will transform your experience of labour and birth! In finding the Hypnobirthing Australia program, I felt an instant connection to the methods, resources and tools used and knew I had found something that captured the passion I feel for childbirth education with an integrity that aligns with my own values!

Practice Name: Tree of Life – Nurturing Birth and Beyond

Location of Service: Cronulla, Sydney, NSW

Hello all, so lovely to be here!

Since the birth of my first baby in 2011, I have been supporting couples as a Doula, Childbirth Educator and Placenta Encapsulator, after making the move from my corporate background in IT & Telco to follow my passion and longing to make a difference in the lives of birthing women and their partners, one birth at a time.

I service mainly the Sutherland Shire & St George areas in addition to working with clients in the Eastern Suburbs, the Inner West, North Shore and Northern Beaches.

I would be happy to look after you in the greater Sydney area too on request, so just get in touch.

I am the mother of two, one angel baby by the name of Juniper and a rainbow baby by the name of Mie.  It was through my first pregnancy and birth experience that I decided to train as a Doula and since that time back in 2011 I have been so passionate about the rite of passage that birth can be for a woman and her partner and have to date supported over 50 couples as a Doula and over 1000 as a Placenta Encapsulator.

Having supported a number of Doula couples that had completed the Hypnobirthing Australia training in their pregnancies, I have found their labours to have been the most beautiful, calm and empowering which have inspired me to become an instructor myself.

With the right knowledge, tools, support and preparation gained through the amazing Positive Birth Program, I know you too can have the birth of your dreams, no matter how it unfolds.

I look forward to meeting you and being your guide in one of the most life-changing and magical moments of your lives!

Georgie x

Practice Name: This Is What I Doula

Location of Service: Penrith (NSW)

My name is Jaime! I am a wife. mum, step mum, Doula and self-confessed birth nerd!

I am passionate about educating new and seasoned parents about childbirth in order to empower them to make informed decisions and of course, to have a beautiful birth experience, no matter how that may end up happening.

I feel a deep calling to provide information, tools and support to pregnant women and their partners and to be part of a change in maternity care in this country.

Practice Name: Enlightened Birth and Beyond

Location of Service: Adelaide- Para Hills (SA)

I believe that mothers, babies and families, all deserve better.

I’m Edriana and I want to help ensure the beginning of your baby’s life and your transition into parenthood is positive and supported.

I commenced my Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) straight out of high school, knowing that I wanted to help people. After watching a close friend go through a traumatic birth experience, I knew I didn’t want that to happen again to her or anyone else.

I completed the Hypnobirthing Australia course as an expectant mother in 2017 and will always look back on the birth of my son as one of the best days of my life. Although I had special circumstances, Lincoln’s birth empowered and astonished me, it lifted me up in a time when I needed to be lifted to make that transition into parenthood.

Motherhood changes you. What I now know is that I want to do more, I want to help mothers, babies and families have better experiences in pregnancy, birth and through the transition into parenthood.

I’ve become a certified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner because I want to help you on this sacred journey. Please feel free to contact me to find out more.

Practice Name: EP Hypnobirth

Location of Service: Eyre Peninsula (SA)

Emma is a registered midwife passionate about empowering women and their families about positive birth. Aiming to provide knowledge and support to the Eyre Peninsula community through the Positive Birth Program™ designed by Hypnobirthing Australia. 

Emma is currently employed as a registered midwife in one of the Eyre Peninsula local hospitals and tailors the sessions provided to experience potentials within our community. 

EP Hypnobirth offer group or private sessions that are available in a variety of time sessions or locations to suit you and your birth partners learning styles and circumstances. This may include within group settings in Port Lincoln, a local community centre nearest you or in your own home.

Practice Name: Adelaide Lactation Consultants & Midwifery

Location of Service: Sheidow Park (SA)

Megan is a Registered Nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Medicare – Endorsed Midwife with over 20 years experience providing comprehensive, holistic and evidence-based care to families.   During this time Megan has gained extensive experience in providing pregnancy, postnatal, newborn and breastfeeding support to guide many women and families to succeed in early parenting.   This experience has been attained in a variety of settings throughout Adelaide, including country, private and large metropolitan hospitals as well as in continuity midwifery models.

Megan is a Childbirth Educator and holds a Certificate in Perinatal Mental Health as well as skills in acupressure, gentle myofascial release and is a certified HypnoMothering Practitioner.

After the birth of her child, Megan realised the fragmented care within the constraints of hospitals/obstetric care meant that often women and families were not set up to succeed in birth or beyond. Women were scared and coerced into decisions that they were poorly educated to make.  The huge void in postnatal support meant women were poorly equipped for success.  She realised that women needed to feel nurtured, listen to and supported to develop the skills necessary to grow and thrive in pregnancy and in their new parenting role.

Megan began her successful private practice- Adelaide Lactation Consultants & Midwifery to change the way care is offered by supporting and enriching families on their journey.  A flexible approach to midwifery care means women can find a care option to suit them! Megan believes that Hypnobirthing will be a valuable addition to her care options available.

Megan Goodeve

Endorsed Midwife/IBCLC

http://www.adelaidelactation.com

 /adelaidelactation
 @adelaidelactation
 megan@adelaidelactation.com
 0414 721 372

fax: 8312 4999

Practice Name: Back to Bump Chiropractic

Location of Service: Fanny Bay (NT)

Ellen is a Chiropractor and Hypnobirthing Australia ™ Practitioner who offers treatment and education specifically tailored for pregnant mums.

Ellen has completed many hours of further training for pregnancy including the ‘Spinning Babies’ workshop and is also further trained in paediatric gentle and specific chiropractic care for bubs.

After caring for women throughout their pregnancy and post-partum, Ellen had heard so many amazing, positive stories around Hypnobirthing that she decided to learn the course for herself. Ellen loves that the Hypnobirthing Course has a strong focus on partner education and particularly loves teaching the practical exercises of the course.

One of Ellen’s favourite parts of her job is offering consultations in the comfort of her client’s own homes.

Practice Name: Batemans Bay Hypnotherapy

Location of Service: Batemans Bay/Mourya area (South Coast, NSW)

Amanda is in love with the knowledge and amazing joy the Hypnobirthing process can offer mums, Amanda used the techniques of Hypnobirthing with her second and third child, she only wishes that she had known of the techniques for her first birth, although it was an empowered birth there is so many elements that the Hypnobubs course offers that she feels are just priceless for birthing mums.

Amanda has been a natural health and birth advocate and has been a health coach for 18+ years and a Clinical Hypnotherapist and life coach for 15+ years. My vision is to educate women and their birthing partners in the Eurobodalla and surrounding areas to not only have the knowledge and skills needed to make informed positive decisions around the birthing process but to also empower them to have an amazing birthing experience.

Situated in the Batemans Bay / Mourya area of the NSW South Coast, I cover all areas from Nowra to Narooma. Amanda is also a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist , Certified Coach and Trainer.

Amanda offers group classes for positive birth and one on one sessions including online Skype sessions. Amanda is flexible with hours so is able to work in with her clients.

To contact Amanda please phone 0420 822 797 or visit https://www.batemansbayhypnotherapy.com.au

Practice Name: The Calm Community

Location of Service: Port Lincoln (SA)

The opportunity to offer Hypnobirthing classes is a coming together of several parts of Michelle’s life. She is a high school teacher, prior to this she studied and worked in rehabilitation healthcare which leads to further study in mental health and well-being. Michelle is captivated by the powerful connection between the mind and the body. Michelle understands that our experiences of pregnancy and birth can affect our relationships, behaviour and well-being. She is a mother of two boys, Michelle has experienced a birth that had a negative influence on her transition into parenthood and she has had a gentle, positive, healing birth. Her offering is to empower mothers to make informed choices on all birthing options and to communicate effectively with their healthcare team to feel in control of their birthing journey.

Please visit The Calm Community website for individual and group class options along with other resources for birth.

Practice Name: Heart Space Birthing

Location of Services: Ulladulla

I believe that the best way to live a happy and fulfilled life is by following the topics, people, and experiences that light you up and set your soul ablaze. Putting your energy towards things that bring you joy. Birth, in particular, Hypnobirthing, lights me up and I know without a doubt that supporting women and sharing my knowledge on the power of birth with them is my dharma, my soul’s mission in this lifetime.

To me, birth is not a medical event. Birth is a sacred rite of passage for women, from Maiden to Mother. The single most transformative event of our lives. A day that stays with you forever. I feel immense gratitude that I discovered Hypnobirthing Australia during my first pregnancy and have had two incredible natural birth experiences. These experiences have shaped me into the woman and mother I am today.

I am a born nurturer. Growing up I thought of my sensitive, empathic nature as being a weakness, but I now know it is my superpower and my gift to share with the world. I feel honoured that I will get to connect with, support and help women to have a wonderful birthing experience.

Practice Name: The Heal Zone

Location of Classes: Mount Maunganui/Papamoa

Empowering my clients to experience a calm and positive birthing experience is a dream come true.  Birth can and should be an experience you will always want to remember.

My intention is to support and inspire women and their birth partners to achieve positive, sacred and empowered childbirth experiences.  Every woman deserves to birth her baby with fearlessness, harmony and courage which naturally exist deep within her.

For most of our lives, women have been surrounded by negative birth stories.  Pain, fears and horrors are drilled into our subconscious mind bringing just that into our reality.

I am here to support you, to embrace your innate wisdom, connect with your baby and create the calm blissful birth experience you deserve.

As a mum to three beautiful children, I have experienced birthing with both fear and calm.  I Hypno-water-birthed my babies into the world peacefully with focus, strength and determination, it was their empowering births that inspired me to become a practitioner.

To share my passion in hypnobirthing I will be running small group classes in the BOP area or in the comfort of your own home by special arrangement.

As a certified hypnobubs practitioner I bring the philosophy and tools for you to create a beautiful, positive birthing experience.

Contact me to discuss course options.

Facebook: @thehealzone

Instagram: @thehealzone_nz

Practice Name: Key Hypnotherapy

Location of Classes: Randwick, Sydney

I support people to achieve their goals through hypnotherapy, counselling and the incorporation of science-backed positive psychology tools. I am passionate to guide my clients to achieve positive outcomes by teaching them the strategies and skills they need to have the confidence and knowledge to support themselves. The Hypnobirthing Australia program supports women to eliminates unnecessary fears around childbirth by giving them the knowledge that their bodies are designed for childbirth.  The techniques learnt in the program will enable you to feel calm, confident and in control. I encourage my clients to believe in themselves and develop a positive mindset, to empower them to have the ability to deal with any decision or situation that may occur.  I assist people to find the keys they need for wellbeing and to develop a positive and flourishing life.

Practice Name: Birthed With Love

Location of Classes: Nickol, Western Australia

Hi, I’m Ashley and I am an Early Childhood Teacher and a Childbirth Educator. After falling pregnant with my daughter, I devoted myself to being as informed and empowered as I could be leading up to her birth. During this time my whole perspective around childbirth changed and I had an incredible birth experience.

I believe that childbirth is as much about the birth of a mother, as it is the birth of a baby. I want to help all mothers to reclaim their power, to have an informed, educated and supported birth, and to start their passageway into motherhood in the best way possible.

Practice Name: Life Birth Live

Location of Services: Mudgee, NSW

Hi, I’m Mel

I myself was fortunate to have three positive pregnancies and calm, natural births. If only all women could be so lucky! This is one of the reasons why I have become a Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner.

I am passionate about empowering women to have the most positive birth experience possible. I am excited to be able to teach this program to couples so they can be informed, prepared and excited about their pregnancy and birthing journey.

Living in a charming country town I have a strong sense of community and believe the more support we can offer one another the better. I will meet you with a relaxed, friendly and approachable personality and I look forward to playing a small part in your journey.

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: Coffs Coast Childbirth Education

Location of Classes: Coffs Harbour, Sawtell

Hi, I’m Tanya! I’m a part-time youth mental health worker and a passionate childbirth educator. I have a boho, chilled out vibe, a wicked sense of humour, and I like to stop and smell the salt air at every opportunity. I’ve lived on the Coffs Coast for 10 years and honestly couldn’t think of a better spot to raise my two hypnobubs.

I have a background in social welfare and have a special interest in psychology and human behaviour. I want to teach people about the wonderful, positive aspects of pregnancy and childbirth (yes, birth can be joyful!), and help women tap into their power and inner wisdom. I believe in woman-centred care, evidence-based practice, and informed consent. I believe women are the experts in their lives and aim to give them and their birth partners the skills and confidence to birth without fear, have faith in their abilities, advocate for their preferences, and enjoy the magic of bringing their babies earthside.

If you would like to talk more about your childbirth plans please contact me to discuss upcoming group or individual classes.

Practice Name: Roshelle Mathewson

Location of Service: Western Post Victoria (VIC)

Hello, I am Roshelle and I am a Hypnobirthing Australia mother of two. I am also very passionate about my other job, which is supporting people with disabilities to achieve their goals.

Since the birth of my first hypnobub in 2015, I have felt truly dedicated to share these empowering classes, providing women and their birth partners with the physical and mental tools to birth their babies. I felt so empowered, calm and at ease during both my births and I want women everywhere to be able to experience the same positive birth experience that I did.

I strongly believe that women need to be positively educated and supported to achieve the best birth possible. I am so excited to be a Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner and to be able to positively educate and support women and their birth companions. Birth is a journey that starts in pregnancy, and the implications of which last a lifetime. I want everyone’s birth to be the best possible journey it can be!

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: Beginnings Therapy Services

Location of Service: Drummoyne, Sydney CBD, Inner West (NSW)

Hi, I have been teaching HypnoBirthing since 2007, during that time I have taught lots mums and their birthing partners.

I believe that every woman, their partner and baby deserves to have the best birth possible, whatever path their birth takes.

I love seeing mums starting the ‘Positive Birth Program’ and watching them change as we work through the classes to eventually being confident and looking forward to giving birth. Also, seeing birthing partners coming in apprehensive and watching them becoming the biggest advocators for Hypnobirthing.

I moved to Australia from Scotland in December 2019, to be with my children and four Hypnobirthing grandchildren. I am also running my private counselling practise and studying for a Bachelors in Arts Psychotherapy.

I decided to update my training with Hypnobirthing Australia™. I love the flexibility and the techniques Hypnobirthing Australia™ provides.

I am now teaching small classes and individuals couples, in Drummoyne, Sydney CBD or in peoples homes.

Practice Name: Choice Hypnobirthing

Location of Service: Wellard (WA)

Hello, allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Katrina-lee Daw, but no need to be so formal. Please call me Kat!

I was born in South Australia, Adelaide in 1964, yes an old but good mature vintage. I moved to Western Australia for work in 2012 and fell in love with the state, the people and the environment of WA.

I have worked within a variety of industries over the years, Retail, Age Care, Hospitality, residential and FIFO mining.

In recent times I have been expanding my knowledge in a range of areas to assist me in my recent career change, It was important to me to seek the career that would give me enjoyment and satisfaction and most importantly, my desire to  see others  happy and confident in their achievement’s,  is very fulfilling to me.

As my passion is life itself, why not start at the beginning. Hypnobirthing!

 I was so excited about the concept of hypnobirthing I became a hypnobirthing practitioner.   I was not aware of these techniques and somewhat envious that I had not had the privilege of being a Hypnobirthing mum myself. The birth of my two boys are in the storybook of birthing hell thirty-six years ago. I like so many new and young mums had no idea what to expect on those eventful days. Full of fear, pain and a lack of understanding and communication.  However my two beautiful son’s Daniel and Christopher.  Who have grown and developed into wonderful young men, what more can a mother ask for?  Well, I wish at the time of each birth I knew then what I know now.  I believe that knowledge is power and with power you can control, with control you have calmness and calmness is a relaxed state of mind that allows you to focus on the task at hand.

“Energy flows were attention goes.”

To complement my hypnobirthing practitioner’s qualifications I am also a qualified Hypnotherapist and a NLP Masters practitioner.

(Nero linguistic programming)

With the combination of all these techniques, the only outcome for anything we set our mind to is,

Rewardingly positive!

I’m looking forward to spending quality time with you, empowering you with the tools and knowledge of positive birthing and share in one of your greatest achievements without fear or anxiety, together we can make your birthing experience simply remarkable!

Practice Name: Mangrove Collective Womb and Birth

Location of Services: Waggarakine, WA

Hi I am Kristy Horner

I am a travelling bush gypsy. With hubby, daughter and dog we live in a caravan going wherever the work and road takes us.

Everything I do is with soul, I love wide open spaces and connecting to people and country on a deep level. I love dancing under the moonlight, the ocean, the smell of rain, yoga and being creative. I’m passionate about creating the life I love that is filled with gratitude and intention. I Hypnobirthed my daughter back in 2017 and it is my greatest achievement in life.

Hypnobirthing set the foundation for my parenting and the birth I truly desired and despite all the odds against me I still managed an amazing natural birth. A great awareness came that day and that is why I am so passionate about the services ill be offering women and their birth partners.

I believe in being the change we want to see in the world, if we are to live in a world of love and peace, we must first create it. I am a committed human being here to heal and let go of fear and trauma to create love and peace.

Name of Practice: The Nurtured Seed

Location of Services: Balwyn North, VIC

Steph’s hypnobirthing journey began when she used the techniques for the beautiful water birth of her daughter in February 2018. The experience inspired her so much that she simply had to spread the positive birthing vibes! ‘The Nurtured Seed’ was founded with the desire for all women to feel empowered by their birth experience.

Steph is a certified Hypnobirthing Practitioner Childbirth Educator and also brings over six years’ teaching experience to her practice. She is passionate about enabling women to harness the power of the mind-body connection during birth, and ensuring mothers have a ‘full toolkit’ for birth – confident in their ability to use all the positive techniques in their birth. Steph understands the importance of including birth partners in birth preparation, and is dedicated to helping birth partners become a strong, knowledgeable and positive force, and a great asset to the birthing woman.

Steph teaches the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program for group classes in Balwyn North, and in the comfort of your home in private sessions around the Eastern and South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Practice Name: Hypno Mami

Location of Service: Essendon (VIC)

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: Embodied Birth

Locations of Classes: Marrickville, NSW

Lulu is a Doula and Hypnobirthing mum based in Inner West Sydney. She discovered Hypnobirthing when pregnant with her first daughter and found the Positive Birth Program incredibly empowering and informative. She loved using the techniques learnt in the class to birth her daughter calmly and gently in an intervention-free, natural birthing experience.

She soon became an advocate for a positive birth and trained to be a Birth and Postpartum Doula to further develop the skills necessary for holding space and supporting other pregnant people.

Lulu believes in the profound intuition of the body, and believes that a positive and beautiful birth experience is a human right for everybody, regardless of where or how they choose to birth their baby. She hopes to empower other parents to make informed decisions about their bodies, birth and babies.

Practice Name: Birth Body and Soul

Location of Classes: Turramurra (NSW)

Amy is a mother of 1 and a qualified Primary School Teacher. She always dreamt of retraining as a midwife but never quite found the right time to make the move. After completing the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth program in preparation for the birth of her first child, Amy knew she had found the perfect mix of education and childbirth and trained as a practitioner.

Amy is passionate about educating and inspiring women and their birth partners to trust their bodies and their own inner strength; to give them a voice and to provide them with the knowledge and tools necessary to birth their baby in the most positive and empowering way possible. She believes in having a strong support team where all members are valued. Amy places importance on the teaching of skills that are life long and that can be used throughout the navigation of parenthood.

Amy offers group and private classes in Turramurra, on Sydney’s North Shore.

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

Practice Name: Dannielle Wann

Location of Service: Lake Coogee (WA)

My name is Danielle Wann,

I’m a wife and Hypno mama to one, Birth and Postpartum Doula and Hypnobirthing Australia Childbirth Educator.

I believe Birth is transformative, how we birth matters. How we feel as women about our birth experience affects us postpartum and well into motherhood. It affects our closest relationships and our ability to nurture our new family.

I want you to be knowledgeable and informed about your birth options and be empowered by your choices.

I want you to be calm and positive as you prepare for your birth. 

I want you to remember your birth experience for all the right reasons and be able to say it was the most amazing and positive experience regardless of how you Birth. 

Practice Name: Empowered Parenting

Location of Service: Kalgoorlie (WA)

Hello! I’m Amy, a Mother, Registered Midwife and passionate Childbirth Educator who lives in Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.

Since registering as a midwife in 2015, I have gained valuable experience in a range of metropolitan hospitals, Kalgoorlie’s maternity unit and volunteer experience in maternity settings in Nepal and the Northern Goldfields. I have a passion for empowering birthing women and their families to make evidence-based decisions and believe everyone has the right to an empowering and positive birthing experience.

I have a keen interest in continually improving my knowledgebase as a care provider, having recently completed my Optimal Maternal Positioning course, I am a proud Optimal Maternal Positioning Ambassador. I am so excited to have added Hypnobirthing Australia Childbirth Educator to the list of my achievements and absolutely cannot wait to share the magic of the Positive Birth Program with the families of the Goldfields.

I look forward to helping you achieve the birth of your dreams!

Name of Practice: Live, Love and Birth

Location of Classes:  Ellenbrook, Perth WA

My name is Jacqueline O’Neill, but everyone calls me Jackie. My family consists of my 2 amazing children (20 months apart) an incredibly supportive husband and a cat and dog. Our house is crazy, loud and well lived in and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I have a colourful background. I was born in Switzerland and grew up in Nigeria. We travelled a lot as children. I always thought that was the norm, until we settled in Western Australia. It was then that I realised just how lucky we were – most of the kids in school had never even had the opportunity to see snow.

I speak fluent Swiss-German, German and English – I am grateful my Father kept speaking Swiss to us when we came to Australia.

My intrigue in the body and all that is birth was sparked with my first pregnancy. I had a Breech baby on board and had to fight for my right to birth how I believed my body could. I am sure things would have ended very differently had I not done Independent Childbirth Education and surrounded myself with supportive people.

I went on to have a very empowering positive birth, after changing providers at 39 weeks.

Because of this, I recognised how important it is for birthing women and their Partners to be informed, empowered and supported throughout their journey.

This is YOUR journey, no one else’s. Embrace it, surrender to it and fill yourself with knowledge.

I can’t wait to share all the incredible, empowering tools that Hypnobirthing Australia has to offer.

Practice Name: Calm Connect

Location of Service: Toowoomba (QLD)

Hello, my name is Shene and I am a mother to my beautiful daughter and wife to my loving husband.

I have over 10 years of experience within the health and fitness industry, specialising in Pilates, women’s health and wellbeing and overall general fitness.

I know first hand how amazing and empowering it was for me to use the hypnobirthing techniques during my birth, and would love for all new mothers to experience an empowering, calm and relaxed birth with the guidance and knowledge gained from these techniques.

My aim is to firstly teach mothers and birth partners the tools and techniques to birth confidently, but secondly to create a positive and clear mindset as they prepare for a beautiful birth.

Name of Practice: Sage Birthing

Location of Classes: Mount Isa

I’m a birth and postpartum doula, living in outback Queensland with my husband and four small children. I’ve always felt a strong pull to do birth work and after the incredible birth of my fourth child, I knew that this was my time to gain the background knowledge to tie in with my practical experience with evidence-based, up to date knowledge.

I feel that women in rural areas are often left behind with the lack of access to facilities, so I am incredibly excited to bring Hypnobirthing Australia to Mount Isa and surrounds!

Practice Name: Chloe Thornton

Location of Classes: Herne Hill and Online

“Hello, I’m Chloe, a nurse, midwife, reiki practitioner, postpartum doula, hypnobirthing practitioner and essential oil enthusiast from Geelong, Victoria.

After caring for many beautiful hypnobirthing couples in the labour ward and being awe-inspired by their calm, intuitive, instinctive and empowered approach to birth I knew that Hypnobirthing was something I needed to incorporate into my practice. I truly believe that birth is meant to be a sacred and positive experience that paves the way for an empowered transition to parenthood. As a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner I feel honoured to be able to empower birthing couples to advocate for the positive and personalised experience that they deserve.

Hypnobirthing Australia™ offers a comprehensive and multifaceted form of holistic and evidence-based childbirth education that provides you with the knowledge, tools and support required to prepare for and assist you to achieve a positive birth experience – whatever that looks like for you.”

Practice Name: Your Birth Hypnobirthing

Location of Services: Caringbah, NSW

Hello Mums and Mums to be!

After completing the Positive Birth Program for my second birth and having an amazingly empowering experience, I knew straight away that I wanted to help other women achieve the same thing. I really believe that women deserve to be given the best chance to have an empowering positive birth experience and I know that Hypnobirthing is the way to go! I have a passion for all things birth and natural health, I have dabbled in Chinese Medicine and I am so excited to now be teaching Hypnobirthing!

I can’t wait to meet and help you tap into your body’s natural instincts, provide you with tools for a calm beautiful birth and empower you to make the right decisions for you and Your Birth. “

Practice Name: Bayside Birthing

Location of Classes:  Mordialloc, VIC

Hi, my name is Tessa and I am a mum of two boys who is passionate about childbirth education. While studying midwifery I noticed a strong fear culture around birth and lack of knowledge on what to expect during labour. After the somewhat difficult birth of my first son, I decided to arm myself with as much knowledge, tools and support as I could for my second son’s arrival. I undertook the Hypnobirthing Australia course and using all that I learnt, was able to experience the most amazing drug and intervention free water birth.

I aim to help woman and their birthing partners feel empowered to achieve a positive birth experience just as I have. My goal is to equip women that with the right knowledge, tools and support, so that labour and birth can be an amazing experience no matter the circumstances.

It my privilege to work with women and their birthing partners during this special time, and I am able to offer Hypnobirthing Australia classes in the privacy of your own home, or in small group settings.

Practice Name: Hypnomamma

Location of Servies: Innisfail, QLD

Hi my name is Stevie I am a Registered Midwife and also a mother to 4 beautiful children.

I know first-hand that hypnobirthing improves women’s overall birth experiences and outcomes. After having had two very medicalised births with my older children, I then went on to have a natural therapeutic homebirth with my third child and again a very empowering water birth with my fourth.

I strongly believe that pregnancy and childbirth are natural life events and should not be interrupted by medical intervention if the woman is progressing normally. I also believe that when the woman is undisturbed during labour she has the power to follow her own instincts, find a rhythm and trust her body and the whole birthing process. I am very passionate about hypnobirthing as I believe it helps women remain focused, positive, determined and strong throughout labour & birth. As a midwife, I don’t believe that there is a right place or way to birth but rather that all women should be supported in making choices that they feel are safe and best for them & their baby. I do however feel that women benefit most from birthing in a calm relaxed environment.

Practice Name: Mamatoto Retreat

Location of Service: Shoalhaven Region, Milton (NSW)

Hi, I’m Melissa!

I’ve been working with pregnant women and new mothers for the past 15 years as a Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga and Pilates Instructor and more recently as a Birth and Postpartum Doula.

I’ve helped thousands of women prepare their bodies for labour and birth and to regain their “pre- baby body” but it wasn’t until I gave birth to my son that I realised how important a positive mindset is during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

Whilst I attribute education, tools, support and preparation to my beautiful drug- free water birth, it was my positive mindset that helped me to stay calm and trust the process.

Whilst I had introduced breathing techniques, active birth positions, meditation and deep relaxation in my prenatal yoga classes prior to my son’s birth, I wanted to learn how to teach women to use self- hypnosis and positive mindset to release their fears around birth so becoming a Hypnobirthing Australia® practitioner was the obvious choice for me.

I cannot wait to share this incredible course with women and their birth partners in the Milton Ulladulla area and for them to have positive, empowering and beautiful births.

I strongly believe that when we have an empowering birth experience, this sets us up for empowered and positive parenting.

Practice Name: Michelle Richards

Location of Service: Adelaide, Salisbury East, SA

Practice Name: North Shore Hypnobirthing

Location Of Service: North Sydney, NSW

Based on Sydney’s North Shore, Samantha is a mum to 4 teenagers and an experienced birth and postpartum doula whose personal and professional experience with hypnobirthing inspired her to become a Hypnobirthing Practitioner.

Samantha hypnobirthed one of her four births and was surprised at the difference it made. Her own hypnobirth was amazingly positive and calm, and her daughter was so relaxed at birth she fell asleep almost immediately! Since becoming a doula, Samantha has supported clients who have been through various models of antenatal education and believes her hypnobirthing clients were prepared with the tools and mindset for a positive birth no matter how things unfolded.

Samantha loves learning and sharing her knowledge and skills to help families achieve a positive birth and a smooth transition to life as parents. In addition to her doula and hypnobirthing practitioner qualifications, Samantha is also a certified hypnotherapist, and holds qualifications in acupressure, Spinning Babies, Optimal Maternal Positioning and baby massage.

Education with Samantha combines the comprehensive, evidence-based content of the course and her skills and experience as a doula. She presents the course in a calm and pragmatic way helping you feel inspired, prepared and empowered to meet your baby.

Practice Name: My Birth Geelong

Location of Service: Geelong Area, Newtown, VIC

I’m Felicity Donaghy, a Registered Midwife, Nurse, Childbirth Educator, qualified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner, and Mum to 4 beautiful kids.

I have always been curious about the power of the mind, and the amazing mind-body connection that we all have within us. It was this curiosity that led me to use hypnobirthing techniques for my 4th baby, and I’ve been hooked ever since!

I work as a Midwife in a busy regional hospital, and am extremely fortunate to be able to support women during their journeys throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and early postpartum.

My belief is that every woman deserves access to the highest quality, evidence-based childbirth education, which is what motivated me to want to teach this amazing course! I absolutely love it when I see those “light bulb” moments happen in class, when fears are released, and women suddenly realise the immense power and confidence that they have always had within! It is this confidence that allows women to make individual decisions regarding her labour and birth that are unique for her and her baby.

Classes with me are always light and fun, and everyone is welcome. I’d love for you to join me!

Practice Name: North Shore Hypnobirthing

Location of Service: North Sydney, Chatswood, NSW

Ellen is a qualified Hypnobirthing Practitioner and doula based on Sydney’s North Shore. She has supported numerous women who have used the Hypnobirthing techniques and tools to have amazing births. Ellen knows firsthand that preparing women throughout their pregnancies and leading up to their births’, with Hypnobirthing principals, means that no matter how womens’ births unfold, women feel confident and positive about their options and choices. In working as a doula and educator, Ellen also uses her background in social work and women’s health to best support her clients.

In addition to her work, Ellen is a busy mum to three kids and knows first-hand the juggle of life, motherhood and also enjoying life. Her classes are taught with another doula (Samantha Gunn), and are full of fun, evidence-based education and taught in a way so that women can feel supported and positive about their pregnancies and birth.

Practice Name: Bumps, Birth and Beyond Ballina

Location of Service: Ballina

I am a full spectrum Doula (antenatal, birth and post natal), Hypnobirthing Practitioner and Mum of two beautiful boys. I live in Ballina and service the Ballina / Byron Shire and Northern Rivers areas. I offer face-to-face and online / virtual services and a range of antenatal, childbirth education, and post-natal packages.

I used Hypnobirthing when I had my two children so I know first hand what a huge difference the tools and resources make to helping you have a positive and life changing birth / experience. I am deeply passionate about supporting women and their families through their pregnancy, birthing and post partum journeys and feel excited to be able to share wisdom, experience and resources to empower others to make informed choices around childbirth. I believe every single woman has the right to have the birth SHE wants, and should be given the support SHE needs throughout. And I feel strongly that the more supported a birthing woman feels during her pregnancy and birth, the smoother and more positive her transition into motherhood and the extended parenting journey will be.

I look forward to working with mums, partners, birth teams and bubs all over the area and I believe you will value my excitement, passion and dedication.

Practice Name: Mother Earth Birthing

Location of Service: Byron Shire, South Golden Beach, NSW

Hi my name is Astrid and I fell in love with Hypnobirthing during my research paper as part of my Doctorate degree in Midwifery.  Hypnobirthing aligns beautifully with all the current evidence and research which has been the driving force behind my desire to become a Hypnobirthing Practitioner.

I am very passionate about midwifery and supporting women and their families through the journey of pregnancy and birth.  I am dedicated to empowering women and their support network with hypnobirthing techniques that are evidenced and researched based.  I am committed to supporting women to create a positive birth experience for themselves and their precious newborn babies.  I have experienced first-hand the power of the mind and how using hypnotic techniques can enable you to create an experience that is undeniably empowering.

I bring 26 years of combined nursing and midwifery experience to my Hypnobirthing Clients. I continue to work as a midwife in the public health sector on a part time basis.  Working as a Hypnobirthing Practitioner has enabled me to offer women and their support network a unique program that empowers women with the tools and evidenced based education to create positive birth outcomes.

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: Ali Kennedy

Location of Service: Melbourne, Kew, VIC

Hello!  I am Ali, I am a mumma to two young boys, with a baby girl due in June 2020.  I am a prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher, a wife, friend, sister and soul searcher.  Being human continues to amaze and challenge me with all that life presents, and cultivating an awareness of beauty and gratitude drives my yoga and parenting.

I am so excited that I get to share Hypnobirthing Australia’s Positive Birth Program with women and their partners.  It is a pathway to discover true inner strength and access the superpowers that we all hold within.

I am passionate about guiding women through their pregnancy journey and believe every woman should feel supported, heard and seen during this time.

Birth can open us up to our full potential and true self-belief.  It is a sacred and spiritual path that requires honouring and devotion.  With preparation, practise and connection to our inner resources, any birth, no matter what the outcome can be empowering and positive.

I guide mamas to feel good, embrace their ever-changing bodies and achieve a positive mindset so that they can move through the ups and downs of life.  It is my passion; to connect them with ALL that they are, wherever and however they are, on this journey through life.

Practice Name – Hygea Counselling Services

Location of Service: Bellarine Peninsula, Ocean Grove, VIC

Thank you for taking the time to explore Hypnobirthing Australia. I believe in time you will look back and be sure that this was one of the best decisions of your life. You are already everything you need and with positive beliefs and inner confidence your life and the life of your family can shine.

My name is Lorina Harris and my passion is empowering people to be who they came here to be. I have been in private practice for more than 14 years practising Clinical Hypnotherapy along with Emotional Freedom Technique, Body Code Belief shifting and Holistic models of Counselling.

Having had 3 children and now being a Grandmother, family is at the core of my focus.  I have moved my practice into the area of Hypnobirthing and on-going support of the parenting journey. Children are our future and women and the matriarchal energies given the value they deserve, will support this evolution of the heart that our world is moving into.

The Hypnobirthing Australia course can be arranged to suit your needs via Zoom, & when appropriate face to face, in groups or privately. Please feel free to contact me, I am very happy to answer any questions you have.

Practice Name: Alexis Caird

Location of Service: South Hobart, Moonah, TAS

Hey there! My name is Alexis. I am a Childbirth Educator, Naturopath (BHSc), Clinical Nutritionist, Herbalist and Remedial massage therapist.

I am passionate about helping women achieve a positive birth and facilitating classes, which build connection and support for mothers and their birth partners. As a Naturopath I am dedicated to optimising the health of you and your family in pre-conception, pregnancy and beyond.

I’ve been lucky enough to attend the birth of both of my nephews. I witnessed how transformational and powerful birth can be, with not only a baby being born, but a mother being born too.  This led me to become a Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner ™, as I hope to promote tools and techniques which allow women to feel empowered, inspired and excited to birth their baby.

It is my intention to help women release fear-surrounding birth, realise the potential of their mind and to feel joyful and connected with themselves and their birth partner.

I hope to be able to support you and your family along the way, to achieve a positive and beautiful birth.

Practice Name: Healthy Pregnancy

Location of Service: Melbourne, Carlton North, VIC

I’m Rosie, a mum, women’s health physiotherapist and childbirth educator. I love my husband Scott and our daughter Emilia. I play hockey and I make ceramics. I did not fully understand the profound impact that childbirth would have on me, until we had our beautiful daughter Emilia.

I have always been interested in helping mums have a healthy pregnancy. I am the only health professional in Australia who has post-graduate qualifications in both Sports Medicine and Pelvic Floor & Continence Physiotherapy. This puts me in a great position to work with mums like you; who want to understand your body and have faith in your own powerful ability. You are an information-seeker and want the best for yourself and your baby.

I believe the focus of any childbirth education should primarily be on positivity and learning evidence-based practice for the body and mind, to give the mother and her support person confidence. I wish all mothers & their support had access to this information, so they both feel empowered to make healthy choices and are excited to birth their baby!

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: Katie Low

Location of Service: Ballarat, Sebastopol, VIC

My name is Katie and I have been a registered midwife for the past decade (where has the time gone?!) I am passionate about all things Midwifery with a focus on labour and birth. I love being able to care for couples multiple times as they grow their family. I decided to become a hypnobirthing Australia practitioner to educate and empower couples to have a positive and rewarding birth experience and can’t wait to get the positive birth program out into my community.

Practice Name: Bella Mama

Location of Service: Whanregarwen, Northern Victoria, VIC

Zoe is a mother of three beautiful girls, postpartum doula certified through the Newborn Mothers Collective, a registered yoga teacher and Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner.

Zoe has long been an advocate for nature’s way after 12 years working in government specialising in environment and climate change policy and a personal passion in permaculture (a sustainable system of living that emphasis production of food at home), Ayurveda (an ancient healing system in India that emphasises prevention of disease through maintenance of health through diet, mindfulness and lifestyle) and yoga. It was after the hypnobirth of her third child ‘Bella’ where Zoe was inspired to take a big leap forward in pursuing her dream work in helping women trust their natural instincts to birth and mother.

To that end, Zoe is now the proud owner of a small business called Bella Mama that provides hypnobirthing instruction, postpartum education and postpartum care. Zoe offers mother centred care to women that brings together her love for hypnobirthing, ecological eating, ayurvedic lifestyle and nutrition and yoga. Using a gentle, supportive and nourishing approach, Zoe’s sole aim is to assist expectant couples prepare emotionally, physically and practically for their journey into parenthood.

Practice Name: My Positive Birth

Location of Service: Whistler, Canada

Hi, I’m Dom! 

I came across Hypnobubs from a friend. This course changed my idea of birth and inspired me to want to help moms to be and their birth partners. As soon as I could sign up to be a positive birth educator, I did and I can’t wait to meet you. 

I am passionate about providing knowledge and supporting women and their partners through their own journey of pregnancy and birth. I want you and your partner to feel confident as you prepare yourselves for this adventure. I believe no matter what path your birth may take – with the right knowledge, tools and support you will be prepared for your best possible birth.

I love this course because it lets me be a proud advocate for mothers and women everywhere, anyone can do it. I would love to work with you and support you on your journey. Please contact me to find out more. 

Practice Name: Holistic Touch Physio

Location of Service: Newcastle, Merewether NSW

Hi, I’m Katrina Evans. I have 35 years of experience as a physiotherapist after graduating from the University of Sydney in 1986.I work with all ages and occupations, and I have a special interest in women’s and occupational health.

As a mother of three adult children myself, I understand and have experienced many facets of pregnancy, childbirth and raising healthy, happy children whilst trying to maintain my own career.

I am passionate about helping people achieve their goals using my holistic approach to optimum health, physchologically, socially and physically. This includes that of the pregnant woman, her partner and their baby.

I have postgraduate university qualifications in Pain Management and Mental Health Care, as well as extensive training over the years in holistic counselling, hypnotherapy, NLP, exercise prescription and Pilates.

My education, experience and passion for what I love to do has led me to become a Hypnobirthing Australia Childbirth Educator and I hope to empower you and your family to enjoy and experience an amazing pregnancy and childbirth by teaching you the wonderful strategies developed by Hypnobirthing Australia.

Practice Name: Authentic Hypnobirthing

Location of Service: Ivanhoe (VIC)

My name is Gill and I am deeply passionate about birth. I have worked as a midwife for 36 years and feel honoured to have seen and assisted thousands of births in England, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Australia over that time. I share this breadth of joy and experience in my classes.

I have also given birth to 2 wonderful children of my own during that time and recently became a grandmother when my daughter and her partner using the wonderful hypnobirthing tools, gave birth to their son. It was a calm, gentle birth in just under 7 hours.

I have worked in all areas of midwifery but most of the time it has been in the birthing areas. I have absolutely witnessed the huge difference good birth education can make to a couples’ birth experience. Birth does not need to be feared… it needs to be understood!! A woman’s body is amazingly well designed for birth and is very capable of completing the job it started at conception. Occasionally help is genuinely needed and we are lucky to have fantastic medical help in this country when that is the case. Couples need to be prepared for all eventualities and good birth preparation will do this. The key to a wonderful and positive birth experience is in the understanding, knowledge, a positive mindset and having vital, no nonsense tools to get through. You will learn these things through the Hypnobirthing Australia program and they will most definitely contribute to an amazing and positive birth experience. So, sign up and join us to find out how! I look forward to helping you prepare positively for birth.

Practice Name: Hypno-Yogi

Location of Service: Kardinya, WA

Gemma is extremely passionate in empowering women in pregnancy, birth and for motherhood. She believes that every woman has the right to have a positive birth story.

She understands that it doesn’t always go to plan, however she firmly believes that you do have a choice in how you perceive the situation. Gemma connects with the woman and birthing partner to ensure both are supported and feels safe, comfortable, relaxed and powerful in making decisions when it comes to their birth of their baby.

Gemma has fallen in love with educating and supporting women to have a positive, joyful birth experience.

She is an experienced midwife working in a Family Birth Centre in a public hospital.

Gemma has the confidence in her theoretical and practical knowledge of childbirth because she has real life experience of labour and birth. She incorporates the hypnobirthing positive birth program concepts to all her clients during their pregnancy and birth.

As a yoga teacher, she brings an added extra dose of calmness and tranquillity to her delivery of the Hypnobirthing Australia childbirth education program.

Gemma wishes you the best ‘birth’day for your family.

Practice Name: Meraki Traditional Chinese Medicine

Location of Service: Melbourne, Clifton Hill, VIC

Hi I’m Casey, I help support women physically, mentally and emotionally through each stage of their life. I have a background in Chinese medicine, meditation training and reiki healing which allows me to help women on all levels of healing.

I predominately focus on supporting women through their fertility and pregnancy journeys so they can be the best version of themselves during these times and always! I have found that there is still a lot of fear around pain when it comes to women giving birth even though it is intended by nature. I am here to help break down those barriers so you can embrace your whole self by learning techniques that can help you feel more empowered and comfortable when it comes to that time to meet your newborn.

Practice Name: Earthed Birth

Location of Service: Margaret River, WA

Mikayla has practiced as a midwife since 2016, working in public and private hospitals and has always been passionate about antenatal education.

The hypnobirthing philosophy aligns with her values of empowering women and their birth partner to have a positive birth experience. The classes assist women to combine their innate wisdom with evidence-based practices. This is a time of change and growth for the family unit and the memory of your birth story lasts forever, leading into your next birth and beyond. Mikayla desires for women to realise how much is in their control, what their bodies and minds are capable of, and how their birth partners can support this.

Our babies need healthy mums, families and communities. Mikayla is honoured to offer Hypnobirthing to help achieve this.

Practice Name: BirthWrite

Location of Service: Melbourne, Brunswick West, VIC

Michelle is a passionate birth advocate devoted to nurturing healthy, happy and empowered parents and babies. Providing virtual workshops, telehealth consults and online programs across Australia and New Zealand, Michelle offers a unique blend of holistic services including nutrition, hypnobirthing, birth preparation, homebirth coordination and postpartum care. Michelle’s pathway into birthwork began with her role as a Nutritionist, supporting people with food allergies, intolerances and special dietary needs. This included supporting breastfeeding clients with navigating infant allergies, elimination diets and nutritional supplements, and soon expanded to natural preconception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum care. As a writer, Michelle documented her own natural fertility, pregnancy and homebirth journey, during which she discovered the transformative power of hypnobirthing. Early in her sacred postpartum journey, Michelle was honoured to have pregnant people and those trying to conceive reach out to her for support to achieve their own positive birth experiences. Responding to her calling, Michelle created BirthWrite, combining her offerings as a Nutritionist, Herbalist, Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner, Empowered Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counsellor, Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Birthkeeper and Postpartum Doula. Michelle offers comprehensive personalised care at all stages of the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum journey, and provides an inclusive service that supports all pregnant and birthing people.

Practice Name: Cycle Bump Beyond

Location of Service: Echuca Region, Moama, NSW

Hello Sweet Mama,

My name is Sammy, I am a qualified Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner, Postpartum Doula and a mother of one beautiful hypnobub.

I believe that every mama deserves to feel seen, heard and supported through such a transformative time that is motherhood.

It is your right as a Woman to feel empowered through your pregnancy, birth and beyond so that when you emerge from your postpartum you have all the tools you need for a positive motherhood experience.

At Cycle Bump Beyond, Sammy supports you with the tools and education to not only prepare you for a calm positive birth through Hypnobirthing Australia but a transformative and healing postpartum period through her postpartum doula services.

Practice Name: Village Birth

Location of Service: Torquay (VIC)

Hi I’m Talia… a clinical Pilates instructor and studio owner, birth doula, Hypnobirthing Australia™ practitioner, founder of Village Birth and co-founder of The Perinatal Hub, Surf Coast.

My professional experience has seen me working with people’s physical and mental wellbeing for many years, in many settings. What I’m most passionate about now is helping women to understand their mind-body connection as a simple but powerful tool, that can positively impact their journey through pregnancy, childbirth and into parenthood.

As a mumma of two and a birth doula, I’m on a mission to help other mumma’s have normal, beautiful, positive and empowered birth experiences. My approach to teaching is very open, warm and intuitive, as I believe we all have different needs and there is no right or wrong, just what’s right for you.

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Practice Name: Wonderwomb and Co

Location of Service: Fitzroy (VIC)

Hello! My name is Arielle and I have been a registered midwife for 5 years now. In that time, I have worked in public hospitals in Cairns, Alice Springs and Melbourne, as well as a homebirth helper and postnatal doula in New York.

I am forever in awe of each woman’s primal strength and innate power that can emerge throughout labour & birth. I am passionate about the need to remind each woman of the power that she holds (with the help of her birth partner), to transform her birth into the most empowering & magical one possible. Many women who birth in today’s hospital system may feel that their choices were taken away from them and feel powerless. However, by utilizing hypnobirthing techniques & childbirth education taught in this course, I truly believe that birth trauma can be reduced and birth can be seen as a positive & healing experience.

Please feel welcome to contact me if you have any questions, queries or would like to talk.

I look forward to supporting you throughout this transformative time.

Warmest wishes,

xxx Arielle

Practice Name: Art of Hypnobirthing

Location of Service: Strathdickie (QLD)

My goal is for you to embrace the natural flow and rhythm of your labouring body and be trusting in yourself that your body will function as nature intended. I have been a registered midwife and nurse since 2016. During this time I have done extensive study in breathing and relaxation from freediving to yoga to hypnobirthing. I have seen the wonderful effects of hypnosis in practice as well as in myself. I provide antenatal classes that incorporate proven techniques to help your mind work with your body during your delivery. You will be taught how to break the fear-tension-pain response through these techniques enabling you to calmly accept the sensations during labour and be trusting wherever your birthing journey takes you.

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Practice Name: acumedica

Location of Service: Glenelg (SA)

Hi I’m Dr Cathryn Costa an Acupuncturist, Naturopath, Nutrition lecturer, Child birth educator and certified Hypnobirthing Australia ™ practitioner.

Initially I started out as a Registered Nurse and found my passion in women’s health, natural fertility, pregnancy, birth and beyond as a naturopath and acupuncturist. As an advocate for all things healthy with the backing of evidence based midwifery care, this has led me to undertake an integrative approach to pregnancy and birth. With this I aim to help women and their partner’s achieve their hopes and dreams.

Thus Cathryn brings to her hypnotherapy and hypnobirthing workshops her experience, knowledge, wit and wisdom of different modalities both modern and traditional.

In turn you walk away being informed, educated, excited, confident and empowered to choose the birth that you desire.

As a recent study published in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2020 confirmed that:

“Women who attend professional childbirth classes during pregnancy had increased odds for successful spontaneous vaginal delivery and lower rates of instrumental delivery”

So…………..

If you are after a positive birth experience

If you feel I am the right fit for your pregnancy journey and empowered birth

If you would like to take the next step to becoming educated, supported and confident as a mumma

If you are feeling overwhelmed with all the information out there

Then I would love to help you

ACCREDITATIONS:

Cathryn is registered with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency), CMBA (Chinese Medicine Board of Australia) and is an active member of AACMA (Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association).

Cathryn holds a Master’s degree in Acupuncture and is a degree qualified Naturopath and Nurse.  She has also gone on to do further study in Women’s Health with a focus on Fertility, IVF Support, Pregnancy and Birth.

Practice Name: Balance Pregnancy and Birth

Location of Service: Claremont (WA)

Hello, my name is Elise. I am a Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife and Hypnobirthing Australia™ practitioner.

I work at a tertiary maternity teaching hospital and have had the pleasure of supporting hypnobirthing families in labour and birth. In my experience, and as you will find out in the course, watching a hypnobirthing mum is ‘night and day’ different to any other birthing mothers. Similarly their partners play such an active role that I believe is essential and is highlighted in the course.

My big focus in my teaching is giving the empowerment, control and consent back to the birthing mothers and their partners. I love the science and evidence base behind the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course and believe it is the ultimate preparation for birth and if practiced will ensure you achieve a positive birth, however that may look!

You will leave this course with a toolkit of techniques you may use for all stages of your labour and birth. You will feel empowered to make decisions regarding your care when birth may take an unexpected turn and most importantly will feel relaxed and supported in the process.

If you’re looking for positive birth education, I run private and group courses. Please enquire via my Instagram or Facebook.

Elise x

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