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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: It takes a village Midwifery

Servicing: Kenmore (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: 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). 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

Practice Name: Mother Down Under

Location of Service: Brisbane, Newmarket, QLD

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.

Practice Name: My Private Midwife

Kate is a registered nurse and midwife who has a passion for helping mothers achieve their goals for pregnancy, birth and postnatal.

With over 20 years as a midwife in a variety of settings she is well qualified to offer new parents the information and support to make the transition form a couple to family. She currently works in a private practice as a private midwife, able to provide midwifery care throughout pregnancy and on discharge from hospital, with many services attracting a rebate from Medicare.

Kate is very excited about the opportunity to add hypnobirthing to her suite of services, with a belief that hypnobirthing aligns well with her philosophy of midwifery.

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: 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: Doula Training Academy

Area’s Serviced: Maylands, Stirling & Northern Suburbs

Vicki Hobbs is a certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner who has received a national award for the last three consecutive years for her dedication to community support and knowledge sharing.

She is a qualified Remedial Massage Therapist specialising in pregnancy, induction, labour and postnatal massage. Vicki is one of the most highly trained pregnancy massage professionals in WA having completed the NurtureLife® Pregnancy Massage Practitioner course in 2013 with Pregnancy Massage Australia as well as the Diploma in Pregnancy Massage & Maternity Care in 2008 after training with Suzanne Yates, who is a well-known author, midwife and the Director of the Well Mother Centre in the UK.

Vicki has expert knowledge and training of the anatomy and physiology of the pregnant body, stretching during pregnancy, labour and birth positions and massage training for your partner as well as Spinning Babies techniques, acupressure and aromatherapy.

She is also a certified Birth & Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator and is passionate about sharing her knowledge about pregnancy, birth and beyond to support women through all stages of their journey so they feel strong, confident and prepared.

Vicki loves her work as a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist having trained with TAD James in 2006 and offers one-on-one pregnancy and birth hypnosis sessions for fear releasing and relaxation. She also shares beautiful Reiki and Energy healing sessions for mum (and baby) before, during and after pregnancy.

Practice Name:  Birth Savvy

Location of Service: Maylands, Perth (WA)

Pip Wynn Owen has been a Registered Midwife since 1995, a Childbirth Educator since 2004 and is also a Mother of 4. She passionately believes that the birth of a child should be the most beautiful and empowering time in a couples life. And that women should feel like Wonder Woman after giving birth.

Like most hospital midwives Pip was “thrown in” to teaching antenatal classes, but it quickly became her passion and she decided she needed to do formal childbirth educator training. This dramatically changed her style of teaching and approach to prenatal education. However after the birth of her 4th child, her first with an obstetrician in the private hospital system, she realised there was a real need to step outside the system and give women a truly independent childbirth education service.

She started ‘Birth Savvy…Ask for what you want’ in early 2012 and now runs seminars, workshops, and private sessions in Perth WA

Pip realises how hard it can be to find your confidence and voice in today’s birthing environment and that sometimes information isn’t enough. She knows that what couples need, on top of good quality education, is specific techniques, tools and strategies to enable them to ask for and get the birth they truly want.

This is why Pip is delighted to be a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner. She feels now she has found the programme that give couples the best chance at that beautiful, empowered birth she wishes for all couples.

Through Pip’s passion she is fast becoming the voice for pushing for better births in Perth’s private hospitals with journalists seeking her opinions for television news, radio, newspapers and magazines.

Practice Name:  Sue Hunt

Location of Service: Central Coast (NSW)

I am a practising Caseload Midwife at Gosford Hospital. I have attended many hypnobirths through the years and know the difference it can make to a mother’s experience of labour and birth as well as the outcome!

Natural drug-free birth leads on to a happy baby and mum and easier breastfeeding.

I have a particular interest in VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Caesarean) as I experienced this myself. I’m also very supportive of waterbirth and fully support home birthing.

Negotiating the hospital system can be daunting. As a midwife who works in the system, my goal is to incorporate the best medical support available with natural birth practices.

Hypnobirthing Australia classes give me the opportunity to help empower women and their partners and share my expertise.

I am excited to teach Hypnobirthing Australia and assist women and their partners on their birthing journey. I look forward to sharing this exciting journey with you!

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Practice Name: Yoga Mummas

Location of Service: Port Macquarie (NSW)

The combined skills of Yoga and Hypnobirthing techniques has allowed me to serve 100’s mums in my local area over the last 8 years. It’s so lovely to catch up with parents after their birth and hear how the pregnancy classes and Hypnobirthing techniques helped to positively influence their birth.

Birth is so raw and primal; in this day and age, many of us have lost touch with this side of ourselves. Pregnancy yoga can help women to connect to their body in a safe way. Through specific movements and learnt breathing techniques women naturally deepen their understanding of what they need to do to birth their baby. A woman’s awareness is naturally turned inwards during pregnancy, making it so much easier for her to relax into herself.  I have observed this many times over the years and it never ceases to amaze me.

The “hypno” part of hypnobirthing gives mothers a much-needed tool to help them get beyond the chatter of their mind, and allow their body to do what it is designed to do.

The theoretical knowledge learnt throughout the course gives parents a greater appreciation for the physiological processes of birth.

It’s so important to recognise that what we do and the choices we make during pregnancy have a huge impact on our birth.

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: Mind Body Birthing

Servicing: Ballarat and district

My name is Katrina Foord and I am a qualified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner. My interest in hypnobirthing has developed over my many years as a registered nurse, midwife, hypnotherapist, NLP (neuro linguistic programming practitioner) and a mother of two. Considering my background and experience it has become a natural progression to become a hypnobirthing practitioner.

I had two very different birthing experiences prior to becoming a hypnobirthing practitioner – an emergency Caesarean (after being induced) and a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean). One of the differences I remember is that with my vaginal birth, I had a covering obstetrician who asked me to visualise myself on a tropical island to help me relax. I remember this helping enormously.

I have always been interested in the power of the mind and subsequently completed courses in hypnotherapy and NLP. I have since used hypnotherapy for many things including walking on hot coals and completion of my first 1/2 marathon last year with ease.

My aim is to teach women and their birth partners, techniques such as breathing, visualisation, relaxation and self-hypnoisis to empower them to have a calm, positive birthing experience.

Practice Name:  Christa Buckland BHlthSc (Health Promotion), HPCE

Location of Service: Mount Annan (NSW)

I am an experienced doula and childbirth educator in south-west Sydney. I personally used hypnobirthing for three of my four births and found it to be empowering, transformative and healing. This is what sparked in me the deep desire to help other mums prepare for birth.

I have supported clients (as a doula) who were using hypnobirthing in their birth preparation and have witnessed the incredible difference that it made to their births. I am very proud to be a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner, and offer these amazing classes to the women in my area.

I also have a Health Science degree (majoring in Health Promotion) and am currently pursuing a PhD with Western Sydney University. My research is on breastfeeding among young mothers.

I truly believe that birth is meant to be a beautiful, sacred and positive event in our life. Let me show you how with hypnobirthing!

Practice Name: Melissa Ayling

Location of Service: Geraldton (WA)

Hi there! I am a mother of two hypnobirthed boys (one in a car!) and I have been a certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ practitioner since 2014. I am also a pregnancy retreat facilitator and womb awakening practitioner.

Through my personal and professional experiences, I have discovered that pregnancy, birth, and becoming a mother is a sacred, meaningful, and transformational time and women are to be heard, honoured, and respected.

I am devoted to helping women cultivate trust within themselves, to be at the centre of their unique journey and to experience birth as a rite of passage into motherhood.

I believe the foundation to this is the right support team, an education about birth as a physiological process, proven coping tools, awareness around birth choices, and feeling prepared for whatever path the birth journey may take.

My classes involve the birth partner every step of the way and I provide them with practical knowledge and tools to confidently support the birthing mother.

I currently specialise in private hypnobirthing classes in person locally or via Zoom worldwide! This is so the mother and her birth partner can enjoy a personalised experience in the comfort of their own space.

I believe that through holistic birth education we will change the face of birth on this earth and I am so grateful to be part of this together with the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth program.

Practice Name: True Focus Hypnobirthing

Practice Name: Path to Birth

Location of Service: Malvern (VIC)

Jess is a Fertility, Pregnancy and Wellness Coach and an Australian Certified Hypnobirthing Practitioner.

Jess is passionate about all things fertility, pregnancy and birth! She is a big believer in the power of the mind-body connection and how this can be used to create an empowered, positive birthing experience!

With a background and qualifications in psychology and coaching, Jess loves working with women and birth partners, helping them to let go of any fears about birthing!

She is dedicated to arming mothers and birth partners with practical tools, relaxation techniques and information about childbirth and birthing options to create a mindset of confidence, courage and positivity as they prepare for their amazing birth!

Practice Name: Embracing Birth

Servicing: Newcastle (NSW)

Hi, my name is Karen and I have worked with women and their families as a health care professional for over 30 years. My work is also my passion.

As a registered nurse my speciality has been in sexual and reproductive health and when I completed post graduate studies, I became a midwife and still work in a private hospital setting today.

With years of experience behind me I have gained a clarity into what women need to have the birth they desire.

Teaching Hypnobirthing and becoming a doula has allowed me to empower women to achieve their goals.

If you would like to know more about me and what I can offer you, don’t hesitate to call or email. Feel free to click on my Facebook and Web pages, I have lots of info about pregnancy, birth and parenting.

Karen x

Practice Name: Empowered to Birth

Location of Service: Bendigo (NSW)

Hello, I’m Debra, Midwife, Mother of four and passionate about every birth being a positive experience for every family.

My children were all born before I was a Midwife or a Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner. Their births span 3 decades and 2 centuries. I know, this makes me sound old, but it has given me wisdom on many levels.

Conventional Hospital Birthing Classes classes can be quite confronting. I know, because I teach these classes, both locally and previously at a large private hospital in Melbourne. The facts need to be taught in these settings, but often they are large, rushed and impersonal. Family and friends often feel it their role to inform a pregnant woman “How it was for me”. These uncensored stories and other life events can instil fear for many women.

I want to empower couples to be knowledgeable, flexible, assertive and prepared, no matter the mode of birth.

I want to help pregnant women and their birth support person overcome fear and anxiety they may have. Instead filling their birth preparation with positive images of birth and practical tools to cope with the journey through pregnancy, labour and birth into their parenting.

By attending one of my Hypnobirth Australia courses I can share all this with you.

Phone 0428 560 658 for more information or booking.

Classes are either:

Weekends: 2 x 6 hours 9am to 4pm

Evenings: 4 x 3 hours 6pm to 9pm

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.

Practice Name: The Rural Midwife

Location of Services: North Burnett Region (QLD)

Hi, I’m Steph from The Rural Midwife. I provide private practice midwifery services to families in the North Burnett and am passionate about improving outcomes for families however they might like to birth. I love educating and look forward to meeting you on your journey to positive birth! I love teaching the Hypnobirthing Australia course and believe it is the best investment you can make toward your pregnancy, birth and postpartum period. I look forward to talking with you!

Practice Name: Fit Mind Now

Location of Services: Geelong, Surf Coast (VIC)

Hello, my name is Agnele (Anielle). I have a degree in Nursing, post graduate in Midwifery and continuous studies and interest in areas of mind-body connection using the law of physics,  brain/ heart coherence, trauma resilience, acupuncture and hypnotherapy.

As an educator, my interest lies in demystifying the mystical in order to equip people with knowledge and tools within their reach to make real changes in their desires for a positive birthing experience.

The role of mindset in pregnancy, labour and birth is the foundation of your preparation in this space. Many don’t realise that in wanting a positive experience, the fundamental element lies in your core belief system. Interestingly there is a process of discovering yourself and realising how your thoughts and feelings play a part in your labour and birth experience. Fit Mind Now will help you align your belief system with your desire. The process requires training your mind to be aligned to your intentions and desired experience for labour and birth. Remember you can achieve anything you want when you know how to access your potential.

The wonderful news is that you are here right now doing your research. You know deep within yourself that you want more than what you have been told. You know deep within yourself that you can have a positive birthing experience and you’re looking for the right approach.

I encourage you to connect with me and learn more about the options available to you. For reviews, videos and photos please search for Ready Mum as my previous business name. You can find videos and photos on facebook and reviews on google.

Practice Name: Mind, Bump & Birth

Location of Classes: Darwin (NT)

As a midwife and a fellow hypnobirthing mum of two, I am extremely passionate about ensuring women feel empowered during pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond. After using the Hypnobirthing Australia technique twice myself I want to enable other mums have the amazing experience I was able to experience, one full of love, empowerment and knowledge. Contact me today to book into a course in Darwin and surrounds.

Practice Name: Nurture Birth Education

Location of Service: Bendigo (VIC)

I became a midwife to help support women during birth. I have spent a majority of my time as a midwife working in the private sector and I have cared for many women who have walked into the birthing suite with no real thought on how labour will be. They are simply willing to hand their care over to their caregivers and allow many of the decisions to be made for them.

Nurture Birthing was born out of a need for something different in the birthing services field, especially in the private sector. I aim to educate women and their partners to empower them during their pregnancy and birthing journey. Following the philosophy of hypnobirthing I wish to provide women with the tools to overcome the fear and anxiety of birth for a positive birthing experience.

Practice Name: Change Therapy Hypnosis & Counselling

Location of Service: Point Cook (Victoria)

I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Counsellor who is passionate about empowering women to birth with confidence.

We live in a time where our society seems to promote fear around birth and it is such a shame because it doesn’t have to be that way.

I have been fortunate to have 3 beautiful natural births and recognised so many things in this wonderful program that can help couples experience the birth of their children calmly and without fear.

It’s a pleasure to be a part of Hypnobirthing Australia and I look forward to sharing this wonderful program with you and your Birth Partner

Practice Name: Julie Jarrett

Location of Service: Emerald, Berwick, Upwey Victoria and surrounding areas.

Hi, I’m Julie. I am a Registered Nurse and Midwife and I am currently working in a private hospital as a Lactation Consultant and Child Birth Educator.

I first came across Hypnobirthing many years ago and was very impressed with the calmness that surrounded that birth. I am very grateful to this family who inspired me to find out more and later to become a Hypnobirthing Practitioner.

I am very passionate about working with families through pregnancy, birth and after the baby becomes part of the family to help make the journey the best possible experience no matter what the circumstances.

Please feel comfortable to contact me with any questions.

I am able to provide Hypnobirthing classes and follow up support in the areas surrounding Emerald, Berwick and Upwey Victoria.

Practice Name: Prana Place

Location of Service: Doncaster East (Melbourne)

Dannielle is a Critical Care Registered Nurse, Yoga Practitioner and Yoga Teacher, offering Pre-Natal and Restorative Yoga to expectant mothers.

She encompasses the philosophy of natural child birth where possible. Her intention is to prepare expectant mothers and their birth partners through education, empowering them to create a unique individual experience free from unnecessary fear and anxiety, giving expectant mothers the confidence to trust in themselves and the birthing process. Therefore facilitating the transition from pregnancy to parenthood and creating positive, loving and joyous memories along the way for everyone involved.

Danielle offers, one-on-one couple session, monthly group sessions, refresher courses and hypnobirthing for caesarean.

Practice Name: Breathe and birth

Location of Service: Glen Iris (VIC) 

Hi, my name is Lisa, a passionate midwife of 4 years and paediatric nurse of 14 years.

I believe that it is the right of every woman to have a positive, empowering, beautiful and calm birth. I commonly see women come into hospital to have their baby with minimal knowledge of what to expect in labour and are happy to hand over all decisions to care givers.

The education and tools given in the hypnobirthing class, allows you and your birth partners to approach labour and birth in a positive way, with confidence to trust that your body is made to birth your baby and feel empowered that you can do it. With the aim to birth your baby calmly in whichever direction your labour journey takes you.

I myself have 3 beautiful children. Having had a normal birth, an emergency caesarean and a VBAC (Vaginal birth after caesarean), I know too well how important and how much of an amazing, long lasting effect, a positive and calm birth experience has on later life.

It would be such a privilege to teach you in this class. I want to inspire you, educate you and help you get your own positive birth.

Practice Name: Nature’s Studio

Location of Service: Cohuna, Kerang, Echuca, Tatura and Shepparton areas.

Tracey has used hypnobirthing techniques herself twice and has had two positive birth experiences. This is where she gets her passion to help other mothers and birth partners to have a positive calm birth experience as well.

Tracey has been working in the health field for over 12 years, 9 of which as a Health Coach focusing on behavior change and using the power of the mind. As well as training other health professionals to become Health Coaches.

Tracey has many years of experience helping people to reach their goals and fullest potential.
She is passionate about supporting mums-to-be and their partners during their pregnancy journey and preparing for a positive birth experience.

Hypnobirthing taught me techniques to use during my birth and I am very thankful to have learnt them, that’s why I want to pass these onto others.

Classes available in the Cohuna, Kerang, Echuca, Tatura and Shepparton areas.

Practice Name: TranceAnd Hypnotherapy & Complementary Therapist

Location of Service: Lennox Heads, Northern Rivers, NSW

Joyce Bucholtz (Clin. Hyp. CHt. NLP Pract. HPCE)

My name is Joyce, mother of two beautiful, healthy children and I live/work in Lennox Head, Northern Rivers, NSW. I have worked in many professional areas before discovering the immense passion I feel in helping others with unfolding the incredible power of their own subconscious mind. At 38 years of age, I was drawn to what I would now refer to as my “Life’s calling or Life’s purpose”.

I had been practicing Clinical Hypnotherapy for approximately 2 years before I realised that I could do more. I was deeply touched after watching a video of a ‘hypno- mum’ and I knew then that I could make a real difference in the lives of parents-to-be (and their unforgettable experience of childbirth), helping parents to achieve a beautiful, positive and memorable birth experience. I have found hypnobirthing to be an incredible tool to have in my box of expertise, helping mothers and their partners to walk through their journey of childbirth and beyond, feeling more empowered, confident and at ease. I look forward to walking this journey with you.

Practice Name: Ignite Your Glow

Location of classes: Mackay (QLD)

I was one of those pregnant first time mums hearing all the horror stories and became so fearful of birth I focussed on everything else but the arrival. Put it to the back of my mind and kept saying I would get an epidural. The further I got into into pregnancy I started to come to the realisation that an epidural was just not going to be for me or my baby. I preferred more natural non toxic ways of living, so this really wasn’t a selection of my lifestyle. I took a leap and started researching options, and it was my mother who was living in the UK that had heard about Hypnobirthing. Once I contacted Hypnobirthing Australia I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and after finishing the course with my partner, we both looked forward to our birth with some clear knowledge and a new found excitement.

I have now Hypnobirthed two children; they were completely different labor but both empowering experiences. I found I had a newfound appreciation for my body, but I also understood the power of my mind, which was mind-blowing.

After this I realised and also witnessed mums around me having either some stressful births, or missing out on the relaxation and empowering experience. It has become my mission since to give that support and knowledge to other mums, so that they can have their own unique and beautiful births.

Find out more:

Website: https://igniteyourglow.com.au

Instagram: @ignite_your_glow

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/igniteyourglow

Practice Name: The Hypnobirthing Mum

Location of Service: Lilyfield, Sydney (NSW)

Qualifications: Kerry Sutcliffe, Bsc(Hons), MPhil, PgCert APIMH, DipCouns, DipNLP, HPCE.

Kerry Sutcliffe is a Certified Hypnobirthing Practitioner and Childbirth Educator (HPCE) based in Inner West Sydney. Kerry is a hypnobirthing mum to three young children and her first-hand experience of giving birth using hypnobirthing techniques has resulted in three calm and empowering births. These experiences have led her to being a passionate advocate for this approach to birth.

With a background in Psychology, Counselling and Mental Health, Kerry has worked extensively with people living with anxiety and depression. The psychological and physical health of new and expectant mums is now the primary focus of her work.

Kerry has found the HypnoBirthing Australia™ course to be the most comprehensive, realistic and supportive programme available to mothers and their birth partners. When delivering this course Kerry presents the content in an understanding and reassuring manner and feels privileged to support mothers and their birth partners towards a calm and positive birthing experience.

Practice Name: Mother Birth Mountains (T/A Casey Russell)

Servicing: Blue Mountains & the Central West – Lithgow (NSW)

After working individually with women as a certified Birth Doula and Self Hypnosis Doula, bearing witness to the difference that self-hypnosis was making for individual clients, Casey believed that everybody should have access to the Birth Education and skills taught through hypnobirthing and so became a Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner to provide services that enabled her to reach more women.

As well as supporting women through their pregnancy and birth as a certified Birth Doula, Casey is also a certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist providing women with services to aid in their postnatal healing.

Casey was well known throughout the Macarthur Area on the outskirts of Sydney and has now made the move to providing services to the women of the Blue Mountains and the Central West being based near Lithgow NSW.

Practice Name: Defining Moves T/A DonnaMMartin

Location of Service: Whitsundays including Cannonvale, Bowen, Hamilton Island & Mackay (QLD)

Donna is a Registered Midwife, certified Master Practitioner & Trainer of NLP & Hypnotherapy, Life & Parenting Coach. She is also a Certified Practitioner Hypnobirthing & Childbirth Educator, & an Accredited Consultant & Trainer in Human Behaviour, who believes that becoming a parent, is one of life’s most treasured gifts.

A Hypnobirthing course with Donna prepares you for embracing your experience from a mind-body connection perspective. You will release any fears you hold, understand the power of your body, & be given powerful tools that positively influence your birth, as well as strengthening your relationship & connection to your partner.

This allows for smoother transition to parenthood & a happier, calmer baby. The techniques Donna teaches will be used in everyday life to help you feel & be the confident, calm, loving, supportive & engaged parent you want to be.

Her philosophy is that EVERY birth can be a POSITIVE experience, & that the Hypnobirthing Australia techniques will give you that.

Donna’s passion is working with mothers & their birth partners to ensure you are educated & confident, clear on choices & roles, & fully equipped so you get to experience a positive & calm birth regardless of the situation & circumstances. Let your story be positive & joyous.

Donna looks forward to working with you to make this journey truly magical.

Practice Name: Geelong Born

Location of Service: Belmont (VIC)

Hi, I’m Rosie.

I have proudly been working as a registered nurse and midwife for over 10 years. During this time, I have worked in a wide variety of women’s health and maternity settings. My role at Geelong Born focuses on independent childbirth education and midwifery support. I strive to empower, inspire and bring confidence to expectant parents.

I am mum to my two beautiful little girls. My own positive birthing experiences have given me further drive to promote pregnancy and childbirth as a natural and profound life event. I believe all births are unique and that women should be supported in a way that is individually tailored to their own needs. I draw upon experience as a mum and a midwife to ‘keep birth normal’ and avoid unnecessary intervention.

I am delighted to be a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner. I passionately believe this program gives couples the best chance of achieving the birth they dream of. I take a relaxed and friendly approach during my classes and I feel very privileged to be teaching expectant parents how to give birth in such a calm and positive way.

Practice Name: Eastside Midwives

Practitioner Name: Helen Barrington (Independent Midwife) BMid, IBCLC, GradCertPharm, GradDipCounsPsych

Servicing: Ferntree Gully, Melbourne (VIC)

Hi there! I’ve been working with birthing women for over 15 years. I’ve been a midwife for nearly 13 years and what a wonderful journey that’s been. It’s such a privilege to work with families in my community. I’m a mother of 3 and all of my births have been with midwives and have been wonderful, life changing experiences. The midwives who cared for me provided such helpful, patient encouragement, I’m indebted to them for life. Having said that, my aim for families that I work with is to be able to say “We did this together, as a couple !” and to be able to feel like they are stronger as a couple and more empowered together. I’d like couples to feel like they had all the tools themselves, and that it doesn’t necessarily matter where they birthed or how they birthed but they feel empowered and positive about their birthing experience. Able to go into parenting as a couple who are stronger and ready for whatever parenting has in store for them. This is what Hypnobirthing can do for you !!

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: South East Hypnobirthing

Practitioner Name: Jemma Vyas – Bachelor of Science in Midwifery Practice (BSc Hons) & Hypnobirthing Practitioner Childbirth Educator (HPCE)

Servicing: Narre Warren and surrounding areas (VIC)

Jemma is a highly regarded Midwife who has been in clinical practice for over a decade. Jemma trained and practised in the UK and moved to Australia in 2009 to advance her midwifery career. She has worked in the public and private sector in Australia, working across all clinical areas of the midwifery spectrum, and attended homebirths and water births back in the UK.

Jemma believes that all birth is birth, and with the right evidence-based preparation and tools, mothers and their support partners can achieve a calm and positive birth experience. Jemma has taught hundreds of couples from around Victoria and now comes highly recommended from Midwives, Doctors, and other allied health professionals.

Jemma is also a hypnobirthing mother of two. She therefore knows that the Hypnobirthing Australia ™ tools taught do actually work as she   achieved two very empowering births.

Jemma offers group classes in Narre Warren, Melbourne and private classes in the comfort of a client’s own home.

To contact Jemma, please phone 0412 353 495 or visit http://www.southeasthypnobirthing.com.au

Practice Name: Bright Mums

Location of Service: Fremantle (WA)

I fell in love with the Hypnobirthing Australia™ program when I used it for the birth of my second baby – the first of two positive, empowering VBACs (vaginal birth after caesarean). I found that the knowledge, tools and techniques I gained from the program completely changed the way I looked at birth.

My first birth was an experience that left me feeling completely powerless and like I had no say in my birthing journey. Thanks to hypnobirthing, my next two births were the complete opposite. It was this transformation that has led me here, and my goal is to now help you approach your birth with the same knowledge and confidence, knowing that you are making the best decisions for yourself and your baby.

As a birth and postpartum doula I have seen the difference your birthing experience can make and how it can affect your parenting journey. You (and your baby) deserve an incredible experience – one you will remember for the rest of your life, for all the right reasons.

My Hypnobirthing Australia classes will give you everything you need to have a positive birth experience – regardless of the circumstances of your birth.

If you want to know more about how I can support you to feel confident and empowered to give birth on your own terms, head to my website or come and say hi on Instagram

Practice Name: Mesmerised Mamas

Location of Service: Ballan (Victoria)

Hi All. My name is Margaret Sommeling.

I am a mother of four, a grandmother to one, I have an amazing husband who has been a fantastic support to me, and who made sacrifices to stay home to raise our children.

I am a practicing midwife; I have been working in a Midwifery Group Practice model since 2011 providing continuity of care to many women.

I had been intuitively working with visualisation and meditation techniques with labouring women within my own practice, therefore I sought out the Hypnobirthing Australia program to help build on my working foundations in turn using this proven program to educate women and their partners, who are committed to birthing together, who wish to take control and who seek the emancipation to birth without fear. I promote a holistic approach to birth. I support the belief that labour and birth can be positive and strive to ensure you achieve a positive, satisfying and supported birth, whatever the outcome!!

Practice Name: Luvamama

Location of Service: Woody Point (QLD)

Catherine is a mother of 4 grown children and has a diversity of working experiences in community development, childcare and event management. Her passion for mothers and babies created a pathway to her becoming a Birth Doula (Labour support) and Postnatal Doula with Childbirth International. Her business is called Luvamama.

For the past 5 years Catherine has been self employed as a Nanny, Doula and Independent Childbirth Educator.

Catherine is passionate about woman’s health and emotional wellbeing during pregnancy, hence the name Luvamama. Her kind and gentle approach to birthing will support you and your birthing partner to connect in with your mind and body to prepare you for the most amazing journey of childbirth.

As a Hypnobirthing practitioner, she is dedicated to positive birthing principles.  Her desire is to have every mother seek to have a calm empowered birth.

Catherine lives in Brisbane and holds  Tuesday evening classes and every second Saturday in the month.

Hypnobirthing classes are held at a beautiful setting on the Redcliffe peninsula. ‘Serenity Space’ is a purpose built yoga and healing space.

202 Prince Edward Pde, Scarborough, 4020.

Practice Name: The Birth Space

Location of Service: Cockburn, Perth (WA) 

Renee is a Mum of two young children, Hypnobirthing Practitioner and has an interest in the antenatal and postnatal wellbeing of new Mums.

When Renee was planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) for her second pregnancy, she became passionate about positive Childbirth Education and is a firm believer that knowledge is power. Using our Hypnobirthing techniques, you will feel empowered, educated and confident for your birth. Renee can work with you to release any fears you have and prepare for a calm birthing experience, no matter which direction it may take.

Renee run’s her group and private classes anywhere in Perth, visit her website or Facebook page to enquire now.

Practice Name: Connected Hypnobirthing

Location of Service: Semaphore (SA)

Hi, I am Nikki Jones, a Registered Midwife, Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner and Birth Story Listener.

I am passionate about empowering women and their birth partners, educating and sharing knowledge and supporting couples so they have choice, and feel safe, secure, and supported when giving birth. I love sharing the up to date, evidence-based education and information to help couples make informed decisions and work toward achieving a calm, safe, positive and empowering birth experience, no matter what turns their birthing journey may take.

I have been a midwife for 12+years, having previously worked in Midwifery Group Practice, emergency department in a large Adelaide metro hospital and teaching public hospital childbirth education classes.

I am a mum of 3 beautiful children, two of them Hypnobubs, having done the Positive Birth Program in preparation for my second birth and then becoming a Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner in 2017 as I loved my birth so much and wanted to share these amazing tools and techniques with more couples. I then got to put the knowledge, tools and techniques into practice again when I birthed my third baby in 2020, which was the most positive, empowering and enjoyable birth experience. I know these tools and techniques work; I love sharing them and connecting with couples I teach. I want them to leave my classes feeling confident, relaxed, and supported with a positive mindset, abundance of knowledge and the tools to achieve their own unique positive pregnancy birth experience and have a wonderful start to parenting.

I offer regular group classes in Semaphore, SA I also offer private classes, Hypnobubs upgrade sessions, the positive caesarean birth program and birth story listening session.

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: Happy Birth Day 

Location of Service: Tiwi (NT)

I am a registered nurse working in Paediatrics and Women’s Health. When I kept hearing about ‘Hypnobirthing’ from my friends and family members that had been using it for their births, I had to know more! I did my research and was blown away with how Hypnobirthing was positively influencing birthing experiences all over the world.

I came across the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course and I was absolutely ecstatic! It was exactly what I had been missing within my education- a little something special to be able to incorporate into my future midwifery practice. It offered such a fresh perspective on birth how I could assist expectant mothers by offering techniques and knowledge that allowed them to make informed and most importantly, empowered decisions.

I am so thrilled that I am apart of such a wonderful group of people striving to educate and inspire pregnant women and their partners. My Hypnobirthing and Childbirth Education business ‘Happy Birth Day’ is a project that is very close to my heart and one that I plan to continually expand over the next few years, incorporating different aspects to offer antenatal, birth and postnatal holistic care.  

I look forward to meeting inspirational women from all walks of life and sharing their birth experience.

Practice Name: Peaceful Birthing

Location of Service: Noosaville, Sunshine Coast (QLD)

Hi, I’m Simone. Mother of two, wife, surfer (well, sort of..) soul searcher, lover of the outdoors and obsessor of all things birth related.

I am incredibly passionate about empowering parents to be in the drivers seat of their birth experience, and plan for a joyous postpartum as I know first hand how it can impact the parenting journey and overall health and happiness.

I’m a Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner, Newborn Mothers Graduate (Postpartum Doula) and creator of Peaceful Birthing, a Noosa based venture helping create positive birthing experiences for parents and increase joy for new mothers.

I am myself a Hypnobirthing Australia Mum, and I have used the techniques for my own very different, but magical births.

To read more about me and why I love teaching this amazing course, CLICK HERE. I look forward to sharing this beautiful way of birthing with you.

Click here to visit the Peaceful Birthing Website | Click here to visit the Peaceful Birthing Facebook Page

Practice Name: Bump 2 Babe

Location of Service: Malvern (VIC)

Hi! My name is Dahlia Lipson. I am a practicing Registered Nurse/Midwife with 7+ years’ experience and have loved everything about my job including meeting new people and making a positive difference in their lives.

I have always had a particular love for women’s health and childbirth but I must have always had a calling towards education. Classmates used to tell me “you’d make a great teacher Dahlia”. Well, they were right! Here I am now, a passionate Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner!

As a midwife and mother of two and having experienced such wonderful labours and births, I know the importance of feeling positive about pregnancy, labour and birth whether completely natural or not. Drawing on years of techniques and philosophies, current evidence-based research and effective relaxation techniques, mothers, partners and their babies can all benefit from the hypnobirthing approach to childbirth.

It is my mission and absolute privilege to help equip women and their birth partners with the knowledge, tools and support to feel prepared for a calm, empowered, safe and positive birth experience no matter what turn their journey may take.

Head to my website to book a class and I look forward to meeting you!

Dahlia Lipson

BNurs, PGDipMid, HPCE

Practice Name: Cloud Nine Hypnosis & Hypnobirthing

Location of Service: Gladstone, Rockhampton

I am the textbook example of how the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course can transform birth. Having experienced a traumatic emergency Caesarean with my first child, my partner and I found the Hypnobirthing Australia toolkit to be life-changing for the birth of our second child. In fact, I was so inspired by my healing, hypno-birth I became a trained hypnotist and certified Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner.

It is my mission to share this incredible program with my community and beyond. How we birth matters. The birth of a child is also the birth of parents, and this momentous event should be one of peace and joy. The education, tips, tools and techniques taught in this program allow families to remove uncertainty, fear and worry and install confidence, joy and excitement.  These skills are applicable for pregnancy, birth and beyond- investing in this course is making an investment in life-long tools.

I am proof the Hypnobirthing Australia program works and I would love to share this amazing, practical course with you and your birth partner.

Practice Name: Hypnobirth Tribe

Location of Service: Hampton (VIC)

My name is Julie and I am blessed to say I am a wife and hypnobirthing mother.  I was reborn the day my first son was born.  I have become more aware of who I am and what legacy I want to leave behind.  And so begins the story of me.  Once a corporate racegoer qualified in business and technology and now a passionate and full-time advocate for birth with one goal – to share positive birth and help parents realise their birth potential.

I believe it takes one generation to make the world a better place and so I dedicate my time to help facilitate empowered and calm birth, remind mothers that they are made to birth, encourage birth support and connection and help parents appreciate that if their minds and bodies are prepared, fear and tension has no home.

If this is the experience you are after and you are unsure of how to navigate the birthing world, please reach out.  I have been there before and can assure you that you have already made a huge leap in positive birthing by just visiting.  So, thank you for being part of the change!

Practice Name: Inner Surge Birth Wisdom

Location of Service: Mollymook Beach (NSW)

My name is Anne a holistic birth worker in the Shoalhaven.

I teach the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Course in small groups from my peaceful lounge room, overlooking the gumtrees and abundance of wildlife. Or in the comfort of your own loungeroom.

My passion is creating positive and lasting change for birthing women and their families on a deep subconscious level. Where birth is viewed as sacred and all mothers see themselves as powerful shape shifting, life giving and life nurturing beings.

I teach forgotten primal birthing wisdom with a modern twist; by sharing with a woman how she is PERFECTLY designed for birth. And supporting women to understand and release fear-based associations of childbirth; transforming it into remembered knowledge and awakened power from within.

I have witnessed just how transformative and powerful the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Course is with my own eyes. I want to continue to share this wisdom, so women and their birth-partners have effective tools and knowledge to feel prepared and excited to surrender to the magic of childbirth and parenthood.
As a former midwife that has supported many women during pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum; my drive is for Mothers to confidently believe in themselves and trust their incredible bodies with self-determination and self-amazement that will last lifetime’s.

I feel honoured to share such a beautiful gift of wisdom with Mothers and their familes on the south coast.

Find out more:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inner_surge/

Practice Name: Karmaura

Location of Service: Cairns, Weipa and Yungaburra (QLD)

Hypnobirthing I believe has the power to transform Maiden into Mother in the most empowering way.

Harnessing ancient wisdom with modern science is something that has always gripped me and I feel compelled to spread and share true wisdom when I hear it. Through my yoga teachings I have done just this, a couple of years after returning from India from my initial yoga training, I ventured to Byron Bay during my first pregnancy to become a fully certified Pre/ Postnatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT).

I found working with women at this beautiful stage in their lives was a desire unearthed within me and I was compelled to grow and share more after my first beautiful birth.

Now having just completed my Hypnobirthing certification with my second pregnancy I cannot wait to teach and share this amazing course from a place of true authenticity.

I run courses in my isolated community Weipa, Cape York and host courses where I grew up on the Atherton Tablelands FNQ.

I believe spreading this fantastic knowledge, to create the calmest energy during this sacred time of transition for all, has the power to transform future generations.

Namaste Alana

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: Your Body Births

Location of Classes: Westmead (NSW)

“The birth of your child should be a beautiful, empowering experience. I believe that all people have the right to knowledge about all avenues and options to enable them to make the decisions that are right for them and their babies.” – Claire’s vision.

Claire is a maternity nurse, caring for new parents and their babies in the first few days after birth, and a Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner/Childbirth Educator. She is also a mum of one. After completing the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course with her husband, they went on to have an amazing birth of their first child.

Claire often gets asked the story of the birth and is passionate about sharing what hypnobirthing helped her and her husband achieve – a beautiful, serene, empowered birth. Claire believes in walking alongside you on your journey, sharing knowledge and tools, with the desire that you achieve the positive and empowering birth we all deserve.

The day you meet your baby should be beautiful. Claire would love to help you have a birth to remember.

Practice Name: MamaBe

Location of Service: Wagga Wagga (NSW)

I believe every woman has an untapped reservoir of inner strength and calm within her that deserves to be discovered. I believe that the magic of positive birth lies in the discovery of her own personal courage and power. When a woman steps into this power it informs every aspect of her life from this point on.

I take women from fear to empowerment, from stressed to confident, from anxious to excited. I help women discover their own inner strength and wisdom through the Hypnobirthing Australia program and my experience as a prenatal yoga teacher.

As a hypnobirthing mama myself I know first-hand the advantages of these techniques. I am driven to share the best of evidenced-based knowledge and ancient wisdom to prepare women and their partners for their best birth. I am passionate about the lasting impact that an empowered birth experience can have on women and their families.

My hope is that all women are changed positively by their experience of pregnancy and birth, entering into motherhood with a sense of awe, wonder and pride. Carrying with them a quiet confidence, trusting in their own intuition and inner strength.

Practice Name: Fertility Tasmania

Practitioner Name: Dr Erin Kelly – BA (Hons) PhD (Clinical Psychology) & HPCE (Hypnobirthing Practitioner Chilbirth Educator)

Location of Service: Hobart CBD (TAS)

Practice Name: The Birth Collective

Practitioner Name: Tina Pullen – Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, B. App. Sc. (Speech Pathology), Hypnobirthing Practitioner Certified Educator (HPCE) , Positive Cesarean Practitioner

Location of Service: Western Sydney, Wetherill Park (NSW)

Tina Pullen is a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner based in Western Sydney.

Tina’s love of childbirth began following the beautiful birth of her own little Hypnobub. After a difficult first birth, she completed the Hypnobirthing Australia™ classes during her second pregnancy. Tina and her husband were blown away by how easy and calm the birth was and give full credit to the course for helping them achieve this.

Tina understands how amazing and life-changing the birth experience can be once a couple has access to the right support and education. She strongly believes that ALL women deserve to feel empowered, confident and safe during birth. She is passionate about providing expectant mothers and their birth partners with the knowledge and tools to have a positive and enjoyable birth!

Tina is also a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist. She has a strong background in health sciences and understands the importance of evidence-based practice. This is why she loves the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course. She is able to share current research with parents, allowing them to make their own informed choices.

If you would like to book a course with Tina, visit http://www.thebirthcollective.com.au or call her on 0421 999 405.

Practice Name: Lillian Beth

Location of Service: Brisbane, Newstead (QLD)

Lillian is a determined young woman and registered midwife with a love of supporting women and their families throughout their pregnancy, birth and into the journey of parenthood.

Lilly is deeply passionate about creating space for women to feel into their own power, abilities and intuition. She weaves her midwifery knowledge with her skills as a pilates instructor to infuse her education as a Hypnobirthing practitioner with a holistic and health-conscious mindset.

Lilly hopes to guide her clients with love and encourage our society to bring back the ritual of birth.

Practice Name: Illoura Birth

Location of Service: Essendon (VIC)

Hi, I’m Vanessa; I am a registered Paediatric nurse and I teach undergraduate nursing students. I am also a first time mum to my very own hypnobub!

I remember feeling so excited about my baby’s arrival but I had these internal fears that kept popping up. Throughout my pregnancy, all I heard were horror stories of birth and was recommend to opt for an epidural or elective c-section to save me from what sounded like trauma I was about to endure!

I had a wonderful Obstetrician who recommended hypnobirthing to me and it was absolutely life changing for me and my husband! I went on to have a beautiful, calm and positive birthing experience that left me feeling on top of the world and so empowered.

I am very passionate about women’s health and preparing expectant mothers and their partners for birth. Every woman deserves to feel empowered to make informed decisions, remain positive before, during and after the birth of her baby.

I am so excited to be a Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner and be a part of the incredible hypnobirthing world. I cannot wait to teach you the tools, knowledge, preparation and support to bring your beautiful baby earthside.

Practice Name: Avocado Baby

Location of Service: Mount Martha (VIC)

Felicity is a mother of three. Having experienced different journeys with each of her previous births, she and her husband reflect upon these moments with a smile, feeling very fortunate for the way they arrived into the world. Discovering hypnobirthing with her first pregnancy, Felicity is a true believer of its ethos and approach in giving mums and birth partners the knowledge and confidence towards a positive and enriching experience.

Felicity is a qualified and registered yoga and pre/post natal instructor. She offers a pregnancy yoga course for mums-to-be to come together in a safe and warm environment, empowering women through the pregnancy journey. In the course, Felicity helps prepare women mentally and physically for the stages of pregnancy and birth, as well as restoring and nurturing body and mind. Pregnancy yoga in addition to hypnobirthing was Felicity’s outlet in each of her pregnancies, creating a special time for herself, her husband and their babies before they were born. Now it is her passion to help others in these precious moments.

Practice Name: Michelle Whitaker

Location of Service: Private and Group classes are available in the Perth Hills area and also at East Meets West Chinese Medicine in Tuart Hill

Michelle is a certified Hypnobirthing Australia childbirth educator and has over 15 years experience as an Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner, supporting women in pre-conception care, during pregnancy and post-natally. She also completed training with Australian Doulas in 2009.

As a mother of two, Michelle chose to learn the hypnobirthing techniques during her pregnancies and was able to utilise the amazing benefits during her births.

Her passion is supporting women to understand the physiological changes occurring in their bodies, and arming them with tools to feel confident and competent in their abilities to have a positive birthing experience, no matter what circumstances may arise.

Practice Name: The Centre Midwifery Services

Location of Service: Dubbo (NSW)

Hi, my name is Rachel. I am a Nurse, Midwife, and Childbirth Educator, who is passionate about empowering and supporting women during their pregnancy, birth, and beyond. I believe in birth and I believe in women, in their power, strength and abilities. I have the privilege to witness this every day.

I discovered the tool of Hypnobirthing in 2017 and have supported women who have used Hypnobirthing for a positive and empowering birth experience. The power of the mind and body connection during birth is strong. Understanding this and incorporating the tools learnt during Hypnobirthing classes aids for a calm and relaxed birth experience. Skills learnt can be used not only in birth, but in all areas of life that we may feel fear or apprehension towards.

My desire is for women to be well equipped with the knowledge and understanding of their birthing options, be involved in the decisions regarding their care and make informed choices based on current evidence. Creating positive and empowering birth experiences, so that we may have positive and empowering parents, partners, family and friends.

Practice Name: Birthing for You

Location of Service: Subiaco (WA)

I am a nurse midwife with a passion for education. I feel strongly that women should be knowledgable and prepared for birth. I have seen the fear and misinformation that exists around birth and want women to reconnect with the knowledge and understanding that birth is normal and have confidence that their body can birth their baby. I believe birth is transformative and want to prepare women to embrace their transformation to motherhood in the most positive way possible. I believe that no matter how women birth it can be empowering and positive. As a Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner I want to assist women and their birth partners to achieve the positive birth they desire, whatever that may be.

Practice Name: Sarah Searle

Location of Service: Warrnambool and the South West area (VIC)

Sarah is a registered midwife and nurse who has a passion for pregnancy, birth and beyond.  She has been working as a midwife for 8 years now and through various hospitals realised there was a vast lack of additional education to help prepare women and their partners for birth.  She started researching some alternates to help guide women and discovered Hypnobirthing Australia.  She then witnessed a couple practising Hypnobirthing and was in awe and knew she had to take this further.

She and her husband decided to do a Hypnobirthing Australia course with their first pregnancy and were amazed at the positive and calm effects it had on their birth.  Sarah went on to have 2 hypnobirthing bubs, one very calm and serene natural birth and the 2nd a very precipitate natural birth outside the hospital front doors.  It was then she decided she needed to become a practitioner and share this amazing education with the world.

Sarah is available to Warrnambool and the South West area of Victoria.  She can be contacted on 0439 345 919 or at sarahsearlehbce@gmail.com

Practice Name: Prepared to Birth

Location of Service: Mona Vale (NSW)

Natalie came across Hypnobirthing Australia by chance after a work colleague told her she, ‘loved giving birth and couldn’t wait to do it again!’. It was the first time Natalie had ever heard birth described so positively and immediately signed up for the course.

In September 2018, Natalie had a life-changing calm and positive birth for her first baby, Freddy. She describes the birth as the proudest moment of her life. Immediately after his birth, she felt an undeniable urge to become a Hypnobirth Childbirth Educator so that she could share the incredible tools and techniques she had learned with as many parents as possible.

Natalie is passionate about preparing women and their birth partners with the tools and knowledge that will allow them to feel prepared and excited for their birth no matter what turn it takes. Natalie believes that a calm and positive birth can be transformational beyond just the birthing day – her hope is that these skills continue to be of use for both the mother and birthing partner throughout the parenting journey.

Natalie offers private and group classes from her home in Mona Vale on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. She is also available to travel for one-on-one sessions and is flexible to work around busy schedules.

Practice Name: Go Yoga

Location of Service: Brighton (SA)

Jackie has been working in the health and wellness industry since 1993 in her roles as a medical scientist, fitness instructor and Yoga teacher. For years she has creatively integrated Yoga’s ancient mind and body wisdom to help women lead a healthy, active and peaceful pregnancy in her antenatal yoga classes. She has literally shared in hundreds of birth stories, including her own to twin daughters.

However, she has also witnessed so much fear, ignorance and confusion surrounding childbirth and the decision-making and organisation of maternity care. Jackie was eager to add hypnobirthing to her qualifications so she can give mothers the essential tools, support and confidence they need to follow their instincts and make conscious choices throughout pregnancy and birth.

Due to her diverse background, Jackie’s classes stem from the unique perspective of integrating age-old holistic birthing knowledge with the advancing science of childbirth. Mothers gain deep understanding of birth physiology plus respect for the hidden powers of their bodies. Her classes provide mothers and partners with an antenatal education program that supports and empowers women to have a positive and sacred birth experience.

Jackie runs hypnobirthing classes in a lovingly-built studio behind her home in Brighton, South Australia.

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, Southbank

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

Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blueberry.yoga.birth/

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, Central Queensland

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, the Eastern Suburbs, the Inner West and North Shore areas of Sydney.

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 90 couples as a Doula and over 3000 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: Woolgoolga (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: Adelaide Lactation Consultants, Midwifery & Hypnobirthing

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 – Childbirth and Early Parenting

Educator & Trainer – Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner

http://www.adelaidelactation.com

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 @adelaidelactation
 megan@adelaidelactation.com
 0414 721 372

fax: 8312 4999

Practice Name: A life in Bloom

Location of Service: Petersham (NSW)

Hello!

I’m Clare – mum, doula and childbirth educator. As a doula of 16 years, I have had the honour of supporting many women during labour and birth and without doubt, the ones who fare best are those that have a realistic understanding of what to expect, how to work with their bodies and minds and who have belief in their own ability and power.

The process of labour and birth is one of life’s rites of passage – it has the opportunity of teaching us to surrender, dig deep, to trust, to find what we need within us and celebrate the power we are stepping into. When we cross the threshold from maiden to mother we are forever transformed – none of us forget birthing our babies and the process we went through to bring them earthside.  We e and they, deserve a memory that is at least positive, if not beautiful!

Birth is sacred – it and the vessel through which it occurs, us mummas, should be revered, honoured, respected and trusted to do the job we know we and our babies are innately wired for.  Hypnobirthing Australia’s positive birth program helps us show caregivers what we are made of!

Practice Name: Back to Bump

Location of Service: Fannie 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: 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: 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: 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. 

Name of Practice: The Nurtured Seed

Location of Services: Ivanhoe, Melbourne (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 Ivanhoe, and in the comfort of your home in private sessions around the Eastern and North-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Practice Name: Embodied Birth

Locations of Classes: Thirroul, NSW

Lulu is a Doula and Hypnobirthing mum. 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, a Primary School Teacher, Hypnobirthing Practitioner & Childbirth Educator and mother, has dedicated her working life to educating young minds. She has always had a passion for pregnancy and childbirth and after completing the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth program in preparation for the birth of her own baby, she knew she wanted to use her expertise in teaching to share this amazing program with others.

Educating and inspiring women to trust their bodies and their own inner strength was the driving force behind Amy training as a practitioner. Her desire is to give women and their birth partners a voice in their care and provide them with the knowledge and tools necessary to make informed decisions and birth their baby in the most positive and empowering way possible. Amy believes in having a strong support team where all members are valued. She 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 Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth classes, as well as the Positive Caesarean course, on the Upper North Shore of Sydney.

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: 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.

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: 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: 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: Samantha Gunn Doula (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: Morayfield (QLD)

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.