Online 5 Week HypnoBirthing Course

HypnoBirthing Course Set Up At Yoga Mamas

These HypnoBirthing classes at Toronto Yoga Mamas will prepare you for birth, and help you make educated and confident decisions should you want, or require, an intervention. The vast majority of mamas feel so prepared and empowered by HypnoBirthing® that they have fully un-medicated births. HypnoBirthing® provides you with the knowledge you need to feel confident, and the techniques to remain calm and in control during your birth, just as nature intended. Birth with love and joy!
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The 5 week Hypnobirthing course is set in our beautiful sunlit studio where you will get to know other couples delivering around the same time as you. Complimentary organic DAVIDs Tea is provided. 

Why Attend HypnoBirthing Classes at Yoga Mamas

​Over 5 weeks you and your partner will learn:

• The process of labour and childbirth
• When to go to the hospital
• The difference in body response to stress and the importance of relaxation
• How to communicate effectively during pregnancy, labor and birth

• How to stay safe, alert and comfortable during labor
• Relaxation techniques
• Different birth positions
• Massage skills and breathing techniques

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Despite the name, there are no swinging pendulums – just breathing exercises, relaxation, visualization and meditation techniques to bring into your birth.

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Allison was great at teaching the Hypnobirthing technique. She was able to ease all our concerns about birth.

What's Included In Your Course

5 Group Classes

In Class Relaxation Practice

Official Course Book

Affirmation and Relaxation Digital Downloads

Partner Relaxation Scripts

Birth Plan Templates

About HypnoBirthing At Toronto Yoga Mamas

Allison Thompson is a certified HypnoBirthing practitioner, hypnotist and mama. 

​In addition to being a certified HypnoBirthing® instructor, Allison is also an EVIDENCE BASED BIRTH® instructor and brings the most up-to-date research into all of her classes.
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​She has three children who have taught her the importance of patience, presence and kindness. Having been a young single mother and an older married mother, she brings a wide array of experiences to her classes. 

She believes that giving birth can be a joyful experience and has a passion for empowering families to experience birth with love and peacefulness. She is committed to personal growth and practices Qi Gong and meditation to expand her compassion for herself and others.  A researcher and analyst at heart, she never tires of learning about birth and is continually reading about evidence based practices while being firmly rooted in the philosophy that birth is a normal, human experience rather than a medical event. 

She believes that the best possible births occur when medical expertise is brought together with a deep respect for our bodies and our innate birthing wisdom. Birth is an aspect of our sexuality and as such, should be treated with love, respect, compassion and consent.

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Weekly Course Outline

Week 1: Building A Positive Expectancy  

• Introduction to the HypnoBirthing® philosophy 
• The History of women and birthing 
• Why and how you can have an easier, more comfortable, and safer birthing  
• How Nature perfectly designed women's bodies to birth 
• How to assist, rather than resist, your natural birthing instincts 
• The vocabulary for calm and gentle birthing
• Visualizing gentle births by viewing beautiful birthing videos​

Week 2: Falling in Love with Your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body  

• The remarkable mind of your newborn baby-Prenatal bonding techniques 
• Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques and deepening techniques 
• Breathing techniques for labor and birthing 
• Hypnotic relaxation and visualization 
• Selecting the right care provider 
• The Birth companion's role in birthing 
• Preparing your body for birthing with massage and toning

Week 3: Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby  

• Preparing Birth Preference Sheets  
• Preparing the Body for Birthing 
• Light Touch Labor Massage 
• Your body working for and with you 
• Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural start to labor 
• Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts.

Week 4: An overview of Birthing - A Labor of Love  

• Onset of Labor - Thinning and Opening Phase 
• Birth explained simply  
• Settling in at the hospital or birthing center  
• Preparing for home birth - or baby's choice of birth  
• As labor moves along - passing time through labor 
• Hallmarks of labor 
• If labor rests or slows - Companion's prompts and activities 
• As labor advances - birthing with your baby 
• Protecting the natural birthing experience 
• Birth rehearsal imagery

Week 5: Birth - Breathing Love - Bringing Life  

• Moving into birthing 
• Positions for descent and birthing 
• Breathing baby down to birth 
• Baby moves to the breast  ​
• Family bonding with your baby

HypnoBirthing Testimonials

"After speaking on the phone to interview three different HypnoBirthing instructors, my husband and I chose Allison as our HypnoBirthing instructor, specifically because she brought a sense of confidence and peace to me when I was asking her questions over the phone. We are so happy with our experience with Allison. We truly enjoyed attending her classes each week. Allison is one of the most caring and genuine teachers I've met in a long time (and I am an educator myself)."

"She teaches Marie Mongan's Hypnobirthing from a place of authentic presence, love and joy. In her class, we learned that childbirth is not something to be feared, but rather embraced. She was always attentive to our concerns, and resourceful as well, offering recommendations to an acupuncture studio and a placenta encapsulator. Allison led us so confidently through visualization and relaxation exercises, which gave me the courage to trust in my body and my baby, as well as the natural unfolding of the Universe's plan for us. I truly believe that it was Allison and her Hypnobirthing classes, along with my positive visualizations that made me have the most natural, unmedicated at home birth without medical intervention."

"I would highly recommend Allison as your Hypnobirthing educator, to help manifest the divine birth experience you have always dreamed of. "

Cancellation Policy:
Please note that we do not offer refunds. Cancellations made within 1 week of the event date will be credited to the account. Cancellations made less than a week from the event will not be credited or refunded. Thank you very much for your understanding.