Date To Be Determined

Bring your baby. Babies under the age of 1 are welcome

  Event includes: 
- Opening meditation
- Guided journal writing
- Sharing (optional)
- Tea, water and fresh juice
- Fresh fruit and snacks

Please bring a journal or notebook. 

Previous writing experience is not necessary. 

Few experiences in life are as transformational as having a baby. From conception to delivery it is truly a life altering experience. For women, the journey often begins before pregnancy, and progresses through many stages that require adjustments on every level of our beings…mental, physical, spiritual and emotionally. It is a profound experience to say the least! 

The “Write Your Baby’s Birth Story” workshop is an opportunity for you to retell your story in your own private journal from your very unique perspective and to represence yourself to your personal experience…from beginning to present time. What this can do is create a new awareness around the actual birth, everything that led up to it and the transformation that has taken place in your life since your baby’s arrival. 

Your birth story is rich with imagery, emotion and maybe some humour! Since every woman’s story is different, the act of writing it down will give you perhaps a new perspective and a way to reconnect with deeper feelings that you may have passed over or not even seen, during the whole process. 

Lori Bateman
Founder of Open Heart Journals

This interactive, fun and intimate workshop promises to awaken, inspire, heal, bring humour to and create a genuine and safe space for you to explore and retell your personal birth experience.  

This 2.5 hour workshop will be delivered in 3 sections

Pregnancy: planned, unplanned, feelings around, worries, concerns, medical issues, physical changes, anxiety about the future, spiritual connection, early bonding with baby, knowing the sex, your partner

Birth: expectations, courses, concerns, midwife or doula support, your partner, family involvement, emotions, fear, preparation, ease or difficult, welcoming baby, celebrations

Transition: adjustment to new family, hormones, physical and emotional changes, managing it all, partner and family support, new and unfamiliar feelings and thoughts, overall thoughts  

Each segment will begin with a guided imagery and visualization exercise followed by your written experience and optional discussion and sharing.  

What is available out of this workshop:

• Deeper connection to yourself, your baby and your partner
  
• Gratitude for your experience, life and new family
  
• A way for you to express your unspoken fears, concerns
  
• A different perspective on birth, your life, your partner, your baby
  
• New awareness and insights that may support with healing a past story