Community Safety Precautions for Group Classes (Updated December 7):
Registration for classes is OPEN.
All classes are taking place via Zoom at this time with LIVE instruction by Andrea.
Now more than ever it is our priority to keep classes and support available to you
as you prepare for birthing.
Hands-on skills, support, and practice will still be a focus.
More information and handouts will be emailed to you before class.
Hybrid classes and in-person practice sessions may become available at a later date.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact andrea@restoring-balance.com.
Stay well!!
Registration for classes is OPEN.
All classes are taking place via Zoom at this time with LIVE instruction by Andrea.
Now more than ever it is our priority to keep classes and support available to you
as you prepare for birthing.
Hands-on skills, support, and practice will still be a focus.
More information and handouts will be emailed to you before class.
Hybrid classes and in-person practice sessions may become available at a later date.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact andrea@restoring-balance.com.
Stay well!!
We offer a variety of birthing classes to meet your needs, budget, and schedule
with multiple locations in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh! All birthing people and families are welcome regardless of your chosen provider and birth place.
Parents need more than information alone to truly prepare for birth and parenting. Community and finding the right support is essential for vibrant well-being and healthy birthing!
Two class styles are available:
Birthing Essentials
Two-Day Prepared Childbirth Classes
GET READY! with information, basic comfort practices, and a foundation for deeper preparation
Saturday morning + Sunday afternoon
AND
Birthing From Within®
Enhanced, Experiential Birthing Preparation
GET REALLY READY! with deeper preparation.
We cover all the basic information of the Essentials class listed above
with additional content and tools that you can start using right away:
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BFW Classes are offered on:
Selected Weekday Evenings
Five sessions in each series on Tuesdays/Thursdays
*unless otherwise noted
6:30pm-9pm
Weekend Immersions
Saturday + Sunday
Five sessions in each series on Tuesdays/Thursdays
*unless otherwise noted
6:30pm-9pm
Weekend Immersions
Saturday + Sunday
All classes are facilitated by Andrea Denali, our resident childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula, and lactation counselor. She has an engaging teaching style, calming presence, and over 15 years has assisted many hundreds of families in this amazing time of preparing, birthing, infant feeding, and parenting. She has also given birth to two babies herself.
Her depth and breadth of experiences and training make her classes dynamic, practical, and fun.
Class descriptions, sample topics, and dates below.
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BIRTHING ESSENTIALS
TWO-DAY PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
BOTH SATURDAY 9am-3pm AND SUNDAY 1pm-6pm
*Live on Zoom*
Come build your knowledge, confidence, practical birthing skills, and strengthen your partnership.
$200 per family
Do not allow lack of funds to keep you from attending!
If you are motivated for robust, practical, independent birthing preparation,
but may not be able to afford it,
limited scholarships and alternate payment arrangements are available.
Inquire here: andrea@restoring-balance.com
TOPICS COVERED:
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Saturday:
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Sunday:
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2021 Birthing Essentials Classes Dates and Times:
*Live on Zoom*
Saturday 9am-3pm
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Sunday 1pm-6pm
January 16 & 17
February 6 & 7
March 6 & 7
All classes are currently on Zoom.
We welcome all families regardless of provider or birth place.
A special thank you to the following practices
for hosting our in-person classes
over the years. We hope to return soon!
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Chapel Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology
110 Conner Drive, Suite 4 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.chapelhillobgyn.com |
Can't find a date that works for you?
Check out our Birthing From Within Classes with additional options below!
Or to grab a spot on our waiting list for any full sessions,
email andrea@restoring-balance.com
Check out our Birthing From Within Classes with additional options below!
Or to grab a spot on our waiting list for any full sessions,
email andrea@restoring-balance.com
Birthing From Within®
Small Group Classes
Weekday Evening Series
and Weekend Immersions
*Live on Zoom*
until we can safely meet in person
Birthing From Within® is an experiential class for expectant parents
hungry for nourishing and practical birthing preparation. Classes are enhanced with specific breathing practices and creative activities that bridge the brain and body, going beyond what is offered in traditional and other specialty classes.
Together, we build a resourceful + resilient mindset, hone useful skills + tools, and practice in class. Preparing for the actual terrain and unknowns of birthing a baby in your body.
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Birthing From Within classes support birthing in any setting: at the hospital, home, or birthing center. Each series deeply explores birth and parenting through dynamic dialogue and unique hands-on processes. To enhance a comfortable learning environment and allow individual attention, space is limited to 6 birthing people and their primary support person/people. |
Class Highlights
BFW classes cover all the topics listed above for the Essentials class. In addition, they are enhanced with specific breathing practices and creative activities that bridge the brain and body, going beyond what is offered in traditional and other specialty classes.
• Gain a practical, holistic understanding of what to expect in birthing, postpartum healing, and early infant feeding
• Connect with your baby, birth partner or support system, and other expectant families
• Learn proven breathing and strengthening practices for birthing and beyond
• Explore your beliefs about birth & how these can affect your actual experience
• Create a nurturing birth environment anywhere & find the best support
• Share your hopes and concerns, and have fun!
• Discover deeper aspects of birth not usually talked about
• Practice self-care and hands-on comfort measures
• Learn what to do in unexpected or unwanted circumstances in birth
• Build confidence in yourself, your partner, and birth team
• Fully support yourself in your active preparation AND your birth
$250 per family (register below)
• Gain a practical, holistic understanding of what to expect in birthing, postpartum healing, and early infant feeding
• Connect with your baby, birth partner or support system, and other expectant families
• Learn proven breathing and strengthening practices for birthing and beyond
• Explore your beliefs about birth & how these can affect your actual experience
• Create a nurturing birth environment anywhere & find the best support
• Share your hopes and concerns, and have fun!
• Discover deeper aspects of birth not usually talked about
• Practice self-care and hands-on comfort measures
• Learn what to do in unexpected or unwanted circumstances in birth
• Build confidence in yourself, your partner, and birth team
• Fully support yourself in your active preparation AND your birth
$250 per family (register below)
All Families Welcome!
All classes are open to the public regardless of your chosen provider and birth place.
BIRTHING FROM WITHIN
LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:
*Live on Zoom*
until we can safely meet in person
All classes are open to the public regardless of your chosen provider and birth place.
BIRTHING FROM WITHIN
LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:
*Live on Zoom*
until we can safely meet in person
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Weeknight Evening Series: Five, 2.5 hour classes Select Tuesdays and Thursdays (*unless otherwise noted) 6:30-9pm 
*Live on Zoom* until we can safely meet in person @Women's Birth and Wellness Center 930 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill 27514 www.ncbirthcenter.org 2021 Dates: Winter January 12, 19, 26, February 2 (Tuesdays) and Feb. 4 (Thursday) Spring March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (all Tuesdays) |
Weekend Immersion: Saturday 9am-4pm AND Sunday 12pm-6pm 
*Live on Zoom* until we can safely meet in person @Durham Women's Clinic 7780 Brier Creek Parkway, Suite 330 Raleigh, NC 27617 www.durhamwomensclinic.com 2020 Dates: December 12 & 13 2021 Dates: February 20 & 21 |
Classes can fill fast.
Give yourself and your family a unique, lasting gift and save your spot today.
Do not allow lack of funds to keep you from attending!
If you are motivated for robust, practical, independent birthing preparation,
but may not be able to afford it,
limited scholarships and alternate payment arrangements are available.
If you are motivated for robust, practical, independent birthing preparation,
but may not be able to afford it,
limited scholarships and alternate payment arrangements are available.