Restoring Balance

​Childbirth Classes

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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.
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Stay well!! 
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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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  • Enhanced comfort practices + positions 
  • Specific breathing/mindfulness/pain-coping tools
  • Experiential activities to ground our learning, help prepare us for the unknown and decrease anxiety​​
  • Additional time to practice together and build confidence 


​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



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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​For more information contact:
andrea@restoring-balance.com

or call 919-370-1940

Register here
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BIRTHING ESSENTIALS
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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:

​Saturday:
  • Birth in our culture
  • The normal, innate process of labor and birth, and health-care + self-care practices that support it
  • Changes during late pregnancy, warning signs, and the stages of labor
  • A wide variety of proven coping strategies for managing pain and emotions during birth
  • How best to support your birthing loved one 
  • Movement, positioning, and breathing during labor and birth for comfort, relief, and progress
  • Hands-On Practice

​Sunday:
  • Sensations and intensity of birthing
  • Common medical interventions and their indications, risks, and benefits
  • Birthing with an epidural or other pain medications
  • How to communicate with your health-care provider
  • Tools for developing a practical plan for birth and after birth
  • The First Hours- Welcoming your baby, first feedings 
  • Healing After Birth and Bringing Baby Home 
  • Changing emotions, moods, and roles ​​
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 ​​2021 Birthing Essentials Classes Dates and Times:
*Live on Zoom*
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​​Saturday 9am-3pm
AND
​Sunday 1pm-6pm


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January    16 & 17
February   6 &  7
March       6 & 7
Register here


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​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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930 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill  27514
​www.ncbirthcenter.org

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​Durham Women's Clinic
209 East Carver Street
​Durham, NC 27704

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www.durhamwomensclinic.com
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Chapel Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology 
110 Conner Drive, Suite 4
​Chapel Hill, NC 27514
www.chapelhillobgyn.com
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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  
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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.  


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​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. 
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• 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)

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what makes Birthing From Within unique?
register here

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


Weeknight Evening Series: 
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​Five, 2.5 hour classes
Select Tuesdays and Thursdays
(*unless otherwise noted)
​6:30-9pm
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*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)




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Weekend Immersion: 
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​Saturday 9am-4pm
AND
​Sunday 12pm-6pm


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​*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


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​2020 Dates:

December
​12 & 13

2021 Dates:

February
20 & 21



​
register here

​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.


​For more information contact:
andrea@restoring-balance.com

or call 919-370-1940

Restoring Balance ​

930 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
​
Chapel Hill, NC 27514     Suite  300

         info@restoring-balance.com



  • Home
    • About Us
  • Massage
    • Prenatal and Postnatal Massage
    • Thai Massage
    • Fertility Massage
    • Reflexology
    • Lymphatic Breast Massage
    • Infant Massage
  • Bodywork
    • Herbal V Steams
    • Reiki
    • Energy Medicine
    • Belly Binding
  • Placenta Encapsulation
  • Breast Thermography
  • Childbirth Classes
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  • Contact & Newsletter
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