Community Safety Precautions for Group Classes (Updated June 20):
More now than ever it is our priority to keep classes and support available to you as you prepare for birthing. Registration for classes remains OPEN. All classes are taking place virtually at this time with LIVE instruction by Andrea. Hands-on skills and support 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!!
More now than ever it is our priority to keep classes and support available to you as you prepare for birthing. Registration for classes remains OPEN. All classes are taking place virtually at this time with LIVE instruction by Andrea. Hands-on skills and support 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.
Two styles are available:
Birthing Essentials
Two-Day Prepared Childbirth Classes
(aka GET READY!)
Saturday morning + Sunday afternoon
AND
Birthing From Within®
Enhanced, Experiential Birthing Preparation
(aka GET REALLY READY!)
on
Selected Weekday Evenings
4 sessions
3 Monday evenings + 1 Thursday evening
*unless otherwise noted
6:30pm-9pm
OR a Weekend Immersion
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.
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BIRTHING ESSENTIALS
TWO-DAY PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
BOTH SATURDAY 9am-3pm AND SUNDAY 1pm-5:30pm
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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LOCATIONS, DATES, and TIMES:
2020 Two-Day Classes Dates and Times: *Live on Zoom* until we can safely meet in person Saturday 9am-3pm AND Sunday 1pm-5:30pm July No classes September 12 & 13 November 14 & 15 |
Chapel Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology
110 Conner Drive, Suite 4 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.chapelhillobgyn.com 2020 Two-Day Classes Dates and Times: *Live on Zoom* until we can safely meet in person Saturday 9am-3pm AND Sunday 1pm-5:30pm July No classes August 15 & 16 October 24 & 25 December 5 & 6 |
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
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
• 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: Four, 2.5 hour classes 1st, 2nd, 3rd Mondays & 4th Thursday (*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 2020 Dates: *September 3 (Thursday), 14, 21 (Mondays), & 24 (Thursday) November 2, 9, 16 (Mondays) & 30 (Thursday) |
Weekend Immersion: Saturday 9am-4pm AND Sunday 1pm-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: August 8 & 9 October 17 & 18 December 12 & 13 |
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.