Home
How HB Works
FAQs
Childbirth Preparation
HB Practitioner Training
Fertility Therapy
Labor Companion
Doula Support for HB
Infant Massage
Find an HB Practitioner
Store
2008 Conclave
Q & A Forum
Birthing Stories
Supportive Providers
Founder
HB Statistics
Contact Us

 

 

 

 
2008 HypnoBirthing®
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONCLAVE
HIGHLIGHTS!
 

"Soaring to New Heights"

 

Here are just some of the things that promise to make the 2008 HypnoBirthing® Conclave the biggest and best yet:

 

Meet our Keynote Speaker--
 

Karen Strange, CPM

We are, indeed, delighted to be able to bring to our 2008 Conclave, Karen Strange, a Certified
Professional Midwife for 18 years, who is in constant demand as a lecturer and teacher on midwifery
issues and pre- and perinatal psychology. 

Karen, who presently calls Colorado her home and the base for her work in administering, scheduling and teaching her Neonatal Resuscitation Program, will give you a presentation that is like none other you have ever heard. Her unique and blatantly frank manner of lecture comes from the heart and is centered on the perspective of the infant as a conscious and aware human being, cognizant of his surroundings during  life within the womb and at the time of birth.

Using recent research as the foundation of her presentation, Karen will help you to explore this period in the infant’s life where the imprint of memories that can last a lifetime are gathered. 

She will help you to strengthen your commitment to the goals you have already formulated and will present new challenges for moving forward with even greater zest to see that parents, birth educators, and birth attendants understand, honor, and protect that crucial transitory physiological phase of life between the two worlds of the infant.

Experiencing Karen Strange is reason alone to be sure that attending the 2008 educational Conclave is a must on your professional agenda.  She is witty, adamant, provocative, and, most importantly, so on target with the long-held philosophy of HypnoBirthing.



Welcome Steven Halpern

After years of listening to the strains of Steven Halpern’s music in the background of our various Rainbow Relaxation productions, we are now pleased to announce that Steven will join us at this year’s HypnoBirthing  International Educational Conclave and will be one of our presenters.

Steven Halpern is an award-winning composer, recording artist, and producer whose healing music has helped millions worldwide to know and experience the blessings and benefits of deep relaxation and inner peace.

Steven partnered with HypnoBirthing from the very inception of the program and even recreated the Comfort Zone with additional strains of Brahams' Lullaby to make the piece more conducive to thoughts of gentle and calm birthing for HypnoBirthing babies and their moms.

Based on his own spiritual and health-related experiences, Steven discovered the secrets of combining ancient sound healing traditions with quantum biology and energy medicine to produce recordings that support deep relaxation for birthing, meditation, massage, sleep, accelerated learning, and pure listening pleasure.  Halpern’s music is calibrated in sync with the energy flow within the body; and, therefore, is beneficial for reducing stress and creating a sense of calm.   During the time that he was working on advanced degrees, Steven conducted landmark research that pointed to a definite connection between sound and consciousness.  This work later became the subject of two books—Tuning the Human Instrument and Sound Health, which catapulted Steven into a prominent position in the field of sound healing.  He has been featured on television in CBS’s 48 Hours and on the Tom Snyder show.

We are very fortunate to be able to bring a presenter of this caliber to our Conclave audience.


Pre-Conclave Special Event!!!
 

ADD A NEW DIMENSION TO YOUR CAREER
AS A CERTIFIED HYPNOTIST CONSULTANT

By special arrangements with the National Guild of Hypnotists, we are proud to bring to you, as part of the 2008 HypnoBirthing Educational Conclave, the hypnosis certification course that many of you have been seeking since becoming a HypnoBirthing Practitioner.

This program will put you on the path to a wider dimension of the work you are currently doing with women and their families, and allow you to expand that work into your community as a professional hypnotist consultant.  

These five days of in depth work, along with pre- and post-Conclave  reading and practicum, will build on the background you’ve gained as a HypnoBirthing Practitioner.  Also considered is credit for additional time and practice and learning you have invested in conducting classes and refining your skills in helping people to understand the skills of self-hypnosis and the dynamics of the powerful Laws of The Mind. You will receive professional development credit also for the course work you will do during the Conclave. 

Instructors: Patricia McIsaac of Cape Cod, Chief Instructor for the NGH certification classes,
and Dr. Dwight Damon, President of NGH--You can't get much better than that!

Class hours:  Monday-Friday, September 29 - October 3,from 9:00 to 5:00
Location:  Doubletree Hotel Austin
Fee:  Special conclave tuition, with Conclave included, $1,195 (regularly as much as $2,000 to $2900.)

We can’t promise that this offer will be available again

Click here to view brochure!!


PRE-CONCLAVE

 

Tuesday - Friday, Sept 30 - Oct 3

HypnoBirthing® Practitioner Certification Program

This four-day Pre-Conclave offering will help you to understand the simple philosophy of birthing naturally with HypnoBirthing®. HypnoBirthing® is a childbirth education method that assists women to rediscover their own ability to call upon their natural birthing instincts and to birth their babies in a calm and serene manner, as Nature intended. You will discover the rewards that will come from teaching relaxation, visualization, and guided imagery to assist pregnant couples in achieving a safer and more comfortable birth. You will  learn the basics of hypnosis and the laws of the mind so that you can effectively work with women, teaching them to replace the fear and tension that often surrounds birthing and replace it with confidence and trust. You will explore the natural ways in which the body is able to work in neuromuscular harmony, often without discomfort. This course is a must for midwives, labor assistants, nurses, hypnotherapists, doctors, fitness and massage therapists, and all others who have a concern for improving birthing practices. Join the international network of HypnoBirthing Practitioners who are finding it professionally and financially exciting to teach the most remarkable technique to appear on the birthing scene in several decades.
Introduction to Hypnosis for Birthing will be taught by Di Bustamante of Singapore; Introduction to Birthing Basics will be taught by Heather Hilton of Texas.
Conclave Tuition: $650; with early bird discount before June 1, $600--includes Conclave registration at no cost.

Here is an excellent opportunity for Practitioners to attend the 2-day Introduction to Birthing Basics at the special B-Back price of $100 or to sit in on the Practitioner segment as a B-Back at no charge, or to do both.  Professional Development Units will be available. Tuesday through Friday


 

Thursday - Friday Oct 2-3

HypnoBirthing® Infant Massage Certification

In this two day workshop, students will learn to teach parents to relax and enjoy their babies through massage. You will learn basic massage strokes and routines, as well as techniques to empower parents to learn to relax and trust their parenting instincts. This class is open to anyone who works with parents, and is interested in fostering healthy family relationships.

There are a wide range of teaching techniques used in this presentation - lecture, power point presentation, printed handouts, hands-on practice with fellow students, and practice with the dolls that will be used in classes with parents. This is a fairly intense class, but has time scheduled for lecture, practice, review, and question and answer periods after each topic that is covered.

Students will learn:

• Basic Massage strokes for babies at different stages of development
• Do's and dont's about massaging babies
• How to listen to both babies and parents
• Specialized routines for the solution to problems most requested by parents:
          °Relief of colic, gas and constipation
          °Problems with nursing and latching on
          °Problems with getting baby to sleep
          °How to soothe a cranky baby
• Routines for the pregnant mom to foster bonding and relaxation through even before baby is born|
• Guided imagery and exercises to teach parents to relax themselves and their babies
• How to facilitate a positive relationship between parents and children
• How to set up and teach an Infant Massage class
• How to be an effective instructor
• How to market and promote your new service

 

Friday Oct 3

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Learn to Use This Empowering Bio -Energetic Healing Tool
It's Awareness, Relief, and Transformation at your fingertips.

This full day workshop will introduce Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to HypnoBirthing® practitioners or anyone interested in learning a highly effective technique to relieve negative emotions, pain, urges or cravings, or limiting decisions. EFT is totally compatible with the HypnoBirthing® philosophy and program. EFT is an extremely useful tool that will benefit anyone!

Participants will be able to:

•Use EFT for their own emotional or physical issues
•Use the basic EFT "recipe" to help their clients relieve emotional or physical discomfort
•Be more flexible in helping clients resolve issues peripherally related to HypnoBirthing®
•Use EFT with clients, family, friends, and others over the telephone
•More effectively use language to help their clients


HypnoBirthing® Support Techniques for Doulas

Who should attend:  All doulas who wish to learn how to support HypnoBirthing parents;
                              All HypnoBirthing Practitioners who wish to teach traditional doulas to
                              support HB parents

You will:

 

•learn the value of hypnosis in birthing

•learn the gentle language of HypnoBirthing

•learn the approach of birth preferences and maintaining calm
 and comfort in birthing

•become familiar with class content and materials

•experience deep relaxation techniques as you learn to apply them
 in your doula practice

•receive a copy of the text, HypnoBirthing®-  The Mongan Method,
 and a workbook, which will be helpful tools to refer to

•be among the first doulas to support the increasing number of women
 birthing as nature intended, with confidence and joy.

The $160 fee includes the HypnoBirthing® textbook, a workbook/notebook packed with information, a certificate of completion and DONA CEUs.  All trained doulas are welcome to attend this one-day workshop to learn the philosophy and basic support techniques for HypnoBirthing clients.

You will spend the day learning, discussing and practicing the support techniques you need to know to easily “look like a pro” with HypnoBirthing® clients.  You will get to watch HypnoBirthing® videos with couples birthing from all over the United States.

You will increase your client load by being able to confidently assure potential clients that you are well prepared to support their wonderful HypnoBirth.

If you have attended births with clients using self-hypnosis techniques, please attend and share your experience as you expand your doula skills.

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

understand the HypnoBirthing® Philosophy
uefine hypnosis and explain how it works and why it isn’t “mind control”
identify proper use of HypnoBirthing terminology and its importance during
 the prenatal period, as well as during the birthing
understand and implement the same techniques taught to birth companions
 during the HypnoBirthing® class series for parents
identify the components of the HypnoBirthing® Birth Preference Sheet, how
 to implement the parents’ wishes and work in concert with the birthing staff
understand the components of a complete ‘Informed Refusal” and when to use it
understand and utilize information and techniques for creating parent-driven
 decision-making on the following items: induction evaluation, augmentation of
 labor, hazards of induction and surgical birth, labor medications, epidural and
 Group B Strep
identify when and how to use the HypnoBirthing® prompts and techniques,
 what you can do to keep this birthing Mom relaxed and birthing comfortably


Taught by  Ellie Shea, RN, CHt, CD(DONA), Birth Doula Trainer and HypnoBirthing Practitioner. Ellie is happy to answer questions about this workshop. email: ellieshea@doulabirthpartners.com or call 310-326-2764.

To register, please call 623-772-7738
 


POST-CONCLAVE

 

Monday - Tuesday, Oct 6-7

HypnoBirthing® Fertility Therapist Certification Program

As a Certified HypnoBirthing® Fertility Therapist (CHFT) you will learn advanced techniques that will allow you to enhance your practice, increase your income, and/or create your own niche. Addressing fertility and Special Circumstance Pregnancy, this course is a must-have for all who specialize in Birthing and Women's Issues.

Millions of dollars are spent on fertility procedures each year. Hypnosis for fertility is much needed and is not a field dependent upon discretionary income.

You will receive a myriad of materials that will increase your success with fertility issues, as well as protocols, scripts, and studies that will enable you to work with and support clients' fertility/pregnancy related situations. This dynamic information and material will also prepare you for interaction with doctors and other medical professionals.

Hypnotherapy is becoming one of the most sought-after approaches in fertility today. Developed by Board Certified Hypnotherapist and Certified Instructor Lynsi Eastburn, this unprecedented hypnotherapy program helps women to conceive naturally and provides hypnotherapeutic support to women undergoing IVF and other medical procedures.

Doctors recommend Eastburn's program. More than just visualization, this is a powerful, precise program that supports the entire fertility process (natural or medically assisted) of optimal results.

You'll Learn:

  • How to create your niche--getting started

  • "Infertility" is big business

  • Hypnotic approaches

  • The hypnosis for fertility interview

  • Fertility specific uses of anchors and triggers

  • Transformational replay

  • The fear connection

  • The love connection

  • Hypnotic leads

  • Powerful fertility sensitive scripts


MORE TO COME!!

Somatic Healing
Prana Breathing
Parts Therapy & More....


• Highlights • Sat & Sun Schedules • General Information • Call For Presenters • Exhibit Invitation • Exhibitor Application • Consignment Form •


 

Last Updated: 05/28/2008