OPEN YOUR EAR,
Tell Me What Happened
Dates to be announced after orientation,
students from every time zone requires group planning
Mentored by Pam England, Birth Story Magician
Learn to lead the proven, uplifting Birth Story Medicine Process and become a Birth Story Specialist.
During the twelve-week "Open Your Ear" course, you will learn the art of birth story tracking and how get to the Heart of the Story. In this First Level of a 28-week comprehensive apprenticeship, you will quickly move past not knowing what to listen for or what to say to fine-tune your ear to notice the subtle layers that construct the story and contain the seeds of healing.
The Second Level of your Apprenticeship is a 16-week intensive practicum where you lead a session each week and learn from ten advanced modules, consultations, and supervised mentoring.
This course is open to anyone who:
works with parents during their childbearing year and listens to birth stories doesn’t know what to say to a storyteller after a difficult, traumatic birth is offering or plans to provide birth story listening and healing sessions or groups or those listeners who took the three-part course but want a refresher.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COURSE
Ways of Learning:
Readings, Videos, Weekly 120-minute group calls for Instruction, Demonstration, Case-Studies, and Practice
You cannot learn to lead Birth Story Medicine’s Amazing Transformative Process™ just by taking notes in class. You must actively participate, complete homework; and practice to learn a new language, map, and skills. Practicing each step of the Process helps you embody it, which means it becomes a part of the way you see, hear, and think so in a session, rather than think—you have learned to listen within your belly (not your mind) while listening to the story unfold.
You will learn to:
Empty your mind, open your ear . . .
Feel more empathic and observant.
Shift from listening passively, not knowing what to say, or disengaging. . . to knowing what to listen for, what to ignore, and feeling connected to the storyteller and the story.
Prerequisites
1. Completing the mandatory three-hour “The Weaving of Stories" online workshop.
2. Since you’ll be working with birth stories, you must have a basic knowledge of childbirth.
Before you register, make sure you have the following:
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Familiarity with terminology and medical jargon common in birth stories
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A basic understanding of the physiology of childbirth some experience in birth in our culture, either through personal experience giving birth and/or working in the field.
Tuition: $850. Payment plan available.
Tuition covers 20-hours of lively weekly classes, feedback on homework, a three-hour workshop, and a personal mentored session on Zoom, plus course materials. Registration is limited to eight committed students. No refunds once the course begins.
LEVEL TWO:
A 12-Week Birth Story Listener Apprenticeship begins in January through March 2024