Currently scheduled free workshops for 2006 are :

Saugerties,Trinity Church Tuesday January 3rd
Stone Ridge Marbletown Community Center Tuesday January 10th
Woodstock Wool Company Thursday January 19th
New Paltz New Paltz Healing Center Thursday January 26th
Hudson Muddy Cup Cafe Tuesday February 28th
Rhinebeck, NY Rhinebeck Womens Health Saturday February 18
Kingston, NY Healthy Start Aaron Court Tuesday February 21

Call or e-mail for times and directions

E-mail Fiona or call (845) 247-2888

Email Inka or call (845) 246-3804

to sign up for a workshop

This workshop is recommended for women, men, couples and everyone interested in natural childbirth

Announcing a FREE “Empowered Birth” Workshop being offered in community centers, local area businesses and women’s centers throughout the Hudson Valley. The workshop is a result of the combined skills, efforts and vision of two local area businesswomen and long time friends Fiona Cottrell, Doula, and Inka Rector, Certified Hypnotist and Certified Yoga Instructor.
The workshop is designed to offer educational information about techniques to enhance pregnancy, labor and birth. Through the course of the two and a half hour audience participation session, attendees will benefit from the varied experience and expertise of the presenters. Fiona will present the benefits of enlisting the aid of a childbirth and postpartum Doula. She will offer the possibility of alternatives to medication in labor and delivery. Fiona will discuss labor techniques, rituals and positioning to aid in the optimal descent of the baby through the birth canal. Such topics may include walking, rocking, squatting, using the shower and tub along with touch and massage to stimulate the bodies own endorphins for a more positive birthing experience. Continuing the theme of an enhanced pregnancy, labor and birth, Inka will share the benefits of both hypnosis for childbirth and pre and post natal yoga to the birthing experience. Inka will highlight some of the hypnosis techniques utilized in childbirth such as deep relaxation, emotional releasment and hypnotic anesthesia. The session will include a light stretching and guided imagery group demonstration.
The information presented does not include medications available for labor or issues surrounding caesarean birth, other than how best to avoid them. The goal of “Empowered Birth” is to facilitate optimal birthing experiences, to promote natural birth techniques and to help empower women to use their own, yet unrealized, inner strengths and confidence. Experience the birth you desire for yourself and your baby. Join us for a fun filled session at a location near you.
Workshops are scheduled in January and February at various venues in Ulster, Dutchess and Columbia Counties.

Woodstock Wool Company Thursday January 19th
New Paltz New Paltz Healing Center Thursday January 26th
Hudson Muddy Cup Cafe Tuesday February 28th
Rhinebeck, NY Rhinebeck Womens Health Saturday February 18
Kingston, NY Healthy Start Aaron Court Tuesday February 21


Call or e-mail for times and directions
E-mail Fiona or call (845) 247-2888 to sign up for a workshop