Spring 2025 Doula Training Program

The practice of birthwork has long been sacred, passed down through generations as a form of ancestral knowledge, care, and resistance. Yet, in many parts of the world, birthwork has been stripped of its cultural, spiritual, and communal roots—medicalized, commercialized, and constrained by policies that fail to honor the holistic and sovereign experience of birthing people. This training was designed with the understanding that cultural and spiritual birthwork is a revolutionary act—one that is integral to reproductive justice, healing, and liberation.

Womb Wisdom: A Sacred Birthkeeper Training is a 7-week immersive program led by the Leader Circle of Sanctuary for Integrative Medicine, under the guidance of Sevonna Brown. This program is one of the few trainings centering Black, Indigenous, and ancestral midwifery and birth traditions, offering a holistic, trauma-informed, and spiritually grounded approach to birthwork.

This live, interactive training provides a communal learning experience grounded in ritual, embodied practice, and deep ancestral knowledge. Participants will explore the sacred dimensions of pregnancy, birth, postpartum care, reproductive justice, and womb sovereignty while developing the skills to hold space for birthing people with reverence, power, and care.

Through a rigorous and intentional study of birth as ceremony, reproductive autonomy, and the intersections of race, gender, and spirituality in birthwork, this program reclaims birth as a site of transformation, connection, and resistance.

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Training Format & Schedule

📍 Format: Live Virtual
⏳ Duration: 7 weeks

Investment: $1050.00 with a payment plan.

Attendance for all sessions is highly encouraged to cultivate a deep, collective learning space.

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Session Dates:

• Week 1: Monday, April 7 at 6:00 PM ET

• Week 2: Monday, April 14 at 6:00 PM ET

• Week 3: Monday, April 21 at 6:00 PM ET

• Week 4: Monday, April 28 at 6:00 PM ET

• Week 5: Monday, May 5 at 6:00 PM ET

• Week 6: Monday, May 12 at 6:00 PM ET

Closing Ceremony May 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET

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Who is this training for?

This program is open to those called to birthwork as a sacred practice, radical act, and ancestral remembrance, including:

• Doulas & Midwives (new and experienced)

• Community Birthworkers & Traditional Birth Attendants

• Reproductive Justice Advocates & Activists

• Holistic Health & Wellness Practitioners

• Herbalists & Healers

• Nurses & Physicians

• Birth Educators & Perinatal Professionals

• Spiritual Leaders & Practitioners of Ancestral Medicine

• Anyone committed to deepening their practice in cultural and spiritual birthwork

Topics Covered

🌿 The Sacred Traditions of Birthwork
🌿 Womb Sovereignty & Reproductive Justice
🌿 Birth as Ceremony: Rituals & Ancestral Practices
🌿 Herbal & Holistic Healing for Pregnancy & Postpartum
🌿 Midwifery & Doula Care Through a Decolonized Lens
🌿 Spirit Work & Energetic Protection in Birth Spaces
🌿 The Role of Storytelling & Oral Tradition in Birthkeeping
🌿 Advocacy, Ethics & Community-Based Birthwork

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Skills Participants Will Walk Away With:

🌿 Sacred Birthwork & Ancestral Practices

• Understanding birth as a spiritual and cultural rite of passage

• Integrating ritual, ceremony, and traditional wisdom into birthwork

• Honoring and incorporating ancestral midwifery and doula traditions

🌿 Holistic Pregnancy & Postpartum Care

• Supporting birthing people through herbal and plant-based remedies

• Guiding clients in nutrition, bodywork, and energy-balancing techniques

• Providing culturally responsive postpartum care and womb healing

🌿 Holding Space & Trauma-Informed Care

• Practicing deep listening and presence in birth spaces

• Identifying and addressing birth trauma and intergenerational wounds

• Creating protective and affirming environments for birthing people

🌿 Advocacy & Reproductive Justice

• Understanding birthwork within the framework of reproductive justice

• Navigating hospital and home birth settings as an advocate

• Supporting birthing people in making informed, autonomous choices

🌿 Energetic Protection & Spiritual Tools

• Using meditation, breathwork, and visualization for birth preparation

• Learning protective rituals for both birthworkers and birthing people

• Working with sacred tools such as crystals, sound healing, and smudging

🌿 Culturally Rooted Labor Support Techniques

• Honoring traditional labor positions and movement-based birth support

• Understanding the role of sound, song, and affirmations in birth

• Supporting physiological and undisturbed birth through intuitive touch

🌿 Decolonizing Birthwork & Systemic Change

• Recognizing and dismantling medical racism in maternal healthcare

• Reclaiming traditional birthkeeping from a decolonized lens

• Strengthening networks of community-based, independent birthworkers

🌿 Business & Sustainability for Birthkeepers

• Building a sustainable birthwork practice rooted in reciprocity

• Developing offerings, pricing, and ethical business practices

• Expanding networks and partnerships to sustain long-term work

Participants will leave feeling empowered, prepared, and deeply connected to their calling as sacred birthkeepers. Let me know if you’d like to refine or expand any areas! ✨

Note* This is not a certification program.

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Tuition & Payment Options

We offer a sliding scale tuition to ensure accessibility, with scholarships and payment plans available.

Your tuition supports instructors, guest lecturers, curriculum development, and the ability to provide scholarships for those in need.

Join Us in This Sacred Journey

This program is more than a training—it is a calling, a return, and a reclamation. Through group discussions, guided practices, and deep study, you will leave more equipped to hold space, advocate for birthing people, and reclaim birth as sacred, powerful, and sovereign.

We look forward to journeying with you. 🌿✨

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