** Please note, payment plans are available to anyone interested in this workshop! Just email EcheriWoods@gmail.com and we can figure out something that works for you. Space is limited, but I want this work to be accessible -Lucia Echeri **

During these classes, we will learn how continuous support and empowerment work, we will learn about Mexican Birth Practices to support a good pregnancy and labor & Postpartum.

The training that will be provided will sensitize us all to use ancestral and traditional therapies with respect, honor and free of cultural appropriation.

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Times / Dates of Live Sessions -

• Saturday, September 4th @12:00PM CST - 1:45PM CST
• Saturday, September 11th @12:00PM CST - 1:45PM CST
• Saturday, September 18th @ 12:00PM CST - 1:45PM CST
• Saturday, September 25th @ 12:00PM CST - 1:45PM CST

Information on how to join each live session will be distributed via email one week before the first live session.

Pricing - Sliding Scale -

• Early Bird Sliding Scale - available until August 1st, 2021
• $250 - $400

• Standard Pricing - from August 2 until the day of the first live Session
• Sliding Scale Donation between $300 - $500

Select your sliding scale amount at checkout. Payment plans are available with review/approval by the Workshop Provider, to request a payment plan please email Echeriwoods@gmail.com with your proposed plan.

Topics for the Workshop -

PLEASE NOTE - this class is fluid and is meant to be driven by both the instructor and attendees. Below are some topics that may be addressed but it not a comprehensive list.*

IMPORTANT - All are welcome to this event, but it will be centering BIPOC communities. If this context doesn't feel like a good fit, then this workshop may not be for you.

Some of the topics that we will learn are:

• Stories and contexts
• Humanized and Intercultural Birth
• Emotional health
• Healing our birth story
• Indigenous birth positions
• Mind, soul and body empowerment
• Frio y calor (cold & hot)
• Postpartum care
• Breath-work
• Foods
• Herbal Baths
• Herbs and oils
• Faja-Binding
• Closings
• Placenta management
• Care for your baby
• Rebozo Purhepecha
• Lucia’s Story and the story of her grandmother
• Stories, and actual situation of the rebozo
• Daily uses of the rebozo
• Types of rebozos, how a backstrap loom works,
• Cultural Appropriation and problems
• The energy & symbolism behind the rebozo
• Evidence: Intuition + Science
• Self-care and client-uses of the rebozo: physical and mental
• Use during Pregnancy & labor (non invasive techniques)
• When not to use it
• Use during postpartum and beyond
• Closing the body: cerrada

This is not a Workshop on Traditional Midwifery/ Doula certification.

My work centers the stories and wisdom of Indigenous People, if you are not an Indigenous, black person or true ally this work may not be a good fit for you.

IMPORTANT: Attending this workshop will also give you 20% off to buy a rebozo on our ETSY Shop, and 50% off for our upcoming in-person workshops where we'll practice hands-on techniques (dates and locations to be confirmed).