DONA Birth Doula Training

Orgasmic Birth presents 

VIRTUAL DONA Birth Doula Training

with Debra Pascali-Bonaro LCCE, AdvCD/BDT/PDT(DONA)

Welcome Session and Anti-racism Birth Equity | July 11, 2023, 3:00 - 5:00 PM ET
Introduction to Childbirth Part I | July 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
Introduction to Childbirth Part II & DONA Birth Doula Part I | July 18, 2023, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
DONA Birth Doula Part II | July 19, 2023, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
DONA Birth Doula Part III | July 20, 2023, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
BONUS: DONA Certification and Birth Biz Q & A | August 9, 2023, 3:30 - 4:30 PM ET
BONUS: Introduction to Orgasmic Birth | August 16, 2023, 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

Are you fascinated with birth and supporting MotherBabies and Families?

Would you like to learn skills to support a partner, friend, family or your community?

Do you feel called to study, learn and experience the nourishing sisterhood that becoming a doula will provide?

Are you a nurse or educator that would like to enhance your skills?

Are you ready to use your special gifts, compassion and desire to make a difference in a career that will fulfill you, your soul, and help to change the world?

If you said yes to any of the above, Debra Pascali-Bonaro’s Orgasmic DONA Approved Birth Doula Training will provide you with sessions covering the Introduction to Childbirth and DONA Birth Doula Workshop,  two of the requirements to begin your DONA Birth Doula Certification and support you in beginning your doula practice. 

The sessions will also include special guest speakers and provide the space and time for more engagement, learning and community . 

You will receive an extra bonus session on doula business, a Q & A and extra support in preparing for DONA certification, you’ll feel prepared and empowered to begin supporting your clients as they prepare to give birth.

A value of over $250

“Debra did a wonderful job fostering connection and intimacy in this training. Although I was in a virtual learning environment, I could feel Debra’s deep compassion, honor, and respect for birth and birthing people. I love how she brought racial and social justice issues to the forefront and provided guidance on how to address some of those issues as a birth worker. I am inspired to work with people in my community in the same nurturing and honorable way. I’d recommend this class to anyone who wants well-rounded, culturally diverse and grounding training.”
Zuri Davidson

Have you been longing for a new career that provides you with flexibility, income, and most importantly deep fulfillment?

Is learning in a small group best for you? Are you ready for an intimate, in person training?

We will support you in every way as you learn how to care for others during childbirth

“The workshop covered all the practical, ethical and resources needed to do the job. I feel empowered as a Doula to support the birthing person, their partner and community agencies. I appreciate the virtual and in-person sessions and Debra’s wealth of knowledge, she is a fantastic storyteller and delivered the training humbly with grace. I would recommend her Birth Doula workshop to everyone and would be interested in taking other workshops under her guidance.”
Railyn P.

During this workshop:

  • Connect to a community of like-minded people
  • Discover the role, traditions and research of doulas
  • Discuss the impact of racism and a doula’s role in advocacy, reducing disparities, and creating equity globally 
  • Learn the importance of  respectful care and how a doula supports informed decision making
  • Explore current practices vs. evidenced-based care
  • Deepen your passion for providing a doula’s nurturing care and touch to women/birthing people in childbirth
  • Learn 10 tips for doulas to support the hormonal physiology and close gaps when they arise, making birth safer and easier
  • Develop a toolkit of comfort measure
  • Create a language for gentle birth and enhance your communication skills
  • Learn birth traditions: dance, songs and comfort
  • Learn how to protect a person’s memory of birth in any situation and any setting
  • Learn how to provide care in challenging births
  • Discuss the emotional, spiritual, and sexual aspects of childbirth and how to help release fears and open to birth on every level
  • Discuss how to support fathers and other partners
  • Practice processing birth stories and the doulas role after birth
  • Learn about the wisdom and traditions of the Rebozo and simple comfort measures 
  • Practice doula skills in a safe circle of support
  • Learn all about DONA certification and have time for all your questions to be addressed 
  • Business Q & A to support you as you begin or expand your birth business
  • Learn about and discuss the role of community doulas in birth justice
I would tell literally anyone who wants to birth, who has a partner who will birth, or who wants to learn about their inner power - “you must attend this course to heal yourself and the rest of our society.”
-Melissa Rose Hirsch

Special Guest Teachers

Sokhna Heathyre Mabin, Advanced Doula

Sokhna Heathyre Mabin is a mother of 2 beautiful beings ~ one born via her belly and the other naturally at home.  She has been a student and teacher of Yoga for 35 years and is also an herbalist, sound therapist, lactation counselor, Care Coordinator with Healthy Start US Presidential Initiative for maternal health.  

Sokhna is an advanced doula who has trained with DONA, Ancient Song Doulas, and The Traditional Postpartum Healing Lodge.  She is the creator of MamaSutra Loving Arts which canopies her herbal medicine practices in The Tantric Tavern.  She has led 2 community doula trainings and is currently overseeing the development of a hospital doula program for women of color in Kalamazoo, MI.

Sokhna is the creator of “The 13 Moonth Svadhyaya”, a year-long self-study through the Art of Yoga,  and co-creator of “Embodied Anatomy:  Kundalini Yoga and Women’s Anatomy” and the phenomenal online “10 Day Womb Cleanse Revival.”   She is a Sacred Woman, A Wild Woman Facilitator, and a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator.  Her artistries as vocalist & dancer have taken her around the world, as has her passion for seeing birth and mothering made sacred again through the connected matrix of the Womb Wide Web.  

www.MamaSutraLove.com

Alejandra Lozano, LCCE, Midwife

Since the birth of her son Mariano, she became passionate about birth, and began her preparation to become a professional and traditional midwife, with the intention that more women have the opportunity to live a respected, pleasurable, transcendental birth experience, with company, trust and love.

Combining ancestral knowledge from the ancient and traditional midwives of México and Latin America with the most up-to-date scientific evidence to find a balance in the needs of today’s women and to keep the traditional medicine alive.

 

Her personal interest is to offer quality midwifery services at low costs so every woman can have the same opportunities, always working as a team with other Midwives and health providers.

Amadoma Bediako, MS, CCCE, CLC, CD/BDT(DONA) FDC, P.A.I.L.

Amadoma Bediako has been a birth worker since the late 70's when she worked with a cadre of women who were all part of an African centered religious and cultural organization, based in New York City. In January, 1979 she attended her first birth. She has since attended births in a variety of settings, including clients’ homes, hospitals and birthing centers. Amadoma has a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences and a master’s degree in Education. A founding member and vice president of “Sistahs for Better Birthing”, Amadoma worked with this group to sponsor the ICTC Black Midwives and Healers Conference in Harlem in 2008. She is also a longtime supporter of The Harlem Birth Action Committee. Amadoma is a childbirth educator, certified by CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association). She is a certified birth doula with DONA International as well as a DONA Approved Birth Doula Trainer. She teaches weekly childbirth classes and is a labor doula with the By My Side Birth Support Program, through Healthy Start Brooklyn. She has taught “Dancing thru Pregnancy” classes for this program as well. Amadoma is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and worked for many years as a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor with the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services WIC program.

Meet Debra

Debra has trained thousands of doulas, birth keepers, and parents around the world in the practices of gentle birth support.  She is the Founder & President of Pain to Power Childbirth Experience, Director of the award-winning documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, author and inspirational international speaker, and chair of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization.  Debra’s passion comes from her years as a Lamaze International childbirth educator, and birth and postpartum doula trainer with DONA International where she has worked with women, men, midwives, doulas, nurses, and physicians in over 40 countries bringing comfort, love, and pleasure to birth and life!

Schedule/Outline

Welcome Session and Anti-racism Birth Equity | July 11, 2023, 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Introduction to Childbirth Part I | July 17, 2023, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Introduction to Childbirth Part II & DONA Birth Doula Part I | July 18, 2023, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
DONA Birth Doula Part II | July 19, 2023, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
DONA Birth Doula Part III | July 20, 2023, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
BONUS: DONA Certification and Birth Biz Q & A | TBD August 2023

Scholarships

In childbirth, systemic racism is the root cause of disparities leading to higher maternal mortality rates for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). 

We believe doulas help to create a more equitable, respectful, maternity care system.

We want to support and amplify BIPOC voices and support every person to have a safe, satisfying, and pleasurable birth and ensuring there is a doula for every person who wants one is an essential step. 

We are offering a number of BIPOC Scholarships to promised doulas at 50% rate. 

If you are an individual who identifies as a BIPOC and has a financial barrier to taking our course, we welcome you to apply for our scholarship.

Please submit a 1 minute video or letter addressing the questions below:

  • Why would you like to become a doula?
  • How will you use this opportunity to support your community?
  • Do you identify as BIPOC?

Submit your entry and/or questions to: debra@orgasmicbirth.com

Our scholarships are reserved for BIPOC individuals with financial need. If you are not a BIPOC, we have payment plans available.

Refund Policy

If you find it necessary to cancel your reservation, the following cancellation policy will apply:<br><br>

A deposit of $300 is nonrefundable, remaining paid balance is refundable in full until April 16, 2022.<br><br>

After April 16, 2023 a 50% refund will be given<br><br>

No refunds after June 16th, however spaces are transferable so you may sell or gift your space.

DONA Birth Doula Training Mini Retreat in
Ocean Grove, New Jersey

August/September 2023

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey towards becoming a Certified DONA Birth Doula?

Debra Pascali-Bonaro is one of the most experienced doula trainers in the world.

Join us for a DONA Approved Birth Doula Hybrid Retreat, which includes two virtual days on Thursday, August 24th and Friday, August 25th, as well as three in-person days Sept 6, 7 and 8 with two nights accommodation and meals at a beautiful retreat center in Ocean Grove, NJ – just one block from the beach.

September is the perfect time of year at the NJ shore, (weather permitting) we will be having a session on the beach with time for swimming and relaxing.

Eat Pray Doula Retreats in Bali, Indonesia May & June dates in 2023

Eat Pray Doula is an annual retreat in Bali, Indonesia that Debra co-teaches with CNN Hero Ibu Robin Lim, Midwife Mala Landt, and special guests for Advanced Trainings. Eat Pray Doula will be held virtually in 2022 and we hope to gather in Bali in 2023. You can learn more about our virtual retreats

In-person retreats

    • DONA Birth Doula Retreat: May 13-20, 2023
    • Advanced Skills for Birth Practitioners: May 27-June 3, 2023 
    • Advanced Skills for Birth Practitioners Option 2: June 19-27, 2023 

Additional Workshop Partnerships

“Debra's passion for birth is obvious! She is kind, caring, and extremely knowledgeable. She took her time to answer all our questions. It was an honor to learn from her, and I received culturally sensitive information about birth in other cultures, which I didn't anticipate.”
E.
Participant

Virtual Postpartum Doula Workshop

Birth Day Presence will host Debra for a DONA Approved VIRTUAL Postpartum Doula Training in September 2023.

  • Weds, Sept 18, 6pm-8pm ET
  • Tues, Sept 19, 9am-5pm ET
  • Weds, Sept 20, 9am-5pm ET
  • Thurs, Sept 21, 9am-5pm ET 
  • Friday Sept 22, 9am-5pm ET 

Learn more and register

Postpartum Doula Workshop, France

Lobo Luna will host Debra for a DONA Approved Birth Doula Training. A first in France! 4 days of specialized training on the Postnatal period! To enrich the multidisciplinary approach, various professionals will come to enrich Debra’s sharing, such as sociologist, feminist, psychiatrist, lactation consultant, porterage, bereavement companion.

Orgasmic Birth, France

Lobo Luna will host Debra for 2 Orgasmic Birth Workshops

October 14-15, 2023 – Paris

October 17-18, 2023 – Cazilhac

Elysia and the Doulas of Austria

Elysia and the Doulas of Austria host Debra for a number of Birth Doula Trainings each year in Austria. You can learn more about these trainings by contacting: Angelika Rodler ac.rodler@aon.at 

  • March 2023

“It’s a thoughtful gathering of sisters who are curious about supporting each other during a most transformative life experience”
Victoria
Bodyworker and Energy Healer

Community Doula Programs

Philadelphia Alliance for Labor Support

The Philadelphia Alliance for Labor Support (PALS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Philadelphians have a positive birth experience.

Our doulas provide free labor support services including physical, emotional, and informational support, and we provide subsidized training to those wishing to become doulas.

  • April 2023

Learn more 

Healthy Women, Healthy Futures

Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership, Inc.

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