Description
DreamBirth® | Pregnancy Intensive 2 | 5 Sessions | Thursdays | 12:00 PM – 2:00PM ET | 8 January – 5 February 2026
DreamBirth® is a unique and effective approach to ensuring a good pregnancy and birth experience. In this intensive course, we address the private challenges mothers-to-be often face: the inner fears, worries, beliefs, and ancestral patterns that get in the way of a good pregnancy and birth. We also look at the outer challenges as well – the external demands of partners, parents, other children, and medical and hospital procedures and attitudes of birthing personnel that can also impede the natural flow of events.
What are DreamBirth Intensive courses?
DreamBirth® is a special and powerful tool to explore new ways to approach conception, pregnancy, birth and parenting. DreamBirth® Intensives offer a very effective distillation of the previous full DreamBirth training — you will be introduced to the guiding principles, major concepts and applicable techniques and exercises of DreamBirth, Intensive courses run over 5 sessions, and include the most tested and effective of the exercises. Through the intensives you will receive everything that the older training included, but more succinctly.
In this second intensive, you will learn all the crucial exercises needed for labor and post-partum recovery. DreamBirth Pregnancy Intensive 2 includes exercise to repair the body postpartum, and over the long term, so that it can return to its former glory.
Main Themes Explored: Later post-partum issues; problems of pregnancy and labor; dealing with loss; and suggestions for how to integrate this work into your practice, if you are a birthing professional.
You will develop your knowledge of exercises to resolve the following issues:
- pre-eclampsia,
- restoring fetal heartrate,
- torn muscles, tendons,
- clearing infection and lowering blood pressure,
- endometriosis and pelvic pain,
- gestational diabetes
- Dealing with loss: of a previous non-ideal or traumatic birth experience, of a miscarriage, of an abortion
This course is wonderful for pregnant women, but even more valuable for doulas and other birth practitioners! You will be able to put to use everything you learn, and see for yourself the positive effect DreamBirth has. You will add a solid tool for your birth work or your birth.
If you are wanting to get pregnant, DreamBirth techniques help reduce fear around pregnancy — an extremely important benefit, as there is evidence that becoming less fearful of labor, increases the chance of becoming pregnant!
DreamBirth Intensives offer a distillation of full DreamBirth training — you will be introduced to the guiding principles, major concepts and more generally applicable techniques and exercises in DreamBirth training. Intensive courses run over 5 sessions, compared to the 7 sessions in each full DreamBirth training that include deeper, more specialized study.
Through DreamBirth Intensives, Claudia Raiken, Master Practitioner and Director of DreamBirth® will introduce participants to this exceptional tool to create the conditions for a positive birth experience. In these five classes, you will discover the transformative power of DreamBirth®, a unique method that uses simple yet carefully developed guided imagery exercises to support a positive and empowering birth experience for and by your clients.
DreamBirth®
- Reduces Expectant Parents’ Anxiety and Stress, fostering a sense of calm and confidence throughout the birthing experience.
- Strengthens Emotional Bonds between parents and baby-to-be.
- Manages Pain during labor, providing natural and effective pain relief methods.
- Supports for Complicated and High-Risk Pregnancies to better navigate challenges and improve outcomes.
- Prepares Parents for Labor and Delivery, enhancing their readiness and resilience.
- Aids in Postpartum Support/Recovery and supporting the transition to parenthood.
- Empowers Parents to experience confidence and control of their birthing experience.
- Integrates Holistic Mind-Body Connection, for overall well-being in childbirth.
Using imaginal techniques and other inner processes and tools, DreamBirth® offers beautiful, quick, simple and practical exercises and guidance to use the innate (pro)creative power for conception, pregnancy, labor, birthing, post-partum care, and parenting and bonding.
Participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the first session
Course Schedule: [2026] Jan 8, 15, 22, 29; Feb 5
Please note: We invite you to register even if you do not intend on pursuing certification in DreamBirth — this course offers great value to all.
DreamBirth® | Pregnancy Intensive 2 | 5 Sessions | Thursdays | 12:00 PM – 2:00PM ET | 8 Jan – 5 Feb 2026
