540 hours of midwifery and holistic birth studies:
A 12-MONTH PROGRAM BEGINNING SPRING 2008 IN BELLINGHAM, WA.
On-site classes with Whapio will be held during 12 three-day weekends throughout the year, beginning March 14, 2008. Classes end in March, 2009. A monthly study group commitment is required, as well as a commitment to independent study of at least 120 hours over the course of the year. (Independent study = 10 hours/month.) There will be no assignments, independent study requirements, or study groups from Thanksgiving 2008 until January 5, 2009, to allow for family holiday time.
WEEKEND CLASSES:
Friday, Saturday & Sunday - 9:30 am to 9:30 pm with breaks for lunch and dinner
In the weeks between on-site classes, you will be given assignments, projects, and reading material. Study groups will be structured, and will focus on case studies, presentation of projects and assignments. Independent study can be done at an individual pace.
COST OF PROGRAM: $2700
ABOUT OUR PARADIGM AND PHILOSOPHY
We believe that midwives should be well-educated, and that education is an ongoing process of knowledge, maturity and wisdom. Our curriculum is designed to provide knowledge of the body and the soul.
The focus of this year-long study of midwifery and birth is an in-depth immersion into the paradigm of holistic midwifery and integral birth. The education of a midwife necessitates the balance of the intuitive and the practical. Our curriculum is dedicated to providing a blend of the academic and the spiritual. We emphasize the transformative nature of childbearing, and we believe that birth is the domain of the family. We strive to return birth to the family.
As women become more conscious of the transformative nature of childbearing and parenting, our birthing paradigm will shift. This is already beginning to occur. More and more families are reclaiming their birthing experience. They are birthing under their own authority, and asking caregivers to understand and adjust. Families are asking caregivers to recognize that birth is primarily a rite of passage, and to create their practice and service accordingly. It is to these families and to the unfolding of this paradigm that we dedicate what is taught and received at The Matrona.
ACADEMICS
Classes will focus on:
- Anatomy and physiology of the human body
- Anatomy & physiology of the female body
- Anatomy & physiology of pregnancy, birth and postpartum
- Anatomy & physiology of the newborn
- Childbirth from multiple points of view
- Clinical perspective
- Medical perspective
- Humanistic perspective
- Practical perspective
- Holistic perspective of childbirth
- Authentic co-creation of birthing experience
- Intuitive skills
We are on the cutting edge of this transformative shift in birth and midwifery. Therefore, we offer a solid education in the intuitive skills that families in a transformative birthing paradigm expect midwives to possess.
OUR EXPECTATIONS OF YOU
We expect maturity in our students, not just knowledge. We expect graduate midwives to be competent and confident, compassionate and caring. Graduates of The Matrona will be able to be "with woman," rather than requiring women to be "with midwife."
What we offer is unique in the realms of birthing education. Please join us.
TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT WHAPIO:
EMAIL: belovedpilgrim (at) yahoo (dot) com
PHONE: (828) 242-2188
