Our principal philosophy is that of 'Returning Birth to the Family'. We believe that well-educated, trusting midwives can support the transformative experience of childbirth and facilitate autonomy for birthing women. We realize that conscious birthing is becoming a new cultural imperative and at The Matrona we strive to accelerate this paradigm.
At The Matrona we are facilitating a shift in the education of midwives by offering a model that does not require an institutionalized perception of midwifery training, and a model that offers a deepening of the life skills inherent in midwifery care. Communication skills, eldership training, discussions on rank-power-privilege, intuition exploration... all of these topics are vital parts of our curriculum and go hand-in-hand with anatomy and physiology and practical skills.
The 2012 Midwifery Program is taking place in Asheville, North Carolina from February through June.
The next Midwifery Program will take place in Asheville from September 2012 - February 2013.
