The Matrona
Quantum Birth and Wisdomkeeping
"At The Matrona, we experience the Childbirth Continuum as a portal to raising the consciousness of the planet.
If we understood the Magnitude of Birth as a gateway to transformation, everything in the world would change.
Not just birth, EVERYTHING.
We would no longer be a species of humans that mistreats people.
The inappropriate things we do would vanish".
Whapio
The door is open now and the planet is calling for change.
If you are feeling ready to step into the realm of quantum birth, the time is now.
Here's whats new
at the Matrona
Quantum Doula Certification
Cohort 2027
Dive into the physiology, mystery, and transformative power of birth
January–March 2027 · Online
with Coté Garceau Sáez and Jess Shine
Do you feel called to support families through birth?
Join us for a journey rooted in The Matrona’s philosophy, bringing together holistic birth wisdom, practical doula preparation, personal transformation, and community.
Led by Matrona teachers Coté Garceau Sáez and Jess Shine, this cohort weaves Whapio’s teachings with their years of experience supporting birthing families. Together, we’ll explore how to understand birth’s rhythms, support its physiology, and become a grounded, reassuring presence for the families you serve.
Throughout our three months together, you’ll receive:
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Weekly live classes exploring birth as a physiological, emotional, spiritual, and altered-state experience.
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Practical preparation for supporting families in home, birth center, and hospital settings, including comfort measures, advocacy, informed choices, and navigating interventions.
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Herbal support and homeopathy teachings for pregnancy and postpartum, explored within the doula’s supportive role.
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Business mentoring to help you develop your services, packages, contracts, and a sustainable practice.
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A private student community, with study groups, assignments, journaling, and space for reflection and integration.
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Access to selected lessons from Whapio’s recorded teaching library, gathered through decades of teaching birthkeepers around the world.
Becoming a holistic doula is itself a kind of birth - a journey of discovery, growth, and stepping into who you are becoming.
Whether you are new to birth work or already supporting families and longing to deepen your practice, you are warmly invited to learn with us and find your place in this community.
Join one of our upcoming Free Doula Master Classes.
Explore the program and join our 2027 cohort.
Upcoming Events
9 days to the eventWed, Nov 18ZoomJoin us for this free zoom call to learn how to support men at birth. A father is born that day too. This is part of our Doula Master Class Series. Come learn if our 3 month Holistic Doula Cohort is right for you.- 26 days to the eventSat, Dec 05ZoomHow does a Holistic Doula differ from any other doula? What does it mean to support undisturbed birth? Come see if this program answers the call you've been feeling. This is part of our Doula Master Class Series. Come learn if our 3 month Holistic Doula Cohort is right for you.
58 days to the eventWed, Jan 06Online via ZoomBridging Holistic Support with Clinical Awareness and Ancestral Wisdom Keeping Three months devoted to become the Holistic Doula your community needs January to March 2027
Since 2001, The Matrona has offered holistic birth education for birth workers and families.
We continue to do so, adding new programs as the birthing community grows and evolves.
As we expand, our focus and curriculum remain centered on melding the intuitive with the academic,
the mystical with the intelligent.
A word from Whapio...
As the Seasons change and we change with them
it’s clear that a new future is on the horizon.
In 2025 I will celebrate my 42nd year in the realms of birth and
I have seen many changes but none so pressing and timely
as the one I am seeing in birth right now.
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It's QUANTUM BIRTH, and I see it
as the return to a model of care where the Caregiver has a
100% investment in the family.
It’s the return of Consciousness to Birth and the presence of
deeply connected women who can accompany, hold space and
not interfere in the instinctual responses of the family.
Here’s what a myriad of women have brought to my door…
We are tired of being managed and infantilized.
We resent our instinctual responses being overlooked or ignored.
We want affirmation, we get anxiety.
We want support, we get risk screening.
We want investment in us as the first priority!
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We have many wonderful and connected doctors and midwives
who are caring and conscientious but it doesn’t change the fact
that women are being managed, non prioritized and ignored.
Too many women are dissatisfied with their births
and want something different in their caregiver.
There is no blame here. No individuals, no specific thing.
As Dr. M. Odent says…We have just lost our way.
And he goes on to say that the answer is to return to square one.
I see square one as the Quantum Paradigm.
I see Self-Directed, Instinctual Birth with the
Return of Birth to the Family as the new future.
Videos from The Matrona
Check in with us frequently as we bring you video clips representing different aspects of our Matrona education.
Birth as an Altered State of Consciousness: Brainwave States
Advantages of Self Directed Birth
The Matrona Manifesto for Men: Fathers & Partners at Birth
Becoming a Birth Keeper: Birth Consultant and Family Advocate
OUR DISCLAIMER:
At the Matrona our programs do not certify students to practice midwifery.
Our programs offer an educational structure to understand birth in its organic and authentic unfolding. Our year long Birthkeeper’s Mentorship Cohort certifies students as a Professional Childbirth Consultant (PCC), a Family Advocate (FA) and a Certified Monitrice. We support the concept of women caring for women. Any student wishing to pursue clinical midwifery should seek an apprenticeship after finishing our program.