It was with great pleasure that we offered our international Doula Training Course in Santiago, Chile this past March, 2010. We had a great group of 17 enthusiastic women and one very dedicated husband. The two pregnant women who took the full course happily reported beautiful and empowering births.

The course was a 10day/8hr per day intensive course which included the following:

• The History and Service of a Doula
• Empowering Women in their Natural Process
• Women helping Women, Optimizing the Birth Experience
• Pre-Natal Advice
• Anatomy and Physiology of Birth
• Signs and Stages of Birth and the Woman's Perspective
• Types of Birth and What to Expect in the Hospital Setting
• Complications, Emergencies and the Grieving Process
• Pre-natal and Post Natal Yoga, Exercises, Massage, Relaxation, Reflexology, Affirmations and Visualizations
• Steps of Healing
• Chakra Workshop
• Health and Nutrition for Mom and Baby
• Newborn, Bonding and Vaccination Concerns
• Breastfeeding and Infant Massage
• Serving the Mother Post Partum
• Natural Childbirth and Waterbirth Videos