2011 CNN Hero is a mother, grandmother, author, poet, midwife and educator who lives in Bali with her husband and children. Ibu (mother) Robin is a Certified Lay Midwife, with the North American Registry of Midwives and Ikatan Bidan Indonesia. She is a founder and executive director for Yayasan Ibu Bumi Sehat Birth Center in Bali. Lim splits her time between the birth center and the Tsunami Relief Clinic in Samatiga Aceh, Sumatra. ​

In 2018 Loving the Mother
is going to Alaska 
July 5 -11

Ibu Robin Lim, Giuditta Tornetta, Nicola Goodall, and Jacquelyn Aurora will usher you on a personal journey falling madly in love with yourself and the world around you. Using the nine chakras of creation as your guiding light, you will acquire  tools to support mothers in the gentle birth of a child, or anyone birthing a new self, a new idea or a new life.

We will be joined by local midwives and Inuit healers.

You will deepen your doula and midwifery skills, as you learn how to take care of yourself and your needs. Evidence based information will be presented as well techniques to assist with natural and painless childbirth. You will acquire hypnosis techniques as well as teaching tools for your moms.

All birthkeepers are welcome as well as mothers, yoga instructors, and any woman who has the desire to understand the power of her own womb.

NICOLA GOODALL

 Nicola Goodall is a birth and postpartum doula work  in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has a Dip Ed in Antenatal Education with Luton University and the National Childbirth Trust were she teaches regularly. Nicola facilitates workshops for others involved in supporting the birthing family with wysewomen workshops and am a facilitator preparing doulas with Mindful Doulas as well as an assessor mentor for Doula UK. She sits on the local NHS  Maternity Services Liaison Committee and is involved in consultation for the new Lothian Birth Centre. Watch her Ted Talk here

GIUDITTA TORNETTA

Doula and best-selling author Giuditta Tornetta has written extensively on childbirth without fear, pain and anxiety in her book Painless Childbirth and in many articles published in blogs and magazines worldwide.  In her recent book Conversations with The Womb she explores femininity as a deep exploration of womanhood and its rites of passage...Tornetta challenges social mores and the medicalization of the feminine while embracing the ancient practices and traditions with a modern approach. This is a profoundly soothing

THE WORKSHOP GIFTS

We will be focusing  on hypnosis and self-hypnosis as  tools  for personal growth, as well as to helping women heal their fears by eradicating them at their roots and re-creating empowering memories. Plus breath work and positioning, massage to improve fetal position, and aromatherapy. 

  • Each day you will learn about the Nine Chakras of Creation and how they apply to you, your clients, your life, your career and your womb
  • Life-time loving connection with remarkable women from all over the world
  • Tools to redefine your life’s purpose
  • Self-care- self-love – Learn how to care for yourself so you may be truly present for another
  • Align your chakras through Dance,Sound & Song,  breath & bodywork,
  • Learn advanced Midwifery and Doula protocols
  • Through ritual and ceremony, explore the depths of being a woman
  • You will deepen you knowledge of the womb with Robin Lim
  • You will learn advanced hypnotherapy techniques to see and eradicate the obstacles in yours and your client’s lives
  • You will acquire a very useful skill called womb massage so you can teach it to others
  • You will be shown scar healing massage to prevent adhesion from any scars, this comes with a lot of emotional healing too and you will be able to show others how to do it to themselves
  • You will have a chance at your own private consultation with counselor Gloria to find out your purpose
  • You will acquire proven techniques for successful communication with people might not agree with you in the working world.
  • You will be shown an effective minute-by-minute breathing technique to center and manage life/labor one-minute at the time
  • You will be embraced in ceremonies and rituals to deepen your understanding of your femininity
  • We will share co-counseling as a key instrument for effective and peaceful communication
  • You will master rebozo techniques of ancient Mexican midwives

This is a limited list only. A comprehensive program will be given to you upon arrival