Back by popular demand! This series we’re thrilled to welcome the following amazing care providers who are generously sharing their wisdom:

- Michelle Edgar, LM: Homebirth for Doulas Supporting families with a home birth is a sweet and special invitation. Learn tips for showing up as part of the birth support team from one of the Bay Area’s most experienced midwives.

- Meadow Evans LMT, CD: Massage for Doulas The way we touch our clients matters. We’ll practice tuning in and connecting with your intuition to provide comfort and support through touch.

- Kathy Woo L.Ac., CHT: Preventing Burnout We doulas use energy in our practice alllllllll the time, whether consciously or intuitively.Learn how to manage & source energy to reduce burn out, create a sustainable practice, and help families connect with each other more deeply.

Details: Sept 20th, 9:30am - 3pm

Location: Loving Arms, 1260 45th St Emeryville

Fee: $90

* Please email before class starts if you get called to a birth

This workshop is designed to support doulas, who regularly hold space for birthing people through intense, vulnerable, and often emotionally charged experiences — without a consistent space to process their own reactions. This workshop offers that space.

Jess Garman ASW will guide participants through somatic and resilience-building tools, including Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or tapping), grounding, and breath work.

Participants will leave feeling witnessed, connected, and better equipped with nervous system tools to help metabolize the impact of their work.

Details: Saturday October 5th, 9:30-12

Location: Loving Arms, 1260 45th St Emeryville

Fee: $45

A 3.5 hour intensive workshop focused on the skills of acupressure and moxibustion that doulas can use to support their clients in pregnancy, labor, and postpartum.

Learn and practice tools to support, sustain, and heal the body. Taught by Kathy Woo L.Ac., CHT.

Details: Saturday October 18th, 9-12:30pm

Location: Loving Arms, 1260 45th St Emeryville

Fee: $80, includes supplies to take home

Join us for a weekend and gain valuable hands-on training in a wide variety of wraps and carriers for the 4th trimester and beyond!

What you will learn:

- Overview of 6 major carrier types + use

- Supporting infant feeding with carrier use

- Cultural + ethical implications, pedagogy for educators, resources + more!

Details: Saturday and Sunday November 15 & 16th, 9am - 5pm

Location: Loving Arms, 1260 45th Street Emeryville

Fee: $350/person > Early bird pricing available

Email info@lovingarmschildbirthservices.com for registration details

Join us for a sweet evening in community with each other to wrap up the old and welcome in the new. We’ll have treats, snacks, and give-aways from various local providers so you can start your new year well-resourced and tended to. Free new year mini tarot readings from the incredible Diana Rowan!

Details: Friday December 12th, 4-6pm

Location: Loving Arms 1260 4th St Emeryville

RSVP: using the link below