HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Education - The Mongan Method 
See Below for Class Schedule
Currently Classes are live and interactive via ZOOM
In person classes in The Junction, Etobicoke, and Vaughan temporarily suspended

​What is HypnoBirthing?
HypnoBirthing® is a complete childbirth education course that will fully prepare you for the birth of your baby. You will learn about routine interventions and alternatives so you can make informed choices that are right for you and your baby.  This creates an empowering experience, allowing you to feel positive about your birthing journey.

You will come to understand how fear causes tension and pain, and leads to  prolonged labour.  You will be given relaxation tools and self-hypnosis techniques to remove fear, so that you can birth instinctively, calmly and confidently. 

Despite the name there are no swinging pendulums and quacking like a duck!  That’s entertainment hypnosis and very different then the tools you will be given to achieve deep relaxation through self-hypnosis.     

​All other female mammals birth in relative ease, as do women in many other cultures.  It’s Tahira's intention to help women reconnect with their innate birthing wisdom.
 
                                                                                   HypnoBirthing Benefits
  • Learn to release fear and tension that interfere with the natural physiological birthing process
  • Learn how to create your body’s own natural anesthesia, allowing you to birth more comfortably
  • Reduce or eliminate the need for medications
  • Reduce or eliminate the need for interventions in all stages of labour
  • Shorten the first phase of labour
  • Learn breathing techniques that help you avoid the kind of harsh physical pushing that can lead to an episiotomy
  • Leaves you feeling alert, awake and more energetic
  • Gives your birthing companion a more integral role in your birth
  • Promotes beneficial prenatal and perinatal bonding
  • Creates an easier recovery

​"When you change the way you view birth, the way you birth will change"    - Marie Mongan
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Group Classes:  5 Weekly - 2.5 hour classes 

​Investment:  $365 including taxes, per couple/2 people
Includes all materials:  book, audio relaxation tracks, extra tracks & handout booklet

 Interactive Online via ZOOM ​
May 1, 8, 15, 29, June 5
(No class May 22 long wknd)
Saturdays  2 30 - 5pm ​​
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 
Wednesdays  7 - 9 30 pm 
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​​​Please contact for:
​Private Classes - scheduled at your convenience (currently on ZOOM) 

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​​Class Content
Unit 1 – Building a Positive Expectancy
  • Introduction to the HypnoBirthing® philosophy
  • The history of women and birthing
  • Why and how you can have an easier, more comfortable, and safer birthing
  • How nature perfectly designed women’s bodies to birth
  • How to assist, rather than resist, your natural birthing instincts
  • The vocabulary for calm and gentle birthing.
  • Visualizing gentle births by viewing beautiful birthing videos   

Unit 2 – Falling in Love with your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body
  • The remarkable mind of your newborn baby— prenatal bonding techniques
  • Rapid and instant self-relaxation techniques 
  • Breathing techniques for labor and birthing
  • Hypnotic relaxation and visualization
  • Selecting the right care provider
  • Preparing your body for birthing: nutrition, exercise, massage toning

Unit 3 – Getting Ready to Welcome your Baby
  • Visualizations and tips 
  • Your body working for and with you
  • Birth Preferences, step by step discussion
  • Deepening techniques

Unit 4 – An Overview of Birthing – A Labor of Love
  • Avoiding artificial induction and achieving a natural start to labor
  • Onset of Labor – Thinning and Opening Phase
  • Settling in at the hospital or birthing center
  • Preparing for home birth – or baby’s choice of birth
  • As labor moves along – passing time through labor
  • Hallmarks of labor
  • If labor rests or slows – Companion’s  prompts and activities
  • As labor advances – birthing with your baby
  • Protecting the natural birthing experience​
  • Releasing negative emotions, fears and limiting thoughts 

​Unit 5 – Birth, Breathing Love, Bringing Life
  • Birth explained simply
  • Moving into birthing
  • The Birth companion’s role in birthing
  • Light Touch Labor Massage
  • Positions for descent and birthing
  • Breathing baby down to birth
  • Baby moves to the breast
  • Family bonding with your baby
  • Birth rehearsal imagery
​Please contact for more class info, or to inquire about private classes in the comfort of your home
​ Birth and Postpartum Doula Services - please inquire for package information