Birth: A New Story

Birth: A New Story

Learn how our prebirth and birth experiences shape our world

Join Samara Concepcion in creating a new story about birth with some of the world’s leading experts in philosophy, midwifery, and holistic health. Guided by renowned teachers like Charles Eisenstein, Mia Kalef, Jennie Joseph and more, you’ll explore the profound power of birth to shape our lives and collective wellbeing.

CURATED BY SAMARA CONCEPCIÓN

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Through the lens of philosophy, pre and perinatal psychology, traditional midwifery, anthropology and modern medicine, this course invites us to widen our understanding about birth and its deep interrelationship with the rest of our lives. It explores what is possible beyond the dominant story about birth and how we can collectively create a new story that is in service of thriving life.

Course modules

How prebirth and birth experiences shape our world

This module offers a deep look into how our prebirth and birth experiences shape our world, with author and holistic therapist Mia Kalef.

A new and ancient mythology about birth

This module invites us to consider how the collective story of separation shapes our stories about pregnancy and birth, and what is possible when these experiences unfold within a new story of interbeing, with author, father and philosopher, Charles Eisenstein.

Misleading myths about birth

This module addresses the most deeply ingrained and misleading beliefs about birth, with birth educators Kemi Johnson and Laura Shanley.

Birth, history, politics, and human rights

Here you will learn how birth, history, politics and human rights are deeply intertwined through the activism of holistic midwife, Jennie Joseph.

Birth is a rite of passage

Traditional Mexican midwife Naoli Vinaver welcomes us to consider that with every birth, we are welcoming the next generation on this earth.

Birth is an altered state of consciousness

Birth, by design, is intended to be an altered state of consciousness that wires us for a deep capacity to love and trust.

Live Conversations

Discuss the contents of the course with the teacher are your peers.

Discuss the contents of the course with the teacher are your peers.

Discuss the contents of the course with the teacher are your peers.

Discuss the contents of the course with the teacher are your peers.

Course information

The way that we welcome new life into the world touches all of us. Conception, pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period are the foundations of our collective health.

This course offers a holistic perspective on pregnancy and birth as experiences that shape our relationship to life, the world we live in, and our sense of belonging within it.

In this multi-teacher course, you will learn how prebirth and birth experiences shape our world with author and holistic therapist, Mia Kalef. You will be invited to consider how the collective story of separation shapes our stories about pregnancy and birth and how these experiences can unfold within a new story of interbeing, with author and philosopher, Charles Eisenstein.

With birth educators Kemi Johnson and Laura Shanley, you will have the opportunity to clear your relationship to birth from fear and misleading myths. You will learn how birth, history, politics and human rights are deeply intertwined through the activism of holistic midwife Jennie Joseph. You will further learn about the historical turning points that drew our collective awareness away from the natural design of birth, with traditional Mexican midwife and anthropologist, Naoli Vinaver.

To complete this paradigm-shifting journey, you will learn how birth, by nature, is an altered state of consciousness, that has the potential to lead to experiences of divine ecstasy, when a birthing woman feels safe, unobserved, undisturbed and free to follow her innate body wisdom. You will learn about the natural design of birth that enables this altered state to occur and how to preserve it.

Course Includes

6 modules of pre-recorded lessons
Transcriptions
Community discussion
Live conversations with the teacher
Additional readings and resources
Ecological, spiritual and ritual growth practices

Teachers

Samara Concepción Picture

Samara Concepción is a holistic birthkeeper, a women’s health practitioner, and a multi-disciplinary artist, based in London.

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Mia Kalef Picture

Mia Kalef is a Chiropractor, Craniosacral Therapist and founder of Emerging Families, a program of therapy, education, and research for the Pre and Perinatal Period.

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Charles Eisenstein Picture

Charles Eisenstein is a world-renowned teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilisation, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution.

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Kemi Johnson Picture

Kemi Johnson is a mother, an experienced birthkeeper, a former NHS and former independent midwife in the UK.

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Laura Shanley Picture

Laura Kaplan Shanley is an author, freelance writer, speaker, and childbirth consultant widely recognized as one of the leading voices in the natural birth movement.

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Jennie Joseph Picture

British-trained midwife who fights to ensure every person has their healthiest possible pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience with dignity and support.

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Naoli Vinaver Picture

Naolí is a passionate speaker and educator, teaching hundreds of workshops and seminars in over 30 countries around the world.

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Sheri Winston Picture

Sheri Winston is a groundbreaking, award-winning author and teacher who offers empowering, entertaining erotic education for everyone.

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What You'll Learn

  • A holistic birth education that embraces the historical, philosophical, physiological and spiritual dimensions of birth
  • A better understanding of natural birth and how we can create the conditions within and around ourselves to support it
  • An opportunity to clear your relationship with birth from fear and misleading myths
  • A clear understanding of how our prebirth and birth experiences shape the world we live in
  • A paradigm shifting perspective on what is possible beyond the dominant story about birth
  • A deep dive into the interrelationship between birth, sexuality, and trance, and how this natural design intends to wire us as humans