A series of guest teachers impart a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of ante-natal care. These include (subject to change):

Avni Trivedi –  ’Finding alignment and easing ailments in pregnancy’

Emily Housman –  ‘Labour & Birth – a physiological and evolutionary perspective’

Emily has worked for over 15 years with families and children through specialist education, therapy and maternity care. She trained as a midwife in London and currently works as a continuity midwife in Norfolk. She is certified in Hypnobirthing, Imagery and Hypopressives and runs courses for women and couples to more confidently navigate their pregnancy and birth, as they become parents. Whatever birth women have, her vision is to facilitate intelligent and empowering birth experiences for families welcoming the youngest generations into this world. For more information visit www.emilyhousman.com

Justine Sipprell – ‘Pelvic floor health in pregnancy, birth and postpartum’ .

Maika Prevosti – ‘Nourish pregnancy through taste: an Ayurvedic soulful guide to nutrition’.

Maika is a qualified Ayurveda Practitioner and Nutritionist with a passion for interpreting the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda to suit modern lifestyles and make it relevant and accessible to our lives today. Her personal journey since 2003 has seen Ayurveda empower and transform those committed to making a profound and positive change. Having qualified from College of Ayurveda UK and done her internships in India, she enjoys sharing her knowledge through workshops and individual consultations for those wanting more in-depth personalised advice. She also has a background of 16 years as a teacher which now helps her to interpret people’s needs from all ages and backgrounds. Becoming a Reiki Master, Massage Therapist, Pranayama and Meditation Practitioner (Yogalap) and Buteyko Practitioner (Buteyko Clinic International) have added an invaluable tool in her therapeutic approach to efficiently support patients with tailored solutions to improve emotional and physical well-being. For more information visit www.maikaprevosti.com

Michaela Kalusová – ‘Conscious Baby’

Michaela Kalusová is a co-founder of Jemne Zrozeni (CZ), London Bliss Doulas (UK) and Ammadula Akademie (CZ). Her passion is pre and perinatal psychology and the support of women who have experienced sexual or birth trauma. She practices EFT, DreamBirth visualisations, Matrix Re-imprinting and Matrix Birth Re-imprinting. She regularly runs hypnobirthing courses, conducts seminars, webinars, online courses and trains doulas and hypnobirthing lecturers. She works closely with doula colleagues to improve maternity care in Czech Republic. For more information visit www.michaelakalusova.co.uk

Ruth Ehrhardt – ‘The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labour’.

Ruth Ehrhardt is the mother of 4 home birthed children, a South African traditional midwife, author of The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labour, birth and midwifery teacher, as well as a yoga practitioner of 21 years. She is the daughter, grandaughter and niece of midwives, so it seems this work was in many ways predestined from birth. Ruth has an innate love and trust for birth, women’s bodies, and babies’ intelligence. In her teaching and work, she mainly focuses on guarding and protecting the environment for pregnancy and birth, as opposed to guiding or facilitating the actual birthing process. For more information on Ruth visit truemidwifery.com

Thando Zwane – ‘Becoming an inclusive birthworker’

Thando is a Birthkeeper; a facilitator of the holistic aspects of birth and beyond. Working with families in London and beyond, she brings the sacred and science together in a grounded and knowledgeable way. A birth & postnatal doula, doula mentee, hypnobirthing teacher & birth preparation educator, she is also the co-founder of Birthing in Colour, a charity established to inform Black & Brown birthing people of their choices & rights and reduce the disparities faced during the perinatal phase. For more information visit www.paramanabirthkeeper.co.uk