Yes! It's a great adjunct to any other childbirth prep or support method and you can do it alongside the techniques you learn in any other approach to birth support and pain management.

Great! Doulas are worth their weight in gold. Yes, your doula will have a whole range of incredible techniques for supporting you during labor (in fact, I've taught Reiki to hundreds of them). If you want to leave it up to your doula in the birth room that's ok, your partner will still learn a great tool for supporting you either side of the big day and to take care of your baby too. It's also totally ok for your partner to work alongside your doula to support you, they don't need to step back just because you have a doula. Talk to them and see what they think, they'll most likely be thrilled you're thinking of incorporating Reiki for Birth Partners.

There are no guarantees in birth. Reiki is one of several tools that can improve the chances of an unmedicated or pain-free birth, or at least move the needle towards those goals.

No, this is not a childbirth education class and I highly recommend you take one of those with your partner.

Yes! You partner will learn how to support you with interventions and with a C-section. Plus they'll learn how to take care of you during and after your pregnancy, and how to energetically care for your baby too.

Anxiety, nausea, heartburn, headaches, constipation, hemorrhoids, sciatica, difficulty sleeping, water retention, high blood pressure, labor induction, stalled labor, pain management, retained placenta, medical interventions, C-section, physical recovery, depression and lactation. The course includes how to work with your baby for the first months of their life to help them with feeding, teething and other common infant challenges. Your partner will also learn how to energetically prepare you and themselves for birth, how to energetically prepare the birth space, and how to incorporate Reiki into your birth plan.

Yes, you can use Reiki to help absolutely anything. The protocols in the training help your partner be more effective for the conditions covered, but they can use Reiki to support you with any issue, acute or chronic.

Maybe! There are always issues that need medical attention and you should not hesitate to call your doctor or healthcare provider if there is any concern, but receiving Reiki from your partner might well save you a visit to the acupunturist or chiropractor.

I really get how hard it is to find the time to take a program. I did my best to make it easy as possible to fit into a busy lifestyle. The whole program takes about 5 hours to complete. The content is split into short videos, so your partner can watch a 5 minute video when they can catch a window, they don't need to watch it all in one go. There are also audio versions of each of the video lessons so they can listen to them if that's easier for them. They don't need to take notes or do any homework so they can listen while they're driving, working out, anywhere they can carve a little multi-tasking time.

It's also all available as an app on their phone to make it as easy as possible to learn, and to see what to do when you're in the birth room.

Yes, Reiki for Birth Partners is designed for people who've never learnt Reiki before. Even if you'd never heard of it until today, we start with the absolute basics and your partner doesn't need to know anything yet.

Yes, they'll learn how to give a full, professional style treatment as well as learning how to use it more informally.

Yes, they'll learn how to give themselves Reiki to support their health and wellness, their spiritual growth and to support themselves through the birth and transition to parenthood.

Reiki for Birth Partners is not a certification training but I offer certification workshops for my students. These 2 hour Zoom workshops include a live personal attunement, a guided self-treatment, guided professional style treatment on another and a Q&A. As well as becoming certified as a Reiki practitioner you also receive 21 days of follow up email support and access to my private Facebook group. I recommend taking the training first, most people don't feel the need for anything more.

No. You don't have to hold any beliefs or follow any rules or dogma to do Reiki. Mikao Usui, the creator of Reiki, was Buddhist so many of the concepts in his healing system come within that context but it is not a Buddhist practice. Whether you have a religion or have no religion, you can do Reiki. I've had students check with their priest if it's ok to take a Reiki class.

They'll get access right away. Once you've purchased the course you'll receive an email with login details for the program (use their name and email address if you want it to go directly to their inbox). They'll have access to it right away and for as long as they need, there's no expiration so they can refresh for your next birth too.

They'll receive details of how to access the course along with their log in details in the welcome email once you've made a purchase. The course is hosted on a website so they'll be able to access it on their computer or phone. The manuals are downloadable so they can save them on their devices. When they login they'll be able to download the app to their phone and access it that way too.

There is an attunement video in the program, which feels like a meditation and activates their ability to channel Reiki. If they prefer to receive a personal attunement from me that's available in my certification workshops which they are welcome to join after they've taken Reiki for Birth Partners. These workshops take place on Zoom and include a live personal attunement, a guided self-treament, a guided professional style treatment on another and a Q&A. As well as becoming certified as a Reiki practitioner they also receive 21 days of follow up email support and access to my private Facebook group.

In person attunements give you a different energetic experience that many people find very powerful but they're not essential.

It sure is! I'm teaching a blend of Western and Japanese Reiki so, unless they've also trained in both branches of Reiki, there will be some new nuggets and different ways of looking at things. Further study is also helpful in strengthening their connection to Reiki.

The content about how to use Reiki in pregnancy, birth and postpartum is unique to my programs, so even if they're not interested in reviewing the Reiki 1 curriculum they'll learn how to make their Reiki even more effective with you.

They can, it's in a separate module and they can choose just to watch that content. It's not available as a separate program though, they need to purchase the complete Reiki for Birth Partners training.

They only receive a Reiki 1 certificate if they take the certification workshop. This is usually enough to start working as a professional Reiki practitioner (please check the laws in your country or state). They'll receive the standard of training required to work professionally in Reiki for Birth Partners but not the certification that would be appropriate for professional practice.

It will, but in this case I would recommend taking my Reiki for Birth Workers program instead. It has a more medical focus that will be more appropriate for learning how to work with clients rather than just you. You can read more about that here.

Working with a pregnant population is very rewarding.

Reiki for Birth Partners is currently only available in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. If you're in another country please contact mitra@reikiforbirth.com as we have another version of the program available worldwide.