Upcoming Classes
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Queer/Trans Birth Class: Aug 6 - 29
REGISTER
8 Part Interractive Class (16h total: hours expanded per participant request)
Each Tues & Thurs: Aug 6 - 29, 2024 @ 7:15 pm Eastern
Take note of timezone: 4:15 pm PST/6:15 pm CST/7:15 pm EST :: Every class recorded for folks who must come late or miss classes. Most classes last approximately 2 hours.
Full schedule: Aug 6 - Aug 8 - Aug 13 - Aug 15 - Aug 20 - Aug 22 - Aug 27 - Aug 29
$385 (with sliding scale* as low as $225) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Poly families or groups of 3+ adults, register for additional $85 per additional person.
If any of this is cost prohibitive contact Ash at embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers such as doulas and midwives furthering their training for working with Q/T clients & families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional to standard birth classes in this Q/T class include:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans as a queer person/family and in general
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
Raising children without gender/sexuality expectations and managing cultural engendering
Queer parent community and relationship
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It is very content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 1.5 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: Mar 19-Apr 11, 2024
REGISTER
8 Part Interractive Class (16h total: hours expanded per participant request)
Each Tues & Thurs: Mar 19-Apr 11, 2024 @ 7:15 pm Eastern
Take note of timezone: 4:15 pm PST/6:15 pm CST/7:15 pm EST :: Every class recorded for folks who must come late or miss classes
Full schedule: Mar 19 - Mar 21 - Mar 26 - Mar 28 - Apr 2 - Apr 4 - Apr 9 - Apr 11
$385 (with sliding scale* as low as $225) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Poly families or groups of 3+ adults, register for additional $85 per additional person.
If any of this is cost prohibitive contact Ash at embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers such as doulas and midwives furthering their training for working with Q/T clients & families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional to standard birth classes in this Q/T class include:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans as a queer person/family and in general
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
Raising children without gender/sexuality expectations and managing cultural engendering
Queer parent community and relationship
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It is very content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 1.5 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: Nov 21 - Dec 20 @ 7pm
REGISTER
8 sessions between Nov 21 - Dec 20 @ 7pm EST
Full class schedule: Nov 21 - Nov 28 - Dec 5 - Dec 7 - Dec 12 - Dec 13 - Dec 19 - Dec 20
Take note of timezone: 4 pm PST/6 pm CST/7 pm EST :: Every class recorded for folks who must come late or miss classes
$385 (with sliding scale* as low as $225) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Poly families or groups of 3+ adults, register for additional $85 per additional person.
If any of this is cost prohibitive contact Ash at embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers such as doulas and midwives furthering their training for working with Q/T clients & families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional to standard birth classes in this Q/T class include:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans as a queer person/family and in general
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
Raising children without gender/sexuality expectations and managing cultural engendering
Queer parent community and relationship
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It is very content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 1.5 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: Sept 2023
SEPT 2023 CLASS FULL: email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com if your due date is too soon to take the Nov-Dec class
Seven Part Interractive Weeknight Class (16h total: hours expanded per participant request)
Every Tues & Thurs of September 2023 @ 7:00 pm EST (approx 2h duration)
Sept 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28
$385 (with sliding scale* as low as $225) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Poly families or groups of 3+ adults, register for additional $85 per additional person. If any of this is cost prohibitive contact Ash at embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers such as doulas and midwives furthering their training for working with QT clients/families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans as a queer person/family and in general
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It is very content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 1.5 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer Competency for Professionals
If you’re tired of worrying about saying the wrong thing, this jam packed 2 hours will teach you the foundational principles that will shift your understanding of queer identities & sexuality altogether such that you don’t have to memorize what to say or think, but instead have a more intuitive awareness of the issues uniquely affecting queer and trans people.
It can be so tricky for people who aren’t queer to advocate well and actually center the experience of queer clients and colleagues, but this class will help you dig out the misconceptions that cause the most common mistakes and make allying feel easier and enjoyable.
27 June 2023 @ 3pm Eastern: 2 hour live course via Zoom, recorded.
Recording will be sent to all registered.
This course is for professionals of all sectors from tech to health care, education to labor industries, and anything in between. If you work alongside, supervising, or serving clients who are queer and/or trans, this course will significantly jumpstart your ability to better meet the needs of LGBTQIA+ folks and increase their satisfaction, retention, social emotional safety and sense of sincere mutual respect.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: Apr 25-May 16
Seven Part Interractive Weeknight Class (14h total)
Every Tues & Wed starting April 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm EST
Class dates: April 25, 26, May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16
$375 (with sliding scale* as low as $225) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Poly families or groups of 3+ adults, register for additional $80 per additional person. If any of this is cost prohibitive contact Ash at embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers such as doulas and midwives furthering their training for working with QT clients/families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans as a queer person/family and in general
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It is very content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 1.5 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: Jan 24-Feb 8
Six Part Weeknight Interractive Class (12-14h total) over 3 weeks
Every Tues & Wed starting January 24, 2023 @ 7:00 pm EST
Class dates: January 24, 25, 31, February 1, 7, 8
$375 (with sliding scale* as low as $250) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Poly families or groups of 3+ adults, register for additional $80 per additional person. If any of this is cost prohibitive contact Ash: embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers such as doulas and midwives furthering their training for working with QT clients/families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It is very content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 1.5 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Power Dynamics in Parenting (Queering Parenting) Workshop
December 13, 2022 @ 2-4 pm EST
Cost: $60 (abundant financial options if cost prohibitive)
On Zoom. Class will be recorded and sent to all participants.
Power Dynamics in Parenting
Or, Queering Parenting for Parents of All Genders:
Breaking down the systems of oppression we were told are embedded into parenting such that our children can be more securely attached & emotionally well.
Power is a basic human need, but in our society parents have a profound degree of power over children, and when this is not acknowledged and used to empower their children, kids are left to reclaim their power back by climbing any ladders of hierarchy they can find- bullying, disobedience, “good grades”, fame, fortune, physical strength, knowledge, competitiveness, aggression, and more.
When our kids are trapped on the underside of power due to power dynamics parents are ignorant to, kids have to spend their energy seeking power (a human need) rather than following their curiosities and pursuing what brings joy.
You know something feels really wrong with parenting tactics that just power-over children to get them to do what you want.
What research on power has taught us is that when power dynamics are not named, they are by default used & abused to the benefit of those that hold the power. Parenting has an inherent power differential between guardians and children.
With awareness and specific intentional practices, parents can actually use their power to protect connection between themselves and their kids, prevent traumatic childhood experiences and rhythms, and increase children’s capacity for developing emotional wellbeing and secure attachment to others across their entire lives.
As a trans nonbinary queer Palestinian midwife and parent, I am and have been on many sides of power dynamics and have been teaching a primer on this topic in my queer/trans childbirth education classes the past 3 years. In every cohort participants ask me to teach a more thorough parenting class on the topic, and so, by request, here is the collection of research and experience I offer on parenting through the lens of Power. A queerer parenting relevant to all parents, for more wildly curious, connected, contented children.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: October
8 Part Weeknight Class (12 hours total)
Each Tuesday & Wednesday Oct 18 - Nov 9, 2022 from 8-9:30 pm EST
Class dates: Oct 18, 20, 25, 27, Nov 1, 2, 8, 9
$260-$335 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Contact Ash if this is cost prohibitive: embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers furthering their training for working with QT clients/families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It is very content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 1.5 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: August Weeknights
6 Part Weeknight Class (12 hours total)
Each Monday & Wednesday Aug 15 - Aug 31, 2022 from 7-9 pm EST
Class dates: Aug 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31
$260-$335 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner). Contact Ash if this is cost prohibitive at embodiedbirth@gmail.com.
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of queers, and/or queer support folks
Queer birth workers furthering their learning of working with QT clients/families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s often really hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person does not have to identify as queer, nor does the pregnant person, as long as there is at least one queer/trans participant registering)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic grounding
ACCESSIBILITY: This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom. It’s incredibly content dense and can be emotionally heavy, including open dialogue about significant fears that occasionally involve reference to participant’s traumatic experiences. Participants may take breaks or miss class according to their physical/emotional/schedule needs and the class is fully recorded for only the participants to watch/rewatch at their own pace. Please consider that this class may not be best for you if 2 hours each class of fast-paced, information dense, sometimes emotional content may be overwhelming or overstimulating and if using the videos more than the live class still may not make it accessible for you.
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
It is important that this class is financially accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower people IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: June Weeknights
6 Part Weeknight Class (12 hours total)
Each Monday & Wednesday June 13 - June 29, 2022 from 7-9 pm EST
Class dates: June 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29
$255-$310 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner).
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of the queer/trans individuals listed above
Queer birth workers furthering their learning of working with QT clients/families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s often really hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person/partner attendant is not required to identify as trans/queer, and the trans/queer individual does not have to be the pregnant or TTC individual, but may be the support person/partner attendant instead)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic exercise
This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom AND will be fully ASL interpreted. This class size will be larger in order to fully compensate ASL interpreters, but quality will be maintained!
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
It is important that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class: May+June Weeknights (6 total)
6 Part Weeknight Class (12 hours total)
Each Monday & Thursday May 16 - June 2 from 7-9 pm EST
Class dates: May 16 :: May 16 :: May 23 :: May 26 :: May 30 :: June 2
$255-$310 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner).
This interactive series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of the queer/trans individuals listed above
Queer birth workers furthering their learning of working with QT clients/families
This is an intimate community shared among queer and trans folks, and it’s often really hard to say goodbye! Occasional reunion meetups will be scheduled for past participants to reconnect, perhaps with babies in arms.
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person/partner attendant is not required to identify as trans/queer, and the trans/queer individual does not have to be the pregnant or TTC individual, but may be the support person/partner attendant instead)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic exercise
This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom AND will be fully ASL interpreted. This class size will be larger in order to fully compensate ASL interpreters, but quality will be maintained!
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
It is important that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
ASL Interpreted Queer/Trans Birth Class March-April
9 Part Queer/Trans Weeknight Series 2021:
March 28 - April 13: Every Monday & Wednesday from 7-9 pm EST
Dates included: Mar 28, 30 and Apr 4, 6, 11, 13
$255-$310 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner).
This series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of the queer/trans individuals listed above
Queer birth workers furthering their learning of working with QT clients/families
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person/partner attendant is not required to identify as trans/queer, and the trans/queer individual does not have to be the pregnant or TTC individual, but may be the support person/partner attendant instead)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic exercise
This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom AND will be fully ASL interpreted. This class size will be larger in order to fully compensate ASL interpreters, but quality will be maintained!
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
It is important that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Birth Class Weekend Series February
Queer/Trans Weekend Series 2021:
Feb 19, 20, 26: from 12 - 4:30 pm EST with breaks
$255-$310 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner).
This series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of the queer/trans individuals listed above
Queer birth workers furthering their learning of working with QT clients/families
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person/partner attendant is not required to identify as trans/queer, and the trans/queer individual does not have to be the pregnant or TTC individual, but may be the support person/partner attendant instead)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic exercise
This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom.
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
It is important that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown, and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Embodied Birth Class Jan-Feb 2021
CLASS FULL: Sign up for WAIT LIST with REGISTER form
6 Part Queer/Trans Weeknight Series 2021:
Jan 17 - Feb 3, 2022: Every Monday & Thursday from 7-9 pm EST
Dates included: Jan 17, 20, 24, 27, 31 and Feb 3
BACK UP Day in case of birth/death: Feb 7, 2022
$255-$295 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner).
This series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of the queer/trans individuals listed above
Queer birth workers furthering their learning of working with QT clients/families
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person/partner attendant is not required to identify as trans/queer, and the trans/queer individual does not have to be the pregnant or TTC individual, but may be the support person/partner attendant instead)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic exercise
This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom.
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
It is important that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and Black, Brown and Indigenous folks: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Queer/Trans Embodied Birth Class November
3 Part Queer/Trans Weekend Series 2021:
November 13, 14 & 20 from 1-5 pm EST
BACK UP Day in case of birth/death: November 21 from 1-5 pm EST
$245-$295 (sliding scale*) per registered pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person or partner).
This series is the Embodied Birth Class childbirth preparation curriculum specifically for:
Transgender, nonbinary, GNC, and other queers who are pregnant or trying to conceive (TTC) or partnered/familied with someone pregnant or TTC
Support people or pregnant partners of the queer/trans individuals listed above
Queer birth workers furthering their learning of working with QT clients/families
Topics specific to trans/queer folks will be discussed throughout and a closed (safer) QT space will be shared amongst participants.
(Note: The optional support person/partner attendant is not required to identify as trans/queer, and the trans/queer individual does not have to be the pregnant or TTC individual, but may be the support person/partner attendant instead)
Topics additional in this Q/T class include, but are not limited to:
Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Advocating for self and birth plans in general and as a queer person/family
Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
Hormone replacement therapy in the context of birth
Somatic exercises
This group class is taught live in English with live-automated captioning on Zoom.
*A sliding scale has been added to this class! Rather than increase the price for all attendants for the additional content that I feel is especially important for queer birthers, including somatic work, interaction, and many queer specific topics, I am asking those who can pay higher on the scale to please do so. Thank you for this kind of collaborative work that enables more queer/marginalized folks to receive important tools to live and birth well in this challenging modern context!
It is important that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about pay-what-you-can rates for transwomen and BIPOC: including indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, indigenous Palestinians and others in diaspora from their ancestral land, and Black and Brown folks.
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower IN their myriad identities. Please see home page regarding identities prior to registering to be sure this class is a fit for you.
Embodied Birth: Queer/Trans October Weekend Series
——CLASS FULL——
PART 1: Oct 16, 2021 Saturday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
PART 2: Oct 17, 2021 Sunday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
PART 3: Oct 23, 2021 Saturday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
Alternate day in case of birth: Oct 24
Embodied Birth: Queer/Trans September Weekend Series
—CLASS FULL—
PART 1: Sept 18, 2021 Saturday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
PART 2: Sept 19, 2021 Sunday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
PART 3: Sept 25, 2021 Saturday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
Alternate day in case of birth: Sept 26
Embodied Birth: Queer/Trans July Weekend Series
—CLASS FULL—
PART 1: July 10, 2021 Saturday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
PART 2: July 11, 2021 Sunday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
PART 3: July 18, 2021 Sunday 2 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST (starts 11 AM PST/12 PM MST/1 PM CST)
Alternate days in case of birth: July 17 (Part 1 or 2 alternate) or July 31 (Part 3 alternate)
Embodied Birth Class
PART 1: May 8, 2021 Saturday 12 PM EST - 5 PM EST (starts 9 AM PST/10 AM MST/11 AM CST)
PART 2: May 9, 2021 Sunday 12 PM EST - 5 PM EST (starts 9 AM PST/10 AM MST/11 AM CST)
Embodied Birth Class
PART 1: Feb 6, 2021 Saturday 12 PM EST - 5 PM EST (9 AM PST/11 AM CST - 2 PM PST/4 PM CST)
PART 2: Feb 7, 2021 Sunday 12 PM EST - 5 PM EST (9 AM PST/11 AM CST - 2 PM PST/4 PM CST)
$240 per pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 optional support person/partner)
For classes with 4+ pairs in attendance, registration will be discounted to $200/pair
It is important that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact Ash if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plans available upon request.
Email embodiedbirthclass@gmail.com about reduced rates for indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, including Palestinian people, people of color, & trans identified individuals.
For COVID precautions, this class is exclusively VIRTUAL via livestream on Skype.
Childbirth Class
PART 1: Nov 28, 2020 Saturday 12 PM EST - 5 PM EST
PART 2: Nov 29, 2020 Sunday 12 PM EST - 5 PM EST
$240 per pair of class attendants (1 person + 1 support person/partner)
For classes with 3+ pairs in attendance, registration will be discounted to $200/pair
It is important to me that this class is accessible to those who need it, so please contact me if you have concerns regarding pricing. Payment plan available upon request.
Email me about reduced rates for indigenous North Americans/First Nations' people, including Palestinian people, people of color, & trans identified individuals.
For COVID precautions, this class fits up to 2 pairs of IN PERSON attendants and up to 4 additional pairs attending LIVESTREAM via Skype
In-person class held at Ohio Hills Midwifery at 264 E. State Street Athens, Ohio