Part II: Become a Birth Story Tracker
a four-week course
There is a vast difference between “tracking” a birth story and passively listening and meandering through one. In Part II, you’ll awaken your Tracker archetype as a birth story listener, and heighten your level of attention to detail and learn to follow clues that an ordinary listener would miss.
Part II shows you how to set up a session in a totally new way, that nearly ensures a desied change would change by the end of the hour. Rather than following the Storyteller down their familiar road, everything can change when you have the storyteller follow a new path.
Just as each trail is “one of a kind”
for a wilderness tracker,
after Part II you will experience
every birth story session
as one of a kind.
One of the tasks of postpartum is to gather and examine shattered and scattered beliefs and hopes. But, without a trained birth story listener, parents often tell their story over and over to people who only half listen because they are still in trauma and over-identifying with the storyteller's feelings or beliefs, and thus, cannot attend to the work without judgment.
In Part II, you will learn to:
- Track a story
- Lead, pace, and contain a birth story
- Listen deeply with five "ears"
- Follow the "map" for the first half of a session
- Identify the nine birth story Gates
- Distinguish assumptions, beliefs, and internal conflict
- Offer empathic acknowledgment
Upon registration, you will receive a course outline, reading list, a link to online modules and an invitation to live calls.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Students love our 90-minute live consultations on Zoom each week. Your facilitator will demonstrate each new step and technique to track a story and answer questions. Consider the online Forum a second virtual "classroom" where the facilitator and peers meet to discuss questions, case studies, and insights in email format; it's also where you upload homework and receive constructive feedback.
A direct experience of our birth story process leads to embodied understanding. You can make a private appointment with any one of the facilitators for an additional fee.
To register for Part II, you will need to:
- Complete requirements of Birth Story Medicine Part I
- Dedicate a minimum of 30-minutes daily to reading
and listening to weekly lessons - Submit weekly homework on the Forum to receive
valuable feedback from your facilitator - Create a quiet space to participate in the four live
consultation calls (e.g., arrange child care).
Upcoming Courses
*All students taking Part II must successfully pass Part I first.
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2023.02.16 / BSM Course, Part 2 / Nora Niculescu
Course Dates: February 16 – March 9, 2023
Thursdays, 10:00 to 11:30 am PST
Every student in part II is required to schedule a Birth Story Session for themselves, costing $50.
When registering please confirm you understand the total price for this course is $270.
$220 for the course paid upon registering, and $50 paid directly to your tutor when scheduling the session.*Please read our refund policy below before signing up
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2023.03.29 / BSM Course, Part 2 / Danit Tsur Almog
Course Dates: March 29- April 26, 2023
*Please Note: There is no class on April 5th, due to a holiday in Israel.
During that week the private session with each student will be held.11:00 am to 12:30 pm PST
Every student in part II is required to schedule a Birth Story Session for themselves, costing $50.
When registering please confirm you understand the total price for this course is $270.
$220 for the course paid upon registering, and $50 paid directly to your tutor when scheduling the session.*Please read our refund policy below before signing up
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2023.04.30 / BSM Course, Part 2 / Nicole Tricarico
Course Dates for Part II beginning in April/May 2023
Nicole lives in Australia, so below you will find dates and times for both Australia and USA
(USA) Sundays April 30th-May 21st from 4.30-6pm Pacific Time. 4 x 90 minute calls.
which is
(Melbourne, Australia). Mondays 1st May-22nd May from 9:30 am to 11:00 am Melbourne Time. 4 x 90 minute calls.
You can check your own timezone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Every student in part II is required to schedule a Birth Story Session for themselves, costing $50 USD
When registering please confirm you understand the total price for this course is $270.
$220 for the course paid upon registering, and $50 paid directly to your tutor when scheduling the session.*Please read our refund policy below before signing up
“A trail is something that must be followed
until it gives up its secretor puts [you]
onto the trail of something even more amazing.”
~ Tom Brown jr. The Tracker
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