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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2023.10.18/ BSM Course, Part 2 /Danit Tsur Almog
Course Dates: October 18- November 8, 2023
10:30 am to 12:00 pm PSTEvery 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 $300.
$250 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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2024.02.14/ BSM Course, Part 2/Danit Tsur Almog
Course Dates: Feb 14 – March 6
11:00 am to 12:30 pm PSTEvery 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 $300.
$250 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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2024.03.21 / BSM Course, Part 2 / Nora Niculescu
Course Dates: March 21 – April 11, 2024
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 $300.
$250 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
(You will be redirected to your tutors payment page link: Cuibul Berzelor)
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2024.05.26/ BSM Course, Part 2 / Nicole Tricarico
Course Dates for Part II beginning in May 2024
Nicole lives in Australia, so below you will find dates and times for both Australia and USA
(USA) Sundays May 26th, June 9th, 16th 23rd 1pm-2.30pm Pacific Time. 4 x 90 minute calls. (No call on June 2nd)
which is
(Melbourne, Australia). Mondays May 27th, June 10th, 17th, 24th from 6am-7.30 am Melbourne Time. 4 x 90 minute calls. (No call on June 3rd)
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 $300.
$250 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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