Learn, Connect & Prepare
Classes & Community Events
Explore our current classes, workshops, and community offerings for expectant parents, birth partners, families, doulas, and perinatal professionals. From practical birth preparation to hands-on professional education, each offering is designed to build confidence, connection, and real-world skills.
Email Kari at kari@btownbirth.com to reserve your space for a workshop, ask questions, or request information about private sessions.
Comfort for Birth
Hands-On Tools for Labor Support
Join massage therapist and birth doula Kari Cantrell of Btown Birth & Bodywork for a practical, hands-on workshop designed to help you and your support person feel more prepared for labor. You'll also learn practical strategies for managing pain and feeling more comfortable throughout the duration of your pregnancy.
In this 90-minute class, you’ll learn simple, effective techniques to increase comfort, reduce tension, and support the natural process of labor.
Together we’ll practice tools you can actually use during birth, including:
• Comfort positions for pregnancy and labor
• Massage techniques for labor support
• Rebozo techniques for easing tension and encouraging baby’s movement
• Acupressure and reflexology points for comfort
• Hot, cold, and pressure techniques for pain relief
• Partner support strategies during contractions
• Daily movements and exercises to prepare your body for birth
This class is interactive, approachable, and rooted in evidence-based comfort measures that can be used at home, in the hospital, or at a birth center.
Whether you’re early in pregnancy or approaching your due date, you’ll leave with practical tools and greater confidence heading into labor.
Details:
Sunday, August 30th, 10am - 11:30am
Length: 90 minutes
What to bring: Comfortable clothing you can move in. Water bottle. Blanket or yoga mat for when we get on the floor.
$75 per couple.
Please choose an amount that feels accessible for your family while helping support others in the community. Private in-home sessions also available for $150.
Limited to 5 couples to allow for hands-on practice and personalized guidance.
Email Kari at kari@btownbirth.com to reserve your space in class or request info on private sessions.
Bodywork Basics for Birthworkers
Hands-On Skills for Doulas and Perinatal Professionals
Join us for an interactive 90-minute workshop focused on practical, hands-on techniques for supporting comfort, balance, and relaxation during pregnancy and labor.
We’ll explore the Spinning Babies' Three Sisters of Balance, foundational rebozo techniques, counterpressure, hip squeezes, and simple massage techniques for the hands, feet, scalp, and face. You’ll have time to practice each technique, receive feedback, and learn how to adapt your touch to the needs of each client—while also protecting your own hands, wrists, and body.
This workshop is intended for doulas, childbirth educators, and other perinatal professionals who want to feel more confident providing hands-on support. No previous bodywork experience is required.
Event Details:
Sunday, August 30 | 12–1:30 p.m.
Suggested donation: $25-50
Wear comfortable clothing and come prepared to practice.
**This is an independent educational workshop and is not an official Spinning Babies® training or certification.
Infant Massage and TummyTime! Classes
At Tandem
Join us at Tandem Birth and Postpartum House for free monthly TummyTime! and infant massage classes. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. at 2613 E. Third Street in Bloomington. No registration is required.
During class, you’ll learn nurturing massage strokes for your baby’s whole body, strategies for calming and connection, techniques to ease gas and digestive discomfort, comforting yoga-inspired holds, and gentle ways to help your baby roll into and out of tummy time using the TummyTime! Method™. We offer plenty of time for demonstration, practice, and questions so you can leave feeling confident using these skills at home.
These classes can benefit all babies, but may be especially supportive for families navigating feeding difficulties, reflux, colic, tongue ties, body tension, torticollis, or plagiocephaly. Classes are best suited for newborns through pre-crawling babies and are also a lovely opportunity to connect with other local parents.
