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Learn, Connect, & Prepare
Explore classes, workshops, and community offerings for expectant parents, families, birth partners, 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.
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:
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Comfortable positions for pregnancy and labor
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Massage, counterpressure, and hip squeezes
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Rebozo techniques for comfort and movement
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Acupressure and other hands-on comfort measures
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Partner support during contractions
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Simple movements to practice before 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:
Date: Dec. 13, 2026; 1 - 2:30 p.m.
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.
Cost: $75 per couple.
Limited to 5 couples to allow for hands-on practice and personalized guidance. Contact Kari 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:
November 8 · 10–11:30 a.m.
90 minutes
Suggested donation: $25–50
For doulas, childbirth educators & perinatal professionals
**This is an independent educational workshop and is not an official Spinning Babies® training or certification.
Space is limited to allow for hands-on practice and personalized guidance. Contact Kari to reserve your space in class.
Infant Massage and TummyTime! Classes
At Tandem
Join us at Tandem Birth and Postpartum House for free monthly TummyTime! and infant massage classes.
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.
Classes are designed for newborns through pre-crawling babies and are a great fit for families wanting support with TummyTime, comfortable movement, body tension, calming and connection, and playful ways to interact with their baby. Classes are best suited for newborn through pre-crawling babies.
Details:
Every third Tuesday of each month,11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Held at Tandem - 2613 E. Third Street in Bloomington
Free, no registration is required
