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How can I become a postpartum AyurDoula?
Why would I want to become a postpartum AyurDoula?

"I see such a difference during postpartum in those women who have this Ayurvedic postpartum care." North Carolina Midwife

1. Discover Ayurvedic Medicine and its gifts for you, your own family, and your clients' best care.
2. Learn the power & rare practice of the Ayurvedic postnatal mothers’ home spa hot oil and other treatments.
3. Prepare & experience delicious suitable meals for the unique and little understood special perinatal needs.
4. Learn to teach simple & effective Ayurvedic infant massage.
5. Gain little known wisdom & methods to avoid & manage colic.
6. Receive Ayurvedic home panchakarma cleansing and Mother's Home Spa Care during postpartum home-spa training.
7. Gain little known wisdom & methods to avoid & help reverse Postpartum Depression.
8. Prepare saleable formulas for key postpartum herbal support.
9. Cultivate counseling wisdom for postnatal families.
10. Experience and study essential oils to safely support more comfortable & healthy pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and family life.
11. Reduce mother & doula burnout while increasing your income potential.

We can effectively can turn this, what has been called "THE black hole in health-care" into the radiant basis of healthy society it should be, while earning higher pay and much greater job satisfaction! Gain self care tools while learning deep Ayurvedic understanding of forgotten keys, and safe gentle support skills.

Read testimonials from our in-home AyurDoula clients on the CARE pages.

These courses cover knowledge we consider essential for birth and postpartum doulas, childbirth educators, birth centers, midwives, holistic nurses, lactation consultants, psychologists, yoga teachers, infant and prenatal masseuses, obstetrical practitioners, hospital dietitians and others wanting to avoid and reverse postpartum depression, prevent colic and support mothers for strong lactation and rejuvenation!

Read student and graduate testimonials HERE.

Sacred Window provides advanced postpartum training for perinatal birth professionals offering theoretical, hands on and clinical learning plus support products. Effective Ayurvedic and cross cultural modalities strengthen maternal and infant wellbeing, and avoid colic, depression and other common problems for most effortless, loving and healthy infancy and motherhood!

The knowledge given in these courses begins to fill a crucial gap in modern and complementary health care practices. The program is designed to assist parents, health practitioners and doulas who wish to efficiently protect and support mothers, babies and their families their most blissful experience of all layers of health in the context of connectedness to all of life. This certification training program offers skills and medically established principles used for thousands of years in other cultures.

Course Offerings For the Postpartum AyurDoula certificate

Sacred Window is offering 16 modules of study in both intensive and correspondence education options. Includes 2 level Foundations and Skills - 135 hours, advanced Postpartum AyurDoula certificate (with internship);

AyurDoula Trainer Training. See 3rd level Advanced Perinatal Ayurvedic Specialist classes offered through RMIYA. Student support includes extensive written materials, ready to practice paperwork and website for client referrals, education, handbook and products.

The CPPAD - Postpartum AyurDoula Certificate

The CPPAD is received upon completion of all levels 1 and 2 requirements. See the Certification Study link for more detailed information.

Admission & Prerequisites

Preference is given to women enrolling in the full certification program, and to women who are engaged in perinatal work/training and/or who have done personal yogic and/or Ayurvedic practices for the last year or more. Equivalent course work will be evaluated on an individual case basis with transcript copy. Fathers or other men are welcome to take selected classes, including all of Level 1.

There are no pre-requisites for Level 1 training, but those unfamiliar with Ayurveda or Doula topics will find this link helpful.

All hands on and Protocols classes require the Level 1- Ayurvedic postpartum foundations (2 day) class. Each class or class series ends with an exam and internship homework.

Student Support

Course structure offers support for your own continued growth and health through experience of the Ayurvedic home cleansing (panchakarma), along with Ayurvedic meals, yogic, breathing, and group prayer and your chosen meditation, promoting habits to avoid burnout in our daily life and work. Extensive written materials for parent and practice support are included. Preceptor contact hours by phone are built into the curriculum, as well as available on as needed basis for reduced hourly fee. The level three program currently is listed to support CPPAD graduates with wonderful continuing education options, as well as the opportunity to prepare themselves for more advanced women-care qualification. Certification of attendance for satisfactory completion will be given for each level and for individual classes upon request.

OPTIONS

Students choosing the full CPPAD - Certification as a Postpartum AyurDoula, are required to complete the full 120 hours (including both 5 day intensives) plus internship and a postpartum basic doula training.

Three of the four Level One classes may be taken in many locations in this country, or the full 120 hours is offered in a sequence at RMIYA - Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda.

Students may choose any modules they have requisite background for with approval of faculty on a space available basis. Certificates of attendance are offered.

Correspondence Options
Classes are available in correspondence format; however note that the NAMA - National Ayurvedic Medical Association - does not recognize correspondence trainings in Ayurvedic medicine, due to the tremendous difference in learning with direct teacher contact. Extra reading and extra paid faculty phone contact hours as needed are required.

This correspondence option is offered for mothers unable to travel, and Ayurvedic professionals who already have ample credit hours to qualify with NAMA. Due to the many differences, a registration fee of $125 is required which includes personalization over the phone and internet of your program, and the appropriate record keeping variations. Level 1 and 2 certificates are awarded with completion of all requirements.

Other Locations by Request
Due to cost and constraints of what it takes to have a life and to travel, these will be evaluated on the following criteria and others:

• Research project or influential birth professionals context
• Grant funded service projects
• Publicity for guaranteed group size minimum 10 - 12, or 20 with trainer training simultaneous
• Ayurvedically pre-qualified students or Institute setting
• 70 hours training in 10 days or two 5 day intensives format for the postpartum specific classes, AFNMICC and all of level 2)
• R&R settings in wilderness beauty
• Include faculty travel to area and ground, meals, materials, facilities, equipment & supplies per our specifications arranged by your group. Fees by arrangement.
• Gemutlichkeit (that's a German word not easily translated, about special warm comfortable friendliness).
• Telephone consultations: with Ysha Oakes, D.Ay., Postpartum AyurDoula 14 Years. $85./hour, Doubter’s 10 minute free consults.

Costs
Cost will vary somewhat by location and class needs (cooking, massage, etc). Please contact indicated location hostesses for details.