Whole Body Pregnancy Postpartum Doula Training

This spring, I’m offering a postpartum doula training rooted in slowness, careful attention, and sustainability. More than just a standard doula training, this self-paced, holistic certification training is aimed not just at how we care for people after pregnancy, but how we care for ourselves as birth workers.

The Whole Body Pregnancy Postpartum Doula Training is for people who want to become postpartum care providers, or those who want to deepen their existing practice in ways that honor postpartum families beyond the fourth trimester.

We move slowly and purposefully here, not because the work is simple, but because it is tender. This is not a fast certification or a content-heavy course, it is a carefully held training that centers presence, skill, nervous-system awareness, physical bodily care, and long-term sustainability in postpartum care.

Who this Training is For

This training may be a good fit if you are:

• An aspiring postpartum doula

• A practicing doula or birthworker seeking depth in practice and sustainability in self

• A caregiver drawn to postpartum work at a humane pace

• Someone who understands that birth is a moment, but postpartum is forever

• Someone who wants to do this work from a centered and embodied space

You don’t need to arrive with everything figured out yet. You do need a willingness to slow down, reflect, dance with your shadows, and engage thoughtfully.

How the Training Unfolds

The Postpartum Doula Training unfolds through a self-paced core curriculum, supported by bi-weekly live group check-ins for integration, mentorship, discussions, and reflections. This structure allows the learning to happen at a humane pace; spacious enough to absorb, grounded enough to apply. You’ll move through the core material on your own schedule, while the regular live space and on-going community forums allow you to be witnessed, to ask questions, and to integrate what you’re learning into real world care.

Upon completion of this course you will have:

• A strong foundation in postpartum doula care

• Language for supporting families without rushing or fixing

• Embodied, nervous system informed care giving practices

• Traditional postpartum care practices to care for people in the immediate postpartum through the first year after birth

• Tactical postpartum support practices to help ground and prepare families for the first year after birth

• Greater clarity around personal boundaries, capacity, and sustainability

• Confidence rooted in presence rather than performance.

• An understanding of the physical postpartum body and how to care for it

• Self care practices to keep you rooted in the work in a sustainable way

• Insight into the practices of your own lineage

• The frame work to create healing postpartum rituals

• Working knowledge of postpartum nutrition and care
  
  This training honors self-preservation, self-care and love, not hustle.

Timing

The core curriculum, digital workbook, and online community will open on the New Moon of March 19th.
We will have a total of 6 live sessions between March 19th and May 31st, May’s 2nd Full Moon.

The curriculum and live sessions are designed to be educational as well as nourishing to your mind, body, and spirit as you work through the material.

Investment

Early Bird Pricing : $925 (opens February 1st for Newsletter subscribers)
Standard Pricing : $1050

Pre-Registration is open now. Enrollment is limited to preserve the integrity of the container. The next Training will be in Fall 2026

FAQ

Is this training live or self-paced?
The core curriculum is self-paced so you can move through the material on your own schedule. The training is supported by bi-weekly live group check-ins for integration, reflection, and support.

How much time should I expect to spend on the material each week?
Most participants spend 2-4 hours per week, depending on timing, schedule, and how deeply they engage. The training is intentionally designed to be flexible.

Is this a certification?
Yes, you will receive a certificate of completion when you have worked through the core curriculum. For people interested in certification, there is an additional fee and requirements.

Is your training accredited?
Doula work, in and of itself, is not a medical position or medically regulated. Therefore, all certifying organizations; Whole Body Pregnancy, BADT, Cornerstone, etc. are stand alone. Upon completion of certification you will be a Whole Body Pregnancy C-PD.

Is this training suitable if I’m already a doula?
Yes, many experienced doulas take this training to deepen their postpartum practice, reconnect with their values, and to explore sustainable ways to be in this work.

Do I need prior birth or doula training?
No prior training is required and you do not have to be someonw who has given birth to take this training.

Will there be homework or assignments?
Each module ends with reflection questions, journal prompts, meditations or other embodied practice - these are all for you. For folks who are interested in certification, there are homework assignments.

What if I can’t attend the live check ins?
The live sessions will be recorded and shared. You are encouraged to attend whenever possible, but life happens and attendance is not mandatory.

How long will I have access to the training?
Whole Body Pregnancy truly believes that doula work should be sustainable, education is on-going, and access is powerful. Therefore, you have lifetime access to the training AND continuing education.

Is there a payment plan?
Yes, payment plan details can be find in the enrollment page.

More questions? Send an email to erikadavis@wholebodypregnancy.com

Training Outline

Module 1 - Roots: Shifting Perspective of Postpartum

• Modern vs traditional view of postpartum

• Importance of postpartum care as care for the world

• Postpartum timeline

• Sustaining ourselves so we can sustain our clients

Module 2 - Foundations : Core principals for Postpartum Care

• Postpartum Anatomy

• The postpartum continuum

• The role of a postpartum doula
  
  
  
  

  Module 3 - Hearth : Holding the Postpartum Nervous System
  
  
  
  

• Embodied postpartum basics

• Co-regulation and presence

• Trauma-informed postpartum care

• Embodied self-care practices for doulas
  
  
  
  

Module 4 - Heart

• Tending to the emotional and spiritual shifts in postpartum

• Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders

• Support for non-gestational parents

• Navigating family dynamics and expectations
  
  
  

Module 5 - Body : Physical Support in Postpartum

• The importance of postpartum rest

• Care for the postpartum body

• Heat Modalities in postpartum

• Belly Binding

Module 6 - Home : Practical Postpartum Care Practices

• Physical and household care

• Feeding support

• Setting up the postpartum home space

• Newborn care basics

Module 7 - Fence : Creating sturdy boundaries

• Understanding our role as doulas

• Ethical care and consent

• Burnout prevention and capacity awareness

Module 8 - Integration : Real world practice

• Understanding your why and values

• Money and pricing

• Finding your birth worker community

• Caring for community