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Kassandra Lee

Registered Doula

Conscious Birth Facilitator

Classes available evenings and weekends

M: 0421 691 068 E: kasslee@live.com

Hi my name is Kassandra Lee (Benfer). I am a qualified doula who has supported women on their birthing journeys since 2007. I am a certified Hypnobirthing practictioner and in early 2010 I will be expanding my professional repertoire to include ‘Conscious Birth’ (yoga programme) and the amazing ‘Birth into Being’ techniques of Elena Tonetti -Vladmirova as seen in her world renown video ‘Birth as we know it’. I have studied half (18 months) of my bachelor of midwifery at ACU but have taken a break due to the uncertainty of the future of homebirth midwifery. I believe I am better able to live out my passion of preparing and supporting women in birthing when not part of a hospital team restricted by policy and politics. As a doula there is even greater freedom from paperwork and routine obs – I am able to be 100% fully present for the mother. I have a four year old son who was born naturally at Tweed Heads Hospital. I trust birth and know that every woman deserves the love and support of the people around her to hold the space and feed her confidence in her ability to birth her baby vaginally. Prepare your body, your mind and your spirit as best you can and let your birthing unfold as it will.

Kassandra's Conscious Birth Website

Bree Taylor

HBCE (Registered HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator - HypnoBirthing Mongan Method)

Master Pracitioner, Neuro Linguistic Programming

Dip. Applied Science

As a certified HypnoBirthing practitioner I believe that birth is a natural, instinctual process, and given the right supportive environment it can be a transformational and empowering event.

Every woman deserves to feel total confidence in her ability to birth her baby, which is why I believe HypnoBirthing is so important. It provides women with the opportunity to birth free of fear.

Background

In 2001 I first came across NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) which changed the way I live my life. I then pursued studies in NLP to become a Practitioner, and now have strong belief in the ability of the mind to influence the body.

When I first came across HypnoBirthing in 2004 I decide that it was something I must use when the time came for me to have children, particularly as it was so strongly based on the same kind of principles as NLP.

In 2009 I became pregnant with our first child, and after a smooth pregnancy my son was born in a drug free water birth; healthy, happy and the epitome of a HypnoBirthing baby.

As a HypnoBirthing Practitioner, I am here to share with you the benefits and joys of HypnoBirthing, so that you, like I did, can have the positive, empowering birth that you dream of.

I would be delighted to talk to you about what HypnoBirthing can do for you and your baby.

Helen Pywell

BA Psych, Cert IV Training & Assessment

HBCE (Registered HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator - HypnoBirthing Mongan Method)

M: 043 003 6211 E: doulahelen@gmail.com

I discovered HypnoBirthing in 2003, when pregnant with my first child, who is now attending Primary school. My naturopath suggested it might be helpful, and I enrolled with Leanne Jackson, who is still teaching classes at Beachmere. HypnoBirthing for me was absolutely transformational! Finally I could be excited again about my pregnancy and about my body's ability to grow, nurture and birth a baby. I decided from that time on that every woman should have the opportunity to experience POSITIVE preparation for birth like I did.

I have been working with couples individually and in small groups since late 2006, facilitating the HypnoBirthing journey and watching as each mother gradually grows into the excitement, anticipation and confidence that are hers to enjoy when she is positively prepared for the birth of her child. This is where I gain the greatest sense of personal satisfaction, returning birth to each woman as a celebration and opportunity for claiming her birthright to an empowered joyous birth of her child.

I would be delighted to talk to you further about how HypnoBirthing can assist in preparation for a gentle, calm and empowered birth for you and your baby. Please contact me anytime via email: doulahelen@gmail.com, or phone: 043 003 6211.

"If we aim to create a nonviolent world, we must begin with love and nourishment in the womb" - Deepak Chopra, Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives

...one birth at a time.....I look forward to meeting you soon and wish you a very Happy Birthing Day!.

Helen Pywell, P: 043 003 6211, E: doulahelen@gmail.com