HypnoBirthing Intensive for Couples

The partner is part of the preparation, with shared breathing and visualisation exercises to keep practising after the workshop.

Breathing and body awareness exercises, relaxation, guided visualisation and discussion of mental preparation and birth positions. The intensive introduces exercises from all four HypnoBirthing modules and provides material for further practice. Expectant couples interested in practising birth preparation together. Melanie's offer page recommends the couples group from around the 26th week of pregnancy.

CHF 195 per couple for one 4-hour workshop. Choose an advertised workshop date rather than attending every Sunday. Booking is through SportsNow and requires an account. Cancellation terms and a registration deadline are not stated on the public workshop page.

Preparing for birth can also be a shared practice. In this HypnoBirthing intensive, Melanie Nohr introduces couples to breathing, relaxation and visualisation exercises, with time to explore which approaches they want to continue practising together. The course draws on four modules covering mental preparation, awareness of how thoughts affect the body, breathing during labour, relaxation and visualisation. Partners explore affirmations, their own picture of birth and ways of staying connected with one another and their baby. Birth positions and the baby's movement during birth are also part of the programme. This is an overview workshop rather than the organiser's complete twelve-hour HypnoBirthing course. The emphasis is on discovering resources you can return to after the session. Melanie teaches yoga and movement and works with breath therapy based on Ilse Middendorf's approach. The workshop takes place at Devi Yoga & Atem in Bern. Each advertised date is a separate four-hour workshop for couples, priced at CHF 195 per couple.

• Melanie Nohr

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  Melanie Nohr teaches yoga and movement and works with breath therapy based on Ilse Middendorf's approach. Her HypnoBirthing offer includes breathing, body awareness and visualisation for birth preparation.

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