Elemental Birth School

Monitrice Training — May 24-31, 2026

Tenjo-Cundinamarca, Colombia

Reweaving Memory & Culture through Birth Care

Applications are open through March 1 2026, or until all spaces are filled. Those who apply by January 31 will receive $200 off tuition.
This training is intentionally limited to 15 participants.

  The Elemental Birth School was created to cultivate doulas and monitrices who are:

• Elementally embodied

• Ethically grounded

• Evolutionarily attuned

This training is rooted in improving maternal, infant, and community health within bilingual, bicultural, and diasporic lineages, honoring both ancestral memory and contemporary practice.

Who This Training Is For

This immersion is for those feeling called to support birth and reproductive passages with depth, presence, and cultural integrity.

You will emerge ready to support your community as a Monitrice—with embodied skills, practical tools, and a rooted framework of care.

What to Expect

Our in-person Monitrice Training is intensive and rigorous. While we intentionally carve out space for integration, participants should be prepared to be fully present and engaged from 8:00am on the first day (May 24)  through 6:00pm on the final day (May 31).

Over eight days, we gather in community to engage in hands-on learning, somatic practice, and evolutionary self-care that support practitioner embodiment, resilience, and longevity in birth work.

Trainings are held at Finca Ocelote in Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia—a land-based setting that supports depth, integration, and relational learning.

What We Will Cover

Foundations of Maternal–Fetal Wellbeing

This training offers a comprehensive foundation in maternal–fetal health, beginning at the earliest stages of life. Participants explore the microbiome at the beginning of life, learn to calculate estimated due date and gestational age, and develop skills in assessing maternal vital signs and fetal heart monitoring to evaluate overall wellbeing.

The curriculum integrates practical applications of polyvagal theory for perinatal support, alongside clear recognition of warning signs in the health of the mother–baby dyad. Space is also held for the often-unspoken realities of grief and bereavement, including miscarriage, pregnancy release, and fetal demise—offering practitioners language, presence, and tools for compassionate support.

Supporting the Physiology and Variations of Labor

Participants gain a deep understanding of the physiology of labor and its natural variations. This includes the biomechanics of birth, with focused attention on posterior and breech presentations, as well as an exploration of both physiological onset of labor and medically induced labor.

The training covers a range of holistic and non-pharmacological labor support tools, including phytotherapy and herbal allies, homeopathy, and hands-on strategies for attending precipitous birth with preparedness, calm, and grounded presence.

Applied Clinical & Embodied Skills

Throughout the training, participants develop practical, integrative skills through direct practice and guided integration, including:

• Rebozo and advanced biomechanics of labor

• Assessment of maternal vital signs

• Fetal heart monitoring and wellbeing assessment

• Non-invasive assessment of labor progress and dilation

• Early postpartum binding and womb abdominal massage

These skills are taught to support confidence, discernment, and ethical responsibility in birth care.

Somatic Ritual & Elemental Evolution

Practices for Practitioner Development

This training is equally devoted to the inner life of the practitioner. Somatic ritual and elemental practices support nervous system regulation, spiritual resilience, and intuitive development, including:

• Inipi (Sweat Lodge) Ceremony: prayer, purification, and spiritual strength

• Elemental Breathwork: awakening inner currents and psycho-emotional release

• Earth Offering: cultivating reciprocity and grounded presence

These practices anchor the work in humility, relationship, and embodied wisdom—essential foundations for sustainable, ethical birth care.

 This Monitrice Training is advanced, immersive, and responsibility-bearing. It is designed for those who already hold foundational understanding of birth and are ready to deepen into clinical discernment, embodied practice, and ethical accountability.

Before applying, please take a moment to reflect honestly on the following.

Foundational Prerequisites

You are encouraged to apply if you:

• Have foundational education or lived experience in birth, reproductive health, or perinatal support

• Have completed a doula training, midwifery studies, childbirth education, or equivalent community-based learning

• Are currently supporting—or preparing to support—families during pregnancy, birth, or postpartum

• Have familiarity with basic birth physiology and perinatal terminology

If you do not yet have these foundations, we strongly recommend beginning with:

• Elemental Birth School: Monthly Study Studio, or

• Guardians of Birth: The Art of Birth Care,
  before applying to this training.

Your Investment Includes

Lodging

• Accommodation at Hospedaje La Casona, a charming boutique hotel in the pueblo

• Private room with ensuite bathroom for each participant

Nourishment

• Daily breakfast and lunch, plus a closing dinner on our final day

• Meals are prepared using organic, fresh, and locally sourced ingredients

• An omnivorous menu, with vegetarian adaptations available

• Please list any dietary needs or restrictions in your application; we will do our best to accommodate them

Daily dinners (except the final night) are not included. There are many nourishing and delicious options within walking distance in town.

Transportation

• Round-trip transportation between the pueblo and Finca Ocelote for all immersion days

Investment

• $2,013 USD — when you apply before January 31

• $2,213 USD — for applications received after January 31

✨ This investment includes everything listed above.

 Click here for special pricing for LATAM participants and residents of countries outside the U.S., EU, and Australia.

Not Included

• Airfare

• Transportation to and from the airport

• Daily dinners (except the final night)

• Traveler’s insurance

Refund & Exchange Policy

• All deposits and payments are final, non-refundable, and non-exchangeable

• If your application is not accepted, you will receive a full refund

• If Seed to Body cancels the immersion for any reason, you will receive a full refund

• If the immersion is cancelled due to acts of God (hurricane, earthquake, severe storms) or civil unrest, 15% of the total amount paid will be returned

• COVID-19 and/or personal illness are not grounds for reimbursement

For this reason, we strongly recommend purchasing comprehensive travel and health insurance, which typically covers COVID-related and other illness-related disruptions.

We recommend: Allianz Travel Insurance
https://www.allianztravelinsurance.com 

The Elemental Monitrice Training

is a living, co-creative tapestry—where ancestral wisdom is activated and professional mastery takes root.

It is an initiation into the sacred responsibility of walking with families through the perinatal threshold, held with skill, integrity, and reverence.

We are living in a time of globalized, mixed realities. Families are more diverse than ever, while many health systems are strained—often disconnected from the cultural, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of birth.

The Elemental Birth School arises in response to this moment, grounded in the understanding that birth is where culture begins—and where living culture can be renewed.

We prepare birth workers who serve as bridges between worlds—rooted in elemental wisdom, fluent in modern systems, and devoted to conscious advocacy for perinatal health and community well-being.

This training invites you to weave ancestral knowledge and elemental consciousness with evidence-based science, while honoring your unique gifts as you walk an evolutionary path of care for maternal, infant, and collective health.