MaternalβFetal Wellbeing
From the microbiome at the earliest stages of life to polyvagal theory for perinatal support, and clear recognition of warning signs in the health of mother and baby.
In-Person Training Β· Tenjo, Colombia
Elemental Doula Training
Reweaving Memory & Culture through Birth Care
An ethically grounded, evolutionarily attuned training for those called to support birth and reproductive passages with depth, presence, and cultural integrity.
The Distinction
The doula & the monitrice
A doula restores living wisdom β supporting the physiological, emotional, and spiritual unfolding of birth through presence and education. Their work is an act of cultural remembering, empowering each family to reclaim their power.
A monitrice bridges the worlds of doula and midwife.
Grounded in continuous support, a monitrice also carries clinical assessment skills β fetal heart tones, maternal vitals, labor progress β supporting families to labor at home as long as possible, with safety and continuity, and may serve as a midwife apprentice.
Over Eight Days
What we will cover
The Variations of Labor
The biomechanics of birth and a range of holistic, non-pharmacological labor support tools β phytotherapy and herbal allies, homeopathy, and hands-on support.
Clinical & Embodied Skills
Rebozo and advanced biomechanics, maternal vital signs, fetal heart monitoring, non-invasive assessment of labor progress and dilation, and early postpartum binding & womb abdominal massage.
Somatic Ritual & Elemental Evolution
Inipi (sweat lodge) ceremony and elemental breathwork β practices for nervous-system regulation, spiritual strength, and practitioner embodiment.
Who This Is For
The called
For those feeling called to support birth and reproductive passages with depth, presence, and cultural integrity β rooted in bilingual, bicultural, and diasporic lineages. You will emerge ready to serve your community as a monitrice, with embodied skills, practical tools, and a rooted framework of care.
What to Expect
- An intensive, rigorous in-person immersion β with intentional space carved out for integration.
- Eight days of hands-on learning, somatic practice, and evolutionary self-care in community.
- Held at Finca Ocelote in Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia β a land-based setting that supports depth and relational learning.
- Grounded in improving maternal, infant, and community health within ancestral and modern frameworks.
The Setting
Held at Finca Ocelote.
A land-based setting in Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia β ethically grounded, evolutionarily attuned, and devoted equally to the craft of birth care and the inner life of the practitioner.
In-Person Immersion
Applications are open
An eight-day intensive in community. Apply to begin your path as an elemental doula and monitrice.
