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TantricBirth or Tantric Birth is a fully embodied and conscious practice of birthing.

Nekole Shapiro, LMP as the founder of TantricBirth, trains Tantric Doulas and coaches families from pre-conception into the first year after the birth of a child. She explains; "TantricBirth is a model of birth support that aims to empower the family unit through holistic embodiment practices and intimacy building exercises."

Tantric Birth is a practice to build embodied and engaged partnerships and families in the world. Through the classes for parents, expecting families and birth workers Tantric Birth trainings include classes on sex during pregnancy, Tantric Birth Doula training, Peer Counseling for Birth, and More Oxytocin Please!; a class on increasing oxytocin levels during birth.

Tantric Birth is connected to the Escatic Birth movement. It is intertwined with the work of others seeking to reconnect the body, presence, pleasure and sexuality with birth.

Tantric Birth Doulas

Doulas with Tantric Birth training have begun calling themselves Tantric Birth Doulas. Nekole Shapiro has built a training model for Tantric Birth Doulas based on building skills for presencing and embodiment.

Model of Care

The Tantric Birth Doula meets with clients and provides evidence based childbirth education, womb embodiment skills, intimacy (oxytocin loop) practices for the parents to be from a year before conception to a year after the birth of the baby. The idea is to provide full spectrum support for the huge transition that is BIRTH.

Influences Tantric Birth teachings and Nekole Shapiro's work are informed by many people and institutions including: Michel Odent, Kirsten Uvnas-Moberg, Sheri Winston, Teri Ciacchi, Candace Pert, The Columbia University Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, The Barnard College Religion Department, The Nirguna Bhakti Movement, Kathryn Julia, and Carole Osborne-Sheets among others.

External Links

Tantric Birth

Radical Doula Guest Post

Estatic Birth Teleconference

Sex During Pregnancy Class