Hypnobirthing Nelson

About

Kia ora and welcome! We are thrilled you are considering learning HypnoBirthing for the birth of your baby. Over the past 11 years HypnoBirthing Nelson practitioners have shared essential skills for birth with more than 200 couples.

​We (Barbara and Joana) joined the team in 2022. It is our pleasure to offer this service in the Nelson region.

​We have personally experienced the benefits of using HypnoBirthing during our own births. We hope you will join us and many new parents who say HypnoBirthing helped them to stay calmer and more relaxed during their baby's births. 

More about Joana:

Hello. I am Joana.
​I live with my husband and our three children in the beautiful Marahau Valley. We live a life connected to nature and the seasons. From an early age I have felt a strong desire to change something in the way we birth today. This desire stemmed from the sadness and guild I knew my mother felt, about the way my own birth went. Despite this I knew it was possible to have natural, empowering and peaceful births – full of trust and confidence in our body and our baby!

So in my first pregnancy I immersed myself in positive birth preparation practices. We had a long but beautiful home-birth. HypnoBirthing truly transformed our second and third birth into wonderful, empowering and natural experiences. Not just for myself, but for my children and my husband as well. I am very thankful for the profound help that Hypnobirthing offered our family! And feel passionate and excited to share this with women and their birth companions in my courses.

More about Barbara:

Kia Ora,

I live with my partner and our two children in the beautiful Mahana Hills, near Upper Moutere. I discovered HypnoBirthing during my first pregnancy in 2018 when I realized that the idea of giving birth brought up fears and uncomfortable associations. This realization inspired me to seek gentle and empowering ways to approach the experience. Through HypnoBirthing, I embraced two wonderful births—intense yet deeply connected to my baby and my body, allowing me to surrender to the process. I felt refreshed after each birth because the relaxation and breathing methods helped me stay rested, allowing me to use the breaks between surges to recharge.

I am here to support you in experiencing a peaceful birth filled with trust, no matter whether you choose a home birth, a maternity ward, or a hospital. This includes all paths to birth, whether it’s an induction, an elected caesarean, or a vaginal birth without interventions. As a certified Hypnobirthing teacher and a birth and postpartum doula, my focus is on empowering you and your birth companion at every turn of this transformative journey. Together, we will navigate the path to parenthood with confidence and compassion.

I look forward to being part of your pregnancy journey!

Barbara is also a Doula at Little Toes Doula Care, find more about her services here