This four-hour, instructor-led session gives trained and practicing birth doulas an opportunity to develop essential hands-on labor-support skills in a supportive learning environment. You Will Practice: - Comfort measures for different stages of labor - Labor and birth positions - Rebozo techniques - Counterpressure and hip squeezes - Massage and soothing touch - Breathing, relaxation and grounding techniques - Using birth balls, peanut balls and other support tools - Supporting movement and position changes - Communicating confidently with clients and the birth team - Responding to common labor scenarios while remaining within the doula’s scope of practice