Ancient wisdom for the modern birthing world
AWAKEN THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE BODY
mindfulness-based childbirth education programs designed to help you and your baby have a positive, powerful pregnancy and birth experience
Our approach to birthing preparation blends components of intuitive practices such as yoga and meditation with contemporary childbirth education models to give you the tools you need to prepare your body and mind for the incredible and fulfilling work of birth and parenting.
Being fully educated about the physiologic process and confident in your body’s ability to give birth will allow you to ask the right questions to make informed decisions surrounding your birth — no matter what birth setting you choose.
"when the intelligence of the body is awakened, it will guide us throughout the pregnancy, making us feel perhaps more in touch with ourselves than ever before. We are then close to our own Intuitive nature and ready to flow with the movement of birth when it begins”
— From Frederic Leboyer’s Book, Inner Beauty, Inner Light
find the right guidance for your birthing experience
$149
This comprehensive course offers a unique perspective on pregnancy, birth, and parenting, including:
Basics of Energetic Anatomy and how it relates to Pregnancy and Birth
Downloadable and printable comprehensive workbook PLUS affirmations
Video presentations on all things Labor and Birth including basics of mindfulness, prenatal psychology, hormonal physiology, common routines and interventions, basics of positioning and breathing techniques and meditations for you to use during your pregnancy and birth.
Embryoga class series and links to podcast episodes that correspond with the various chapters.
$35
This in person only series is taught locally in Boise through St. Luke’s Health system. In this four week series you will learn:
Anatomy and physiology of normal birth
How to reduce the effects of stress to provide an optimal growing environment — wiring the baby's brain for peace & lifelong happiness
Cultivate a deep connection to baby and how to envision your optimal birth environment, supporting the experience that you desire.
Tools and techniques to assist during labor, as well as any possible complications that may arise.
$14.99
Based on the hormonal physiology of birth (the Ancient Wisdom of the body), this book gives a basic framework for expectant families on how to navigate the sometimes overwhelming experience of pregnancy and birth, with an emphasis on setting a solid foundation for your baby though intentional prenatal bonding and mindful awareness. No matter what birth setting you choose this book has something for you!
Filled with practical information AND unique perspective of a pre and perinatal psychology educator, this is an amazing resource for any pregnant person no matter the birth setting. This book, complete with journaling exercises and meditations will give expectant families a wonderful and vibrant way to connect with their unborn babies and prepare for the transformational experience of birth and parenting!
About Holly
Holly Lammer is an RN with over 25 years of experience in low and high risk birth settings, over 15 years of yoga teaching experience, and extensive study in mindfulness and birthpsychology. Holly Lammer brings her experience of supporting thousands of birthers to her offerings.
Holly likes to think of herself as a birth activist. How and where to give birth can be a controversial issue. No matter where you live, the color of your skin, your income level, your gender or your religious affiliation, accurate information about the importance of gestation, birth and the first year of life is hard to come by. Talk to ten different people and you will get ten different and sometimes opposing views on what is best to do for you and your baby during pregnancy and birth. Unfortunately, the consequences of the practices surrounding pregnancy and birth the last 120 years or so are becoming more and more obvious. Stress related conditions such as heart disease, autoimmune disorders, digestive disorders, behavioral disorders, allergies and asthma, obesity, diabetes, mental illness and substance abuse can be linked to a variety of causes, but prenatal and perinatal psychology, neuroscience and epigenetic research experts all agree that the womb environment, birth, and early childhood experience plays a a major role in the overall health and wellbeing of humans everywhere.
After years of observing thousands of birthers during birth itself, and how parents bond with their unborn and newborn babies, Holly is convinced that peace on earth begins before and during birth. More than just a philosophy of empowering birthers to have a powerful and positive birth experience, the approach that she has taken in her work as a ‘birth activist’ is to bring information to as many people as possible about the importance of gestation and birth on the development of the type of brain that supports an environment of peace. When we are focused on peace and love during pregnancy and birth through mindful awareness of the state of our own being, the developing baby's system is also being wired for peace, joy and contentment that can last a lifetime.
“My husband and I are so thankful that we took the Intuitive Birth class. Our son was born December 7th and I truly believe our birth experience would have been completely different if it weren't for the tools we learned in this class. I think the most important thing that we learned was to be flexible with our birth plan meaning that if things don't go as "planned" our birth experience could still be positive and incredible.
This was something I desperately needed to hear to be able to allow myself to live in the moment and let go of fear and view the birth of our son as something natural and beautiful instead of scary. I knew that I wanted to go unmedicated and do whatever it took to avoid a C-section but after all was said and done we just wanted to bring our baby safely into the world and make informed decisions along the way. And that's exactly what this class did for us. We took away tools such as breathing and meditation exercises that I was able to utilize during my 11 hours of labor that enabled me to stay unmedicated during the entire process. Labor was the hardest thing I have ever done but it was the most beautiful night of our lives and we are so grateful for our birth story which began with Holly’s class!”
— Justyne
“We cannot begin to express our gratitude for providing such unbiased support and compassionate care during this important time in our lives. Your professionalism was upstaged only by your personal touch and we feel so lucky to have had you in the delivery room with us. My birth would not have been so calm without you. You had a belief in me that I didn’t know I had in myself.”
— Bridget X
What People Are Saying
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“Holly’s course was a key factor in my successful VBAC after an emergency C-section with my first baby. Her solid background as a labor nurse, expert knowledge of the process of labor, and familiarity with the intricate working of the birth hormones was perfectly balanced with her awareness of energetic anatomy, yoga, and meditation techniques. I highly recommend this course to anyone.”