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"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person, by far,

than you ever dreamed yourself to be."

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-Pantanjali(second century B.C. philosopher) with contributions

by the more modern Caral Hartley

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Education and training for the professional during the perinatal year

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Vision: To create a community of perinatal specialists that are a source of information, knowledge, and wisdom; guiding and supporting families on the journey of pregnancy through to parenting.

 

 

Values:

Caring- Feeling and showing consideration and empathy for those we serve

Compassion- knowing our clients and treating them fairly and justly

Confidence- acting in a right, proper and effective way

Communication- learning and knowing our clients and being open and honest with them

Consistency- being reliable, in harmony and in agreement with our clients

Connection- understanding our clients and they, knowing our beliefs and philosophies

 

 

Mission: Training with a holistic perspective that sees all aspects of the motherbaby. Encouraging physical wellness and knowledge. Sharing wisdom that encourages the innate intelligence of the motherbaby. Validating the emotional aspect that can lead to a deeper understanding and knowing. Acknowledging the spiritual practices and beliefs of families and the importance and foundation that it provides. To provide opportunities and connections, confidence and collaborations, all from the heart.

 

 

Our foundation:

QAVAH is a philosophy that my parents used as they worked with horses and people. It is a way of being confident, to trust, to meet, patient and to wait.

DIAKONEO meaning to actively serve – literally, "kicking up dust" because "on the move." and it means caring for the needs of others as the Lord guides in an active, practical way.

and of course

DOULOS(where the word doula is from) meaning "bondservant.". A bondservant is a slave who becomes a freeman yet still chooses to give up her personal rights of freedom to stay and serve a master. A decision that she is willing to take for the rest of her life.

 

 

Moto: Education and training for the professional during the perinatal year

 

 

Behavior guidelines for specialists may include:

• Validate, motivate, and educate women and her family during pregnancy, labour, birth and the postpartum period

• Understand the range of normal physiology of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and infants and know when to suggest referral to a care-provider

• Initiate and celebrate with women and their families as they become mothers

• Provide education and promote well-being related to childbearing and parenting for woman, families, and communities

• Educate and support women in making decisions for their own family, during pregnancy, labour, birth, and the postpartum period

• Communicate effectively with the woman, her family

• Build a collaborative relationship with a woman and her families. To have the ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others who can provide information, assistance, and support.

• Convey confidence in a woman’s ability to meet challenges, to understand her own responsibility, authority, and freedom to decide how she will accomplish her goals

• Provide continuity of support throughout the perinatal period

• Promote and support normal birth

• Set and maintain high ethical & personal standards. Paying close attention to detail, accuracy, and completeness. Showing concern for all aspects of the work and follow up; provide information about care alternatives including options, risks and benefits, and support the client in decision-making.

• Communicate to clients’ own boundaries and abilities. Being trustworthy and reliable

• Maintain autonomy and self-development. Learning lessons from experiences and steering one’s own development process. Work on own development purposively

• Being able to adapt and deal with change

• Having integrity by sharing complete and accurate information as well as maintaining confidentiality. Meets own commitments. Always doing the best in whatever circumstances are presented

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