The mindful Birth Connection

About The Mindful Birth Connection

Prepare for birth with calm, confidence, and connection.

This 4-week course is designed to help you and your partner reduce anxiety, strengthen teamwork, and approach birth with mindfulness and trust. Each session blends relaxation, breathwork, and practical birth education. This course expands on The Mindful Birth Connection Workbook, a companion resource you’ll use throughout the course and at home.

Together, we’ll explore mindful movement, guided relaxation, affirmations, and simple practices that make birth preparation feel peaceful and empowering. Taught in a warm, small-group setting, this course is perfect for anyone seeking a positive, empowering birth experience.

Birth doesn’t have to be painless to be peaceful.

The Mindful Birth Connection helps your family meet each sensation, moment, and decision with calm awareness and confidence, no matter how your birth unfolds.

Course Dates

Select a course that fits your schedule & you can attend before your guess date. All sessions run from 6:00-7:30pm.

Location

 

Cornerstone Christian Church

9400 Gayton Rd

Henrico, VA 23229

Details:

Sessions will be held in a classroom setting. Restrooms and a water fountain are available. You will receive your workbook during the first session.

What to Bring:

To help you feel comfortable and prepared during each session, I recommend bringing…

  • A writing utensil

  • Water or another drink

  • Snacks

  • Your workbook, which includes four pages of note space

  • An optional extra notebook if you prefer more room for notes

I’ll let you know ahead of time if you need to bring anything additional for the following session (such as a yoga mat or other comfort items).

Please email nurturingbutterflybirths@gmail.com if you require further accommodations.

Pricing

Opening Course Rate: $299 per couple

Payment includes a reservation for two people and one workbook.

This rate is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Pricing is subject to change for upcoming courses.

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$299.00

This is a 4-week birth prep course for you and your chosen birth partner (spouse, mom, sister, or any support person). Includes 4 in-person sessions with mindful birth lessons, guided practices, hands-on exercises, discussions, Q&A time, and one copy of The Mindful Birth Connection Workbook. Join me in creating a calm, informed, and empowered birth experience for your growing family.

Meet your instructor

Jodie Rodriguez is a birth, postpartum, and NICU-informed doula, certified perinatal meditation guide and sound healer, and perinatal yoga instructor who combines mindfulness, guided relaxation, movement, and partner-centered support in her work. She focuses on helping families reduce stress and build confidence together, offering tools that support both the birthing person and their partner throughout pregnancy, labor, and postpartum.

Her course creates a calm, safe environment where every family can learn, practice, and prepare for the birth experience they want.

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  • "This course aided me in approaching mentalities that can help the process, breathwork, and helped my birthing partner understand what could assist me during labor and delivery (and beyond)! The teacher is able to give you top notch materials, resources, education and experiences; and adapt for individual participants. As a first time mom, I truly felt much more confident after the class. I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to physically, mentally, and emotionally be prepared for birth. The class benefited me in ways I wasn’t even expecting!"

    AJ

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Explore the workbook

A beautifully designed, full-color workbook created to support your pregnancy and birth journey. This companion resource blends mindfulness, partner connection, and practical tools you can return to again and again.

Learn more

FAQs

  • I recommend starting as early as you can! The sooner you learn the tools, the more time you have to practice them. Building these skills into habits during pregnancy makes them easier and more natural to use during labor.

  • This course is designed for pregnant individuals and their chosen birth partner (whether that’s a spouse, friend, sister, mom, or any support person) who want a mindful birth experience they can look back on and feel empowered by.

  • No, this course does not replace a full birth education class. While we do cover the physiological labor process and informed decision-making, this course does not focus in-depth on childbirth education.

    Instead, this course focuses on building mind–body skills that help reduce stress, anxiety, and fear during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. You’ll learn practical tools all designed to keep your nervous system calm and your confidence steady.

    This course also strongly supports partners. Many of the exercises help the birthing person teach their partner how to support them, and the partner learns how to communicate effectively, stay calm, and offer meaningful physical and emotional support during labor and birth. It’s a team-building approach that strengthens connection and prepares you both to work together throughout the experience.

    If you’re looking for a full childbirth education class, you are absolutely welcome to contact me. I’m happy to share recommendations for wonderful local instructors and programs I know of.

  • Nope, this course is perfect for first-time and experienced parents alike.

  • No. This course is educational and supportive, but it does not replace medical care or guidance from your healthcare provider.

  • Yes, each week will include a different guided practice and time for questions. All activities are optional, non-religious, and modified to be safe during pregnancy.

  • Missed sessions are not refundable, but the instructor will do their best to offer makeup options when possible. Please notify the instructor if you are unable to attend.

  • Yes, one copy of The Mindful Birth Connection Workbook is included with your registration.

  • This is your journey, and you have complete control over who joins you. You’re welcome to attend solo.

    That said, this course is designed with a strong teamwork focus. During labor, having one person you trust (a partner, friend, family member, or even your doula) can make a huge difference in helping you feel grounded, supported, and understood.

    If you have someone who will be with you during labor, I highly encourage bringing them so they can learn the comfort measures, communication tools, and support techniques right alongside you. But if you don’t have a partner or you prefer to attend alone, you will still benefit from the course.

Questions?