The Art of Tending

Online

Date TBA

You've always sensed there was more to birth work... and so has every woman longing to be truly tended through pregnancy to postpartum.

When you tend to a woman with depth, your work becomes vocation.

What becomes possible when we expand the way we tend to women?

You begin to see the care of women through a different lens. One that expands what becomes possible, not by adding more techniques, but by cultivating discernment.

From this place, you begin to develop practical approaches and perspectives that complement your existing knowledge and expand the ways you can support women. You gain confidence in supporting women beyond appointments and education alone, while learning how to thoughtfully weave traditional wisdom into care that meets the needs of women today.

As Birth workers, we become the ones with something else to offer.

This knowledge is here to learn, preserve, and thoughtfully reweave into the care of women today.
That pull you feel is not accidental.

It is remembering.

Again and again, I have witnessed what becomes possible when women receive support that honours both worlds.

Traditional wisdom isn't about collecting practices. It's about cultivating discernment.

The practices matter, but it is the way they teach us to observe, listen, question and respond that transforms the care we offer women.

This is the Art of Tending

This care is not alternative.
It’s Foundational.

Care becomes devotion.
Women feel seen.
Families feel held.
And you leave knowing you brought something deeper to their journey.

What you offer expands. Your relationships with women deepen. And so does your capacity to walk alongside them outside pregnancy and  into the full arc of their reproductive lives.

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Call 1 — Tending the Expansion | Pregnancy | TBA
Call 2 — Tending the Emergence | Postpartum | TBA

It is the wisdom that existed long before modern maternity care—the practices that kept women emotionally and physically well, prepared, healthy and supported across cultures and generations.

As care became increasingly systematised, many of these traditions were gradually undervalued and  left behind. Not because they didn’t work, but because the current system lacks space for them.

And it is deeply needed now, as women navigate a maternity landscape that often leaves little value on the depth of care they are longing for.

This knowledge is ours to learn, preserve,  and to thoughtfully reweave into the care of women today.

That pull you feel is not accidental.

It is Remembering.

You my be wondering…

This is not simply information.

It is an invitation to Remember.

To reconnect with the wisdom women have carried for generations.

To deepen the way you walk alongside women through pregnancy and postpartum.

And to become part of preserving and carrying this knowledge forward for the generations that follow.

If something in you recognises this, trust that.

This is the Art of Tending

What to bring

To feel comfortable and supported throughout the day, please bring:

~A yoga mat or cushions to sit comfortably on the ground
~Comfortable clothes you can move and stretch in
~A drink bottle to stay hydrated
~A notepad and pen for any reflections or notes
~Lunch
~If you have your own rebozo or belly bind, feel free to bring them along

Join the waitlist

The next round of The Art of Tending, my online course for birth workers, is being prepared now. Leave your details and you’ll be the first to hear when dates are announced and enrolments open.

  • “Sitting in circle is definitely my favourite style of learning. women sharing with women through shared experience and storytelling. thank you so much sarah for holding this space for us and sharing your knowledge''

    Erin, Doula

  • “Thank you so much for all you shared today. i took a lot away and feel fresh hope for birthing women after spending time with likeminded birth workers who strive to make a difference''

    Jenn, Midwife

  • "Your passion and wisdom is radiant. you glow and your eyes speak so much about your purpose”

    Leah, Student midwife