I recently took a birth art class with Holistic Health Midwifery and had a very positive experience. Caroline Paganoni led the class by offering innovative drawing and journaling prompts and leading us in discussion inspired by our own experiences. Caroline was a professional, compassionate, and skilled facilitator who encouraged each participant to reflect on their own, unique experiences around birth and/or parenthood. What was especially impressive to me was how Caroline masterfully navigated the digital zoom platform in a way that made me feel totally at ease. I will cherish the drawings and journal entries I created during this session and have already returned to them frequently as I navigate my pregnancy journey. Thank you, Holistic Midwifery! – Emilia in Ohio, Birth Art participant, 2021
The experience I had during the Birth Art Session was something I needed and didn't even know it! It was truly instrumental in helping me process my 2 year journey to become a certified foster parent. It uses an unbiased approach and helps guide without giving an opinion. It opens your heart and mind to see the journey with a greater perspective while also offering helpful tips to be mindful throughout each day. "Birth" Art is not only for those who will be or have given birth, but for all the ways we become parents. I would encourage all parents to try a session! – Juli in Colorado, Birth Art, 2021
I'm so glad I was able to participate in the Heart Connection Childbirth class before giving birth to my son. After months of doctors visits and ultrasounds it was such a lovely way to connect to the wisdom of the female body beyond just the more "clinical" experience of pregnancy and childbirth. The techniques and tidbits I learned in the class helped relax me and take some of the fear out of my days leading up to delivery. Caroline helped me look at labor as something I was doing with the baby, rather than something that was just happening to me. And once my son was here I kept so many of the insights from the class in mind as I negotiated breastfeeding and all of the ups and downs of new motherhood. I highly recommend the class, particularly for first time moms like me!
- Eleanor in Central Texas, Heart Connection, 2021