Welcome to
The Matrona
A Portal to the New Millennium
Since 2001, The Matrona has offered
holistic birth education for birth workers,
and families.
We continue to do so, adding new programs as the birthing community grows and evolves.
As we expand, our focus and curriculum remain centered on melding the intuitive with the academic, the mystical with the intelligent.
The Childbirth Continuum is a portal to raising the consciousness of the planet.
If we understood the Magnitude of Birth
as a gateway to transformation,
everything in the world would change.
Not just birth, everything.
We would no longer be a species of humans that mistreats people.
The inappropriate things we do would vanish.
The door is open now and the planet is calling for change.
Bridging Holistic Support with Clinical Awareness and Ancestral Wisdom Keeping
Our Monitrice Training Program is designed for experienced doulas who want to deepen their knowledge and expand their scope of practice with clinical awareness—while staying grounded in holistic, non-medical support. This advanced training bridges the nurturing presence of a doula with essential clinical skills to better support families during labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period.
Rooted in the teachings of The Matrona, this program integrates not only clinical awareness but also the mysticism, consciousness, and ancestral wisdom of birth. As wisdom keepers, we understand that birth is both physiological and sacred. This training invites participants to expand their intuition, presence, and understanding of the deeper layers of birth, creating space for transformation, trust, and sovereignty in the birthing experience
become the holistic doula your community needs
🌿 Step into Your Calling:
The Holistic Doula Training 🌿
Where you will learn to support birth with deep intuition,
holistic wisdom, and trust in the body’s innate intelligence.
Our next Holistic Doula Trainings are scheduled for
Thursday to Sunday.
~June 19th to 22nd, 2025
~ September 18th to 21st, 2025
~ December 4th to 7th, 2025
Upcoming Events
50 days to the eventThu, Aug 14Via ZoomA Monitrice needs to understand complications, what modern medicine has to offer, and holistic solutions. By understanding everything available to mothers she can help families navigate what’s best for their birth. Learn everything and use it wisely.
71 days to the eventThu, Sep 04Via ZoomBridging Holistic Support with Clinical Awareness and Ancestral Wisdom Keeping
86 days to the eventFri, Sep 19Location is TBDAre you ready to embark on the journey of becoming a Holistic Doula? Join Whapio IN PERSON in Atlanta Details of venue coming soon
99 days to the eventThu, Oct 02Via ZoomThis two day program focuses on two key areas that often cause anxiety during childbirth: concerns about whether the baby will breathe after birth and questions about the placenta and bleeding.
101 days to the eventSat, Oct 04Via ZoomJoin us for this powerful 2-day immersion designed to support doulas, Monitrices, and birthworkers in bringing holistic presence and intuitive care into the hospital setting.
113 days to the eventThu, Oct 16Via ZoomIn this 4-day immersion, Whapio will guide us through the powerful possibilities of homeopathy ~ taught not through formulas and memorization, but through story, sensation, and soul-level understanding.
163 days to the eventThu, Dec 04Via ZoomAre you ready to embark on the journey of becoming a Holistic Doula? Dive deep into the world of Holistic Birth and join our expanding international community of Holistic Doulas
A word from Whapio...
As the Seasons change and we change with them
it’s clear that a new future is on the horizon.
In 2025 I will celebrate my 42nd year in the realms of birth and
I have seen many changes but none so pressing and timely
as the one I am seeing in birth right now.
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It's QUANTUM BIRTH, and I see it
as the return to a model of care where the Caregiver has a
100% investment in the family.
It’s the return of Consciousness to Birth and the presence of
deeply connected women who can accompany, hold space and
not interfere in the instinctual responses of the family.
Here’s what a myriad of women have brought to my door…
We are tired of being managed and infantilized.
We resent our instinctual responses being overlooked or ignored.
We want affirmation, we get anxiety.
We want support, we get risk screening.
We want investment in us as the first priority!
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We have many wonderful and connected doctors and midwives
who are caring and conscientious but it doesn’t change the fact
that women are being managed, non prioritized and ignored.
Too many women are dissatisfied with their births
and want something different in their caregiver.
There is no blame here. No individuals, no specific thing.
As Dr. M. Odent says…We have just lost our way.
And he goes on to say that the answer is to return to square one.
I see square one as the Quantum Paradigm.
I see Self-Directed, Instinctual Birth with the
Return of Birth to the Family as the new future.
Videos from The Matrona
Check in with us frequently as we bring you video clips representing different aspects of our Matrona education.
Birth as an Altered State of Consciousness: Brainwave States
Advantages of Self Directed Birth
The Matrona Manifesto for Men: Fathers & Partners at Birth
Becoming a Birth Keeper: Birth Consultant and Family Advocate
OUR DISCLAIMER:
At the Matrona our programs do not certify students to practice midwifery.
Our programs offer an educational structure to understand birth in its organic and authentic unfolding. Our year long Birthkeeper’s Mentorship Cohort certifies students as a Professional Childbirth Consultant (PCC), a Family Advocate (FA) and a Certified Monitrice. We support the concept of women caring for women. Any student wishing to pursue clinical midwifery should seek an apprenticeship after finishing our program.