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| Whapio Diane Bartlett Director of The House of La Matrona This program is directed by Traditional Midwife, Whapio Diane Bartlett. Whapio has attended women in birth for 25 years, and has educated women in the Arts of Midwifery and Healing for the past 16 years. She is also a Homeopathic consultant and educator, a Mediator, and a Counselor for women's concerns. Whapio is a Certified Chi Healer, and has studied in China at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and at the Beijing Massage Hospital. Whapio is also certified in Therapeutic Touch and Reiki, and has a long-standing background in the making and use of herbal medicine. Whapio speaks and writes frequently about Sacred Midwifery and Returning Birth to the Family. She offers workshops on a myriad of subjects to moms, midwives, and doulas. She also created Compassionate Birthing, a prenatal education series offering the rites of passage to parents wanting a transformative childbirth preparation experience. Whapio offers workshops for doulas, midwives, childbirth educators and families, deepening the knowledge and blending ancient wisdom with modern technology. She is currently writing about the experience of labor and birth as an altered state. |
| Holistic Midwifery and Doula Programs Asheville, NC (828) 242-2188 |
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