TRADITIONAL BIRTH WORKER immersion part two california

Santa Cruz, CA, USA

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Sumi's Touch
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Sep 12 - 20, 2024
Group size: 1 - 16
TRADITIONAL BIRTH WORKER immersion part two california
Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Sumi's Touch
  • Email address verified

Sep 12 - 20, 2024
Group size: 1 - 16

About this trip

Our Part Two Training is a 7 day immersion to focus on integration and embodiment supporting both the practical and sacred aspects of this work.



Please email us at hello@sumistouch.com with questions, asks, anything!

What People Can Expect

I have been dreaming up this “training” for years now. I say “training” because truly it is so much more than that. This is a ceremony, an initiation into authentic traditional sovereign birth work. You will arrive on June 5th so that you can have time to travel, get settled, and rest. The following morning we will begin our 7 day journey of introspection. The cornerstones of this ceremony are the 4 pillars: The Art of Holding Space, Tactile Support, Ceremony, and Herbs & Nutrition. We will focus on each pillar and move through the self, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum throughout our time together. 

What Is The Learning Environment Like?

The learning environment is engulfed in the elements. [Please check out this video to see the amazing land and space hosting us.]
It is an intentional container that cultivates a safer space for people to feel nurtured within their learning process. This is a space for you to feel held and explore what it feels like to listen to your self and meeting your needs. This is a space for our hearts to open up and soften up to get inspired to spark our creative nature. 

What You Are Responsible For

Your flight, having your own fund money/emergency fund money, navigating currency exchange cash, toiletries, transportation before or after the dates.
 

You are responsible for your own actions and energy during the retreat. We be in a group setting and it is your responsibility for you to take care of your own needs so you can be present and show up as your most authentic self. Please keep in mind that we will be covering topics that may be activating and stimulating and unlike within our online training we will be witnessed and witnessing in the presence of "strangers." This may bring up moments of feeling extremely vulnerable so please be mindful of your tools, your capacity and your resources.  You are also responsible to respectfully communicate any needs that come up before or during the retreat. Please note that we are curating an experience for the collective, this means that we will be working together to unsure that everyone feels safe, heard and seen. It is our highest intention that we also move with integrity, compassion and understanding.

We have selected accommodations that invite rest and reflection, yet are still close enough to the city so that you may explore on your own and access the things that allow you to feel supported and inspired.

Cancellation Policy

When you invest in yourself, you are investing in the collective. The deposit is non-refundable because your monetary commitment is an act of devotion to the abundance, prosperity and intentional living that we are affirming for healers, wisdom keepers, and sacred entrepreneurs of all kinds. Your investment sustains the Sumi’s Touch Team (mothers of color, healers and creatives) and facilitates conscious discernment around where we are hosted, who is pouring their energy into our food, providing safe passage, etc.

If for some reason you are not able to attend the Part 2 Immersion you have selected due to unforeseen circumstances or you are more than 7 days late on a payment, your reservation will be given the next person on the waitlist. Up to $500 of any additional installments can be applied to a Sumi’s Touch Offering within one calendar year according to our discretion.

Just like in birth, when you know, YOU KNOW and divine order unfolds to support that knowing. We as birth workers prepare for a multitude of possibilities in holding the container of birth, so please consider the following as you commit to this act of healing and expansion for yourself:

  • Passport: is it up to date and clear of expiration for 2024 for you and loved ones traveling with you?
  • Visa + air travel: we have a travel agent for ease of consultation, but if you decide to book these on your own, please be mindful of what is required.
  • Once you pay your deposit (50% of the total) we can adjust the payment plan to suit you. We encourage you to make a simple flier on Canva, including ways folks can send you money and share your ask on social media and personal networks. If you choose a GoFundMe, Kickstarter, or some other platform, please calculate the fees associated with it and build that into your grand total ask.

What’s included

  • Accommodations
  • Room & Board
  • Food
  • Workshops & Activities
  • Transportation
    Arrive and leave via carpool. Reimbursement for gas used during group outings will be provided.

What’s not included

  • Your flight
  • Spending Money
  • Currency Exchange
  • Toiletries

Available Packages

Private Room: Queen Bed

Spirit has let us know that we need to lean into intimacy by sharing physical space: how can we model boundaries and communicating our needs and desires if we live in isolation?

Still, there are a handful of private spaces for those who are planning to bring a loved one or children. If more than one person will use this space then you must buy the add-ons to cover transportation, food, and, supplies and child care fees. This is a room with one queen sized bed and you will share the bathroom. We will contact you to follow up for additional cost if applicable. 

Please check out this video to see the amazing land and space hosting us.

$4,000
Deposit:$700
Community Queen: shared bedroom

Spirit has let us know that we need to lean into intimacy by sharing physical space: how can we model boundaries and communicating our needs and desires if we live in isolation?  Your queen bed will be in a beautiful room with additional participants. All rooms share bathrooms and have abundant closet/bag storage space.  The room you choose will be based on what's available when you arrive.  Please check out this video to see the amazing land and space hosting us.  

$3,750
Deposit:$600
Community Twin: shared bedroom

 

Spirit has let us know that we need to lean into intimacy by sharing physical space: how can we model boundaries and communicating our needs and desires if we live in isolation?  

Your twin bed will be in a beautiful room with additional participants. All rooms share bathrooms and have abundant closet/bag storage space.  The room you choose will be based on what's available when you arrive. 

Please check out this video to see the amazing land and space hosting us. 

$3,500
Deposit:$500
Sliding Scale Scholarship - Individual

You can only select this package if you received an email from hello@sumistouch.com awarding you a sliding scale scholarship. If your email does not correspond to one of the three individuals awarded this scholarship, you will be issued a refund.

The deposit must be paid no later than August 7th, otherwise the scholarship will be given to those on the waitlist. Once you book your seat, we'll be able to customize your payment schedule.

$2,000
Deposit:$350
Sliding Scale Scholarship - Family
$4,550
Deposit:$350
BB Special - Individual

This is only available to that special someone... you know who you are! 

$2,000
Deposit:$100
DAY PASS - 8/29, 8/30, 8/31, 9/1, 9/2

If you would like to drop into the magic for just one day, or a few, we are offering day passes. As soon as you purchase, you must message Helena via WhatsApp @ +1510.274.7865 to complete an intake form and receive the address.

See Itinerary for day to day activities. Highlights: 8/30 - Waterfall: birth as ceremony, 8/31 - Temazcalli (limit 4), Sunday & Monday: Closing of the bones.

We are only accessible via email and WhatsApp, please message immediately upon scheduling. THANK YOU!!!

$200
Deposit:$50
Fierce Advocates

To support the self care measures and confidence with hands on skills of CoCo Doulas. Please see the emailed invoice or email hello@sumistouch.com with questions.

$3,150
Deposit:$600
Week Pass
$980
Deposit:$112


Itinerary

DAY 1
Activities For The Day

:: arrive via carpool

:: welcoming ceremony/ introductions
:: altar building  
:: itinerary overview  
:: listening to our inner beings and intuition  
:: boundaries and self-preservation  
:: shame, vulnerability, and trust  
:: grounding, smudging, cloaking  
:: intuitive movement flow 

Your Organizer


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Sumi's Touch
Sumi’s Touch was founded by Traditional midwife and full spectrum birth worker Sumayyah Franklin in 2010. Sumi’s Touch provides direct services like birth and postpartum support as well as trainings, workshops, retreats, apprenticeship, and coaching. Sumi’s Touch is committed to the preservation of traditional midwifery and believes that through this medicine and care model we can optimize the reproductive experiences of all but especially Black people.