The Doula Training Foundation 5 day Course near Birmingham

The Extended 5-Day Doula Course & Retreat in Edgbaston

£1495  All inclusive, all immersive, all heart

If your soul is calling for something more than a standard training course…something slower, richer, more connected…this is your sign.

The Extended Doula Course & Retreat isn’t just about learning how to be a doula. It’s about stepping into who you are as a doula.

Over five immersive, nurturing days, you’ll step away from the noise of everyday life and into a calm, supportive space designed for deep learning, personal reflection, and transformation. Set in a beautiful venue with full accommodation and delicious home-cooked food included, this retreat allows you to slow right down, connect deeply, and truly feel your way into this important work.

You’ll receive all the essential training from our Signature 4-Day Course – everything you need to become a confident, knowledgeable birth and postnatal doula – but with something precious added:

✨ Time to practise
✨ Time to reflect
✨ Time to connect
✨ Time to gently unearth the doula you are becoming

What makes the Retreat different?

Space to pause and reflect

Each day includes time for journaling, solo reflection, quiet conversations and unhurried learning. There’s no rushing from topic to topic, instead you’ll be able to digest, process and integrate what you’re learning in a way that truly lasts.

Workshops with soul

Alongside practical training in birth support, baby care, infant feeding and advocacy, you’ll also:

• Blend your own massage oils

• Explore rebozo and acupressure techniques

• Create herbal healing bags

• Take part in trauma-informed care sessions

• Explore birth philosophy and your personal approach

• Work through imposter syndrome with compassion and honesty

Connection that runs deep

Living and learning together creates a sense of sisterhood that’s hard to find anywhere else. Many of our doulas leave with lifelong friends, future colleagues, and a true sense of belonging in the birth world.

Becoming really YOU

This course is for you if you want to feel grounded not only practically, but emotionally and energetically. You’ll explore:

• Your values and boundaries as a doula

• Your unique USP and voice

• How you want to show up for families

• Advocacy with heart and integrity

• Building a business that feels aligned and sustainable

What you’ll learn

This retreat includes the full curriculum from our Signature Course, in even greater depth:

• Birth physiology & the hormonal matrix

• Stages of labour & optimal positioning

• Comfort measures, rebozo & hands-on skills

• Working within the NHS

• Induction, caesarean & complex births

• Postpartum care & the 4th trimester

• Infant feeding & newborn behaviour

• Structuring antenatal sessions

• Client interviews & boundaries

• Building your doula business

• Joining Doula UK & mentoring

Plus retreat-exclusive experiences:

• Mock client interviews

• Hands-on workshops

• Developing your personal USP

• Extended practice time

• Daily reflection circles

Who is this for?

Whether you’re taking your first step into the birth world, or you’re a midwife, therapist, or birth worker wanting to expand and realign your practice – this retreat is for you.

This is doula training, but it’s deeper, softer, wiser. A course where your heart is held just as much as your mind is taught.

What’s included

• 5 days of immersive doula training

• Beautiful accommodation

• All meals & refreshments

• Retreat workshops & materials

• Ongoing mentoring pathway

• A community that will cheer you on

By the end of the week you will:

• Feel confident to begin working as a doula

• Have practical, hands-on skills you can use immediately

• Understand how to build a sustainable business

• Know how to support families with warmth and professionalism

• Leave with a circle of support around you

Slow down. Tune in. Rise up.
Let us doula you for the week.

Book your place here: www.thedoulatrainingfoundation.com