My Birthing Kit - Tools for Mindful Birthing

22/01/2026

14/01/2026

The first MBK course for 2026 is underway 🥳 the next course will start 2nd March. Bookings are open and limited spaces are available.

17/12/2025

Josy Peukert, a 37-year-old mother from Nicaragua, captured widespread attention for welcoming her baby in an extraordinary and deeply natural way.

When labor began, she and her partner, Benni Cornelius, went to Playa Majagual, a tranquil Pacific beach, carrying only a small kit with towels, gauze, and a bowl. Surrounded by the calming sound of the waves, Josy gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Bodhi, right on the warm sand. After wrapping her newborn, she stepped into the ocean to refresh herself before heading home with her family.

Her ocean birth video quickly went viral, earning millions of views and reactions across social media. Many praised Josy’s courage, her empowering approach to motherhood, and her deep connection with nature. Some, however, expressed safety concerns. Josy explained that she had researched thoroughly and simply wanted a peaceful, natural, and empowering birth experience.

16/12/2025

Dates for the first two 4 week courses of 2026 with Kim.
Monday 12th Jan, then Monday 2nd March.

14/12/2025

Researchers have found that babies who sleep close to a parent receive, on average, 13,000 additional hours of comforting touch by the age of three. Far from creating “bad habits,” this extra physical contact plays a powerful role in regulating a baby’s nervous system. Touch helps stabilize heart rate, calm stress responses, and support more consistent sleep patterns. In these early years, a baby’s brain is wiring itself through experience, and close contact provides a steady stream of signals that the world is safe.

This sense of safety boosts immunity, strengthens emotional resilience, and supports healthier brain development. When a baby feels protected, cortisol levels drop and neural circuits responsible for learning, memory, and emotional balance strengthen. Over time, this consistent closeness builds what psychologists call secure attachment, a foundation linked to better confidence, social skills, stress management, and relationship stability well into adulthood.

Sleeping close isn’t about dependency. It is about connection. Babies rely on cues from a caregiver’s warmth, heartbeat, breath, and presence to regulate their own still developing systems. These early moments of touch create deep biological benefits that last long after childhood. What looks simple — holding, soothing, keeping a child nearby is actually shaping the architecture of the growing brain and giving a child the emotional tools needed for a healthier, more secure life.

03/12/2025

NBR.
Northern suburbs (CPT) moms, if you or your child has an interest in writing, a wonderfully talented friend is offering workshops.

https://www.kirstenspence.com/

28/11/2025

23/11/2025

Aww 🥰

19/11/2025

Daily relaxation not only helps you mentally prepare for a better birth, it also helps improve the quality and depth of your sleep! A few responses from our moms!