Discover an evidence-based safety certification with an emphasis on how birth affects traditionally recommended oil use. Discover conservative application strategies in this unique-to-birth oils training that will certify you in the safe and effective use of the 10 best oils for birth. This course is intended to compliment and not replace an aromatherapy certification.
An adverse reaction caused by essential oils can quickly devastate a birth experience and cause professional fallout. Adverse reactions in birth are not only significant events—they’re also common. The latest research indicates that mothers may be more likely to have an oil reaction in birth even if she is an experienced oil user. No wonder many birth professionals believe “oil use in birth is appropriate only for certified aromatherapists.”
However, this response has failed to protect birthworkers who believe simple compliance with mothers’ requests to ‘add a few drops of oil to a bath or toilet’ or ‘turn on my diffuser on the other side of the room’ will be ok, only to have all eyes on them when a major problem suddenly erupts. This ‘hands-off’ approach is also failing the mothers we serve who are having reactions in increasing numbers.
We believe a more effective solution to these challenges in the birth community is training that matches the growing demands of increased oil use in birth. This new Certification from Brilliant Birth Academy builds on our academy’s acclaimed safety training by adding an evidence-based practice-focused curriculum that gives a comprehensive education on the best oils for birth that are applied according to our Academy’s unique therapeutic guidelines.
Experience our premier safety training courses which distill an enormous volume of evidence-based research into laser-focused application strategies curated just for birthworkers. We’re committed to increasing safety knowledge and reducing adverse reactions in birth.
You should never excessively layer multiple different oils during labor; the number of oils (even in a long birth) should be limited. This natural restriction enables students to gain a professional level of confidence in the masterful application of the ten best oils for birth.
The therapeutic range of safe and effective oil use in birth should be more conservative than traditional aromatherapy recommendations. Recieve your oils education for birth from a trusted institution that specializes in oils for birth!
Gain a thorough understanding of how essential oils work therapeutically, the underlying science that supports their evidence-based application, how to perform clinical intake assessments, develop integrative plans of care during birth, and use individualized therapeutic blends to integrate aromatherapy in a home birth practice or clinical setting.
The Essential Oils Birth Consultant Certification Will Certify Your Calling & Transform Your Passion Into A Masterful Essential Oil Practice
Aromatherapy is a relationship in which the chemical intelligence of a plant’s constituent molecules interact with the multidimensional human body at a cellular, biochemical, emotional, and spiritual level. Aromatic plant essences from every corner of the global village are now are now accessible to empower, rejuvenate, focus, inspire, and soothe mothers in birth.
Increasingly mothers who value natural solutions, self-education, and freedom in health care choices are more likely to seek out midwifery and doula care—as well as oils—at their birth!
This course is a response to that expanding consciousness and is curated for birth professionals who want to deepen their wisdom in the art and science of plant-based solutions for birth.
Our essential oil training is more comprehensive than many level 1 accredited aromatherapy certification programs. Additionally, we teach (and advocate for) an altered therapeutic range of safe and effective oil use in birth that is unique to this program, and more conservative than traditional recommendations for important safety reasons.
This course focuses exclusively on labor-specific application techniques with more than half of our training addressing the anatomy, physiology, somatic psychology, hormonal progression of labor, and many other topics not addressed in aromatherapy programs. If you’re a birth professional, this course is curated for you.
This course is presented by a certified aromatherapist; it is science-based and research-focused curriculum sourced by current studies and multiple acclaimed textbooks including:
Our medical sections (on labor progression disorders, newborn physiology, etc) have been sourced with the same standard as the rest of the academy: over 1000 medical journal articles, 250 books on birth, dozens of modern obstetric textbooks, and every single midwifery textbook published in English in the US, Canada, and the UK since the 1950s.
The course is designed as a 12-week course of study to be completed in under one hour per day with an average of less than five hours of work per week required. There are 27 lectures plus assignments and exams. Most of our students have full schedules with families and jobs. Our intensive timeline will stretch you, but will still be manageable with real-life responsibilities.
The courses are dynamic. Some are focused on getting you to practice your new expertise with practical, project-based assignments. Some lectures include illustrated quick reference guides or curated textbook excepts, other lessons will look like a 10-minute video on an application strategy that ends with an assignment so you can act immediately on new insights instead of thinking “oh, I remember that presentation on dilution strategies…but none of the specifics…how do I do that…” The course is organized around completing oil-based assignment projects and learning from experience.
Our completion rates are higher than industry standard and we value our student’s success– not just their initial payment. We’re here to help you succeed as quickly as possible!
Our Advanced Technology Creates A Transformational Learning Experience Online
Our multimedia classroom experience brings instruction into your home and delivers on your schedule. Learn from the academy founder, our course directors, and incredible guest speakers such as a labor and delivery nurse who does on-demand consults her hospital co-workers from obstetric doctors to heart surgeons with essential oils with astounding results!
The quality of aromatherapy certifications varies widely:
Some level 1 accredited aromatherapy certifications cover less credible information than an MLM presentation (though participants usually spend a lot less by the time it’s finished! However the level of mastery taught in other aromatherapy certificates is amazing; we honor their investment and do not claim to be a training of that depth.
All these and more topics have informed this course, though they are not individually taught in-depth. This course is infused with aromatic theory while being laser focused on safe application strategies curated and condensed for birth professionals.
While essentials have been recognized by multiple national institutions as being generally recognized as safe substances, you should not take this certification course if you are a doula from one of the certifying agencies that controls essential oils use without an aromatherapy certification. If that’s you, our safety certification would likely be a better fit. You’ll learn strategies that are valuable to any doula who does not use essential oils but has clients who do.
Our course has been re-imagined from the ground up in response to a six month-long field research initiative we conducted on oil use in birth among birth professionals and mothers. The new course is a paid certification course that features technology and branding upgrades, assignments, assessments, and non-affiliated oil recommendations. The content presentation features much shorter videos, and more downloaded resources. Our production team has made 11 courses since our first production (the oils course) and we’ve improved quality standards significantly since then. While approximately 40% of the material is the same, it has all been re-mastered for a fresh experience.
We hope so! We recognize how comprehensive many of you have been trained, however this course addresses birth specific information not covered in aromatherapy courses; information on how essential oils interact with the hormonal progression of labor, the physiological transition of the newborn and how that must be specifically protected in an aromatic birth space, and labor progression patterns that inform oil use. We’ve designed the course with you in mind: the material on fundamentals is mostly separated from the birth-specific material that would likely be new and valuable to you so that you can easily skip the basics. Download the course catalog which is there to help make a quick and clear decision! Or if you’d like to preview the course, you’re welcome to explore our free preview or even to purchase the course relying on our full refund guarantee. We hope you’ll join, find value, and contribute your insights to our community discussions.
“I’ve had a lot of clients specifically wanting a doula who uses essential oils, but I knew I couldn’t properly support them. I did some research, but it’s hard to know what to trust; I just didn’t feel confident in the information I was finding on random websites. When I found the Brilliant Birth Academy Essential Oils Birth Consultant course, I was overjoyed! I was so relieved that I found a trustworthy source about properly using essential oils during labor and now I feel very confident when using oils during birth. I’m so thankful I found this course and, because of it, can better support my clients during such an important time!”
As an Essential Oils Birth Consultant on the unique therapeutic range of safe use of the best oils for birth, you will:Research interviews and our analysis of adverse reaction reporting in birth suggest that adverse reactions are more common in birth even for experienced oil users.
Our premier safety trainings are a valuable resource to the birth community, our certification program enables all of our advocacy work and community training.
The therapeutic range of safe and effective oil use in birth should be more conservative than traditional standards. Join the #brilliantoilspecrum movement with Brilliant Birth Academy.
Designed to be a bridge between personal study and aromatherapy certification, this unique-to-birth course will certify you in an effective use of a limited range of the best oils for birth.
