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SUMMARY:Blessed Birthings: Spirituality & the Fiqh of Pregnancy
DESCRIPTION:Join a female scholar\, certified birth doula\, and childbirth educator for this full-day Saturday workshop to learn Islamic insights on the spirituality and fiqh of pregnancy\, labor\, and after birth. \n\n\n\nNo matter where you plan to give birth: at home\, a birth center\, or a hospital\, this mini-course is an invaluable tool to help you connect with your Creator through the unique and empowering experience of carrying and birthing your beautiful baby. \n\n\n\nThis course is open to all women 16 years+\, pregnant\, or those who just want to learn more about this incredible journey of pregnancy and beyond. \n\n\n\n10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Saturday\, July 15 | $75/in-person (including lunch)\, $65/in-person (w/o lunch)\, $55/virtually | In-person or virtually (women & teens ages 16+ only) | Register at mcceastbay.org/blessedAll sisters who register online will receive a private live stream link to view the event virtually in case she is unable to attend in person. The sisters may then attend in person (highly recommended) or watch live from home. No babysitting is provided. \n\n\n\nUstadha Shamira Chothia Ahmed\, MA\, CBD\, CLEC\, is a certified birth doula\, certified lactation counselor\, childbirth educator\, midwifery student\, and mother of five. \n\n\n\nThe class will cover: \n\n\n\n\nIslamic birth model based on the Quran: to empower you in your own birth journey
\n\n\n\nOverview of Labor and Birth: become knowledgeable about your body and the birth process to increase your confidence that your body was created for birth!\n\n\n\nThe Role of Hormones: how to tap into them effectively to assist you fully in your labor
\n\n\n\nLabor Relaxation/Breathing Techniques & Exercises: Including a powerful dhikr tool to connect with your Lord ﷻ and make your birth an elevated\, spiritually empowering experience 
\n\n\n\nHanafi Fiqh Rulings: Pregnancy\, Labor and Post-Partum\, including intimacy rulings and practical applications 
\n\n\n\nSunnahs of the newborn: what to do immediately in the postpartum and as your baby grows
\n\n\n\nBest gift to baby: Love languages and more!
\n\n\n\n\nYou can do it. Your body can do it. It is sacred. It is birth. \n\n\n\n“The instructor was great mA! Very helpful and enthusiastic\, also very inspirational. I’ve never studied birth like this!” -Blessed Birthings’ Attendee \n\n\n\nGet ready to learn\, share\, be inspired\, and have fun! \n\n\n\nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should not hold a person from attaining spiritual knowledge offered at the community center. For a financial waiver\, please complete this form: https://mcceastbay.org/scholarship \n\n\n\nSponsored by The Rahmah Foundation & MCC East Bay \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\n\n– More sessions for Muslimahs: https://mcceastbay.org/women\n\n\n\n– More talks in conjunction with The Rahmah Foundation: https://mcceastbay.org/rahmah-foundation\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Teacher: \n\n\n\n*Ustadha Shamira Chothia Ahmed* \n\n\n\nBorn and raised in California’s Central Valley\, Shamira is passionate about educating and empowering Muslim women to reach their highest spiritual potential through acquiring sacred knowledge.  \n\n\n\nAfter graduating as a Valedictorian from her large public high school\, Shamira’s studies led her — following a brief soul-searching stint at Georgetown University — to seek sacred knowledge from scholars on three continents — Africa\, Europe\, and Asia. \n\n\n\nAfter completing her intensive Alimah studies in South Africa and England\, and further studies in Damascus\, Syria\, Shamira received various licenses (ijazas) to teach the sacred sciences. \n\n\n\nIn 2005\, Ustadha Shamira taught Hanafi fiqh for women at the Zaytuna Institute in California and since then has taught various Islamic sciences in venues across North America. In 2008\, she earned a Master’s Degree in Demographics and Social Analysis from the University of California at Irvine\, focusing on the identity formation of the Muslim-American population. \n\n\n\nIn 2013\, Ustadha Shamira specialized in the detailed rulings of menstruation\, lochia\, and abnormal discharge under the direction of Dr. Mufti Abdur Rahman Ibn Yusuf Mangera and assisted in compiling Imam Abu Hanifa’s Al-Fiqh al-Akbar Explained. \n\n\n\nIn 2008\, she earned a Master’s Degree in Demographics and Social Analysis from the University of California at Irvine. \n\n\n\nUstadha Shamira is a co-founder of The Rahmah Foundation and is currently a teacher for Nur Al-Iman\, a full-time online shariah program teaching the fardh Al ayn and more to young women.  \n\n\n\nShe is a passionate advocate for natural birth\, infusing her natural birth classes with Islamic spirituality since 2009. She is also a certified lactation counselor\, a virtual birth doula\, and a birth consultant. \n\n\n\nYou can find Ustadha Shamira in sunny California hiking\, playing\, or exploring with her husband and five children. \n\n\n\n****** \n\n\n\nTestimonials \n\n\n\nThis was such an amazing class and I am grateful Allah SWT guided me toward it… I have left this class feeling so inspired.. this course gave me so much hope and reminded me of how compassionate and merciful Allah SWT is. I pray others benefit from this course as much as I did. -FS \n\n\n\nI am a doula and childbirth educator and mother of three. I have appreciated sister Shamira’s class a lot\, she has embedded this beautiful topic very well into our Islamic beliefs\, with professional knowledge and skillful presentation\, Mashallah. JazakAllahu khairan  -Livia \n\n\n\n“This [class] is a MUST for every Muslim woman…”
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/blessed-birthings-2/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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