Birth preparation WorkSHOP
Bloom: Pilates + Birth Preparation Course
Join us for our 8-Week Prenatal Pilates & Birth Preparation Course. Presented by Faye Wood and Hosted by Fleur Wellbeing Pilates Studio.
We combine routine, evidence-based information sessions with pilates and myofascial movement techniques to help women feel empowered in body, heart and mind as they step into motherhood.
DATES: Saturday the 2nd of May - Saturday the 20th of June 2026 (Every Saturday for 8 weeks).
(Special guests will be joining us on Saturday the 16th of May and Saturday the 20th of June!)
DURATION: 2 hours, from 11am - 1pm.
Saturday the 13th of June is Partner’s Day, and will run for 30mins longer from 11am-1:30pm.
COST: $600 upfront payment or $78 direct debited weekly.
Early bird Promotion: Pay a $50 deposit to secure your spot prior to the Saturday the 4th of April 2026 and receive a complimentary item of Fleur Wellbeing Merch (Includes T-Shirts, Tank Tops, Long Sleeve shirts, Jumpers, Drink Bottles & Tote Bags.)
A little gift from us: to welcome both you and your precious bub into this beautiful new chapter, everyone who attends the course will receive a 25% discount on a 5, 10, or 20-session group class pass, specifically for Mums + Bubs classes.
(This offer is valid for a one-time purchase and can only be used for Mums + Bubs classes.)
What topics do we cover each week?
Education (45 minutes)
Each week includes evidence-based, woman-centred education designed to support informed decision-making, emotional wellbeing, and confidence in birth and motherhood. Content is delivered across eight gentle, easy-to-digest sessions, allowing time to truly embody the knowledge and build autonomy and empowerment.
Meditation (15 mins) Embodying the information through meditation & self-hypnosis to assist in pain management, relaxation and connection to baby.
Pilates (45mins) Feel good Pilates to assist with pregnancy-related aches and pains, as well as birth and postpartum recovery.
Weekly Education Topics
Week 1 — Hormones in Pregnancy & Birth: Understanding how hormones influence pregnancy, labour, and birth. Oestrogen, progesterone, cortisol, oxytocin, beta-endorphins & relaxin. Common pregnancy symptoms and supportive strategies
Week 2 — Psychological Preparation & Coping: Building emotional resilience for labour and the postpartum period. Stress and coping strategies. Understanding experience, knowing options & decision-making. Meaning-making in birth. Changes in the maternal brain.
Week 3 — A Woman-Centred Approach to Physiological Birth: Physiology of birth and the Ferguson reflex. Reclaiming birth as a rite of passage (inspired by Dr Rachel Reed).
Week 4 — Medicalised Birth & Hospital Protocols: Understanding interventions and how to navigate them. Induction, augmentation & assisted births. Effects on the Ferguson reflex. Optimising oxytocin. When caesarean sections are supportive and necessary.
Week 5 — The Fourth Trimester: Focused on healing, support, and early family life. The “Golden 3s”: 3 hours, 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months. Breastfeeding overview & the breast crawl. Crying, colic & infant sleep. Postnatal pledge for support people.
Week 6 — Matrescence & Identity - Special guest visit: Understanding the identity shift of motherhood. Emotional changes and mood awareness. Recognising PNDA. Self-care. Returning to work and competing devotions.
Week 7 — Partner Session: A collaborative and reflective week for birthing partners. Recap of key concepts. Questions and open discussion. Birth stories — all birth is normal. Pain management strategies. Creating a birth wish (rather than a rigid plan).
Week 8 — Postpartum Recovery: Guest physiotherapist session. Physical recovery and care after birth.
"Whether this is your first or third birth, If you’re considering a C-Section or VBAC, Home or Hospital Birth, you can write your own story about how you conquered the most physically challenging moment of your life and step into Motherhood with Power".
The Bloom Method
Bloom Method is a holistic Perinatal Education and Movement Workshop, designed to guide women through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period by sharing balanced and informative discourse and movement to instil somatic trust for women moving through this transformative time.
Endorsed by Rebecca Martin
Titled Women’s Health Physiotherapist
Australian Physiotherapy Association Instructor
Curtin University Visiting Lecturer
Fill in the contact form to register for the course.
our team
Meet Faye
We are delighted to have Faye present the Bloom Method course at Fleur Wellbeing Pilates Studio. Faye has extensive experience teaching Pilates and a huge passion for Pilates for Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Menopause, as well as myofascial movement techniques during women’s transitional phases. She specialises in mat work and reformer work, which is distinguished by her Advanced Diploma of Myofascial Slings Training.
Her boutique Pilates studio in Sydney - Studio Umoya - specialised in women’s health and wellbeing. In the 7 years she occupied her studio; she developed a unique and intuitive understanding of movement patterning, injury prevention and dynamic flow. Faye is also a Mother of 2 beautiful children.
We’re supporting options
1% of your purchase is donated to Options.
"Every Empowered Woman Empowers Another" When you sign up to the Bloom Method Birth Preparation Course we will donate 1% of your purchase to Not For Profit Organisation in South Africa - Options. Options' vision is to impact and develop youth and families facing a pregnancy or an HIV crisis.
“The Bloom course provided such a wealth of knowledge and really helped me have a physiological birth, whilst still touching on all the medicalised side of birth and emphasising that there’s no right or wrong way as long as you’re comfortable and informed with what’s happening to you. Pilates and meditation/breath work was such a wonderful pre and postnatal tool and an absolute saviour in labour and Pilates was a big part of ensuring I had a great recovery physically after birth. I loved that partners were also involved in one of the sessions, Steve loved coming and learnt so much - the melon bellies for Pilates were perfect too haha! I would recommend the course to anyone who is pregnant, if you do no other research or education I reckon the Bloom course is where it’s at!! And of course the beautiful Faye and Ellesse - the course would be nothing without the two of you, your wealth of knowledge, passion and beautiful energies!” - Jess