EmbodyBirth

Online Certification Educator Training

For almost 3 decades,I have been teaching internationally the ancient art of my Middle Eastern birth lineage through my powerful, transformative and traditional childbirth preparation programs - EmbodyBirth™ and BellydanceBirth®

We must decolonize birth NOW!

I invite you into this mentored training which is the missing link in birth education and sincerely ask:

Are you ready to assist mothers in deprogramming from the default “fear birth” and discover the transformation that birth offers?

Do you want to be a part of a conscious wise movement in birth education to take a deeper look at your birthwork and maternal support?

Do you desire to teach pregnancy and birth education that excavates beyond the shallow waters of the mainstream?

If Yes! There is no more time to waste. The time is now!

We MUST place the ancient female womb knowledge at the forefront of all birth education and no longer accept her defilement so we can make REAL positive and powerful changes to the global birth climate.

Join me in this movement…

Mentorship now open - Presale price available till 10/10!

Mentorship now open - Presale price available till 10/10!

The EmbodyBirth™ Online Mentored Certification Educator Training - Starts March 2026

Presale on now - $500 off training price if you book before 10/10 (Limited Numbers)!

The EmbodyBirth™ online mentored training runs over a 6-8 month period. It is open to all global birth keepers whether doula, midwife, Dr, childbirth educator, prenatal consultant etc.

Any questions, please email info@mahaalmusa.com. You can also download our mentor brochure here.

What is EmbodyBirth...

The EmbodyBirth™ Online Mentored Certification Educator Training asks us to seek for emotional intelligence in maternal care.

In seeking this, we are guided to a more potent understanding of WHO we are as birth keepers, WHY we do what we DO and HOW we can honorably serve women.

If we are going to facilitate this kind of conscious birth education, we need to be able to self-inquire, switch on self-awareness, and take self-responsibility.

Once we can honestly open these doorways within ourselves, we are more able to examine the beauty of birth as a rite of passage experience from a place of wholeness.

As teachers and mentors, we acknowledge the importance of upholding this full birthing declaration through the ways of the unhinged female voice. Here she will naturally anchor her rightful place in the world through Her voice of wise, authentic expression.

And when mothers truly EmbodyBirth™ and are seen, heard, and understood, they live life in this place of sovereign value, which has a marked impact on how they mother their children.

EmbodyBirth Ethics:

  •  When the sacred principles of birth are respected and revered without excuse or reservation, we will see better birth outcomes.

  • We must ask how we can, as educators, mentors and birth keepers, ensure that this central principle is clearly understood within the birthing arena? 

  • And why the imprint of birth as a place to raise our collective human consciousness is essential for the healing and evolution of our species?

The EmbodyBirth™ Online Certification Educator Training
is Maha’s signature pregnancy and childbirth preparation and education program for anyone wishing to teach deep truths from a place of love and compassion.

Online mentorship begins March 2026

EmbodyBirth™ was conceived from Maha’s 3 pregnancy and birth journeys as well as influenced from her ancient, indigenous Palestinian/Lebanese cultural roots.

It was designed for birth professionals and anyone working within the maternal field as well as expectant mothers to have a perspective on childbirth that reminds us of Source knowing. A philosophy based on bringing birth back to its origins and trusting in birth as nature intended.

EmbodyBirth™ is a necessity for all birth keepers globally. 

Today, we have trained and certified EmbodyBirth™ Educators in countries (and growing!) across the world including: USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Poland, Brazil, Switzerland, Italy and more!

Listen to Maha's invitation to join the
Online Certification Educator Training:

Introducing Maha...

Maha Al Musa has been the creator and founder of Embody Birth™ and BellydanceBirth® since 1997. Maha was born in Kuwait to a Palestinian father and Lebanese mother. Her father kidnapped her and her brother when Maha was a 6 month old baby. She was brought to Australia as a 2 year old in 1964. She was sent to boarding school at 4 and was essentially motherless till she was 7.

These early experiences and imprints have become the catalyst and inspiration for Maha's dedication to mothers and babies. Her fierce advocacy ensures mothers and babies stay together wherever possible and this underlies all her birthwork.

It was through her own birth experiences that she realised the power of the sacred womb narrative and dedicated her life to this truth. 

She is an international, independent award-winning birth educator, activist and mentor. The author of the award-winning book Dance Of The Womb endorsed by Dr Michel Odent, Sheila Kitzinger and Dr Sarah Buckley, as well as the producer of the award winning video series Dance Of The Womb endorsed by the Australian Doula College and NACE Australia.

Most importantly, she is the mother to three beautiful children – two sons and a daughter - all born as nature intended. Maha's daughter was born at home - a water lotus birth, when Maha was 46 in 2008.

Maha breastfed her to natural term for 8.5 years and was an extensive pioneer advocate in the worldwide media for public and natural term breastfeeding from 2012-2016. Her story and advocacy went viral several times.

She has also taught her in-person certification training from 2010 both internationally and within Australia, with extensive work in Asia, including China from 2017-2019.

Now, in 2024, Maha at 62, brings her acclaimed EmbodyBirth™ certification educator training into the online space after years of global requests!

Maya shares her experience of the
EmbodyBirth™ certification training...

Our 3 Essential Certification Components 

The goal in teaching the wisdom of EmbodyBirth™ is to elevate birth, where mothers and babies are the true birthing experts experiencing birth as a ceremonial initiation regardless of outcomes, and where unnecessary meddling, disrespect and interference is not a part of her narrative. We must be aware that the birth imprint experienced by babies translates as societal imprints and infuses the world with either love or fear states. EmbodyBirth™ strives to advocate for a more loving human experience wherever and whenever possible.   

 

Birth Philosophy and Psychology

The pervading global attitude to birth is predominantly fear-based and medicalised. EmbodyBirth Philosophy and Psychology looks at what mothers and babies need in their wholeness on this journey into deep transformation.

Birth Physiology

Our innate womb blueprint and mammalian roots for birth are perfectly designed so that mothers can birth knowing that body and wisdom are highly attuned to dance in and through this sacred rite of passage.

Birth Practices

Somatic movements and BellydanceBirth® practices.


EmbodyBirth™ says:

"You are a whole woman, birthing your whole baby in your wholeness and your holiness.”

Who is this training for...

The EmbodyBirth™ Online Certification Mentored Educator Training is perfect for:

  • Midwives

  • Doulas

  • Doctors and Nurses

  • Obstetricians

  • Childbirth Educators

  • Hypnobirthing Educators

  • Prenatal Yoga and Fitness Teachers/Instructors

  • Prenatal Massage Therapists

  • Mothers and Pregnant Women

  • Anyone involved in the birthing arena or anyone who is interested in growing the garden of loving, embodied birth where women have the freedom to birth in the way they choose. 

Here are what women are saying
about this training…

Dr Tharshini (Chinese Medicine Doctor)

Maira D B Magalhaes

Ria from the Phillipnes ( A New EmbodyBirth teacher )

Bethany, Doula

Upon completion of this mentorship and training, you will receive:

  • An EmbodyBirth™ Certified Educator certificate and promo badge.

  • The skills to enable you to teach in person EmbodyBirth™ classes or online to support pregnant women in their sovereignty.

  • The ability to incorporate the teachings into your current/future practice.

  • A Starter Kit -4 lesson plan, facilitator booklet and marketing bundle.

  • The opportunity for 3 one-hour discounted mentorship sessions with Maha for $275 US to use within 6 months of receiving certification.

  • And much more !

More Testimonials…

  • “Maha was amazing! What a strong and knowledgeable woman to learn from. I am really so glad I chose to do this training. I feel inspired and am looking forward to teaching.”

    Maree - Auckland, NZ

  • “I loved learning the natural movements women have used in labour for centuries! Being pregnant myself at the time of the course, it helped me gather more information on how to help birth my baby. Thank you Maha.”

    Erin, Pregnancy Massage Therapist - Sydney, Australia

  • “Thank you Maha for validating a woman’s wisdom! I loved every moment of this training and look forward to sharing this knowledge with the mamas in my world. I hope many more doulas, midwives, yoga teachers, and birth keepers learn these valuable insights from you as well. You understand the heart of birthing.”

    Constance, Doula - San Francisco, USA

  • “The EmbodyBirth™ workshop was fun, invigorating and inspiring. As a midwife I am reminded of the need to allow women to use their intuition and move with gentle swaying and circling to release endorphins, to exercise, to assist with pain relief in labour, and to position their baby ready for birth. “

    Joanne Prior, Midwifery Educator - Bankstown Hospital | Sydney, Australia

  • “The EmbodyBirth™ training was soulful, compassionate, and inspiring. I appreciated the way Maha could weave the spiritual and scientific together with such eloquence. She taught me how birth can operate as such a powerful opening and healing process for women if they can just tap into their innate wisdom and divine feminine nature.”

    Fiona Glover, Mother and Psychotherapist - Adelaide, Australia

  • “The EmbodyBirth™ training was amazing. I was very surprised that BellydanceBirth® was so much more than just pregnant women dancing. I could feel my own pelvis loosen and release with these simple and effective movements. It was so relaxing and centering. I am very eager to share this with pregnant and birthing women.”

    Prartho, Doula - Perth, Australia

  • Maha is a Goddess, a wise woman with a beautiful gift that she chooses to share with the birthing world. EmbodyBirth is exactly what we need to bring women back to their bodies to rediscover their innate and inner wisdom.

    Deb, Midwife

  • The EmbodyBirth training with Auntie Maha benefitted me in many ways. Feeling and connecting to the intricate layers and intuitive wisdom of the Arab woman’s lineage through Maha’s life experience. It is something I will bring to my future births. On completion I feel deeply grounded in my body and confident within my essence.

    Auntie Maha speaks from a fierce space of authenticity and an unwavering passion for change within the birth world and Mother Earth.

    Courtney – student midwife

  • Maha is tender and fierce! Her knowledge and experience lives entirely in the body, and it is from the body that those participating in her classes and workshops are awakened. She is honest, dynamic and intuitive. The work of EmbodyBirth and BellydanceBirth will change a generation if we but allow it in.

    Bree Calarco

A Breakdown of the EmbodyBirth™ Certification:

Gain insight into the foundations and teachings of EmbodyBirth™ and understand the movements of BellydanceBirth® and their relationship to childbirth as a powerful instinctive modality. There are 4 parts of Maha’s Signature Mentorship Training:

Part 1:

The EmbodyBirth™ - 4 modules and 21 chapters - birth preparation program (includes videos, slide shows, meditations, suggested activities and the full BellydanceBirth® award winning dance chapters from Maha's video series - Dance Of The Womb)

Part 2:

The Recorded Zoom Certification Education Video Sessions (15 hours)

We will cover a variety of topics - What is EmbodyBirth™?, Middle Eastern culture, Al Tarab and the history of BellydanceBirth®, How is BellydanceBirth® different from general bellydancing?, The 12 foundational principles of EmbodyBirth™, The Circle, Figure 8 and variations plus other BellydanceBirth® movements, Using BellydanceBirth® in labour, Anatomy and Physiology Of The Dance and so much more. For more details, download our Brochure.

Both Part 1 and Part 2 incorporate self paced study and live group zooms with Maha over a 6 month period

Part 3: 

Live assessments

Part 4: 

Post Training Integration

In this next phase of your EmbodyBirth™ journey, you’ll learn how to bring these teachings to your community.

Our aim is for you to feel fully supported as you develop your vision and integrate the key learnings from EmbodyBirth™ with the women you’ve journeyed alongside

What is included:

  • 6x online group zoom calls with Jenna and participants

  • You will receive a 'getting started' marketing bundle and lesson pland and resources

  • Learn social media skills to boost engagement

  • Develop a clear vision for your offerings

  • Embed and continue to practice the EMB key learnings

For more details, download our Mentorship brochure here.

I invite you …

to join me for a truly liberating and heart opening mentored childbirth education and preparation training that is what world is seeking for. 

Where science meets love, a journey into the heartland of the sacred feminine for birth.

Snippet from the Part 1 -EmbodyBirth 4 Modules program 

Snippet from the Part 1 - EmbodyBirth 4 Modules program 

Snippet from the Part 2 -Live Sessions Educator Training 

Maha’s in labour at 46 years of age - home water lotus birth

EmbodyBirth speaks to the essence of who we are as women. Maha's teachings activate our bodily wisdom and guide us on how to access it. It is our birth rite to have an inspired positive birth experience, forever changed and having experienced this rite of passage in a healthy positive way.

EmbodyBirth will have you diving deep into your own power and bodily wisdom - creating a powerful unwavering knowing that you have all you need within you and how to access it.

- Jenna Logan, Testimonial

The EmbodyBirth™ Online Mentored Certification Educator Training - Starts March 2026

PRESALE ON NOW - $500 OFF THE TRAINING PRICE

Join Maha in her signature EmbodyBirth training! Happens only once a year!

For more details about 2026 mentorship program, download our Mentorship Brochure here.

RRP: $2897 - PRESALE PRICE: $2397

We can’t wait to journey with you in this life altering program

China EMB Training Promo Video

 FAQs

  • Self Paced Training -
    We would like you to complete the self paced training and assessment within an 11 month period from date of purchase.

    Mentored Training with Maha

    There will be regular group zoom sessions (approx 8 in total) over a 6 month period. This includes an assessment with Maha.

    See more FAQ if you dont finish either training.

  • For Self Paced
    We suggest you complete over 11 months. As the training is delivered via pre-recorded videos and due to different time zones, as well as busy lives, we understand that you may need an extension, so please reach out to Maha via email

    info@mahaalmusa.com

    Mentored Training

    The Online Mentored Certification Educator Training is completed as group study with live zooms with Maha so we will all finish together.
    If for any reason you cannot complete you can re enrol in the next years training for a small fee of US$300.

  • Yes! Once you receive your certificate and completed the post training integration Part 4, you can share EmbodyBirth™ in any way that you like. We do ask that you always use the brands EmbodyBirth™ and BellydanceBirth® as well as Dance Of The Womb in your teachings, as well as displaying the branding logos. This will all be addressed in the training.

    We encourage you to incorporate the EmbodyBirth™ teachings in your own offerings so you can share the wisdom and knowledge of this important birth education whilst respecting the brand and lineage. You have the freedom to add your own individual spice and voice to the teachings.

  • Yes, from 2025 there will be a new and exciting members- an exclusive online community for teachers, called The Birth House.

    Here you will have access to bi-monthly/monthly zooms with special guests, access to new programs, marketing and branding info, structured embodiment classes/workshops to teach your mamas, templates and tools to suppport your business and more!

    Investment US$399 annually

  • As part of the educator training it is important that you have completed

    Part 1- The online EmbodyBirth™ 4 module program ~ Unlock And Awaken Your Ancestral Womb Wisdom ~that is a resource to share with your clients because it primarily focuses on birth preparation.

    To view detailed content, go to:

    https://www.mahaalmusa.com/embodybirth-pregnancy-birth-preparation-online-

    You will also complete

    Part 2 - The Recorded Zoom Training Sessions Videos (15 hours) so that you have a better understanding of the whole EmbodyBirth™ program through the lens of becoming a teacher/educator.

    And to complete the assessment with Q n A

    Part 3- The assessment 1-1 zoom with Maha ensures you have a good understanding of the program.

    Part 4- Post Training Integration Teacher Support

    Completing all 4 parts gives you a holistic view of the depth, breadth, and wisdom of EmbodyBirth™ as well as being supported after the training to take EmbodyBirth out into your community.

  • Refunds are NOT available at this time for either the
    Part 1 -EmbodyBirth™ programs - 4 modules program or the Part 2 -Video Education Zoom Sessions Videos (15 hours).

    However, once purchased, you will receive LIFETIME access to BOTH!

    If you are unsure if EmbodyBirth™ is right for you, you can reach out to Maha at info@mahaalmusa.com to ask more questions and gain clarity.

  • If you have attended Maha's 2 day in person workshop there is a US$200 discount off the list price for the Online Certification Educator Training.

    If you have pruchased the Part 1 and wish to become an EmbodyBirth teacher you will only need to pay the difference to do so.

    Please get in touch with Maha for more info and to receive discount code - info@mahaalmusa.com

  • You can purchase Part 2 and then book the Part 3 zoom with Maha and complete Part 4 group zooms as they become available.

    Please email Maha for further information.

    info@mahaalmusa.com

When we fully surrender to physiological, uninterrupted, mammalian primal birthing - mothers and babies dance through a beautifully designed portal that is intended to support the process of evolving human consciousness.  

EmbodyBirth™ also teaches that when you are holding space for mother and babies as a birth support person,  you are actually holding the space for the upgrading of the unconscious to surface to meet the light. It is in this profound place that the capacity of love permeates the human spiritual plane to allow for deep alchemy.

- Maha Al Musa