My Story

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VARADAN, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I WITNESSED HYPNOBIRTHING®……

I was in my last year of midwifery school, and my preceptor and I were called to be the back up at a home birth. When we walked into the house, the atmosphere and energy was unlike anything I had experienced before. I could hear the relaxation track playing in the background as the mother squatted in the birth tub with her eyes closed and her breathing soft and steady. Everyone in the room was transfixed with this same level of calm and serenity, not just the laboring mother. And within moments of our arrival, with a few gentle birth breaths, the mother welcomed her little boy into the world, her own hands guiding him towards her heart.

After receiving my B.Sc in Midwifery from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, I practiced as a primary care midwife in Toronto for 3 years. During this time, I also had the opportunity to do volunteer work in Guatemala and Nicaragua, working to help educate Traditional midwives and Birth Attendants. I then moved to Dubai, UAE, where I continued my midwifery practice on the Labor and Delivery ward of City Hospital for an additional 18 months.

In the 5 years I practiced as a midwife, I have had the opportunity to share in over 400 birth experiences all over the globe. One thing I witnessed time and time again was fear. Fear during pregnancy that the mother might do something inadvertently, which would harm her baby. Fear during labor that the pain would be too much to bear. Fear of repeating someone else’s painful complicated birth experience. Fear, fear and more fear.

Anyone who has ever experienced childbirth knows that it is one of the greatest miracles one could ever experience in one’s life. And instead of embracing and celebrating the experience with joy, anticipation and excitement, so many new and expecting families are walking through this experience gripped by fear.

Fortunately, I knew there was another way. Families I had witnessed giving birth using the HypnoBirthing® program seemed not to be so affected by fear. They had a calm confidence about them, as if they were connected to a power within themselves. A power that allowed them to birth using their birthing instinct – the way nature intended.

So that is why I am so passionate about sharing this program with you. In this program, you will learn all about what happens within your body during pregnancy and the birthing process. This is so you can appreciate how your body has been perfectly created to conceive, nurture and birth your beautiful baby. I incorporate a lot of my midwifery knowledge into my teaching, to help you get a comprehensive, realistic and practical understanding of what to expect during the birthing experience.

You will learn concrete tools to help you stay relaxed and connected to your birthing instinct throughout your labor. With your birthing instinct running the show, instead of fear, your body can work most efficiently to bring your baby into the world without tension or pain.

Curious to find out more? Register to attend the first class for free! New sessions starting October 8, 2024 and November 2, 2024!