Learn the practical skills & spiritual knowledge needed to serve as a Christian doula.
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In this 6 week hybrid doula training and certification course you will have access to study self-paced online lessons. Plus, live weekly coaching sessions with your doula trainer (these sessions will also be recorded and accessible for playbacks ). Enjoy a private facebook community for extended learning, mentoring, and community facilitated by your doula instructor.
In addition, each quarter a in person skills training will be facilitated in the Dallas- Fort Worth area to practice doula skills, corporate prayer, & fellowship. You will learn everything you need in this training to serve in your community as a skilled Christian doula. You can attend the skills workshop closest to your doula training date or one offered within a year of your training date.
This training goes live on June 6, 2025. At that time you will have INSTANT dripped access to weekly curriculum and any additional materials needed. Unless you pay in full, then you will have FULL early access to all 6 weeks up front.
Faith-based Community.
Comprehensive Curriculum.
Convenient Learning.
Curated by an experienced birth doula.
Built in mentorship.
No gimmicks!
3 Easy Steps to get started!
Step 1. Complete Course work
6 weeks of self-paced doula education (including cert requirements).
24/7 hour access to weekly online coursework. Attend live weekly group coaching sessions or watch playbacks.
You will be considered a trained doula after completing this step!
Receive FULL ACCESS to the whole curriculum EARLY with the VIP/EARLY ACCESS option. Additionally payment plan options and installment plans are available with After pay and Affirm.
Click here for detailed training requirements.
Step 2. Attend a live skills training workshop
Attend a all day in-person skills workshop. We will offer one workshop each quarter. They will be from 10-4pm. We will practice doula skills taught in the doula coursework as well as participate in mock birth exercises and more.
Skills training for our June doula training will be held in DFW, TX. June 28, 2025 . Students have up to 1 year to attend one of the skills workshops. $99 additional to attend multiple workshops per year. Click here for 2025 doula skills training dates.
Step 3. Connect to your Community
Now that you've completed steps 1 & 2, join the Royal Doula community facebook group for trained & certified RD's. Become fully certified by attending/shadowing 2 births during or after training within 1 year. After you become fully certified you can officially use the CRD initials, be added to the RDA doula directory for free, and receive your official certified royal doula certificate, and social media/website badges.
Preview of Curriculum (12 modules /80+ lessons/12 hours of live coaching/ 1 full day in person skills training)
- Lesson overview (1:06)
- Childbirth Education 1: Anatomy of the pregnant body (34:23)
- Childbirth Education 2: Preparing the Body (23:04)
- Childbirth Education 3: Pelvic stations (8:43)
- Pelvic station visual
- Pelvic Stations diagram
- Childbirth Education 4: Labor hormones (19:22)
- Labor land & Hormones
- Faith over Fear in Birth!
- Childbirth Education 5: Stages of labor (16:03)
- Childbirth Education 6: Early labor & active labor (15:48)
- Don't forget your C.O.A.T?
- SB Body Balancing Technique?
- Childbirth Education 7: Active labor, transition, pushing (37:11)
- What's the 4-1-1?
- Tracking Labor Progress
- Childbirth Education 8: Placenta delivery (16:11)
- The Amazing Placenta (0:31)
- ACOG'S Cord Clamping Standard!
- Education is Power! (1:22)
- Let's get intentional! (0:22)
- Comfort measures (8:34)
- Comfort measures- Affirmations (5:13)
- Early labor/ No engagement (2:59)
- Examples of inlet movements (1:14)
- 3D visual inlet (0:15)
- Active labor/Engagement (4:06)
- Examples of mid-pelvis movements (1:21)
- Movement for pushing (1:40)
- Examples of movements for pushing
- 3-D Visual outlet (0:15)
- Baby's movements during labor (1:45)
- Baby's presentation
Meet your instructor
Ebon'Nae Faith, is a follower of Christ. A highly sought after veteran birth worker of over a decade. Owner of Royal Doulas Dallas, the first Christian doula agency in Dallas. As well as the first Black owned agency in Dallas. Mother of 4 boys. Her work has been highlighted in multiple media sources, the most recent being a Abc news feature story. click to learn more
Refund Policy
The purchase of any Royal Doula Academy course or Royal Doula Training and Certification including installments is non-refundable.