Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training, Fall 2026

Spinning Babies®

Birth Skills Training

Kansas City, MO | October 19-22, 2026

Step into 4 days of immersive learning, hands-on practice, and shared purpose. Become a Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional—and bring more ease, connection, and confidence to birth.

Spinning Babies *Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training Irving, Tx - Spring 2025

*Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training Irving, Tx – Spring 2025

Strengthen your response to long or challenging labors, fetal malposition, and support ease in birth.

Spinning Babies *Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training Irving, Tx - Spring 2025

Learn from decades of birthing experience from our expert trainers:

In just a few days you’ll tap into decades of birthing experience from our expert trainers:

  • Advanced techniques for labor progression and preventing dystocia.
  • The role of fascia, muscles, and ligaments in fetal positioning.
  • Neurophysiological methods that enhance the pregnant and birthing body’s natural processes.
  • How to balance the pelvis and assess fetal position with confidence, learning how to balance intervention and intuition to ensure the best possible outcomes.
  • Create pregnancy routines that align with the body’s natural physiology.
  • The vital role the baby plays in labor progression.

…and so much more! By the end of this training, you’ll be equipped to support birth with greater confidence, skill, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Transform the way you support birth forever.

Designed by our founder, Gail Tully, and her incredible team, this hands-on training is filled with the signature techniques and insights that have made Spinning Babies® a worldwide movement. 

Gain Expertise in Physiological Birth

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Earn 25 Continuing Education (CE) credits

Spinning Babies *Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training Irving, Tx - Spring 2025

Join a Global Community

Spinning Babies *Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training Irving, Tx - Spring 2025

Renew Your Skills and Purpose

  • Support physiological births across settings
  • Deepen your knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and fetal positioning
  • Reconnect with your own physiology through a compassionate lens
  • Discover more effective ways to support labor and inspire a new approach among colleagues

By the end of your Birth Skills Training, you will carry new confidence, a deeper sense of trust, and powerful tools to transform the birth experience.

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After Your Birth Skills Training: Final Steps to Becoming a Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional

After attending, you will complete a series of online modules at your own pace. Once finished, you will receive your official welcome letter!

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Training Location​

Meals Included

  • Breakfast: October 19th-22nd, 2026
  • Lunch: October 19th-21st 2026
  • Coffee Breaks: Daily with light snacks

 

Hotel Amenities

  • Premium Internet Access and Welcome Beverage
  • In Room Coffee/Tea/Water
  • 24 Hour Fitness Center and
  • Yoga Mats upon request
  • Onsite Parking and Access to EV Car Charging Stations
  • Use of Indoor and Outdoor Pools & Hot Tubs
  • Wellness Classes
  • Meditation Garden/Lawn
  • Games/Hammocks and use of Hotel Bicycles
  • Self-Guided Hall of Waters Tour
  • VIP Access to Fence Stile Winery 10% Discount
    Three Owls, Our On-Site Restaurant
  • 16 Acres of Beautifully Landscaped Grounds and Gardens, including a New Herb Garden
  • Shuffleboard, Cornhole, and a Variety of Yard Games

Registration Information - Includes lodging, breakfast & lunch

Early Bird Registration (Ends June 22, 2026):

  • Double Occupancy: $2,695.00

  • Single Occupancy: $3,095.00

Standard Registration (Ends September 17, 2026):

  • Double Occupancy: $3,195.00

  • Single Occupancy: $3,595.00

Complete your application and registration early to ensure your place.

Meet Your Instructors

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Nikki Zerfas, RN, C-EFM, IBCLC, SpBT

Nikki is a Labor & Birth nurse in Seattle, WA. She is also a Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer, teaching Spinning Babies workshops throughout North America and Europe. She loves all aspects of learning and enjoys participating in the development of birth professionals at all levels. She is especially interested in finding ways to support physiological birth and bonding in complex medical situations with evidence-based practice.

Spinning Babies *Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training Irving, Tx - Spring 2025

Kelly Dungan, RN, CPM

Kelly is a nurse, a community midwife, and a Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer. She has worked in labor and delivery, as well as hospice nursing. Passionate about translating physiologic principles for the hospital setting, she offers restorative retreats, online learning, and nurse mentorship. Kelly has a small homebirth midwifery practice and consults for breech and fertility in Seattle, WA. She considers herself a lifetime student of the transformational power of birth.

Proven Impact of the Spinning Babies Approach:

Reduction in cesarean rates after training two-thirds of labor and delivery nurses at South Miami Hospital
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Reduction in cesarean rates six months after training the labor and delivery nurses at Jefferson Stratford Hospital
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Reduction in cesarean rates after training two-thirds of labor and delivery nurses at South Miami Hospital
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Of attendees rated the Spinning Babies® approach as being "highly effective"*
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*Preliminary results of a web-based survey with birth workers in Brazil that use Spinning Babies® in their practices (Takemoto, Menezes et al)

Birth Skills Training FAQs

If you’re a midwife, nurse, obstetrician, doula, or birth professional, ready to elevate your practice and support physiological, empowered births, this training is for you.

No prerequisites are required! While prior birth experience is expected, no previous knowledge of Spinning Babies® is needed. Previous training in the Spinning Babies® approach may enhance your experience. Whether you’ve attended one, ten or zero Foundational Workshops, you are welcome here.

Upon successful completion of the pre and post materials and post-test, you’ll earn a Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional designation, which recognizes your advanced skills in supporting physiological birth. 

You can refer to yourself as a Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional and display your digital badge on all public facing platforms. You will not be permitted to teach other birth professionals Spinning Babies® material.

Spinning Babies® recognizes that more than good techniques are needed to shift birth culture. As professionals, we deserve time to practice what we are going to bring back to our communities. Birth Skills Training offers a space to reflect, practice, and reshape birth culture. More than mastering techniques, it’s about bringing your values and wisdom to your work and communities.

Physiological birth is the body’s innate process for childbirth, and the neurobiological catalyst for deep and abiding attachment and bonding. Normal birth reveals itself in a wide range of normal variations. Physiological birth is not just avoiding intervention– we can understand the birthing body’s signs of function and wellbeing, and therefore, discern when interventions are necessary and life-saving. We promote simple restorations of normal birth function. We want to trust birth, and by understanding physiology better, we can trust again.

We are committed to providing Equity Seats for Black and Indigenous Birth Professionals. If you’re a BIPOC professional, apply for a complimentary seat to this transformative training. Priority is given to applicants within driving distance of the event. You can apply for the Birth Skills Equity Seat on the application page here

Included in the price of training is:

  • In-person education for 3.5 days. 
  • A printed manual. 
  • A 4 nights accommodation.
  • Breakfast and lunch for 3 days, breakfast only on day 4.
  • One year membership access including website listing and exclusive quarterly webinars.
  • Access to learning modules and online educational content before and after the training.

Accommodation is included with all of our US based Advanced 4-Day Trainings.

We’ve worked closely with training sites to secure lodging that’s comfortable, convenient, and cost-effective, making it easier for you to focus fully on the learning experience. Please refer to the individual registration page for full details on whats included for your specific training.

To help you stay focused and refreshed throughout the training, all US-based advanced 4-Day trainings include breakfast, lunch and snacks each day. Please refer to the individual registration page for full details on whats included for your specific training.

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