• Mindful Birthing Teacher Training (MBTT) Scholarship Application Form 

  • At the Mindful Birthing and Parenting Foundation, we recognize that financial challenges can make it difficult for some individuals to access Mindful Birthing Teacher Training. To help, we offer scholarships to those from strategically underserved or marginalized communities, as well as those experiencing financial hardship. Each application is carefully reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

  • Mindful Birthing Teacher Training Series

  • Application Information

  • Pronouns*
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  • Date of Birth
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  • Profession (you can choose more than one)*
  • How did you learn about MBCP? (e.g., word of mouth, advertisement, professional workshop, mailing, reading Mindful Birthing)*
  • Have you completed an MBSR, MBCT, or MBCP course?*
  • Have you completed any MBSR or MBCT Professional Trainings?*
  • Do you have a regular meditation practice?*
  • Have you completed a 5-10 day silent retreat?*
  • Do you work with birthing families in or outside of a hospital setting "perinatal health experience"?*
  • Have you attended women during childbirth?*
  • Are you currently or have you recently found yourself struggling with issues relating to your own birthing history. (We may ask you more about your answers in order to be sure that this is the right time for you to do this training)*
  • Are you currently seeing a therapist or psychiatrist?*
  • Do you have any teaching or group facilitation experience?*
  • Have you attended any MBCP Trainings?*
  • Rows
  • Are you also applying for ACNM CE Credits?*

  • Scholarship Information

  • Financial Information

  • Are you a perinatal professional working in Massachusetts with under-served or under-resourced communities?
  • What is your current total annual household income (before taxes)? Please select the appropriate income range*
  • Rows
  • What is your financial need?

  • *Please be aware that there is a minimum $450 co-pay for all scholarships (including full scholarships) to cover mentoring costs.

    Note: Standard Tuition Fees​: $4,750
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  • How much of the course fee are you able to contribute towards (see below for payment plans?
  • If you are awarded a scholarship, will you also require a payment plan to spread the payment of the outstanding amount?

  • Community and Identity Information

  • Which of the following applies to you?

  • 1. Do you identify as a member of a marginalized or underrepresented group? (you may choose more than one)*
  • 2. Are you living in an underserved community or under-resourced community? (you may choose more than one)*
  • 3. Do you serve members of an under-served or under-resourced community? (you may choose more than one)*
  • 4. I serve members of high-risk perinatal populations with poor birth outcomes*
  • 5. I live in an area without access to mindfulness-based providers (MBCP, MBSR, MBCT)*
  • Have you explored other modes of funding your MBCPTT enrollment? (i.e., crowdfunding, work or community sponsorship, grants)?*
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