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Live Virtual Lecture Series: Attuning to Our Core Essence: Foundational Teachings from Ray Castellino
November 4, 2021 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM


Carrying Forward the Foundational Work of Ray Castellino with midwife Mary Jackson and Tara Blasco, PhD
Ray Castellino made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of prenatal and perinatal psychology. He passed away in December of 2020 after actively teaching his work around the world for 50 years. In this five-week series you will have the opportunity to hear lectures not previously available to the general public. His teaching team of Tara Blasco and Mary Jackson will host this series to share this important work.
He created a unique framework for practitioners to support the health of all families and relationships. In this program you will be guided each week in practices that were created by Ray along with an opportunity to participate in live questions and answers. Tara and Mary will also be interacting with volunteers supporting them in their PPN process and inquiries.
This is a special opportunity as a practitioner to participate and work with these amazing teachers.
5-week workshop series
October 7- November 4
Thursdays 1:00- 2:30pm Eastern US Time
Recordings will be made available for all those who are registered.
Session Five: November 4
- Words from Ray about life and death
- Blessing Circle
- Live Q & A with Mary and Tara
Mary has been a home birth Midwife since 1975. She has attended over 2,500 births in the Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Ojai, California areas and has attended the home births of her second generation of babies. She is a certified Castellino Process Workshop Leader and co-teaches the Castellino Pre and Perinatal Birth Training. In the first year after incorporating these pre and perinatal approaches in her midwifery practice her home to hospital transfer rate went from 20% to 6%. Mary is participating in cutting edge research about imprints that occur around the time of conception, pregnancy and birth and how they affect us throughout the rest of our lives and what it takes to heal from challenges in these experiences. She is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and leads trainings throughout the world.
Tara Blasco has a PhD in prenatal and perinatal psychology from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, and has worked at the BEBA clinic since 2001. She is the current director of the BEBA clinic and was the co-director with Ray Castellino until he passed in Dec 2020. She works as the facilitator at the Ojai BEBA clinic and offers online sessions. She is a certified craniosacral therapist. She is a Certified Womb Surround Process Workshop facilitator and supervisor through Castellino training. She co-teaches Dr. Castellino’s Foundation Training in Spain and in the US together with Ray Castellino (until he passed) and with Mary Jackson. She is the co-director of the non-profit organization Global Resource Alliance dedicated to the alleviation of poverty and disease, and supporting communities in the Mara region of Tanzania.
APPPAH Premier Members receive $50 off discount (check your membership portal or email edu@birthpsychology.com)