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Our Calendar
Join us for a variety of fun, educational, and ceremonial opportunities to connect live with our founder, Emilee Saldaya, and the other luminaries of Free Birth Society. We host workshops, live Q&As, retreats, masterclasses, and an annual women's gathering every summer solstice in North Carolina. Check out everything happening in the coming year here.
Festival Tickets Go Live
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Matriarch Rising Tickets Available January 3rd
Tickets are available for Matriarch Rising Festival! Imagine dancing under the stars, surrounded by your sisters, barefoot and free, completely immersed in the here and now… Join us June 17th-22nd, 2025 in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC.
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School Begins April 14th, 2025
The Radical Birth Keeper School Begins
Free Birth Society's signature 8-week foundational program on birth-work beyond the system. Learn from Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark in this groundbreaking program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth-work.
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Matriarch Rising Festival
June 17th - 22nd, 2025
The Matriarch Rising Festival is an exclusive women-only event that cultivates a sanctuary for mothers, daughters, and sisters to celebrate womanhood year after year here in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Explore Matriarch Rising Here →The MatriBirth Mentor InstituteÂ
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Enrollment opens August 1st, School Begins September 1st, 2025
The MatriBirth Mentor Institute is a ten month intensive program for women ready to dive into sovereign birth-work. We are the only school that fuses sovereign birth-work, holistic health & healing, a full childbirth education curriculum, birth-coaching and trauma integration training, and a transformational self-mastery program, all in the context of a high-level business catalyst.
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The Lighthouse Opens Doors
September 3rd - 7th, 2025
Join Free Birth Society’s exclusive membership community, The Lighthouse! From monthly workshops on all things “wild womanhood” to regular community circles for pregnancy and motherhood, to an engaged daily forum, The Lighthouse is a wonderful place to connect with other like-minded women interested in freebirth and beyond. We only open doors a few times a year so get your name on the waitlist!Â
Get on The Lighthouse Waitlist Here →Don't Miss Out.
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