Find your classes here. Just click to the month and find the BOLD day your class is offered.

Please note, if you see the words "No appointments are available this month," or you don't see the date you expect in bold font, this means that the scheduled event is already full. Please either 1) choose a different month, or navigate back to the Dar a Luz website to 2) sign up for the wait list, or 3) sign up to be notified when we schedule the next one.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: email addresses that end with "icloud.com" and "me.com" tend to reject our Acuity system (class scheduler) emails. This happens on your end, and not ours. Please consider using a different email, or adding "scheduling@acuityscheduling.com" to your list of trusted senders. Contact amity@daraluzbirthcenter.org or text 505-463-1213 if you don't receive your expected confirmation, or your reminders and expected Zoom links.

  • 1. Start here

    • Birth Center Virtual Tour and Orientation

      1 hour 30 minutes

      Virtual Tour and Orientation on the first and third Wednesday each month are online on Zoom only at this time. Every mom/birthing person must attend an Orientation before making the first prenatal appointment. Meet a midwife, see a vide ...

    2. Required birth classes for first-timers: please choose one series (optional for those who have had a baby before)

    • Inspired and Intentional Birth Series May-June

      15 hours

      Meets six Sundays 3-5:30 pm. Taught by childbirth educator Amity McElroy. Included in Dar a Luz fees for clients (click "Pay Later"). This class is available to non-birth center clientele as well, for a $390 fee (payable to Dar a Luz). ...

    • Your Birth Illuminated Birth Series June - July 2025

      15 hours

      Meets six Thursdays 6-8:30 pm. Taught by childbirth educator Jaelan Mincey. Included in Dar a Luz fees for clients (click "Pay Later"). This class is available to non-birth center clientele as well, for a $390 fee (payable to Dar a Luz ...

    • Your Birth Illuminated Birth Series Aug-Oct 2025

      15 hours

      Meets six Thursdays 6-8:30 pm. Taught by childbirth educator Jaelan Mincey. Included in Dar a Luz fees for clients (click "Pay Later"). This class is available to non-birth center clientele as well, for a $390 fee (payable to Dar a Luz ...

    • Inspired and Intentional Birth Series July- August 2025

      15 hours

      Meets six Sundays 3-5:30 pm. Taught by childbirth educator Amity McElroy. Included in Dar a Luz fees for clients (click "Pay Later"). This class is available to non-birth center clientele as well, for a $390 fee (payable to Dar a Luz). ...

    2.1 Required birth class for second+-timers: please choose one class date

    • Condensed childbirth education class

      5 hours

      For Dar a Luz clients who have given birth before. If you are having trouble finding a class to fit your schedule, contact Claire@daraluzbirthcenter.org We'll have fun as we discuss birth center birth, options, and comfort techniques. T ...

    3. Required classes: please sign up for one of each of these classes

    • Interventions and Hospital Transfers

      2 hours 30 minutes

      Please note: This class will be held ONLINE on Zoom. PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP AT BIRTH CENTER FOR THIS CLASS! Please enroll under client's registered name and only one registration is needed for you and your partner. This is a required c ...

    • Newborns Head to Toe class

      3 hours

      Please enroll under client's registered name and only one registration is needed for you and your partner. Register before or after your birth class, before baby is born! Included in DAL fees (click "Pay Later"), $65 for non-DAL client ...

    • Breastfeeding and Feeding Your Newborn

      2 hours 30 minutes

      Register before or after your birth class series. Recommended before your baby is born. Included for DAL clients (click "Pay Later"); $65 for non-DAL clients. IN PERSON. Bring your nursing pillow with you if you have one. In person-P ...

    • Carseat Clinic

      3 hours

      This class will be IN PERSON AT DAR A LUZ Take before your baby is born, to ensure you're ready to drive your baby home from Dar a Luz. Nancy helps to guide you to install your carseat properly. If you have your carseat already please ...

    4. Extra classes and special events

    • Pelvic Floor: Changes During Pregnancy and Postpartum Recovery

      1 hour 30 minutes

      Join Nora J Quintal Calva and Erin Longhurst Cook-the wonderful pelvic floor physical therapists we refer to at Method Physical Therapy, to learn all about your pelvic floor health, during and after pregnancy. We’ll talk about anatomy, ...

    • Pumping Basics

      2 hours

      In person-Please enroll under client's registered name and only one registration is needed for you and your partner. Take this 2-hour class to learn the basics of pumping and storing milk, as well as bottle feeding it to your baby. Lea ...

    • Baby Massage

      1 hour 30 minutes

      Please enroll under client's registered name and only one registration is needed for you and your partner. Lots of benefits for babies and caregivers: increased bonding, and relief from many complaints and stresses. Babies of any age ar ...