This course is for people who want to go beyond the practical side of elimination communication and explore its deeper themes: connection, intuition and caring for babies with attentiveness and respect.
- It's about more than becoming dry.
- It's about trust – in our children, our bodies and ourselves.
The Mata Origin EC Coach Training combines specialist knowledge with practical experience, personal development and an attentive approach to the needs of babies and parents.
The course aims to:
- provide sound knowledge of elimination communication,
- teach psychosocial foundations and counselling methods,
- make space for personal development and reflection on your own EC journey.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for:
- parents with experience of elimination communication,
- doulas, midwives and parent-support professionals,
- people working in education or therapeutic professions,
- anyone who wants to support families with care and consideration.
You don't need a perfect EC journey behind you. Openness, curiosity and a genuine wish to understand babies and their parents matter more. The methods covered will help you support other families professionally, personally and holistically.
What to expect
- 20 hours of live Zoom sessions, interactive and practical
- 20 hours of independent study, including a final guiding statement
- Personal advice and in-depth discussion in a dedicated WhatsApp group
- A certificate on completion
All sessions take place online via Zoom. They're recorded and will remain available to you.
Topics
- Elimination communication | ages 0–1
- Elimination communication | ages 1–2
- Equipment, materials and the Mata Origin product range
- Additional caregivers, EC outside the home and EC in society
- EC at night
- Your guiding principles as an EC coach
- Dependency models and boundaries
- Attachment theory and secure attachment
- Case studies, solutions and structuring a consultation
The next training course is being planned
Dates for the next EC Coach Training have not yet been confirmed.
If you're interested, please email us at lehrgang@mata-origin.com. We'll put your name on our non-binding interest list and let you know when new dates are available.
We'd love to hear from you. ❤️
How you can use the training
The course can help you share elimination communication with families as part of your professional work. For example, you might:
- offer your own EC workshops,
- support parents in one-to-one consultations,
- work with midwifery centres, family centres or practices,
- add EC guidance to your existing services,
- support families with a holistic, attachment-focused approach.
Many participants later incorporate EC into their work as doulas, parent-support professionals, course facilitators or family advisers.
To ensure a personal and intensive learning environment, places are limited to 12 participants.
Voices from the Course
Two participants report on what they took away from the Diaper-Free Coach training course.
Agnes, Participant 2025
"The EC Coach Training by Mata Origin with Magdalena has helped me progress on various levels. I was able to delve deeply into the question of what EC truly is, how it can work, and how we, as coaches, can effectively communicate it to caregivers.
The exchange with the other women and Magdalena's nuanced perspective was particularly enriching. She taught us to think outside the box, to engage even more deeply with the child and with ourselves, and to perceive and understand boundaries.
EC is so much more than just a path to potty training. It's a process.
The final mission statement has become a valuable manual and motivator for me to further spread the topic of EC and elimination communication to the world.
I can recommend the EC Coach Training to anyone who cares about elimination communication."
Esther, Participant 2025
"The EC Coach course was incredibly enjoyable, and I am very grateful that I participated. I especially liked that we were a rather small group.
This led to a very personal and valuable exchange, which is often missing in everyday life – precisely because you rarely know other people who are also involved with Elimination Communication.
I believe the course is worthwhile not only for people who want to fully enter this field professionally.
It is also incredibly enriching for parents who simply want to gain more background knowledge to better interpret their own experiences and pass them on to other families.
For me personally, the course was also an important step in a new professional direction. I had been looking for an activity that could be easily combined with family life and the daycare-free lifestyle.
I didn't want to go back to my old job – I simply thrived in motherhood. At the same time, the topic of Elimination Communication increasingly fascinated me.
After the course, I was able to build my own website and network with midwives and lactation consultants to raise more awareness for the topic of Elimination Communication.
It is particularly important to me to prepare parents for this from birth and to show them how relaxed and practical Elimination Communication can be in everyday life.
But I also find the supportive aspect just as important: If parents are stuck, need help, or are perhaps in the middle of a EC strike, it makes a huge difference to have someone by their side who accompanies and understands them. I can say that from my own experience.
With my first child, I had only heard about Elimination Communication marginally and somehow muddled through alone. It wasn't until my second child that I discovered that practical EC clothing exists and that coaches can really support families.
I would have loved to have had this support myself back then – and that's precisely why I find the training so valuable."
Fees and registration
The course fee is €1,199, including the certificate.
Payment in three instalments is possible on request.
We hope elimination communication will continue to be shared – as a lived connection, a contribution to a healthier world and a reminder of our intuitive understanding. It can contribute to parent-child relationships, support babies' physical and emotional wellbeing, reduce environmental impacts and encourage trust in ourselves.
If you're interested in the training, please email us:
We will then arrange an informal introductory Zoom call to answer your questions, get to know you and find out together whether this is the right course for you at this point.
It's important to us to create a supportive, trusting group.
Please note: This training is not a substitute for medical or therapeutic qualifications.
We'd be delighted to accompany you for part of this journey.