Katie Wise: Owner, Yoga Teacher, Childbirth Educator, Birth Advocate. Katie's full bio can be found by clicking HERE.
Kelly Roche, Studio Director: In Kelly's prenatal classes, a nurturing, sacred space is created for mama’s-to-be to come and learn breathing, meditation and movement exercises specific to pregnancy and birthing.We focus on cultivating inner body & breath awareness, core and pelvic floor strengthening, physical & mental endurance, as well as relaxation techniques. This class is a place to discover how to best work with the inevitable changes each day brings, and to connect with other women, your Self, and your beautiful growing baby.
Amy DelaTerre: Amy DelaTerre is a Kripalu-certified yoga instructor, specializing in yoga for parents and their babies and children. A long-time preschool teacher, Amy designed her first children’s yoga program in 2002. Amy wrote a book entitled “Education for Wholeness: Exploring Yoga with Children.” After experiencing first-hand the benefits of a pre-natal and postpartum yoga practice, Amy began sharing yoga with pregnant women and with new mothers and their babies. Amy is passionate about honoring and strengthening the deep, heart-centered connection that exists between children and their parents. In her teaching she strives to nurture that bond, and also to encourage and support the sense of wonder, connection and respect for the Earth and all beings that is inherent in every child, regardless of their age.
Nancy Candea is a Certified Yoga Therapist, an experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, the director of Boundless Yoga Center LLC, a Yoga Alliance registered 200hr yoga teacher training school, and the mother of two young adults. Her personal approach to yoga is the product of twenty-two years of her own practice (nineteen of them in Hawaii), and fourteen years of teaching. It's been her great privilege to be taught – and inspired by - fabulous senior level teachers in the Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar and Structural Integration styles of yoga. Her classes, enriched by her warm sense of humor, embrace the flow yoga approach, which develops a strong core stability and alignment base. They are designed to be challenging for all levels of experience. Classes consist of dynamic yoga poses for strength, flexibility, balance, breath work and deep relaxation. Hands-on adjustments, understanding of our subtle energy core and vitality, and how the work of our yoga practice translates to our lives are all included in her energizing flow yoga classes. Nancy is also the director of Satellite Yoga,a non-profit company that trains yoga teachers to work in underserved populations, and she is certified as a personal trainer. nancycandea.com
Laura Kupperman: Certified yoga therapist, certified yoga teacher, Yoga for Fertility and other classes. Laura is delighted to be part of the Yo Mama team and offer the first Yoga for Fertility class in Boulder! Laura has completed many teacher trainings, including a 1000 hour advanced certification in Yoga Therapy. She has been practicing yoga since 1995 and teaching since 2002. In addition to teaching classes Laura enjoys working privately with people who have injuries, illness, or disease, including special needs children. Her style is compassionate, encouraging, and attentive. She thanks all of her teachers and all of her students, from whom she learns more every day. Laura is honored to share the healing path of yoga with others! Since 1999 Laura has also been coaching people who are going through life and career transitions. www.laurakupperman.com
Caroline McCauley is a long time student of yoga, nutrition, and anything related to childbirth and pregnancy. She is a certified yoga instructor from Naropa University, with additional study in prenatal yoga. Caroline works as a labor and postpartum doula in the Boulder/ Denver area and is currently attending Birthwise Midwifery School to become a certified professional midwife. For Caroline, prenatal yoga is an opportunity for woman to check in, to take a moment, to invite and connect to the ever fluctuating experience of mind, body, and emotion of pregnancy. Caroline offers woman the space to explore their pregnancy through movement, breath awareness, visualization, and mediation in hopes of providing tools to cope with the sometimes difficult, yet transformative arisings that occur during this journey to motherhood. As, a lover of yoga and and supporter of the natural process of pregnancy and childbirth, Caroline hopes to be a wellspring of practical knowledge, as well as an inspirational guide to the deeply profound, personal birth experience available to every woman.
Mariah Spalding: Mariah studied the Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training Course from the internationally renowed BASI (Body Arts and Science International) founded by Rael Isacowitz. She attended the University of Wyoming where she was a varsity cheerleader and then transferred to Colorado State University and earned a B.S. Health and Exercise Science. After graduation Mariah worked in the health and wellness industry where she was introduced to Pilates. Mariah suffered from chronic low back pain from years of gynmastics and cheerleading and Pilates was the solution to easing the pain. Pilates taught her to strengthen her core working with the body in alignment focusing on control, breath, and precision. Mariah learned to stretch, lengthen, and stabilize her spine to create space and movement. Mariah’'s goal is to share her knowledge and lead students in attaining life-long health benefits and happiness in Pilates as mind-body exercise. Focusing on the basic principles of Pilates, she strives to make each session unique, fun, and challenging. As a new mom, she wants to share what she has learned in regaining your core strength and stability after birth while bonding with your new baby.
Jennifer Wert: Jennifer, an avid practitioner of yoga for over 14 years, has studied with master teachers in the Iyengar tradition such as Patricia Walden, Gabriella Giubilaro, Gloria Goldberg and Manouso Manos. She is devoted to skillfully taking the body through its ranges of motion, while stilling the fluctuations of the mind. Her teaching includes standing poses, seated poses, backbends, forward bends, twists and inversions. By guiding others to balance their strength and flexibility, increase their body IQ and create space inside, Jennifer leads a joyful yet focused practice - one that builds stamina, nurtures poise and fortifies the organic body.
As a Birth Doula, Jennifer supports women throughout their labor and delivery, utilizing these same yogic foundations. She is committed to inspiring women to trust themselves in order to cultivate a healthy pregnancy and prepare them for the birth experience they envision. Jennifer strongly believes that prenatal yoga has the potential to not only enhance the deeply personal journey of being pregnant but to make labor and delivery easier. Whether it's a difficult pose or an intense contraction, the yoga teaches us how to find our breath, center ourselves and grow only more open. With a Masters in Education, Jennifer taught for many years before opening a boutique called Trewbeauty on Pearl Street. Now, she proudly weaves together her passions for empowering women, education, yoga and birth.
Brittney Wilburn, Childbirth Education Teacher: Brittney returned home to Colorado in the summer of '06 from Maine where she lived and worked after attending Bates College. She lives in Boulder with her husband, new son and golden retriever. Brittney is passionate about birth and supporting women and their partners without judgment and with unconditional support. With a Birthing From Within background, she encourages introspection, exploration and mindfulness to help you learn about birth and prepare for parenthood. She believes that there are many different paths to parenthood and together we will explore them. She’s excited to be teaching childbirth classes at Yo Mama Yoga.
Darcy Kamin, RN Certified Lactation Consultant, Yo Mama's Milk Club: Darcy Kamin, RN, is a Maternal Child Health Nurse, Certified Lactation Consultant, Parent Educator, and the TARA Approach Family Clinic Outreach Coordinator who has worked with children and their families for over 25 years. She has served in a variety of settings including: Hospital Family Birthing Units, Well Baby and NICU, and has taught Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Newborn Care, Parenting, Infant Massage, Adoption Prep and CPR classes. Darcy is NCAST, PIPE and NP trained, and has received specialized education in nursing support for Parenting the Premature. She has an Advanced Certificate for the Practice of Jin Shin TARA. She is currently in private practice, serving families in and around Boulder. Visit darcy's website for more information on how to get in touch!