Katie Wise: Owner, Yoga Teacher, Childbirth Educator, Birth Advocate. Katie's full bio can be found by clicking HERE.
Kelly Roche: 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.
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
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!
Faith is a compassionate and playful yoga teacher who has enjoyed practicing yoga for 13 years. Teaching Prenatal, Family, and Mom & Me yoga is a natural extension of her passion for working with every stage of motherhood as a Certified Prenatal, Labor, and Postpartum Massage Therapist. Her classes blend principles of alignment, breath awareness, and flowing movement leaving students simultaneously relaxed and rejuvenated.
Faith Davis- Registered Massage Therapist and Yoga Instructor faith.davis@me.com 303.578.2181 www.yogiinmotion.com "It's not about getting out of the way; it's about getting into the flow."- Victoria Castle
Deborah McNamara is a mother and certified yoga teacher who has been on the path of spiritual unfolding for many years, having delved into the mystical Christian, Buddhist and Hindu traditions through both academic study as well as time practicing in monasteries and retreat centers in the US, Europe and India. Deborah has been a long time student of Sofia Diaz, a widely recognized yoga teacher influenced by South Indian sacred temple dance, a tradition deeply honoring the profound heart strength of the feminine form. She received her Yoga Teacher Training certification from the Shambhava School of Classical Hatha Yoga in Colorado in 2004. Deb's classes are nourishing and contemplative, offering space to deepen in your journey of embodying what you most love - and a sacred space to attend to your precious human body. She also works for the Northwest Earth Institute (www.nwei.org), an Oregon based ecological non-profit promoting voluntary simplicity and sustainable lifestyle. You can read Deborah's musings on motherhood and spiritual practice on her blog at www.unraveledword.wordpress.com and her website at www.heartstrengthyoga.com
Kirsten Warner, E-RYT, RPYT
Kirsten is an Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher, and has been practicing yoga for almost twenty years. A certified instructor since 1998, Kirsten’s commitment to the study of yoga philosophy and her devotion to her own practice add a freshness and depth to her classes. After the birth of her two children Kirsten felt moved to weave her passion for yoga with her experiences as a mother and now wholeheartedly enjoys supporting women in the process of preparing for birth and motherhood with yoga.
Kia Ruiz
Kia has been practicing yoga for most of her adult life. She is a certified yoga teacher who earned her Level I through the El Dorado Mountain Ashram and a Prenatal/Postnatal/Fertility certification under De West of Yoga Workshop. Her teaching philosophy for her YoMama clients is to help guide them to that centered place of knowing and trust their intuition on their mothering journey. She can get very left-brained in her tactics though with an academic background that includes getting to a PhDc in Biology from Florida International University prior to a car accident in 2006. In her journey she has had to rebuild her body from that accident and expresses the need for a gentle, selfless mindfulness from an empirical place. She is also new to her own mothering journey with the birth of her son in the summer of 2010. Currently she is stepping away from ecology work to focus on parenthood with a part-time focus on body awareness, mindful consumerism, and green living through teaching, online and local start-up opportunities.
DOULAS:
Janel Ferrin, Yoga Teacher, Childbirth Educator and Doula. Janel began teaching yoga on the shores of the Middle Fork of The Salmon in Idaho in 2001. She recieved her yoga teaching certificate here in Colorado. She furthered her training at the Yoga Institute for Yoga and Ayurveda and recieved a certificate in Yoga Therapy. As a yoga therapist Janel works with people to find balance in their lives to prevent/cure illness and disease and to optimize health. She uses specific breathing, meditation, yoga postures, herbs, and food to accomplish this as a therapist. Janel is also a Childbirth Educator and a doula with the Boulder Doula Circle. She adores helping women while they flow into motherhood healthfully, lovingly, and empowered. Janel encourages yoga students to be playful and inquisitive in class. Yoga provides a wonderful opportunity to discover how capable we are to grow babies and take care of them. As a mother of two she values community support and is delighted to help families find support in their own community here in Boulder.
Brittney Wilburn, Childbirth Educator and Doula: 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 part of the Boulder Doula Circle and the community of Yo Mama Yoga.
MORE PRACTIONERS:
Abby Kurtz is the owner and lead personal trainer with Pea in The Pod Fitness. She has been in the fitness industry since 2003. She has a B.S in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has worked in a variety of settings including gyms, hospitals, and physical therapy offices. All of these experiences have led her to a greater knowledge of the body and how it works.
Abby discovered her passion for training prenatal and postpartum women in 2006. She particularly enjoys this group of women because they are very focused on health during this time of life. It is an exciting group to work with and it is extremely fulfilling to see them make it through pregnancy without the aches and pains that many women experience during this time. Abby finds it rewarding to be a small part of the whole process of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Aside from enjoying what she does, Abby has stayed up to date on the latest information by taking continuing education courses on prenatal and postpartum exercise and by following the guidelines given by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Abby is also one of only seven licensed Tupler TechniqueTM providers in the country and has been trained under Julie Tupler R.N.
Abby’s stats:
- Education: B.S in Kinesiology – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Certifications: ACE certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Specialist
- Licenses: Tupler TechniqueTM
- Specialties: Prenatal and Postnatal and seniors
Helen Knight has been sharing the gift of Reiki with clients for over four years. She first experienced this powerful, healing energy to help alleviate severe back pain and to re-energize her after years of poor health due to being undetected as a Celiac. It was so effective she decided to spend 1 ½ years studying Reiki with one of the three Grand Reiki Masters of Australia, Glenys Crack. She was taught the original Reiki from Japan, the Usui system. After two years practicing in Alice Springs, Australia, Helen moved to Boulder to continue her Reiki and photography businesses.
Helen grew up on the East coast, graduated college in Spanish and Elementary Education and had a terrible case of the travel bug! She spent 17 years abroad in Spain, The Netherlands, France, Chile and Australia, teaching English to children and/or studying. Because of her affinity with children, Helen loves being able to carry this on through her Reiki practice, connecting with mama and baby.
Vist www.Reiki-Joy.com for more info on Helen's practice.