 Janice guides pregnant women and expectant couples to create optimum conditions for as normal, natural, conscious, empowered and joyful a birth as possible. She trains birthing professionals to work with expectant parents. She is the author of a Study Guide for Prenatal Yoga Teachers and has recorded a CD for pregnancy and birth preparation. She sits on the Prenatal Yoga Advisory Committee for Yoga Alliance, USA. For details about classes, workshops and training, visit Janice's website at http://urbanyoga.ca or call her at 604-739-6664.
Janice also co-directs the Canadian Cancer Society's Listening Room facility in Vancouver, developing creative and healing programs for those living with cancer and their families/friends.
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Liana Voia (Ph.D) is the Director of The Canadian School of Hypnosis Training and Healing Arts and the founder of the Hypnosis Healing Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a dedicated practitioner with strong counselling and research skills in the science of hypnosis. She holds a PhD in Clinical Hypnotherapy (2008) and a Master of Arts in Educational Studies (with focus on Adult Education). She also completed credits in research methods and statistics, psychology, counselling, and aging at the University of Toronto, Concordia University and The University of Western Ontario. In the past five years, she presented at several conferences in Canada and the USA. Her most recent presentation was Feminist and Feminine Perspectives on Natural Childbirth, at the British Psychological Society: Psychology of Women (July 2010). Dr. Voia is also the creator of the HypnoPregnancy and Birth, now offered in Canada, USA, Portugal, Mexico and Brasil. In addition to hypnosis techniques, Dr. Voia also uses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness, meditation, logotherapy, Positive Psychology, cognitive-behavioural and brief intervention therapy. For details, call 613-608-1073 or at hypnosis.yoga@gmail.com.
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Kandee Matthews received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Law Enforcement and Sociology from Western Illinois University. She received her Masters of Science degree in Counselling from Palm Beach Atlantic College. She is certified as a Hypnotist through The National Guild of Hypnotists. She is a member of The National Guild of Hypnotists and The National Board of Professional and Ethical Standards. She is certified in Child Birthing Hypnosis and in HypnoPregnancy and Birth. Kandee is also a HypnoPregnancy and Birth Instructor and the HPB Program Coordinator in the USA and a Guest Instructor at The Canadian School of Hypnosis Training and Healing Arts. She is the owner of MindWaves Hypnosis in Navarre, FL. She can be reached at 850-621-3329 or at Kandee@MindWavesHypnosis.com. Also, visit Kandee's website.
Location: Navarre, FL, USA  Atul Kumar Mehra is a Yoga Practitioner/Instructor, a Hypnosis Instructor and an Analytical Hypnotherapist who studied with Werner Meinhold (Meersburg, Germany). In addition, he offers Reiki, Aromatherapy, and Manual lymphatic drainage. In his classes and practice, Atul often uses Colour therapy and NLP. Atul is also a Naturopath and one of the founders of Esculapio School of Alternative Medicine, Quito, Ecuador. He published several articles in Ecuadorian magazines/newspapers such as Raiz, Salud y Vida, and Familia (el comercio), and he regularly gave radio and television interviews about the benefits of hypnosis and other complementary therapies. As an Analytical Hypnotherapist, Atul practised in India, Venezuala, Ecuador and the USA. As a Hypnosis Instructor, Atul gave seminars and taught hypnosis courses at the Universidad Catolica de Cuenca and at the Instituto Ilades Andes (Ecuador). More about his courses and practice at atulnet.net. |
 Liliana Cruz-Ramirez is a Certified Hypnotherapist providing hypnosis sessions in Spanish. She is also a HypnoPregnancy and Birth Instructor and Practitioner in Spanish at The Canadian School of Hypnosis Training and Healing Arts. She is the HPB Coordinator in Canada (for Spanish-speaking only), USA (Spanish-speaking only), Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries. Liliana also provides short relaxation classes in Spanish for children. A superb mother, she brings excellent teaching and parental skills to her practice. Her main areas are women's issues, relationships, children's issues. She can be reached at lilicruz@gmail.com. Also, visit Liliana's Page.
Locations: Ottawa West, ON, Canada and Mexico City, Mexico
 Location: New York, NY, USA
 Location: Lisbon (Lisboa), Portugal, Europe  Cathy Louise Broda is our recommended Pregnancy Yoga Practitioner for expectant women. Cathy has been teaching yoga since 1991. Her first teacher was Beryl Bender Birch who she undertook a two-year apprenticeship with in New York. While living in London, Cathy Louise taught at Ashtanga Yoga London and during this period, in 2000, she received Sri K Pattabhi Jois's blessing to teach Ashtanga. She also taught Vinyasa Yoga at Triyoga and did a one-year training in Pregnancy Yoga with Lynne Pinette. Cathy Louise's ongoing studies are with Nancy Gilgoff. Since 2002, Cathy Louise has been teaching at her own studio, Purple Yoga Hawaii (http://www.purpleyoga.com), in Honolulu. She had her first child in 2003 and twins in 2006. While pregnant with her first baby, she started a Pregnancy Yoga program and later added Mom & Baby Yoga. She has trained three apprentices to teach Pregnancy and Mom & Baby yoga. In 2009, she produced a DVD, "Pregnancy Yoga: A Practice for Each Trimester" (http://www.purpleyoga.com/dvd.html). At the time of filming the DVD she was pregnant with her twins.
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