Kelli is the mother of two children, born at home. She is a certified shiatsu practitioner, a Reiki Master and director of Perinatal Yoga at Starseed in Montclair, NJ. She is also an ordained Interfaith Minister.

Kelli began her career in healing as a college student majoring in Physical Therapy and entered into the practice and study of holistic health over 20 years ago. She was trained in Shiatsu by Marianne Fuenmayor, of the Mother Hand Society; and is affiliated with the New York Open Center. Kelli has been in private practice in various aspects of holistic health since 1990 and specializes in Wellness Services for women in the childbearing years. She trained in Reiki levels I & II under the tutelage of Pamela Miles. Kelli's yoga training includes two yoga teacher training programs at World Yoga Center in NYC and at Starseed; Prenatal Yoga teacher training at Be Yoga in Manhattan with Carrie Parker; and "Yoga for Two - Prenatal and Mommy & Baby Yoga" Teacher Training with Mary Barnes at Om Yoga. She is also a Holistic Childbirth Educator and a birth doula, certified by DONA. Kelli believes "women deserve to be empowered throughout their pregnancy, enjoy community and have confident bodies and spirits."

Contact Kelli at 201-259-0400 or send an email!

---

Laura has a degree in Anthropology, Archaeology & Classics from Drew University where she studied how ritual makes life’s events meaningful in various cultures. She lived in Greece for a year and visited many of the sacred places in Europe. Her passions include women's spirituality, designing rituals for life's transitions, aromatherapy for labor and life and playing in the dirt in her garden. Her life's journeys have included working for the NJ Museum of Archaeology and volunteering as an Emergency Medical Technician.

Laura is the mother of two children born 10 years apart; and embraces the belief that each parent is the expert on their child, chosen by that child's soul as the right parent for them. She is certified by Lamaze International; DONA (Doulas of North America); Birth Works; is a Birthing from Within Mentor Candidate; and is CPR certified.

Laura teachers Holistic Lamaze, offers Reiki and Rain Drop Sessions and is group co-Leader for Attachment Parenting International's Northern New Jersey Parent Support Group.

Contact Laura (note: Laura does not serve as a doula at this time) at 201-390-4734 or send an email!

Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature, it is home.
-Tibetan Book of the Dead

---

	Birth is a sacred Rite of Passage, not just a "medical event", even when medical care is necessary
	A woman’s body holds within it all the power of creation
	Holistic birth preparation provides tools for a mindful birth experience
	Birth preparation is also parent preparation
	Parents should be respected and supported in whatever decisions may be right for them
	Fathers deserve to experience their own transformation into "Father" as a part of a birthing couple, not as "coaches"
	The postpartum period embraces a delicate passage into parenting that should be held sacred
	Women need the company of other women during the postpartum period