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Tina Lilly
Tina was introduced to yoga in 1997, being pregnant with her first child. Since her first Downward Dog she has been coming back for more again and again as she carried, birthed and nursed her three children (born 1997, 1999 and 2003). During that time she completed a year-long apprenticeship in prenatal yoga with Tina Kolpakowski, and studied Anusara yoga with Sarahjoy Marsh (certified with Amrita in 2007).

In the summer of 2001, Tina began teaching prenatal and postpartum yoga, and has helped hundreds of pregnant women prepare for labor and birth since then. Having given birth to her three children (hospital and home), being directly in touch with pregnant women every week in yoga class, and attending births as a Doula (certified in 2000) are the real-life experiences she repeatedly draws from to deepen her knowledge as a birth educator.

In search for a body-mind centered model of childbirth education, she and her friend Deah Baird collaborated to create The Yoga Way to Birth, a birth preparation course for couples that is based on the traditions of yoga and mindfulness.

Tina also teaches bimonthly Birth Rehearsal workshops, and assists pregnant women individually during birth preparation as a life coach.

You can visit her work currently at: www.mamananda.com and check out her new website, coming soon at: www.foryouaremadeofstars.com

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