Tina~ yogawaytobirth.com
The Yoga Way to Birth is taught on a rotating basis by Tina Lilly, co-founder of the program, Emory Oeding, certified Birthingway childbirth instructor, and Margot Strauhull, registered yoga teacher. Between us, we have eight children and over 35 years experience parenting and practicing yoga and meditation.
TINA LILLY, MS, CD (DONA), CYTTwelve years ago a friend and I began brainstorming about a childbirth method that gives the body its rightful place in birth education. Labor and birth, after all, are very physical experiences, and most contemporary childbirth classes didn’t satisfy our desire for a body-mind-balanced birth preparation. So Deah and I began creating the Yoga Way to Birth while our young children played together around our kitchen tables. Deah brought her experience as a midwife and naturopath to the table, while I drew from my work as a prenatal yoga teacher, labor doula, and therapist.
For me, yoga, birth and motherhood are deeply intertwined. Labor and birth are life changing, and often intense, personal experiences. Yoga is giving those experiences an anchor of purposeful assignment and reflection. The Yoga Way to Birth echoes those reflections and my joyful search for genuine connection and expression of what I deeply care about.
Training and Experience
2001 DONA Certified Labor and Birth Doula
2002-2009 Prenatal and postpartum yoga instructor
2006-present Co-founder, director and lead instructor of the Yoga Way to Birth
2008 Certified yoga instructor (370 training hours with Sarahjoy Marsh, Amrita Sanctuary)
2008 Integrative Movement Therapy/Level 1 training with Molly Kenny, Samarya Center
2012 MS in Counseling — Portland State University
Mother to Felix (1997), Hanna (1999) and Saskia (2003)
For more: yogawaytobirth.com
TINA LILLY, MS, CD (DONA), CYTTwelve years ago a friend and I began brainstorming about a childbirth method that gives the body its rightful place in birth education. Labor and birth, after all, are very physical experiences, and most contemporary childbirth classes didn’t satisfy our desire for a body-mind-balanced birth preparation. So Deah and I began creating the Yoga Way to Birth while our young children played together around our kitchen tables. Deah brought her experience as a midwife and naturopath to the table, while I drew from my work as a prenatal yoga teacher, labor doula, and therapist.
For me, yoga, birth and motherhood are deeply intertwined. Labor and birth are life changing, and often intense, personal experiences. Yoga is giving those experiences an anchor of purposeful assignment and reflection. The Yoga Way to Birth echoes those reflections and my joyful search for genuine connection and expression of what I deeply care about.
Training and Experience
2001 DONA Certified Labor and Birth Doula
2002-2009 Prenatal and postpartum yoga instructor
2006-present Co-founder, director and lead instructor of the Yoga Way to Birth
2008 Certified yoga instructor (370 training hours with Sarahjoy Marsh, Amrita Sanctuary)
2008 Integrative Movement Therapy/Level 1 training with Molly Kenny, Samarya Center
2012 MS in Counseling — Portland State University
Mother to Felix (1997), Hanna (1999) and Saskia (2003)
For more: yogawaytobirth.com