Amanda
McKinney
Amanda
McKinney is a certified pilates matwork instructor. She is certified
through the PhysicalMind Institute and has been practicing pilates
for six years
Amanda teaches
the Baby & Me Pilates class
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Ann
Tharayil, LCSW
Ann
Tharayil is a therapist and the mother of two boys. She brings
15 years of experience in working with individuals, couples
and groups to her work here at Sweet Peas. She has been leading
new moms groups since 2003 and has recently created a new series
for mothers of toddlers. She is excited about the chance to
bring mothers together to share their wisdom and support around
the art of mothering.
Ann facilitates the New Mom's Support Group &
Compassionate Parenting During Toddlerhood |
Becky
Jeffers
Becky
discovered yoga while in art school in 1990. Since then she has
explored the many benefits of yoga, enjoying the emotional and physical
stress management qualities it provides her mothering life. She
started teaching in 1996, shortly after completing her first teacher
training with Suddha Weixler. She has continued to seek out instruction
with some of yoga's senior instructors, including Pattabhi Jois.
Her experience has included working with children and the elderly,
individuals of varying states of health (such as those living with
cancer), and over the past six years has focused on pelvic health.
Becky spent time at the Berman Center in Chicago collaborating on
health progams for women coping with sexual dysfunction as well
as menopause management. She continues to work on yoga programs
specifically for bladder and bowel issues including but not limited
to incontinence. She continues to explore the limitless health benefits
of yoga within her own practice; Pelvic Power Yoga has come out
of this body of experience.
Becky
teaches the Pelvic Power workshop
Carolyn
Friedman
Angela Hunsicker
Carolyn
and her colleague, Angela, help parents respond to their children
in ways that best meet their social and emotional needs at each
age. The result is a more relaxed parent and a happier, more successful
child - every parent's desire. As parent coaches with Smart Love®
Parenting Center, Carolyn and Angela help parents find kind and
compassionate answers to their parenting concerns through the Smart
Love®
approach to parenting. Smart Love®
differs from other approaches in not relying on natural consequences
or negative measures of any kind, such as letting your baby cry
him/herself to sleep, in order to manage the child's behavior. Smart
Love®
was developed by Drs. Martha and William Pieper, is full explained
in their book Smart Love, and is also featured every month
in the popular Smart Love column in Chicago Parent magazine.
To learn more about these techniques, visit www.smartloveparent.org.
Carolyn
& Angela co-teach the Play Group with a Purpose workshops
Cindy
Unger
Cindy
studied massage and bodywork at BodyMind College and School of Healing
Arts in San Diego, California and hypnotherapy at the Leidecker
Institute in Elgin, Illinois, where she is currently pursuing advanced
training in Clinical Hypnotherapy. She is nationally certified in
therapeutic massage and bodywork, (NCTMB), an Illinois state licensed
massage therapist, a certified hypnotist, (CT), a certified prenatal
massage therapist, and a certified HypnoBirthing childbirth educator.
In addition, she holds a bachelor of arts degree in dance from Columbia
College Chicago, has studied acupuncture and oriental medicine and
is currently pursuing her certification as a massage doula. Cindy
is also an instructor in the Therapeutic Massage Certification Program
at Harper College in Palatine. www.nurtureandrelax.com
Cindy
teaches the Hypnobirthing®
class
Jane
O'Connor
Bio
to follow...
Jane
co-teaches the Breastfeeding Workshop
Janelle
Kheshgi
Janelle
Landis Kheshgi, CNM. IBCLC is a registered nurse and certified nurse
midwife, who has worked in the area of maternal child health for
more than 20 years. She graduated with a BSN from Goshen College,
Indiana, and went to Columbia University to earn her MSN and Certificate
of Nurse-Midwifery. She is an internationally board certified lactation
consultant and is fluent in Spanish. Her previous experience as
a CNM in the Chicago area includes more than 100 deliveries at Illinois
Masonic Medical Center, as well as the provision of prenatal care
and family planning services in Spanish at the Erie Family Health
Center. The mother of four children, she is committed to offering
the support and assistance needed to ensure a healthy start for
parents and infants. Janelle is currently with several other lactation
consultants in a private practice, Lactation Associates Inc.
Janelle facilitates
the Breastfeeding Workshop
Judy
Teibloom-Mishkin, RN, IBCLC, CD
Judy
has been professionally committed to supporting new families for
16 years. She worked for three years as a mother-baby staff nurse
on a postpartum unit, teaching new families about infant care and
supporting breastfeeding. She currently works in a private practice,
as she has done for the last 15 years, as a lactation consultant
and nurse in home heath promoting new families’ growth and
development in their early days at home. She views breastfeeding
support as a medium through which she promotes health and attachment,
and supports families' transition into their new roles. Her mission
is to nurture new parents so that they are more available to nurture
their new babies. She has worked in public health promoting maternal-child
health in low-income communities in her work with the Chicago Health
Connection. She was instrumental in developing and implementing
the Chicago Doula Project and served as the clinical consultant
for the four-year pilot. She is the mother of three boys, which
is never to be underestimated in contributing to her experience
and wisdom!
Judy facilitates
the Breastfeeding Workshop & Drop In Clinic courses
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Kathleen
Heneghan
Kathleen
Heneghan has been teaching yoga since 1999 at a variety of studios
in the Chicago area. Her classes focus on softening and strengthening
the physical body, stabilizing the emotions, and connecting
to oneself. Teaching yoga allows her to continually deepen her
own yoga practice and maintain balance in her own life. Kathleen
was pregnant with her first child when she completed yoga teacher
training at the Temple of Kriya Yoga. Because of that experience,
she has a special focus on gentle hatha yoga, prenatal yoga
and yoga for families. She is the mother of two energetic children.
Kathleen has a background in government grants management in
the areas of affordable housing, community development and non-profit
management. |
Lactation
Associates
Lactation
Associates, Inc. is staffed and run by experienced maternal-child
RN’s, who are board certified lactation consultants. They
offer the following services: in-home lactation consultations; consults
for babies with special needs; support with the fussy baby; sleep-wake
issues; and identifying and supporting mothers with postpartum blues.
Additionally, they run a drop-in clinic at Sweet Pea’s on
Wednesday mornings.Their primary goal is to assist new families
with their choices, and the physical and mental health during this
time of transition. Lactation Associates is always available by
phone or pager, 7 days a week. Call them at 847-509-8302.
Lactation Associates
runs the Pumping Basics workshop
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Lauren
Goffen, LCSW
Lauren
is a therapist in private practice with over 15 years of experience
in working with individuals, families and groups. She enjoyed
taking prenatal yoga classes and a Self-Care for New Moms class
with Corinne when her first child was born and now is the mother
of two. She is excited to be at Sweetpea's Studio bringing her
professional and personal experience to other new moms and helping
them to build a community of care and support.
Lauren facilitates
the New Mom's Group |
Marti
Mendoza, LMT
Marti
is a certified massage therapist, having received her training at
the Fingerlakes School of Massage in Ithaca, NY. Marti is also a
certified level one hatha yoga instructor. She completed her training
and certification in 2000 with the Darien Yoga Source in Connecticut
and has been practicing yoga for 8 years. She received her prenatal
certificate with Sweet Pea's Studio while pregnant with her first
child in 2004 and is also a member of ABMP. Her approach to teaching
is "listening to your body" and providing a gentle, nurturing
environment where women experiencing pregnancy can feel relaxed
and supported.
Marti teaches
Prenatal Yoga class
Marty
Clemons
Bio
to follow. Marty teaches Prenatal
Yoga class
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Natalie
Evans
Natalie,
an ALACE (Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators)
certified childbirth educator, has been preparing expectant
families for birth and parenthood for over 3 years. She is a
DONA, (Doulas of North America), trained doula who has attended
a wide variety of births. She is currently studying to be a
CPM, (Certified Professional Midwife), and is the proud mother
of two children.
Natalie
teaches the Childbirth Preparationand Second Time Around
classes |
Stephanie
Maj
Stephanie
is a Doctor of Chiropractic who is certified in Pediatric and Pregnancy
Care. She also has her Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition. She has been
in Family Practice since 1994 and has been practicing at her current
location.
Dr. Maj presents
the How to Feel Great Throughout Your Pregnancy and
Building a Better Immune System for Yourself
and Your Baby lectures
Shabad
Kaur Khalsa,
E-RYT 500
Shabad
Kaur is a KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga and Meditation teacher with
20 years of experience. She is the mother of an 8 year-old home-birthed
son and has served as a doula at many births. She shares her personal
experience as well as her accumulated practical wisdom surrounding
the profound initiation into motherhood, encouraging women to experience
an empowered and conscious labor and delivery, as well as a balanced
post-partum experience.
Shabad Kaur teaches
Prenatal Kundalini Yoga
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Tracy
VonKaenel
Tracy
VonKaenel is a degreed dance and yoga instructor with over 18
years of teaching experience. Tracy received her advanced leveI
two certification for yoga instructors from the Temple of Kriya
Yoga in Chicago. She has been featured in Yoga Chicago Magazine
with articles about both her adult classes and her children's
classes. Tracy currently teaches at Columbia College, Galter
Life Center, Belle Plaine Studio, Presbyterian Homes, and Lin
Shook Studio. She has given lecture demonstrations and master
classes throughout Chicagoland and Northern Indiana, including
Northeastern Illinois University, Roosevelt University and Indiana
University.
Tracy teaches
Baby & Me Yoga |
Yoli
Maya Yeh (Ma Kurukullu Prajna)
Yoli Ma is a yogini of
the Buddhist Aghora Nath order. A certified Yoga Therapist and Hatha
Yoga practitioner from the age of five, Yoli has lived in India
for eight years studying Buddhism, yoga, language, and philosophy
in the unique cultural lineages of the Himalayan mountains and Bengal.
A yoga teacher since 1999, Yoli Ma has brought innovative yoga programs
to the corporate sector, children with special needs, seniors, teens,
universities, and schools. Yoli is also a professional Birth Doula.
Yoli teaches
Kid's Yoga classes, Family Circus Yoga and
Family
Yoga Workshops.
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