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Expert Doula > Jill Wodnick, MA, CD(DONA)

Jill Wodnick, MA, is a dynamic communicator using her words to inspire and empower.  Jill has years practicing as a certified birth doula, holistic childbirth educator and creator of women’s rites and rituals for pregnancy and birth. 

She has trained women’s health professionals at Expectant Head Start, the Black Infant Mortality Resource Reduction Center as well as hundreds of expectant parents!  Specializing in pre natal yoga, Jill uses the tools of shamanism, meditation and yoga to remind women of their own body wisdom for birth.  Frequently quoted in the media as an expert in childbirth, pregnancy and parenthood topics, Jill is passionate about the essential topic of maternal-child health.

With a vibrant academic background, a passion for public policy and outstanding extemporaneous speaking, she is a sought after communicator.

Jill has taught public speaking, interpersonal communication, oral interpretation and creative drama for Seton Hall Prep, Seton Hall University, the PA State System of Higher Education's Undergraduate Women's Leadership Institute, Kent Place's Girls Leadership Institute, and the NJ Governor's School of Public Issues.  She teaches prenatal yoga classes at and the Montclair Family Center, teaches doula trainings, childbirth education and other classes for labor and delivery professionals.

Jill has an MA in corporate & public communication plus numerous holistic trainings, accreditations and experiences for pre natal health topics.  Her new audio CD, “Pre Natal Peace & Calming” is being released the summer of 2008.  She was just asked in May 2008 to join Dr. Deepak Chopra and others as a Board Advisor to Earth Birth, a non profit, non governmental organization making childbirth safe in war torn regions. Proceeds from her audio prenatal relaxation CD are being tithed to Earth Birth.

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