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Lindsey Henke (she/her) is a clinical therapist specializing in reproductive mental health and guiding parents through the multifaceted terrain of infertility, perinatal loss, pregnancy after loss, and the delicate postpartum period. She is also Founder/ Executive Director of the nationally known non-profit Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS), an online magazine and peer-to-peer support service. Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS) provides a safe haven for bereaved parents that fosters a sense of community, understanding, and hope for those grieving the loss of a child and choosing to journey through having a baby after previously losing a child. Learn more here.

Beth Anne Fisher (she/her) holds a BA and Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from the University of Colorado. She also holds relevant certifications and training in Holistic Pelvic Care, Maya abdominal therapy, health coaching, HeartMath, spiritual direction/ soul care, and a mindful movement practice (MELT Method L2). Beth Anne provides holistic pelvic health physical therapy services to those in female bodies using an integration of the above skills with an emphasis on gentle manual therapies and holding space for pelvic bowl stories of all kinds. Beth Anne sees the womb space in the female body as a “sanctuary” of sorts, and therefore identifies most with being a chaplain of that womb space.  While tending to the physical symptoms, Beth Anne intentionally and gently supports the connection between energy, emotions, and stories that women’s bodies hold including themes such as pregnancy loss, fertility challenge, trauma from difficult birth experiences, pain from pelvic challenges such as endometriosis, and difficulty moving through thresholds of female body experience such as the menopausal transition. Beth Anne is passionate about supporting others through gentle bodywork and/ or supportive listening practices to tend the messages and wisdom of their bodies while experiencing any kind of grief or loss through private consultations.  Learn More

Jacqueline Kitson Jackson, Ed.D  ~ (she/her) was born and raised in Harlem and the Bronx in New York City. She earned an Ed.D in Reading, Writing and Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the recipient of the Ralph C. Preston Award for Scholarship in Teaching and Literacy Research in the Service of Social Justice (2008). She earned BA degrees in English and History at the State University New York in Binghamton, and a M. Ed from The City College of New York. Dr. Jackson has been a community educator for over forty years, teaching reading and writing classes in community centers, adult literacy programs, drug treatment programs, and prisons. Dr. Jackson has worked at the Young Adult Learning Academy, the International Center for the Disabled and the New York City Department of Corrections. She was the Director of the Germantown Women’s Education Program before beginning to teach first year undergraduate students. Her research interests include women’s literacies and first-generation students in Higher Education. Inspired by her experiences with nontraditional students in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Dr. Jackson returned to school and earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health. Her current interests include issues of equity, social justice and the role of trauma in learning. Dr. Jackson is an advocate of mind and body connections and practices and teaches workshops on meditation and mindfulness. She is a licensed spiritual practitioner with the Centers for Spiritual Living and Agape East. As a Hospice and Palliative Care volunteer and End of Life Doula Dr. Jackson supports caregivers and patients with terminal illnesses and issues of loss and grief.

Will Daddario, PhD ~ (he/him) has a Master’s of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a PhD in Theatre Studies. Along with his wife, Joanne Zerdy, he founded Inviting Abundance, where he facilitates online grief workshops and courses; Reiki sessions and classes; and individual mentorships. Will also works as a Clinical Counselor at Oasis Recovery Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

Maryam Amir ~ (she/her) is an educator, writer, advocate for social justice, community activist and trauma survivor. She speaks candidly about the issues and challenges facing the Muslim community in the current zeitgeist of the day. Maryam has been privileged to grow up traveling the world, speaks multiple languages and has lived in five of the seven of the world’s continents. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Arts in Language Teaching from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Maryam is the mother of two beautiful daughters and she loves to hike with her girls in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She is currently writing her first book and excerpts of her writing can be found on here.

Kalyan Volpe ~ (he/him) holds an MA in Education from Goddard College and is the Co-Founder of Odyssey School in Asheville. He has been a holistic educator with a focus on spirituality in education for 25 years. Kalyan has traveled the world visiting over 35 countries and living in 6 including India where he met his extraordinary wife Shanti with whom he has 3 wonderful boys. Kalyan describes his life path as seeking a balance between internal work and service to humanity. He has been a practitioner of Ashtanga yoga for 25 years and finds deep bliss in devotion and surrender. (He served as a monk for three years in Nicaragua before deciding to dedicate himself to education).  As a middle school teacher Kalyan has explored many ways of incorporating spirituality in the classroom including meditation, visualizations, art, and spiritual warrior exercises. Learn More.

Sheri Kay (she/her) is an organizational coach, facilitator, end-of-life guide, and yoga teacher.  As the Director of Resident and Volunteer Services for the Center for Conscious Living & Dying, she is passionately helping to build the foundation for community supported end of life care right here in the heart of the Swannanoa Valley. Sheri enjoys holding space for individuals and groups as a pathway toward deeper connection to self and others.

Amanda Heisman, CHHC ~ (she/her) is an Energy Embodiment Coach, Nutrition Channel & Intuitive Eating Teacher.  Amanda is trained in food psychology and energy medicine. Amanda is the founder of Heisman Health which focuses on guiding women to create joyful and easy relationships with food and body. In particular, she supports female leaders, professionals, mothers, and entrepreneurs in the deep nourishment and self-care it takes to run a business and create holistic success. Having spent a decade in the  corporate world, she recovered from burn-out herself and now helps others do the same. She is also a writer, speaker, alchemist, dancer, and nature-lover. Learn more here.

Luisa Perez Wolter was borned in Costa Rica, but her family came from a lot of different places. For this reason she considered herself as a citizen of the world.  She earned a postgraduate degree in Drama at the Universidad de Costa Rica, where she later worked as Faculty for more than ten years teaching different courses. Luisa is a Hatha Yoga Instructor with an emphasis on Vinyasa Yoga and Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga. Artist, Artivist, Actress, Director, and mother of three children. Certified Doula by DONA INTERNATIONAL. She worked as a Doula in two different pioneer doula organizations in the United States (Swedish Doula Program and Open Arms).  She is also a mentor for the birth process by “Birthing from Within,” a certified Bach Flower consultant, certified Acupressurist Birth Professional,  PEPS guide, among others . Luisa has over twenty years cultivating her personal practice to be a better person for herself, her family and the planet. She believes in the idea that personal growth helps to develop the growth of her community and she is always happy to treat others with respect, support and compassion. Being a Doula for Luisa is a way of relating to the world, more than a profession to exercise. Nowadays Luisa is preparing herself to become a death doula, so she can support more individuals and communities in different ways with an open heart. www.lifecirclebirth.com  is the website

Jacqueline Kitson Jackson, Ed.D  ~ (she/her) was born and raised in Harlem and the Bronx in New York City. She earned an Ed.D in Reading, Writing and Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the recipient of the Ralph C. Preston Award for Scholarship in Teaching and Literacy Research in the Service of Social Justice (2008). She earned BA degrees in English and History at the State University New York in Binghamton, and a M. Ed from The City College of New York. Dr. Jackson has been a community educator for over forty years, teaching reading and writing classes in community centers, adult literacy programs, drug treatment programs, and prisons. Dr. Jackson has worked at the Young Adult Learning Academy, the International Center for the Disabled and the New York City Department of Corrections. She was the Director of the Germantown Women’s Education Program before beginning to teach first year undergraduate students. Her research interests include women’s literacies and first-generation students in Higher Education. Inspired by her experiences with nontraditional students in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Dr. Jackson returned to school and earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health. Her current interests include issues of equity, social justice and the role of trauma in learning. Dr. Jackson is an advocate of mind and body connections and practices and teaches workshops on meditation and mindfulness. She is a licensed spiritual practitioner with the Centers for Spiritual Living and Agape East. As a Hospice and Palliative Care volunteer and End of Life Doula Dr. Jackson supports caregivers and patients with terminal illnesses and issues of loss and grief.

Denise McMorrow ~ (she/her) holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, and an M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She is a depth-oriented psychotherapist, visionary artist, retreat facilitator, mother, and ritual guide.  In addition to the soul tending focus of her private practice, Heartwalker Psychotherapy (www.heartwalkerpsychotherapy.com), she has worked extensively with helping veterans come fully home and transition into spiritual eldership via retreats throughout the U.S., and holds space for contemplative communal rituals of grief and honoring especially for those who have experienced perinatal loss. With sound healer and musician, Erik Lawrence, she is co-founder of Mountain to Mountain, a creative initiative dedicated to the companioning of the soul through the narrow passages, unexpected initiations, and transitions of this sacred life.  Weaving the medicine of art, poetry, sound, sanctuary, and Sacred Feminine principles, Mountain to Mountain creates containers for indwelling, remembering, and rooting into Being Here to support awareness of the sacredness in one’s self, in others, and in the more-than-human-world of relations (www.mountaintomountain.love) Project Info:  The Prayer Tent for the Divine Mother is a container for the sacred gaze of Her, and a sanctuary space to pray from one’s own beloved heart.  The Prayer Tent contains a circle of life-size banners of the 13 Sacred Beings, all faces of the Divine Mother, who Denise McMorrow painted over the past 2 years. Inside their collective gaze, visitors are invited to rest deeply and receive the accompanying sound healing journey and spoken messages of each Being.  For more information about The Prayer Tent for the Divine Mother, including visiting or hosting the Prayer Tent in your community, please visit www.mountaintomountain.love.

Melissa Ming Foynes ~ (she/her) holds a Ph.D from the University of Oregon, has completed fellowships at Yale University School of Medicine and the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and held academic appointments at Harvard University and Boston University. Melissa is a clinical psychologist, international educator, co-founder of a therapy practice specializing in stress, trauma, grief, and loss, and owner of a holistic coaching practice. She is also a trauma-informed mindfulness, meditation, and yoga teacher, Ayurvedic doula, and host of the podcast The Science and Soul of Living Well. In her podcast, Melissa and her guests offer accessible ways to integrate evidence-based information from psychological science and complementary and alternative medicine into our daily lives so that we can cultivate resilience and live with more meaning, purpose and alignment with our values in all life domains even in the hardest and darkest of times. She has expertise in sexual trauma, interpersonal and institutional betrayal trauma, traumatic losses (e.g., loss of children, loss of loved ones to suicide, murder, illness, accidents, natural disasters) as well as grief and loss related to the perinatal period (e.g., birth trauma, obstetric violence, miscarriage, stillbirth, pregnancy termination) and pediatric medical complexities (e.g., cancer, autoimmune disorders). She also frequently consults with professionals who have experienced trauma, grief, and loss in the course of their work. She is deeply committed to working with people who have experienced discrimination, trauma and/or loss due to some aspect of identity like gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion. She has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and educational products, and has trained thousands of professionals. To learn more, follow her on Instagram @drfoynes or Facebook, listen to her podcast, or visit www.melissafoynes.com or www.openedhearttherapy.com.

Patricia Sullivan ~  (she/her) holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Chicago and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University in California. She is a former licensed marriage and family psychotherapist and clinical director in UCSF’s Department of Psychiatry, supervising both inpatient and outpatient programs for clients with HIV Disease who were also facing mental health and addiction issues, homelessness, and poverty. Patricia is a Level II Reiki practitioner and has also received advanced training in Celtic Shamanism. Patricia has always been drawn to working in liminal space and has over 30 years of clinical experience focusing on end-of-life issues related to death, loss, grief, chronic illness, and trauma. She currently resides in North Carolina and works as a freelance editor and writer, specializing in services for the psychology, personal development, and wellness fields. Her clients include psychologists, therapists, wellness experts, healthcare providers, and authors. Since relocating to North Carolina, Patricia was diagnosed with a serious, rare pituitary disorder. She has become an advocate for the rare disease community and now volunteers with the National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD), serving as their Rare Disease Ambassador for North Carolina. Both Patricia’s professional clinical experience and her personal rare disease journey inform and support her work as an editor and writer. When she’s not working, Patricia’s tending to her farm, Three Crows Farm, where she cares for her sheep and chickens. She also has two willful cats and three amazing livestock guardian dogs. Learn more: www.pjgillgannon.com

Alexandra Fusco ~  (she/her) is an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist, educator and life/wellbeing coach. She trained as a psychotherapist at The Ashburn Clinic in New Zealand and also has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education. She is committed to providing a safe, non-judgmental, empathic, respectful approach in a caring and compassionate space. She trained as a psychotherapist in New Zealand and has over ten years of experience of working with people individually and in groups as they navigate many life challenges and mental health difficulties including, but not limited to: eating disorders, sexual trauma, grief – particularly people grieving the death of a loved one by suicide and postnatal depression. Having migrated to New Zealand and returned to the UK fifteen years later, she is experienced in the effect migration has on people’s lives from the practical to the emotional and the process of shifting, transitional space, change and settling. Her therapy work explores the present in the context of the past and her coaching work explores how the future can be impacted by the present. She has also completed the BBD teacher training. Alexandra is just about to embark on the journey of becoming a Biblio-poetry therapist and is exploring ways of using creative writing as a therapeutic tool. Alexandra feels privileged to do the work she does and to walk alongside people as they navigate their lives and the process of knowing themselves. She is continuously learning and developing ways to be of service in the world that are heart-centred. In the words of Rumi “we are all just walking each other home.”

Aditi Sethi, MD ~ (she/her) is a hospice and palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, and Executive Director of the Center for Conscious Living and Dying. Featured in the forthcoming film The Last Ecstatic Days, Aditi is an emerging and important voice for shifting our culture’s understanding and approach to dying, death, and bereavement care. As a child under the guidance of her parents (Kapil and Ranjit Sethi) and grandparents from India, Aditi studied devotional music from the Sikh and Hindu traditions. Her other music pursuits include playing music with her husband, Jay Brown, a musician and hospice music therapist. Aditi and Jay recently formed a group called The Appalucians, with Angie Heimann and Cas Sochaki. Releasing their first CD “Bright Hills” in 2018, the Appalucians play music from the mountains of Western North Carolina, featuring spirited songwriting, tight harmonies, and a lovely layered interplay between dobro, guitars, harp, bass, and banjo. Aditi and Jay are the parents of three amazing children. Learn more here.

Jay Brown ~ (he/him) is a board certified music therapist, a hospice music therapist, and teacher in Asheville, North Carolina. Jay is a prolific song writer who has been playing guitar since the age of 7 and writing songs since high school. Jay has spent years traveling and playing around the U.S., absorbing our rich musical heritage and he has also taken multiple trips to Ghana, West Africa. His eclectic musical tastes found expression in 1998, when he became a founding member of Lazybirds, a band that blends a wide variety of musical styles, including jazz and blues, country and rock ‘n roll, to create a fresh and soul stirring sound. Jay performs with Aditi, blending Aditi’s Indian folk and classical influences with his own folk and original music. A versatile musician, Jay is as much at home swingin’ the blues and boogie with his buddies in the Lazybirds as he is playing songwriter showcases and house concerts, but you can usually find him blending his styles in the pubs and listening rooms around the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. Learn more here.

Anne Ferrier Crook ~ (she/her) holds a B.A. from American University in French Language and Western European Studies.  She is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, AADP, Holding Space Consultant, Certified Birth Doula, CD(DONA), and Certified Medical Interpreter, CMI-Spanish.  She has worked in many facets of healthcare for the past 20 years with regard to holding space for life’s sacred thresholds.  Anne is passionate about supporting clients to heal and transform their body-mind-spirit from the inside out.  She taught nutritional healing and provided wellness consults to clients from all over the world at Onsite — a therapeutic retreat center world-renowned for healing trauma. She specializes in supporting clients to move out of “dis-ease” from post-traumatic stress into greater ease and emotional freedom.  She brings a compassionate presence and years of knowledge & expertise to clients as they explore the deeper meaning of “soul care” while courageously navigating life transitions.  Her writing has been featured in childbirth magazines, online publications, and a best-seller book called “Thresholds: 75 Stories of How Changing Your Perspective Can Change Your Life.”  Learn more.

Will Daddario, PhD ~ (he/him) is an educator, writer, Reiki practitioner, grief worker, and performance philosopher. He is also earning his MS.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Will has published on various topics including grief, Rūmī, social distancing, Baroque Venice, and the poetry and philosophy of Jay Wright. Along with Joanne Zerdy, he founded Inviting Abundance to promote the cultivation of artful and compassionate living, learning, grieving, and healing practices.

Kalyan Volpe ~ (he/him) holds an MA in Education from Goddard College and is the Co-Founder of Odyssey School in Asheville. He has been a holistic educator with a focus on spirituality in education for 25 years. Kalyan has traveled the world visiting over 35 countries and living in 6 including India where he met his extraordinary wife Shanti with whom he has 3 wonderful boys. Kalyan describes his life path as seeking a balance between internal work and service to humanity. He has been a practitioner of Ashtanga yoga for 25 years and finds deep bliss in devotion and surrender. (He served as a monk for three years in Nicaragua before deciding to dedicate himself to education).  As a middle school teacher Kalyan has explored many ways of incorporating spirituality in the classroom including meditation, visualizations, art, and spiritual warrior exercises. Learn More.

Maryam Amir ~ (she/her) is an educator, writer, advocate for social justice, community activist and trauma survivor. She speaks candidly about the issues and challenges facing the Muslim community in the current zeitgeist of the day. Maryam has been privileged to grow up travelling the world, speaks multiple languages and has lived in five of the seven of the world’s continents. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Arts in Language Teaching from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Maryam is the mother of two beautiful daughters and she loves to hike with her girls in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She is currently writing her first book and excerpts of her writing can be found on her website http://thesoundshearts.com

Reverend Bodhi Be ‘Warrior of the heart, protector of the sacred’.

Reverend Bodhi Be is an ordained interfaith minister and teacher in the Sufi lineage of Samuel Lewis and Hazrat Inayat Khan. He is the founder and executive director of Doorway Into Light, a nonprofit organization on Maui, which provides conscious and compassionate care for the dying, their families and the grieving, and has been offering community educational programs and trainings since 2006 in the fields of awakened living and dying and the care of the dying. Doorway Into Light operates Hawaii’s only nonprofit certified green funeral home and a storefront on Maui, ‘The Death Store’, an educational resource center and store providing education, support and counsel on a donation basis.

Bodhi is a funeral director, an end-of-life and bereavement counselor and educator; a hospice volunteer; a teacher and trainer of death doulas; a speaker and workshop leader. He has trained hundreds of doctors, nurses, hospice staff, social workers, ministers, chaplains, therapists, artists and lay people in the spiritual, psychological, emotional and logistical care of the dying and care of the dead, and for four years has taken dozens through a certification program for death doulas. As a ceremonial guide Bodhi leads memorial and funeral services and community grief rituals. He has facilitated grief support groups for teenagers at a local high school. He hosts a weekly streaming radio show, ‘Death Tracks’, on a Maui station. He is a notary public, a coffin maker and a Reiki practitioner.

Bodhi and his wife Leilah are organic, off-the-grid homesteaders in Hawaii who have been leading spiritual retreats around the world for over 25 years. For many years Bodhi collaborated with Ram Dass, a neighbor, mentor and friend, who served on Doorway Into Light’s Board of Directors. Bodhi is continuing the work Ram Dass helped birth in the fields of conscious dying in America.

Doorway Into Light is currently raising funds to develop a new model of land stewardship that includes a natural green burial ground, a sanctuary, a kids park, ceremony hall and community gathering place where “life and death interweave in healthy community life.” Learn more.

Camille Hawkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice specializing in Reproductive & Perinatal Mental Health. She began her career on the OB floor where she supported families in times of miscarriage, stillbirth, placing for adoption, and infant death. After a personal struggle with infertility and miscarriage, Camille founded the Utah Infertility Resource Center, a nonprofit organization which provides emotional support and education to thousands of families wishing and struggling to grow. In addition to supporting clients through professional counseling, Camille has spent years volunteering for local grief support organizations such as The Sharing Place and Share Parents of Utah. She is actively involved in research, advocacy endeavors, and serves on a number of community boards. Camille enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters who joined their family through open adoption. She became a teacher for The Institute in honor of her daughter, Everly, who came from a surprise pregnancy after nine years of infertility, and died in utero at 31 weeks gestation. Learn more here.

Kathleen Putnam holds an MS from Bastyr University and founder of NutritionWorks, with a specialty in nutrition science, mindfulness, and lifestyle coaching in Seattle WA.  Kathleen is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Parent Coach, Educator, Group Facilitator, Food Therapist, Certified Death Doula, and Life Coach specializing in Life’s Transitions through Grief and Loss.  Kathleen supervises graduate students at Bastyr Natural Health Clinic and has served as Associate Professor of Nutrition and Human Development in multiple higher education institutions in the Seattle area.  With decades of work as a trainer and provider with the Dean Ornish Lifestyle Medicine and Laurel Mellin’s Emotional Brain Training programs, Kathleen has built a foundation of skills and tools of mindfulness, responsive education, group facilitation, and coaching that has led to the desire to be a healing presence for those experiencing transitions through loss, grief, and end of life.  Kathleen’s known for her ability to meet people where they’re at while creating a safe and loving space free of shame and stigma. As a parent, partner, sister, daughter, and a survivor of divorce, Kathleen welcomes the opportunity to join the community of Amy Wright Glenn as we collectively and individually learn and grow to hold space for those in need.  In a fun side project, Kathleen and her friends developed the nutrition bar, Zing.  Kathleen offers coaching for individuals, parents, and families going through life transitions of loss, health, and end-of-life transitions and facilitates grief groups. Learn more.

Beth Anne Fisher holds a BA and Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from the University of Colorado. She also holds relevant certifications and training in Holistic Pelvic Care, Maya abdominal therapy, health coaching, HeartMath, spiritual direction/ soul care, and a mindful movement practice (MELT Method L2). Beth Anne provides holistic pelvic health physical therapy services to those in female bodies using an integration of the above skills with an emphasis on gentle manual therapies and holding space for pelvic bowl stories of all kinds. Beth Anne sees the womb space in the female body as a “sanctuary” of sorts, and therefore identifies most with being a chaplain of that womb space.  While tending to the physical symptoms, Beth Anne intentionally and gently supports the connection between energy, emotions, and stories that women’s bodies hold including themes such as pregnancy loss, fertility challenge, trauma from difficult birth experiences, pain from pelvic challenges such as endometriosis, and difficulty moving through thresholds of female body experience such as the menopausal transition. Beth Anne is passionate about supporting others through gentle bodywork and/ or supportive listening practices to tend the messages and wisdom of their bodies while experiencing any kind of grief or loss through private consultations.  Learn More

Danielle Pacific holds a BS in Biology, became a Manual Therapist shortly after and remains fascinated with anatomy and movement. She trained in the Hatha style of Yoga and became a Birth Doula with ToLabor, and recently was trained by Bodhi be and INELDA as an End-of-Life Doula. She currently lives in Hawaii, and is passionate about learning indigenous Hawaiian culture and brings this information into Loving, Dying and Letting go. She holds Women’s Grief Groups and One-on-One Grief Sessions, mostly via zoom during this pandemic. Danielle values the lessons Amy shares about Holding Space and Companioning others , and has found her generosity and kindness are ever evolving as her work deepens. Learn more.

Jae Carey trained with New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, and worked as a hospice volunteer and vigil attendant for the imminently dying with Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Interested in social justice, Jae also founded an award-winning doula program for women incarcerated on Rikers Island. She received her full-spectrum doula training with Ancient Song Doula Services, and then went on to become certified with Stillbirthday and The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death, as a Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Teacher. Jae was adopted and grew up in Oregon. She now lives in Brooklyn with her son. greenwood.doula@gmail.com

Charlotte CA holds an MA in Intercultural Communication and is a trainer/teacher focused on developing resilience through trauma. Char is a trauma/stress healing companion and resilience practitioner with heavy influence from the Somatic Experiencing field and Nkem Ndefo’s training on the ethology model of stress. She holds certification as a STAR (Strategies for Trauma and Resilience) practitioner, a Resilience Toolkit facilitator, is in ongoing training as an Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and works as a Healing, Conflict, and Grief circle facilitator in addition to her work with us as a Holding Space consultant. Her commitment is to support individuals and groups in developing safety, wholeness, and transformative agency through or after traumagenic situations. She is deeply rooted in her physical practice, integrating somatic healing with Ashtanga Yoga, and leans on the shoulders of mentors and friends who have chosen to walk patiently towards healing with her. Learn more.