Kira always knew there was more for her to do in life than cut hair and paint nails--although it's not a bad hobby. After graduating from cosmetology school, she attended Brigham Young University-Idaho. There she graduated with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Studies, still aching to know how to change more than someone's hair color. Two beautiful children later, it became her mission to help unwind the misperceptions and fear of birth in our culture by putting informed birth into mom's hands. She now hosts conferences and other events to help women prepare for a confident, informed birth under any cirucmstance.

Take a minute to read the story of how the Mommy Method came to be  ...you won't be disappointed.

Dr. Dummar is a Chiropractic Physician and holds a master's degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He has 4 children, 3 active boys and 1 gorgeous daughter. He and his wife are expecting their 5th child in April. He enjoys snowboarding, spending time with his family, and developing natural formulas for health and healing. He has the privilege of working daily in his in-office pharmacy of nearly 300 single herbal extracts and powders.

My ability to cater treatments to each patient's specific needs comes from my understanding of the unique balance that is required to allow for healing.

Beth is a mother of 8 and a professional doula. Beth’s love for childbirth began with the birth of her first child over 16 years ago. She realized that she had been given the gift of empowered childbirth. She believes that all women deserve to receive this great gift and she desires to share it with them. Beth is a certified AromaTouch therapist and essential oil specialist. She has been trained in essential oils, rebozo techniques, reflexology, massage, and visualization and relaxation methods. Beth enjoys running, organizing her home and spending time with her family. As a professional doula, Beth’s desire is to create an environment in which her clients’ birth plan is honored. She seeks to represent the wishes and desires of each expectant parent in a calm and harmonious way. Beth’s ambition is to deliver the highest level of competent care to provide her clients with a true sense comfort, well-being and satisfaction for this exciting life event, the birth of their child.

Kathy had eight pregnancies to get her three children, one being stillborn and one born 14 weeks early. Between her and her daughter, she has infertility, miscarriages, cerclages, HELPP Syndrome, toxemia, premature birth, induced delivery, births with and without epidurals, emergency delivery, a failure to thrive baby, heart monitors, O2 support, feeding tubes, baby blues, breastfeeding and pumping for a baby in NICU and more. As a Life Coach, Emotional Release Facilatator and Spiritual Counselor,  Kathy addresses the many emotional aspects of the birthing experience. Learn to embrace the miracle of creating a life, even though there can be difficult and challenging emotions to overcome.

Jessica has spent the last 8 years providing education and hands on care in pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding for the Women, Infants, and Children’s programs of Utah, Ivy Lane Pediatrics, and most recently, The University of Utah Hospital. She has also been a volunteer and board member for the Utah Breastfeeding Coalition for the last 7 years, holding positions of worksite lactation liaison, marketing and promotions chair, president-elect, and now holds the position of president. She is continuing her education as a Doctorate of Nursing Practice student in the Nurse Midwifery program at the University of Utah. Jessica has devoted her career to the support of evidence-based healthcare and education.

Beth, SCMT, MT-BC is a Board-Certified Music Therapist and a birth & postpartum doula serving families in the Salt Lake City, UT area.  Beth specializes in Music Therapy Assisted Childbirth, and also offers traditional birth doula and postpartum doula support.  Beth received her music therapy degree from Berklee College of Music in 2008, and received birth and postpartum doula training from DONA. She has additional training in labor massage for doulas, and training in Curtis Method Hypnobirthing.

Deanna has many years of experience working with people and families in the childbearing year. She began working with pregnant and new mothers because she was passionate about families and children. She takes her role as a mother very seriously, and believes that a mother should always be emotionally present and available for her children. She has been honored to serve women in various roles throughout Utah, Missouri, Kansas, Dominican Republic, and Liberia (West Africa) during their pregnancy and birth. She spends her time raising her 8 beautiful children, wild foraging for herbs and wild weeds, crafting apothecary items to benefit her clients, and reading or studying all about natural methods of healing our bodies.

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Rachel is the mother of two amazing children, Arvigo® practitioner, holistic therapist, postpartum doula, and ceremonialist. Her passion for women’s health has led her to have a deeper understanding of a wide range of women’s needs from the physical to the metaphysical. In her practice she works often with family-oriented women helping them to plan and prepare for a protected birth and postpartum experience. Because Rachel is trained in the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® she focuses on the digestive and reproductive health of her clients in addition to the ceremonial and energetic aspects. Through the Community Wisewoman Forum and Full Moon Lodge she teaches womanhood classes, presents rites of passage, and other women's wisdom.

Alisha is passionate about all things related to the stages of a woman’s life — but especially pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. She works at The Healing Group, a woman’s health clinic in Midvale, Utah specializing in women and their specific needs. Alisha facilitates their weekly free postpartum support group and has trained with Postpartum Support International. She also works with individual clients as they transition into Motherhood and/or supporting them through the challenges of parenting. She is a graduate of BYU in Social Work, an author (find her book on intimacy here), and has appeared on local news outlets and radio. She has seven wonderfully crazy kids and loves being their Mom.

BreeAnn is a Doula, Birth Success Mentor, and Postpartum Belly Binder. She and her amazing "doula" husband are the mother of three children, born under a variety of circumstances. She loves everything about birth, from the early days of pregnancy to pushing out a sweet baby head and finally, the endless days of parenting the incredible spirit she helped bring into the world. She hopes her positive view of birth will spread and bring joy to women all over the world as they birth their children with love.

Tori shares her passion for family at subtlesphere.com. She received her Associate of Science degree from Brigham Young University-Hawaii with certificates in International Cultural Studies and American Sign Language. She graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marriage and Family Studies. She does secretarial work and writes as a volunteer for United Families International. She is a certified PREPARE/ENRICH marriage facilitator, professional musician/accompanist, and has many other diverse interests including fixing cars, writing and watching basketball. Nothing is more important to her than her husband and 1-year-old daughter.

Sherri is a wife, a Mother of 5, and the Grandmother of 18. She has a BA degree from BYU Provo in Interior Design. Sherri loves to be with her family, read, serves in her church, and loves waterfalls and sunsets. 4 yrs ago she turned her focus to researching and teaching about the toxic ingredients that are in our food and products. She has studied extensively what chemicals and toxins are affecting our health and her passion is to raise awareness to Mom’s and families. As a health and wellness educator she teaches classes, (911 Toxins) on how to use natural solutions as an alternative. Sherri has a daughter who has severe problems because of being exposed to toxins and is determined to help other families have different outcomes.

Liz has been attending births since 2005 when she became a DONA trained doula and began her midwifery practice in 2012.  Liz is passionate about providing ongoing information and evidenced based care to her clients throughout the childbearing year. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor of science in 2005 and in 2014 she graduated with honors from the Midwives College of Utah.  In 2014 Liz also teamed up with the Community School of Midwifery to develop their curriculum and currently enjoys teaching a variety of midwifery topics.

Sandy started cloth diapering her first child when he was a week old. It didn't take long for that to lead to learning other ways to take care of her family naturally and she soon discovered foot zone therapy. Now Sandy is the mother of two boys, a certified foot zone therapist and instructor, Reiki Master, organizer of Healer Hangout, and loves discovering new ways to take care of her family.

Cherylyn is a student midwife who loves all things related to birth. She and her husband are expecting their seventh child. Cherylyn gave birth to an unexpected breech at a planned home birth, and her story was included in The Gift of Giving Life book. Her husband also contributed to the book by writing about their journey bringing children into their family, and waiting for a specific spirit to join them.

Cherylyn is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she believes birth is an inherently spiritual event. She believes it's important to be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit in preparing for a child's birth, and that birth can be immensely spiritual in any setting, depending on what is best for the mother and baby.

Richelle is a Certified Professional midwife who has been actively practicing in Utah since the year 2000. She lovingly supports the families she works with and she has a passion for encouraging confidence and autonomy in birthing women. Richelle lives in Springville with her husband, Kevin, of 21 years. They enjoy camping and being in nature together. She also enjoys the company of her 5 sisters.

Cortney Given is an up-and-coming food blogger. She is passionate about health and wellness. She loves teaching others about nutrition and how easy cooking nutritious food can be with a little bit of planning. Cortney enjoys cooking, yoga, spending time with her husband and daughter, lip syncing and dancing in her kitchen. And she always has a stash of dark chocolate in her house!