MELISSA MORRILL, OWNER - HCE, CBE, DOULA

Melissa Morrill, founder of Natural Lullabies, is a Pure Birth Holistic Childbirth educator, doula, yoga enthusiast, certified breastfeeding educator, and co-leader of Attachment Parenting International of Tulsa. Melissa graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in Finance. Melissa worked at WilTel Communications for over 3 years before opening Natural Lullabies. She is the mother of three boys, Cameron was born the hospital, Foster at home in the water (read birth story here) and our recent addition of Emerson (born April 2008). She has also attended over 80 births as a labor doula. Melissa recently developed a Childbirth Education program, Pure Birth, in an effort to introduce the world to holistic childbirth and mothering. She is in the process of writing a book and developing a curriculum that can travel the nation.

Melissa has attended the following trainings:

• Childbirth Education Training - American Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth
  (Salt Lake City, UT - May 2003)
• DONA approved Doula training (Kansas City - August 2004)
• The Future of Birth conference featuring Ina May Gaskin & Dr. Odent (Columbia, MO - April 2005)
• YogaFit Level I Training (Tulsa, OK - April 2005)
• Certified Breastfeeding Educator Workshop (Tulsa, OK - Nov. 2005)
• The Future of Birth Conference featuring Henci Goer (Columbia, MO - April 2006)
• YogaFit Prenatal/Postnatal Training (Tulsa, OK - September 2006)
• YogaFit Level II Training (Tulsa, OK - September 2006)

CELESTE MCNEAL, YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Celeste has been a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher since 2005. Known as the Yoga of Awareness, she uses tools from this ancient technology to help women awaken and access their highest awareness during pregnancy, birth, child rearing and life in general.

Raised in a family that honors natural health, nutrition and the innate power of the body, Celeste strives to remind us that we have the ability to heal and achieve anything we wish. She has a Bachelor's degree in Holistic Health from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Her first childhood memory is of her younger sister being born at home. This formative experience led her to pursue being a doula and empowering women to birth intuitively and fearlessly. She longs for the day when there are birthing centers next to every hospital and doulas available to all woman.

Celeste has two black lab puppies and is excited to have children once she is finished roaming the world.

DEENA LICHT, RN, IBCLC - LACTATION CONSULTANT

Deena is married and has 4 wonderful children ages 15 to 1. She is a registered nurse and internationally board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has been a nurse for 11 and an LC for 10 years. She has worked Nursery, NICU, Labor and Delivery, Mother Baby, and most recently in a Breastfeeding Resource Center. She has been teaching prenatal breastfeeding classes for 8 years and teach breastfeeding workshops for other nurses, LLL leaders, and physicians. She is training to become a midwife and would like to eventually become a CPM. She is also foster mother to two great children.