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Kristy Vicari is a certified Nutritionist and Yoga Teacher, and a highly trained and experienced Doula and Childbirth Educator. She received her certification as a Nutrition Consultant from Bauman College (IET) in the year of 2000. The first two of her six yoga certifications started in that same year. She continues on the path of her yoga education; always finding that there is more to learn and incorporate into her own life as well as her classes. Her journey as a professional doula began with her first of several certifications from DONA in 2004. She is continuing with her trainings as a birth and post partum doula, childbirth educator and infant massage instructor and attaining skills from her life as a mother as well. As a Doula Kristy provides support for pregnant and laboring mothers and for transitioning families after the birth of their baby. She helps mamas cope with the changes and challenges that pregnancy brings, helps prepare the mother and partner for parenthood, and helps plan and implement the kind of birth they desire. During a mamas labor she is a constant calm presence and provides encouragement, emotional support, physical comfort measures, and an objective viewpoint. She truly believes in a woman's ability to birth her baby. Kristy also teaches childbirth preparation classes to expectant mothers and their partners. Kristy teaches yoga throughout the East Bay area and has been a student of yoga for over 13 years. Her training background in yoga is very diverse and extensive. She presently teaches a very individualized class based in Anusara Yoga, which weaves together exploration, awareness, opening and alignment of the mind and body. She also teaches therapeutic classes to restore and rejuvenate the being as well as Prenatal and ‘Mommy and Me’ Yoga classes. . It is her compassion, insight, and desire to heal that make her a unique and extraordinary practitioner.
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