SPEAKING OF BIRTH

Jill Wodnick 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, tonal bowls, essential oils, and meditation in her prenatal work.  Jill is the Expert Doula for Destination Maternity, the largest maternity retail, Pregnancy Magazine, the PBS program 'Real Savvy Moms' and the non profit Parental Wisdom site.  Frequently quoted 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 Montclair State University, 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 the Montclair YMCA Family Center, teaches doula trainings  and other classes for labor and delivery professionals.  Jill was just asked to serve on the Advisor's Board of Earth Birth, a global non profit making childbirth safe and secure in war torn regions.  Jill can be found singing, baking bread and playing Yahtzee with her husband and three boys, Nathaniel, Sebastian and Emerson.  

photography by Neal Wilson Studios, Neal Wilson