Mama, founder and co-owner of VIRAYOGA in New York City, Elena in internationally acknowledged for her potent teaching and coaching, offering her students ways to approach our world with realistic reverence and gratitude. Author of Art of Attention, and coach for the Handel Group, Elena's been featured in Yoga Journal, the New York Times and Origin Magazine.  TOPICS: Elena’s yoga and nutrition practices to optimize her pregnancy + How your emotional states influence your children + The importance of listening—to your body, your baby and your life + How to keep your heart open and live with gratitude + How to stay balanced in the post-partum phase.

Sheri Winston offers empowering, enlightening erotic education for everyone as a teacher of Wholistic Sexuality. She’s an award-winning author & founder of the Center for the Intimate Arts, and has a background as a nurse-midwife, gynecology practitioner, registered nurse, holistic healer, doula & massage therapist. Sheri's book, Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure, won the AASECT* 2010 Book of the Year Award. Her upcoming book, Succulent SexCraft: Your Hands-On Guide to Erotic Play and Practice, promises to be an even greater success!  TOPICS: Hot tips for sex during pregnancy + Why orgasms are so beneficial for your health and your birth preparation + The fact that labor, arousal, birth and orgasm share the same equipment/pathways and why that matters + How to enter an altered state of consciousness during birth and why that’s important + Breastfeeding as an orgasmic experience (!)

Carla Stang received an honors degree in Anthropology at the University of Sydney and completed her doctorate in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of A Walk to the River in Amazonia: Ordinary Reality for the Mehinaku Indians.  TOPICS: What modern women can learn from the Amazonian women’s experience of pregnancy and birth + How to appreciate your pregnant body + Self-care during pregnancy and why it’s important + Why co-sleeping and breastfeeding help with sleep deprivation.

Natalia Rose is a Clinical Nutritionist and the author of The Raw Food Detox Diet, Raw Food Life Force Energy, The New Energy Body and Detox for Women!  TOPICS: What a Life Force family is and how to create one + How to create a foundation for your family to really thrive + How to have the confidence and courage to be the best parent you can be + How to support, love and protect your children + Why self-care and healthy habits are crucial to parents + How to let go of perfectionist tendencies and expectations and really learn who your child is + Why a healthy relationship is so important to your child's health.

Dr. Jack Newman is the leading researcher in the field of breastfeeding. He is the author of Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding, The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, The Latch and Other Keys to Breastfeeding Success.  TOPICS: How breastfeeding is about more than just nutrition + How formula can make your baby sick and set them up for a lifetime of disease + What to do about a low milk supply + Dealing with pain during or after breastfeeding + Why putting your baby on a feeding schedule is a terrible idea.

Elizabeth Davis is internationally active in promoting motherbaby-centered birth and is widely sought after for her expertise in midwifery education and organizational development. She is the author of Heart & Hands: A Midwife’s Guide to Pregnancy & Birth, Orgasmic Birth, The Women’s Wheel of Life & Women’s Sexual Passages. TOPICS: Research detailing the health and safety of a homebirth + How to choose a midwife + How to navigate the stages of labor and birth and what gets in the way of having a natural birth +  How labor/birth and sex are similar + How to avoid the cascade of medical interventions at the hospital + Why oxytocin is so important + How to prepare for an orgasmic birth + What you need to know about your brain waves if you want to have a natural birth.

Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova is one of the pioneers in the Birthing Field of Conscious Procreation. Elena created a revolutionary documentary, Birth As We Know It, about ecstatic birth and correlation between birth trauma and the quality of our life. TOPICS: Reclaiming your power to give birth naturally + How to re-wire your nervous system + What you need to know about your limbic imprinting and how that will affect your birth + How birth impacts our lives.

Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson is a motivational psychologist, speaker, author of SUCCEED: How We Can Reach Our Goals, blogger for Huff Post, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, SmartBrief, and Psychology Today.  TOPICS: How to work with your expectations of what parenting should be like and how your kids should behave + Setting goals for pregnancy, birth and early parenting + How to give feedback and motivate your children + What *not* to say to your kids if you want them to grow confidently + How to build your child’s self-esteem.

Diana West is an international certified lactation consultant, co-author of the 8th edition of La Leche League International's The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk and Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Procedures, and author of the Clinician's Breastfeeding Triage Tool and Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.  TOPICS: Why breastfeeding is so important for your baby's immune system,  How breastfeeding is a way to mother your child,  Knowing when to seek help from a lactation consultant,  How to get your milk supply off to a good start,  How to know if you're not making enough milk,  How to allow your baby to self attach and latch to your breast after birth,  What products you really need to optimize your breastfeeding,  Why scheduling feedings is dangerous to the health of your child,  Why keeping your baby close to you wires his or her brain to become a more secure and resilient adult

Debra Pascali-Bonaro is the mother of six children, Director of the documentary Orgasmic Birth and co-author of Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth. She is the Chairperson of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative.  TOPICS: What orgasmic birth is and how to prepare for one + How to create a new empowering language for birth + How to work through self-doubt and fear + Key elements to having a pleasurable birth + How to create your ideal birth ambience + Why certain movements are so important during labor and birth + How to own your power and celebrate your birth + How you can make a difference in how women give birth.

Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She’s also the author of Momma Zen and Hand Wash Cold.  TOPICS: How to bring meditation and mindfulness to your pregnancy and birth + Staying present in your life + How to work with your fears and trust the process + How to guide and love your children in every moment

Alejandro Junger, M.D. is one of the world’s leading functional medicine doctors and the author of Clean, which teaches us how to turn our detoxification systems on full speed while supporting our bodies to maximize their effectiveness. He also created the popular Clean detox program. TOPICS: Why cleansing (for both soon-to-be parents!) is a good idea + Toxins and how they impact our health and pregnancy + Chemicals and toxins you should be aware of in your environment + Optimal nutrition during pregnancy + What you need to know about vaccinations + Tips for men on how to support your pregnant partner.

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald is the founder of the Santa Monica Wellness Center. She is the Wellness Editor of the Aol Huffington Post Media Group and the author of the best-selling award winning book, The Detox Solution: The Missing Link to Radiant Health, Abundant Energy, Ideal Weight, and Peace of Mind. TOPICS: How to navigate the toxicity of the world + How and why it’s important to connect to the natural rhythms of nature + Why it's so important for you to identify what you want for your family + How to balance being a modern mother and a working woman + What epigenetics is and why it's so important for your family's health and your children's health + How to prepare for pregnancy and the most important things to do during pregnancy + The #1 thing children need from us and how to give it to them.