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A natural and painless childbirth is a woman’s birthright,” declares  Doula Giuditta author of Joy In Birthing: Daily Inspiration for a Natural and Painless Childbirth.

In 1993 Giuditta Tornetta received a certification for Hypnotherapy.  In 1995, she was initiated in Transcendental Meditation and harnessed both experiences through her work as a Doula. She has worked in labor and delivery rooms, as well as home environments, attending and assisting with numerous births. Ms Tornetta is a certified birth  Doula (DONA), a and postpartum doula, a Lactation Educator (UCLA), a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist.  She is also a NLP practitioner and a Certified Shiatsu therapist  as well as an Esalen massage therapist.

Ms. Tornetta is a contributing editor for: Los Angeles Family Magazine, Las Vegas Family Magazine, the Wet Set Gazette, and Sheknows.com.  She has published over 100 articles,  in the United States as well as in the U.K.   She hosts www.naturalliving.bellaonline.com and www.pediatrics.bellaonline.com . She is represented by Natasha Kern Literary Agency.

Giuditta practices clinical hypnotherapy and a method of natural childbirth that uses hypnotic techniques to reduce stress and fear during labor and delivery, alleviating pain and making the birth experience positive and enjoyable. She also teaches healthy infant mental, emotional and cognitive health and development.

She  focuses on infant mental health and pre-birth bonding, where she uses guided meditations and visualizations to help women communicate and empower their babies before birth. These hypno-therapeutic techniques are also used throughout pregnancy for maternal/prenatal stress reduction, self confidence, relaxation, strength and generally increasing positivity.

She is a member of Doulas of North America (DONA), of the Doula Association of Southern California (DASC), and a volunteer with Operation Doula Care, an organization created in response to the life-changing events of September 11^th, 2001 whose primary purpose is to provide free Doula support to the pregnant wives of the United States military.  Giuditta Tornetta received certification from UCLA as a Lactation Educator and is a member of the Breastfeeding Task Force in Los Angeles, which is a non-profit organization, dedicated to making breastfeeding the cultural norm in Los Angeles. She is the founder of DWLA (Doulas of West Los Angeles) a non-profit circle group of DASC (Doulas of Southern California www.dascdoulas.org )

She has a private practice in Los Angeles, and attends births from Redondo Beach to Malibu, from Santa Monica to Encino.

In the last twenty five years, Giuditta Tornetta has dedicated her life to embracing the realm of the Goddess, awakening the creative power within and helping women empower themselves and take charge of their body’s Divine cycles.  She works on women’s issues: from the menstrual cycle, as the doorway into womanhood; to conscious procreation, pregnancy and birthing; from unleashing the creative artist within, and weight management to menopause and chronic pain.

 Giuditta Tornetta’s passionate approach to life, and her accomplishments as a Doula, writer, workshop leader, entrepreneur and performer, have made her a popular speaker.   She has been featured at Kaiser Permanente Hospital as a guest of their “Women & Children’s Health Service Line Operation Team Meeting.”  She is a regular speaker at Whole Foods Supermarket – national retail chain –  and WILD OATS - a health food supermarket chain.  She has spoken at WRS (Women’s Referral Services) presenting to over two hundred and fifty member at the time, and at EMERGE, WOMEN'S WORLD NETWORK and has hosted several lectures for parenting groups.

 Ms. Tornetta runs monthly workshops and lectures on such topics as Natural and Painless Childbirth, Conscious Procreation, Moon Cycles a Rite of Passage, The Joy of Birthing, and The Joy of Menopause.