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The Practitioners

Sita Payne Romero, LMT, CD, HCHI, HCHD

Along with Heather, Sita is the co-owner and founder of Mellow Moms.  She has had the pleasure of working with hundreds of expectant couples over the years through her devotion to holistic care for pregnant families.  She is a certified Hypnobabies Instructor. Her years of experience teaching Hypnobabies, prenatal yoga and attending births enrich her classes, creating a comprehensive approach to childbirth preparation.  Her background as a licensed massage therapist, specializing in prenatal massage brings a special expertise in helping women learn how be comfortable throughout their entire pregnancies.  Sita believes in teaching expectant moms what they can do to minimize pregnancy discomforts through exercise, yoga, prenatal massage and hypnosis.  As a doula, Sita’s philosophy is to learn about each couple’s vision for their birth and adopt that philosophy to best support them.  Whether that philosophy embraces a different childbirth preparation course, a plan for medication or a cultural need during the birth, Sita is committed to supporting each couple as unique individuals.

Heather Harper Palmer, FCP

Along with Sita, Heather is the co-owner of Mellow Moms. After more than 10 years working with expectant and new mothers, she is excited to realize a vision for cohesive, comprehensive support for women at all stages of their reproductive lives. She hopes that all moms served by Mellow Moms will feel comfortable and confident about their changing roles as women and mothers. As a FertilityCare Practitioner, Heather seeks to teach women to appreciate the intricacy of their reproductive cycle and to understand how it is affected by their overall health. It is her goal that every woman value her fertility and be empowered to protect and improve it. As a doula, Heather weaves traditional training with years of experience into a mantle of care, compassion, and protection for every birth. Heather feels that the doula’s most important goal is to advocate for the wishes of the expectant parents, ensuring that their wishes and values be honored first. She has supported mothers in hospital, home, and stand-alone birth center settings. Recently, Heather has had the opportunity to focus on helping mothers achieve successful vaginal deliveries after Cesarean (VBAC) and is especially well-versed in the needs of this particular group of birthing women.

Sarah Rogero, LMT

Sarah Rogero is a licensed massage therapist and Jacksonville native.  She is a graduate of  Florida School of Massage in Gainesville.  She has been practicing massage and bodywork for 11 years and is experienced in various wellness settings such as chiropractic, spas and rehabilitation. Sarah is certified in Bodywork for the Childbearing Years by Kate Jordan Seminars, a leader in the Pregnancy Massage field.  As a certified pregnancy massage specialist, Sarah is skilled at addressing physical discomforts in pregnancy and resolving them with therapeutic bodywork and education on stretches and self-care.  She is currently attending UNF to finish her BS in Community Health and Health education.

Michelle Baur, Prenatal Yoga Instructor

Michelle has been a personal trainer and group fitness instructor since 1995.  She has a bachelor’s degree in Health Science/Exercise Science.  Her Master’s degree is in Health Promotion and Health Education.

Michelle has been a Prenatal Yoga Instructor since 2004, Certified through Discovery Yoga of St. Augustine.  As a yoga instructor, Michelle brings her knowledge as a certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor to a gentle yet effective means of preparing the body physically for birth.  She became Yoga Fit Certified in 2004.  She teaches Prenatal Yoga Classes, Mom/Baby Yoga classes and is a Birth Doula.

She has had personal experience with her own natural births -one hospital birth, one homebirth, and one birth center birth.  As a Birth Doula, Michelle brings her calm and peaceful nature and deep knowledge of the human body to the birth.  She is able to comfort families with her presence and provide support in creating an easier, faster birth through yoga and positioning.

For more information on prenatal yoga classes or to register for classes, please contact Michelle directly at 904-716-3207 or JaxPrenatalYoga@hotmail.com.

Jeanne R. Grimes, CCht

Jeanne Grimes is a graduate of The Florida Institute of Hypnotherapy, the only Florida state licensed hypnotherapy institution.  Jeanne is a certified clinical hypnotherapist offering the full spectrum of hypnotherapy services with over 500 hours of trade specific training.  She is a member of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners. As a certified Advanced NLP Practitioner since 2002, Jeanne has been assisting clients in identifying their true goals and obtaining deep levels of relaxation and inner peace.

Jeanne is the founder of the Florida Hypnotherapy Center, as well as a wife and mother of two.  She has a passion for helping others using proven techniques to achieve their personal health and life goals.  She works to help each person achieve peace and wellness from within, understanding the impact of each individual on the whole family unit.

She works one-on-one with families providing hypnosis for fertility and hypnotherapy to address previous traumatic births or past sexual trauma. She also assists clients in addressing their underlying concerns and fears about pregnancy, birth, parenting and the state of our global environment.  Jeanne assists families in building an early bond and conscious communication by informing couples about how they are already communicating with their new baby, even prior to the birth.