Yoga is the ideal exercise for pregnant woman. It is widely recommended by midwives and doctors to expectant mothers as a way of keeping fit and mobile.

During pregnancy, yoga:

• keeps the body supple without straining
• boosts energy
• relieves stress and anxiety
• relaxes and promotes restful sleep
• can be used to relieve pain in labour and childbirth
• can relieve common minor ailments during pregnancy
  (e.g. swollen joints, heartburn, constipation)
• can help the expectant mother to bond with the unborn baby through breathing and visualisation techniques

During the weekly classes you will learn useful yoga techniques to use throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond. You will also learn simple but effective breath and relaxation techniques, yoga postures to manage common physical ailments, and visualisation practices to build confidence and assist in easeful birth.

Every woman completes a comprehensive registration form prior to beginning the programme, and every session is always preceded by a supportive sharing time to assess and evaluate the changing physical and emotional needs of each student.

The classes offer an holistic programme of breathwork, relaxation, postures, movement , voicework and meditations suited to all stages of pregnancy, from 12 – 42 weeks. Pregnancy yoga enhances the vitality, mobility, general health and emotional well-being of the expectant mother; it also provides a valuable quiet space in which to form a bond with the unborn child and to prepare for birth.

Every class includes moderate exercise, with emphasis upon safety and appropriateness for you as a pregnant women, and upon the safety of your unborn child.

Class information

I recommend beginning the classes in the third month of pregnancy and continuing throughout in order to gain maximum benefit, but it is possible to begin at any point in your pregnancy.

A minimum of six classes enables you to acquire a basic ‘embodied memory’ of the key techniques. The practical usefulness of the yoga increases in proportion to the woman’s familiarity with the techniques taught, and familiarity comes through repetition and variation on a core range of practices. This is particularly important in relation to the breathwork and visualisation that is the foundation of the yogic approach to gentle birth.

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