Pre and Post Natal Yoga
Pre Natal Yoga
Pregnancy creates new demands due to your everchanging body. Your pregnant body is naturally and miraculously in a heightened state of awareness and creativity.
Taking time to pause from the strain of the day to day activity to connect with your body enables you to experience and enjoy this journey. Yoga helps to bring balance to your body, increasing strength and tone.
We include pranayama (breathing) practices, stretching, strengthening and relaxation. We also include suggestions and ideas you can use during labour and the birth of your baby.
- Monday 10am (60min) – Bookings Only
- Wednesday 6pm
- Saturday 8.30am
Post Natal Yoga – Run in 4 week Blocks
This class combines Postnatal yoga with Baby yoga, so you both get to experience a yoga class. Helps to heal and strengthen the Mums body after birth, helping to strengthen the back and stomach and improve pelvic tone.
Baby yoga is starting to move your baby’s body to align the spine and encourage growth and development. We also include some relaxation time for you and your baby.
If you have had a Ceasarian we suggest waiting 12 weeks.
- Thursday 11.15am – by bookings only
**Please leave prams outside the yoga room**
Couples Pregnancy & Birth Preparation Workshops
“Of all the preparation courses and activities that we did prior to the birth (including Calmbirth and the hospital antenatal courses), my husband found the couples workshop to provide the most helpful information.” Robyn 
To help prepare couples for the end stage of pregnancy, labour and the birth of your new baby. This Workshop is run by Kathy Grace, Yoga Teacher, Naturopath and has completed Doula studies
We will cover
- How your support person can support you and what they ’can do’
- Yoga – to relieve discomfort at the end of pregnancy, and to support you during all stages of labour and the postnatal time. Including movement, postures (asana), breathing (pranayama) and relaxations and visualisations.
- Vocal Toning and using sound during pregnancy and labour
- Techniques and information on how you can ‘naturally’ help your labour progress and develop
- Massage Techniques
You will also receive a manual full of information to support you with your choices around child birth including ideas on natural therapies and homoepathy that can be used.
Its a jam packed 3 hours!
Who should attend? This workshop is designed for women in their 2nd or 3rd trimester, along with their birthing partner. This may also be a good introduction for Yoga Teachers wanting to learn more about pregnancy and how to support women during their pregnancy with yoga
- When: 12 May 2012
- Time: 2pm – 5pm
- Cost: $100 per couple
- Bookings Essential 5 May
