You can join our Postnatal Yoga Courses at ANY time!
If the postnatal yoga course you would like to join has already begun, please get in contact and so long as there is space in the class we will adjust the course fee accordingly.
What is Postnatal Yoga?
A class just for mothers, this postnatal yoga course focuses on closing the body after birth and enabling the mother to gradually and steadily regain her strength and energy at this demanding time in her life. Every class will incorporate breathing exercises (pranayama), asana (posture) and body-conditioning exercises. After one hour of yoga, we end
with fifteen minutes of healing deep relaxation which will encourage you to sleep well and reduce fatigue..
What the classes cover:
- abdominal core strengthening
- pelvic closing and strengthening
- stamina building
- postural realignment
- yogic beathing
- Space and time to connect with other new mothers
To check class times and availability please visit the Timetable Page.
Please note, this is for mothers only, not mothers and babies!
About Nadia
Trained initially in the Sivananda yoga tradition, ex-journalist Nadia has gone on to explore other schools and styles of yoga including Ashtanga Yoga and, at the other extreme, Scaravelli yoga. More recently she has studied yoga with Donna Farhi and continues to study with the British Wheel of Yoga. Becoming a mother, three times over and experiencing three very different birth experiences (including one breech presentation and emergency caesarean and one vaginal birth post caesarean at home) transformed Nadia's understanding and experience of yoga as a birth preparation practice. Since then she has specialsed in teaching yoga for pregnancy and birth. Nadia completed her antenatal yoga diploma and foundation training with Birthlight under the tutorship of Dr Francoise Freedman. She is also a fully trained and accredited Birthlight Baby Yoga teacher and has completed a special training with Ingrid Lewis in supporting VBAC women through birth. Nadia is also a qualified and recognised birth doula having trained with Dr Michel Odent and Liliana Lamis and has attended home births and hospital births at Chelsea and Westminster, St Georges and Thomases hospitals. She has also gained certification in hypnotherapy at the London College of Clinical Hypnosis and is already incorporating this into her work both as a Birth Preparation teacher and a doula. Nadia passionately believes that with adequate preparation a gentle birth is possible for everyone and that yoga, more than any other practice, helps to prepare the way.
When not teaching Yoga and mothering her brood, Nadia occasionally writes for the press on pregnancy and birth related issues.
To visit Nadia's Blog click here or go to www.BecomingMother.co.uk