Classes
Yoga mats and yoga props are provided for every class but feel free to bring your own mat if you want to x
Monday
Postnatal Yoga - (Bring Your Baby!)
1hr 1.30pm-2.30pm
Church of The Nazarene - Meersbrook
These classes incorporate simple breath-work and movement to soften and enliven. These classes provide space to connect with your body, relieve some of the bodily stresses of motherhood and, perhaps, provide some humour and good company too.
Who is it for?
This class is for all in the early stages of motherhood and you are welcome to come with or without your baby.
A few things to remember:
It doesn't matter if you're late, dishevelled, knackered, nervous, worried, stress, joyful, happy - just bring yourself exactly as you are.
There is plenty of space to bring your baby into the room if they're in a pram - you can take them out/walk around with them/keep them in - honestly whatever they and you need.
Your baby may cry! For the whole class! That's ok!
We chat, laugh and move in this class. It's very relaxed.
Practical things:
Entrance is on Northcote road and there is on street parking.
Tea and earthy snacks will be waiting for you on arrival
Wednesday
Postnatal Yoga - (Bring Your Baby!) (Class as above!)
1hr 9.30am-10.30am
The Heeley Institute
https://www.heeleytrust.co.uk/the-heeley-institute/
Friday
Yoga for Motherhood
1 hr 12.15-13.15pm
Grow Yoga - Dyson Place, Sharrow Lane
Yoga for Motherhood. A yoga class for all Mothers. Pregnant people, those with tiny babies and those that had their children many years ago; if you’ve experienced loss or abortion; if you’re a carer.
However it is for you to Mother - you are so welcome here. This is a space for you to be tended to and receive care and connection. You are welcome to bring your baby if you need or want to.
This class is to build community and receive support from not only me but those around you too. These classes incorporate simple breath-work and movement to soften and enliven. These classes provide space to connect with your body, relieve some of the bodily stresses of motherhood and, perhaps, provide some humour and good company too.
It doesn't matter if you're late, dishevelled, knackered, nervous, worried, stress, joyful, happy - just bring yourself exactly as you are.
Each class finishes with a long period of fully supported rest through the use of props or yoga nidra as well as dark chocolate and dates.
Sunday
Yoga for Motherhood
1hr 15 minutes 3.00-4.15pm
Class as above
Pregnancy Yoga
Yoga at the Reach - Endcliffe
1hr 15 minutes - 5.45pm-7pm
A yoga class for pregnant people incorporating movement and rest to support your ever changing body and mind through your pregnancy.
Anyone is welcome from day 1 of your pregnancy until birth.
This class incorporates movement and flows that help support the biomechanics of birth as well as general pelvic health. It also incorporates breathwork and soundwork to support you through pregnancy, birth and beyond. We stretch and strengthen and release constricted areas.
Each class finishes with a long period of fully supported rest through the use of props or yoga nidra as well as dark chocolate and dates.
Private Sessions
One-to One Sessions for:
Abortion and Pregnancy Loss Support
Pregnancy and Postpartum Support
Therapeutic Yoga for All
Current Availability:
Monday Morning 10-11am and Friday 10-11am, 2-3pm, 3.30-4.30pm
Please email me for booking.
These are £50 per 1hr session. You are welcome to bring your baby if you are looking for postnatal support and I can also do classes within your own home. You’re welcome to share the slot with a friend (or two) if you like.
Workshops and Courses
Pregnancy Yoga Course at Grow Yoga - Running for 5 weeks from the 7th March 6-7.30pm
FULLY BOOKED
This is a rich and in-depth course full of helpful information about pregnancy and how we can use mindfulness, relaxation, yoga, breathwork and myofascial release to support the body not only through pregnancy but in the birth of your baby and beyond. The course is suitable for beginners to yoga.
Key themes will include:
Deep Rest - leaning into rest through yoga nidra, creating 'nests' to support the body and allow the parasympathetic nervous system to come to the fore.
Intuition - learning to listen to the body's intuition through body awareness, sensing and noticing. Through mindfulness practices we will be meeting you and your body where it is each day.
Emotions - We'll be working at an embodied level with anxiety, low mood, restlessness, exhaustion, worry, joy and bliss. We'll be cultivating connection to ourselves and others.
Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine - We'll be working with the five elements through acupressure and yoga and looking at how the wisdom of TCM can nourish us in pregnancy and beyond.
Breath - we'll be working with breath practices to release tension in the body and to help ease baby's passage - as well as help us connect with our emotions.
Voice - we'll be unleashing the voice and looking at how sound, and the sounds we naturally make in birth, can help release fear and tension.
Birth Biomechanics - we'll be moving to optimise baby's position in the third trimester and ease the baby's journey through the pelvis. We'll be freeing the pelvis, working with imbalance, maintaining strength and mobility and feeling how it is connected to the whole body such as the feet, jaw, breath and posture.
Body Support - releasing tension in the upper back, shoulders and lower back and looking at the emotional anatomy behind some of our tensions - how we can ask for support and how we receive help.
Touch - self massage, supportive holds and looking at how touch can directly talk to our nervous system and support us, and our babies, in pregnancy and beyond. We'll also be looking at what postpartum support we may need.
Closing circle and ceremony - the final session will involve a closing circle of connection, embodied practice, breath, poetry, nidra and rest.
Yoga for Parenthood - Saturday 15th March - 9.30am-12.00pm
1 spot left
A special addition of the Yoga for Motherhood Retreat but for all parents.
This will be held at Open House in Hathersage. https://www.openhousehathersage.com/
A gorgeous venue with community and open-heartedness at it’s centre. I’m really excited to be offering this workshop here.
Expect deep rest, gentle movement. If you’re pregnant, postpartum, a carer or have grown chidren - you’re so welcome. This is a time to rest deeply and move gently.
Deep Rest - through long held restorative poses and yoga nidra.
Massage and Myofascial Release
Breathwork and sound work
Earth, nourishing snacks
Book via Open House website below.
Yoga for Motherhood - Morning Retreat - Saturday 3 May - 9.30am-12pm
FULLY BOOKED
A 2.5 hour retreat for all - whether you are pregnant, postpartum, carer or have grown children. This is a time to rest deeply.
What to expect?
Yoga For Motherhood - yoga to remember, to connect, to encourage flow and freedom of movement and to bring a felt sense of calm, joy and ease.
Deep Rest - through long held restorative poses and yoga nidra.
Massage and Myofascial Release
Breathwork and sound work
Earth, nourishing snacks
Yoga, Community
and Deep Rest