Even with quality obstetrical care, mothers have critical needs before, during and after childbirth. This includes education and emotional support as they prepare for their baby's birth and later as they bond with their baby and integrate it into their families. During the birthing process, the mother-to-be needs comfort, encouragement and respect from trusted and knowledgeable companions along with the care and services provided by medical personal. The goal of this Whole-istic Prenatal Program is to provide the services that will help meet these needs.

Prenatal Yoga Fosters and Promotes:

1. •Your body prepare for and recover from birth.
   

2. •Reduce fatigue, back pain, nausea, indigestion and leg cramps.
   

3. •Balances your mental state to create a calmer, peaceful labor.
   

4. •Cultivate the strong sense of self, needed for successful parenting.
   

Why Prenatal Yoga?

Yoga is an excellent way to "prepare" for the Journey of labor and motherhood. Practicing Yoga in pregnancy helps to strengthen and stretch muscles, release tension and maintain good posture. Prenatal yoga also teaches you to relax on through positive choice, breath, meditation, movement, and restorative relaxation. Affording mother’s to be with a positive outlook while clearing the mind of the stresses associated with pregnancy and motherhood.

There are many benefits in attending a prenatal yoga class during pregnancy, benefits that are far beyond what you can receive in a regular yoga class. In my PRENATAL PRIVATES and in my PRE/POST NATAL YOGA CLASS (WHERE BABIES ARE WELCOME)

I teach yoga postures that help prepare you for labor, delivery and motherhood as well as breathing techniques you can use in labor. Regular attendance assures that you will consistently practice these exercises for greater benefits.

When can I begin attending class?

MY PRIVATE SMALL GROUP, SEMIPRIVATE, PRIVATE, AND PUBLIC CLASSES are open to pregnant women in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters as well as mothers who have gotten clearance from their doctor (once their bleeding has ceased). I recommend that women take it easy the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy and allow their body that time to become accustomed to the changes of pregnancy. Beginners are welcome, no previous yoga experience is required.

If you practiced yoga before becoming pregnant this does not mean you have to stop your practice all together. Trust your instincts. I always say your female instincts are never stronger and in tune then when you’re pregnant. Trust yourself, your body, and this amazing process of creating life, giving life, receiving life.

Pre & Post Natal Teaching Style and Philosophy

A brief overview of how I teach Pre-Natal, and what those classes are like:

We birth as we conceive. Within each woman is the power to create, nurture and love gracefully. My pre-natal yoga classes foster each unique woman’s journey to birth. I offer conscious women a spiritual yoga practice, affording them purity in strength, flexibility, health, concentration, surrender, and faith in a safe and nurturing environment in which yoga postures are modified for the changing needs of the expectant mother. Develop strength, flexibility, proper breathing and inner peace while healing the split between soul and spirit found in our culture. Prepare the body, mind, spirit, and greater consciousness for the journey to birth.

A brief overview of how I teach Post-Natal, and what those classes are like:

Birth is the most obvious expression of “What IS”. After delivery hormones begin to balance again, and the size of the uterus returns to pre-pregnancy. Once bleeding ceases and medical clearance to exercise is given new mothers make their way back to the mat and begin with gentle movements that rebuild the pelvic floor, and strengthen the abdominal wall. In addition to using the physical yoga postures to address the specific needs of the new mother including creating equanimity and balance in the body, as well as relieving neck and shoulder tension, while interacting with your baby in a supportive loving environment.