Prenatal Yoga
Pregnancy brings physical and emotional change, often accompanied by a mix of excitement and anxiety. Prenatal yoga offers a gentle yet powerful way to navigate this journey, serving as a mindful practice that can support you long after your baby arrives. It’s a wonderful starting point for a lifelong yoga practice, offering benefits that include:
Preparing your body for birth: Poses are specifically designed to increase strength, flexibility, and endurance in the muscles needed for labor and delivery.
Strengthening your core and pelvic floor: This focus helps to support your growing body during pregnancy and promotes a stronger, faster recovery postpartum.
Cultivating a powerful breathwork practice: You will learn and refine breathing techniques that can be used to manage discomfort, calm your mind, and focus during labor.
Deepening the connection with your baby: This dedicated time on the mat provides a unique opportunity to bond with your baby, celebrating the life growing within you.
Building a supportive community: Classes offer a welcoming space to connect with other expectant mothers, share experiences, and build a lasting support system.
Postpartum Yoga
Early motherhood is a profound and often overwhelming journey, placing immense demands on both the body and mind. Amidst this whirlwind, postpartum yoga emerges as a vital practice, offering a sanctuary for healing and self-discovery. It is a dedicated time to:
Provide a calm and safe space: The hormonal landscape after birth can feel like a rollercoaster. Yoga creates a gentle, non-judgmental environment to navigate these powerful fluctuations, allowing new mothers to simply be, without pressure or expectation.
Reconnect breath and body: Postpartum yoga is a powerful tool for reintegration, gently bringing the body and mind back into a unified, harmonious whole through mindful movement and intentional breathing.
Support the monumental shift in identity: The transition into motherhood represents one of life's most significant shifts. This practice offers a supportive framework to honor this new self, helping to integrate the past while embracing the present and future with grace and strength.
Offer important time for new moms to be on their own: In a period dominated by a baby's needs, carving out time for oneself is not a luxury—it's a necessity. Postpartum yoga provides a crucial opportunity for a new mother to step away, reconnect with her own inner landscape, and find a sense of peace and autonomy.
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YES! Pregnancy and new motherhood are common entry points to yoga. This is the perfect time to start a practice. No prior yoga experience is required.
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As soon as you feel comfortable. We welcome all trimesters and meet each yogi where they are on their weekly journey.
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It is best to wait until you are cleared by your care-provider (usually 6 weeks) and when you feel ready to return to gentle movement. There is no time limit for postpartum yoga.
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