Pregnancy Yoga
FlowMotion.Life, Unit 4, Olde English Road, Matlock, DE4 3RR
Thursday, 6:00-7:00 pm

So very pleased to be bringing pregnancy yoga class back into Matlock. I qualified with Birthlight, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting health and well-being of women during various stages of their lives. Birthlight pregnancy yoga adapts traditional yoga poses to suit the needs and changing body of the mother-to-be. Yoga is increasingly recommended to pregnant women because it is a gentle way of maintaining or gaining fitness while reducing anxiety with breathing and relaxation techniques. Birthlight has been at the forefront of selecting and adapting yoga practices that are safest and most suitable for pregnant women. Hip rotations and flowing sequences of moves have been developed to avoid strain in held postures. Yoga breathing techniques have been selected and adapted to expand women’s breathing capacity in gentle and effective ways that carry through to labour and the postnatal period to promote physical and emotional wellbeing. Rather than pelvic muscle tone, Birthlight promotes elasticity and stability that are the best foundation for birth and postnatal recovery even when medical intervention is called for. 

The Birthlight approach is holistic: we believe in addressing the needs of each woman and baby in supportive small classes that extend to partners and family circles. We share the view that normal birth is accessible to a majority of low risk pregnant women but each woman’s choices are deeply respected. The positive, active yet relaxed atmosphere of Birthlight classes aims to convey a shared feeling of celebration and enjoyment of this very special time of transformation and growth. All babies deserve a warm and loving welcome into this world!

Please contact me for more information or to arrange a suitable time.

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