birthlight Postnatal Yoga
- babies/toddlers welcome
Postnatal Yoga helps you to regain your figure, strength and fitness after birth by restoring tone to the deepest muscles. You may have attended mother & baby yoga classes and feel it is time to do more yoga for yourself or want to prepare for either a subsequent pregnancy or a general hatha yoga routine but want to be able to bring your baby/toddler to the class. This class focuses on your postnatal recovery whilst babies/toddlers socialise and are supervised from the sidelines. Postnatal Yoga enhances your physical and mental well-being, allowing you to enjoy motherhood and your baby/ies more as you will feel fit and energised.
What are the Benefits?
- Restores tone in the deepest muscles to streamline your body and build vitality
- You will enjoy your baby more as you will feel fit and rested
- Helps you to recover more rapidly on all levels (physical / mental / emotional)
- It is useful to prevent and remedy reproductive health problems thus aids better gynaecological health in later life
What the Course Covers
- Strengthening & toning the pelvic and abdominal regions
- Realigning spine, pelvis and hips
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Relaxation & deep rest to compensate lack of sleep
- Self-nurture
- Posture exercises
- Overall toning & strengthening
When do I Start?
Postnatal yoga you can start as soon as you feel ready for an outing, in case of a caesarean section after the scar has healed.