Pregnancy Yoga
Tuesdays 6:50 - 7:50 pm
St Magnus Centre, Palace Road, Kirkwall
Pregnancy yoga has so many benefits for both mum and baby. It's important to keep up your strength as labour is hard work! We balance strong poses with relaxation to help you get the best of both worlds. When you find time to relax your baby gets to enjoy all those lovely feelings as well. Building this practices is great birth prep as this calm state is where birth happens with the most ease. We'll practice breathing techniques that help you to relax quickly and deeply and create a space you can let go of your day.
When we fully dial down we can also create a space for bonding with baby before birth, a known way to build the mum and baby bond even before baby arrives.
Stretching in the poses is also great for keeping your joints mobile, especially your pelvis! The stretching is a great balance to active parts of class that help up build that stamina and strength for labour.
Older Babies - Fridays 12:30-1:15 pm
Younger Babies - Fridays 1:30-2:30 pm
Home Studio, George Street, Kirkwall
It's important for proper postnatal recovery to reintroduce exercise slowly, Mum and Baby Yoga provides the perfect opportunity for this.
The younger babies class is for the pre-crawling stage and focuses on rehabbing the core for mum. The class alternates between exercises for mum and stretches and songs for baby. Even through the exercises for mum, we include baby with eye contact, peak-a-boos, kisses, and wiggling fingers. The goal is to create connection between mum and baby while giving mum an opportunity to practice appropriate post-partum exercise.
The older babies class is for the post-crawling / pre-walking stage and focuses on the next level of post-partum recovery for mum, which is restablisation. The class is much more 'mum-focused' and usually includes more time to flow through the yoga practice.
The two classes are a great combo and prepare you well for the evening postnatal+ class.
Younger Babies
Older Babies
