Sheffield
Satyananda Yoga School
Mother & Baby Yoga
Postnatal yoga is a wonderful way to strengthen and revitalise your body after giving birth.
Baby Yoga combines gentle stretches with nursery rhymes and also gives mums guidance in ‘relaxed holding’ which really helps to soothe babies.
The structure of the class is quite informal and your baby’s needs (feeding, changing, sleeping etc) always come first.
The aim is to do what you can whilst having fun connecting with your baby.
Postnatal Yoga is a great opportunity for you to keep in touch with other mums and for your baby to make their first friends.
There is always time at the end for tea and biscuits!
What does the class involve?
Yoga Postures
All the yoga postures (asanas) are adapted so that you can do them with your baby.
There is an emphasis on taking care of the spine and shoulders to help cope with the physical demands of feeding and carrying a baby.
Specific postures are used to restore the strength of the abdominal muscles and pelvic floor which can be weak after pregnancy and childbirth.
Breathing exercises
Breathing techniques are very effective in calming the mind and balancing the emotions.
The first few months after child birth are sometimes difficult and the right breathing techniques can really help.
There are breathing practices to help you and your baby relax during feeding.
We also use breathing exercises in class to tone core abdominal muscles.
Relaxation
The class includes relaxation techniques which help you cope with the less sleep.
These techniques are quite straight forward and you can learn to use them yourself at home.
Hannah is a trained Satyananda Yoga teacher and is therefore qualified to teach Yoga Nidra. (Yoga Nidra is a powerful and unique form of deep relaxation)
For your baby
The class includes gentle stretches for babies, which are generally soothing and calming.
Particular Yoga postures can be useful in dealing with colic.
Exercises in the class are combined with nursery rhymes for mental as well as physical development and for fun!
Babies have a great sense of humour and love the combination of movement and songs.
The ‘relaxed holding’ technique is great for soothing a crying baby. It’s a simple technique but it works like magic!
When to start Postnatal Yoga?
The classes are suitable to start any time after your 6 week check up.
When and Where?
Classes are held:
| Mondays: | 1.00pm - 2.30pm |
Venue: Ebenezer Church Hall, Greenhow Street, Walkley, Sheffield, S6 3TP
(on Greenhow Street, just off South Road, in Walkley)
The classes are followed with tea and biscuits and a chance to chat to other new mothers in the group.
About the teacher
Hannah was trained to teach postnatal yoga with Francoise Freedman who established Birthlight.
Hannah is a full time professional Yoga Teacher. She is qualified by the British Wheel of Yoga and also by Satyananda Yoga UK.
She has been teaching Yoga full time since 1998.