Pregnancy Yoga with...™ STEPHANIE
Yoga is the perfect way to feel toned and relaxed during your pregnancy, whether it’s your first or your fifth!
Stephanie is a qualified Birthlight ante-natal & post-natal yoga teacher and Doula (birth companion). She teaches a Monday evening and a Saturday morning pregnancy yoga class in Kingston upon thames.
**New Mummy & Baby Yoga starting in January 2012**
&
**Pregnancy Yoga Retreat in Spring 2012**
Stephanie's classes are practical and down-to-earth with genuine attention given to each individual in a relaxed and friendly environment. "I like to focus on opening stretches, proper breathing and deep relaxation, aiming to empower and prepare mothers-to-be to feel calm, strong and in control physically as well as mentally".
Above all, Stephanie brings some much-needed positivity and light-heartedness to this amazing new chapter in your life!
- New 10 week Pregnancy Yoga Winter Course £109
16th January - 24th March 2012
Please note: The prices above are the costs for one course (1 class a week for 10 or 12 weeks, either Mondays OR Saturdays) but if you would like to do both, you get a 15% off the second course!
In order to give each individual enough attention, places are limited so we recommend you reserve your spaces asap to avoid disappointment. Please contact Stephanie to book.
Depending on space, it is sometimes possible to join after a course has already started or only pay up until your due date. Please contact Stephanie to check availability first.
** Yoga with...™ donates 10% of all Pregnancy yoga profits to the charity "Child's i Foundation! **
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DIRECTIONS:
Dance Studio @ Kingston College,
Kingston Hall Road,
Kingston upon thames,
KT1 2AQ.
Kingston Hall Road is situated between Kingston High Street and the College Roundabout on the top of Penrhyn Road. It is a short distance from Kingston and Surbiton and is easy to reach from Hampton Wick and Norbiton.
Once you get to Kingston College, you need to go to the "Main Entrance". The Dance Studio is on the ground floor, in room G27. There is usually a security guard on hand to show you the way but if you have any problems finding it, you can always give Stephanie a ring on the day.
There is some parking available in the small parking attached to the
college. After 6pm, it cost only £1 for the evening. There are also many car parks around
Kingston which are very close to the college.
There is a changing room and a toilet available.
WHY DO PREGNANCY YOGA?
- Strengthen the pelvic floor
- Release back ache, water retention, poor circulation
- Make space for your growing baby
- Enhance well being
- Adjust to physical and emotional changes
- Relieve anxiety
- Meet other like-minded mothers-to-be
- Bond with your baby
- Prepare for labour
- Aid recovery after birth
If you knew that babies took everything in like sponges, starting from in the womb, would you not want to be peaceful, happy and centered as early as possible?
Practicing yoga throughout a pregnancy is the first step to creating happy and secure children and can enable mothers-to-be to give their unborn babies the best start in life.
Testimonials
"I loved Stephanie's pregnancy yoga class, it was my opportunity to do something for the baby and I once a week.
It was such a positive experience and I have made some great friends.
She taught us great techniques to do at home and during labour, and provided individual postures if we had specific complaints.
I really looked forward to each class, and I would thoroughly recommend it! ."
Louise Dawson and new baby Grace
"Having had trouble conceiving naturally and ultimately having to go down the IVF route, my husband and I were over the moon when we finally fell pregnant. So precious was my little gift that I became somewhat paranoid my body was going to let me and the baby down during the birth so we planned for an elective caesarian. When I started attending Stephanie's classes as well as her pregnancy retreat, I slowly started to change my mind. The bits of information I picked up started to resonate with me. The classes helped me to rationalise my fears and I started to feel confident about my ability to deliver our baby naturally. The techniques taught demonstrated ways you and your partner could assist your body and your baby through the birthing process. I now feel an enormous sense of calm about the impending birth and every day I say to my baby that “we’ll do it together…we’re a team”".
Sally Evans
"The classes gave me the only chance in a busy week to really relax and focus on the baby rather than thinking of work. They were a great way of exercising and moving in a manner that would not over burden a growing bump.
The relaxation for use during labour was invaluable. In the end I had a c-section but as I was very nervous in the operating theatre, I still used the techniques in order not to panic. Most importantly I made some amazing friends in the class and we have remained very close since as our babies arrived within a couple of weeks of each other. I would totally recommend this class to anyone at any stage of pregnancy.
Sharon Miles and new baby Jasper
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