Yolande Diver

Pregnancy Yoga
Yoga is one of the best forms of exercise during pregnancy. It is a gentle and safe way to stay fit, strong and energised without compromising you or your child’s wellbeing. Yoga helps you to connect to your breathing, which will help you build awareness of your body and embrace the changes it is going through. You will deepen your understanding of the power of your body and learn to place your trust init. Yoga will help strengthen your birthing muscles and generally promote a healthy conscious birth.
The aim of the class is to create a community: To provide a safe environment for women to feel open, supported and empowered. To facilitate a space where they can connect and talk about what is on their minds, the practicalities of birth, how they feel, their fears, worries and hopes. Classes begin with breathing, moving through onto a sequence of flowing postures modified for pregnancy and ending most importantly with visualisation and relaxation.
Classes are suitable from 14 weeks into your pregnancy.
Benefits of pregnancy yoga
– Increases your energy
– Keeps you fit whilst being sensitive to the baby and you
– Decreases anxiety
– Strengthens birthing muscles
– Improves sleep
– Reduces backache
– Improves circulation
– Promotes healthy birth

Postnatal Yoga
Postnatal yoga classes are suitable for you and your baby from 6 weeks after birth up until crawling. The class is designed to support you as a new mum and your body to return to normal. The class starts with discussion for any questions that may arise as a new parent and the postures focus on strengthening your abdomen, back and pelvic floor muscles, re-aligning the pelvic region and releasing tension, especially in the shoulders. This is a great space to spend time with your baby and be part of a community of new parents.

Benefits of postnatal yoga
– Strengthens the back, abdominal and pelvic floor muscles
– Releases tension in shoulders and neck muscles
– Helps to improve posture
– Promotes relaxation, patience and inner-calm
– Encourages fun to parent and baby
– Offers an opportunity to connect with other parents