Prenatal & New Mom Yoga
Prenatal and postpartum yoga can be the one thing you are missing! Just as your emotional side of pregnancy and postpartum needs community, so does your physical side. Coming to class during pregnancy will help you find your “tribe”. If we missed you pregnant you can still build a tribe during postpartum yoga, with the baby in tow.
The First and Fourth Wednesday 3-4pm & every Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm
If the word YOGA scares you, relax we will do the most basic poses for you to feel comfortable. Mind, body, and spirit connection is the goal during these classes.
We offer yoga to help bring more ease to your body and mind while preparing you for a comfortable pregnancy and helping you heal postpartum. Our classes incorporate the whole of the dyad. Meaning, we’ve got all the areas of parenting (before and after) covered.
We are delivering our Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga services in Summerville, Goose Creek, Mount Pleasant, West Ashley, Harleyville, Monks Corner, Ridgeville, Hanahan, Daniel Island, Johns Island, James Island, Conway, Cross, and Hollywood.
It’s okay if you don’t want to work out. We get it. You are not always feeling your best, and sometimes any workout feels monumental. Some of us moms get relief from exercise, some from connecting with others, and some from a breathing/meditative side. “You do you” is what matters most in pregnancy.
But if you’re itching to move your body, yoga can be incredibly beneficial for pregnant and postpartum women. In addition to being a great workout you can do at home; prenatal and postpartum yoga can relieve stress and teach you helpful breathing techniques to prepare you for your birth.
Before you get to class, try these poses out and feel the difference:
• Low lunge
• Cat cow
• Downward-facing dog at the wall
• Pelvic rocking on a yoga ball is highly recommended
• Bridge
• Butterfly
• Tree: modified with wall lean as needed for balance
• Light twists
• Modified savasana
Be sure you are doing kegel exercises every day to strengthen your pelvic floor and learn to control this muscle.
Anything that makes you feel uncomfortable is a sign to stop and do a different pose or at least do it lighter. If you are showing, talk to your provider about plank, chaturanga, and up-dog. If it hurts to do wide leg stances, modify with legs together more. If you’ve had a cesarean birth be sure to talk to the provider before any exercise.
Be kind to yourself! It’s easy to beat yourself up about what you used to be able to do. It’s also surprising how often a pregnant belly can get in the way of what you feel your body really needs. Be gentle in movement and in your mindset. Know that breathing and taking time for yourself can be just as beneficial as a physically demanding yoga session.
This service is always taught by experts in yoga as well as certifications in pregnancy, birth, and feeding babies. Consider this as having a mini childbirth class. We like to keep these in 8-week sections because people are always coming and going onto the postpartum side. You are welcome to take as many sections as you can. There will be something new to learn all the time. This will also keep some of you together and help build your tribe.
Let’s get started!
