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Nadia Raafat is the founder and Director of Becoming Mother; an operation devoted to supporting women and birthing people on their becoming mother journey.
Whether working as a women’s counsellor, birth doula, yoga teacher and teacher trainer, or holistic pelvic specialist, Nadia is supporting women and mothers reclaim their bodies; their births and their potential in Life to overcome difficult circumstances, trauma and challenge in order to thrive as women and souls on this earth.
Nadia works as a Psychosynthesis Cousnellor, specialising in female and maternal mental health and wellbeing; She also works as a birth doula supporting women navigate the transformational experience of becoming mother and she teaches yoga and meditation; a beautiful Life-affirming practice that has supported her since she first discovered yoga in her late twenties. She is a perinatal yoga specialist and a holistic pelvic health specialist.
Nadia is the Course Director and Lead teacher on the Becoming Mother Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Teacher Training
In collaboration with her teaching partner Vera Dubrovina, Nadia has also designed and teaches a 70-hour Postnatal Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training.
This 9 week and 100 hr Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP) and Federation of Antenatal Educators (FEDANT) accredited teacher training brings a complete 9-week Mindfulness for Pregnancy programme alongside a first class Birth Preparation programme to your Pregnancy Yoga teacher training ensuring you are fully ready to support the pregnant community – body and mind through the becoming mother journey.
Nadia has also developed a 9-week Advanced Pregnancy Teacher Training focused on the Chakras system. This 9-week YAP-certified Maternity Chakra training offers a deeper inquiry into the pregnancy and birth experience and a deeper exploration of yoga practice and theory.
She is also the writer & producer of the five session Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth DVD and online course.
Nadia teaches weekly online classes in Dynamic Hatha Yoga, Winter Evening Practice and Prenatal Yoga & Mindfulness.
To find out about these classes either click on the respective link or check out her timetable at the Book a Class Page.
Prenatal Yoga & Mindfulness is her key offering for pregnancy; a 12-week LIVE container incorporating Pregnancy Yoga, Mindfulness Training and Embodied Birth Preparation. Nadia has taught this course in-person and live online to many hundreds of women. She runs it three times a year: January, April and September. You can join anytime.
Nadia also offers Private sessions across all her disciplines. If you are interested in working with Nadia in a one to one or small group capacity please email Nadia@nadiaraafat.com and she will respond to you promptly.
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Testimonials
I really think that all the prep I did with you was the reason I didn’t end up with a c-section or high forceps! He was almost there without intervention and all the exercises we did were the reason I was able to labour and then push for so long – and of course navigate the system and fend off the …
A huge thank you for your inspirational classes And wise words on empowering yourself with Knowledge, we had such a great experience Delivering evie at home
I just wanted to grab an opportunity to say a massive thank you for your amazing yoga classes which stood me in such great stead to have the birth I thought I could only dream about.
I attended Nadia’s workshop before the birth of my first child and for me it was the best thing I did in preparation for the birth
I so loved your classes too and definitely want to come back with Harry to do the mother and baby yoga.
I have found your classes absolutely invaluable during my pregnancy so far (and so has my partner!) – thank you!
Thanks for all support in the various classes I’ve been to (pregnancy, birth prep, couples birth prep and mother & baby!). I’ve found the classes really invaluable at each stage and you provide a brilliant service to women in the area.
There is so much to get out of Nadia’s classes, the brilliant net-working, info sharing and of course the yoga all adds up to a fantastic service for pregnant women