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So far Nadia Raafat has created 26 blog entries.

My Postpartum: An Interview with Vera Dubrovina

Meet Vera. She is a powerhouse of a woman; a devoted mother of two, a former senior banker turned yoga therapist, a mindfulness and meditation teacher; perinatal specialist, breastfeeding counsellor  and truly passionate birth and postnatal doula. I am delighted to have her alongside me as as my teaching partner on both the Pre and [...]

2025-02-25T11:58:06+00:00February 25th, 2025|

The Dark Force of Systemic Catastrophising in the Maternity Services and Why we Need to be Alert to it

  Compulsive catastrophising, the act of regularly imagining the worst possible scenario as outcome, is a cognitive distortion; an unconscious and irrational process that causes great suffering. It is both symptomatic of, and leads to, anxiety, depression, ocd and even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  It is also an implicit maternal policy. Systemic catastrophising occurs when [...]

2025-01-19T19:03:48+00:00January 19th, 2025|

What is breathwork? An Interview with my co-facilitator Giselle Monbiot

Breathwork has exploded onto the wellbeing scene in recent years - despite being around as a practice for some time. More than an evolution of classical pranayama, it has taken on a life of its own and has evolved many branches and schools. I asked my friend and co-facilitator Giselle Monbiot to explain what breathwork entails, [...]

2024-08-13T10:32:17+01:00August 13th, 2024|

VBAC/HBAC The Ultimate And Comprehensive Q & A

VBAC The Ultimate And Comprehensive Q & A By Nadia Raafat HBAC x 3 + VBAC doula With the c-section rate escalating rapidly, (approximately 1 in 3 babies are born abdominally in the UK, in some trusts it’s 1 in 2 in April 2024) more and more women find themselves facing VBAC. Whilst there is [...]

2024-08-15T17:57:12+01:00August 8th, 2024|

How to Become a Pregnancy Yoga Teacher

How to Become a Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Read an Expert's Guide to Choosing the Right Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training Working with the pregnant community is a deeply rewarding job. As a yoga teacher, I have supported pregnant women for nearly two decades and I still LOVE my job. These days, I don't just teach pregnancy [...]

2024-08-12T13:37:11+01:00May 15th, 2023|

How to Keep Your Pregnant Students Safe In Your General Yoga Classes

How to Keep Pregnant Students Safe In Your General Yoga Classes Six Recommendations for Best Practice     This week I had two pregnant students in my general yoga classes; one was 26 weeks; second pregnancy, dog-tired but keen to move, stretch and release; the other was 36 weeks also second pregnancy; also tired but [...]

2023-10-11T14:55:59+01:00March 14th, 2023|

Avoid These 15 Pitfalls For a Physiological Birth

15 Things to Avoid In Pregnancy & Labour For a Physiological Birth ( There Are Some Surprises on Here) By Nadia Raafat If you really really want to experience a physiological birth, you are going to have to be really diligent with your consent and avoid a lot of situations that are presented as a [...]

2022-05-14T07:48:10+01:00May 13th, 2022|

Encouraging Pratyahara During Labour

Pratyahara during the Childbirth Process. This article was published the Brtish Wheel of Yoga Journal Spectrum (Winter, 2017) Pratyahara is the fifth of the eight limbs of yoga which together constitute the ashtanga yoga path as set out by Patanjali in the ancient Yoga Sutras. It is known as the forgotten limb. Certainly there has [...]

2022-08-13T10:28:35+01:00April 18th, 2022|