BECOMING MOTHER:
Bringing Mindfulness to Pregnancy Yoga with Nadia Raafat
A half day session for Yoga teachers working with pregnancy to explore using Mindfulness in pregnancy yoga and birth education.
The afternoon will include two short mindful flow classes; one floor based and the other upright and dynamic. The yoga sessions will be followed by a meditation. The day will end with a discussion on Mindfulness practice exploring the ways and means to bring mindfulness to your pregnancy yoga and birth education classes.
This day is open to all BWY teachers.
Nadia is founder of Becoming Mother – a label devoted to empowering pregnant women and new mothers through the practices of Yoga, Mindfulness and Dance.
Nadia has completed numerous yoga trainings with the Sivananda Vedanta Centre, the Satyananda Centre and with the British Wheel of Yoga. A perinatal specialist she has trained in pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga, baby yoga and birth education with Birthlight, YogaBirth, the British Wheel and Yoga Campus. As well as teaching Yoga, she also practices as a birth educator and birth doula.
Her DVD Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth is a a Yogamatters bestseller and the first DVD to combine Pregnancy Yoga and Mindfulness.
Nadia is also the creator of the Becoming Mother Mindful Birthing Course – a 10 week self-development journey for pregnant women bringing Mindfulness to birth and parenting education.