Michel Odent: In Memoriam It has been deeply moving to read all the stories and eulogies coming out from the birthing community in honour of one of childbirths most devoted servants. This past week has seen an onslaught of deep love and appreciation for a true light bearer who was also my doula teacher. [...]
"Between the stimulus and the response is a space and in that space lies your power and your freedom." Victor Frankel LEARN HOW TO OFFER YOGA &MINDFULNESS TO THE PREGNANCY COMMUNITY Sunday 19 September: 9am-11am This Workshop is a taster workshop for my Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training programme which I am running in October [...]
The drive and vision of three female yoga pioneers, Janet Balaskas, Lolly Stirk and Francoise Freedman, initiated a movement that transformed childbirth and laid the foundations for pregnancy yoga in the UK today. Here, they talk to Nadia Raafat about their early yoga experiences, inspirations, pregnancies and births. Janet Balaskas Active Birth (activebirthcentre.com) How [...]
Offering practices and movements that are biodynamic and effective during labour is the ultimate aim for teachers of Pregnancy Yoga. It's the end point of the pregnancy yoga journey, where the mother now draws on everything she has learned to support her through the childbirth adventure. Yoga for Labour offers a blueprint for embodied and [...]
10 Pregnancy Yoga Essentials For an Easier Labour Saturday 16 May, 11AM (GMT) JOIN THIS FREE ONLINE PREGNANCY YOGA WORKSHOP This 90-minute online pregnancy workshop will introduce you to key breath and movement practices for Pregnancy which will prepare your body now for an easier labour. From yoni mudra and the ocean breath to the [...]