BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Nadia Raafat - Birth + Motherhood / Feminine Spirituality / Pelvic Healing & Awakening - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://nadiaraafat.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Nadia Raafat - Birth + Motherhood / Feminine Spirituality / Pelvic Healing & Awakening REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210813T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210813T193000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20201202T120627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T095303Z UID:3023-1628879400-1628883000@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:How to Birth like a Goddess - the Journey + Q&A DESCRIPTION:  \nChildbirth is an incredible physiological process. When undisturbed by intervention\, it arises steadily and gradually moves through the entire body/mind system leading to a complete transformation as the body opens to release the baby\, the breasts produce food to feed the baby and the woman is hormonally transformed into mother— the archetype.This is the journey of the goddess; it is hormonally driven and it is available to every woman. \nThe Birth Goddess is present in each of us. When we put aside our fears\, our own need to control the situation and open to this incredible transition\, we will experience her; but first we need to learn how to ready the way. This process happens over a period of a few nights and days; it is transformational; it is an experience you never forget.  Let’s honour this beautiful rite of passage for the significant Life event it is. \nThis talk and practice session with movement practitioner\, yogini\, doula and childbirth educator Nadia Raafat will explore how we cultivate our inner birthing goddess so that we too can experience the uninterrupted flow of the childbirth experience; connect to its miraculous aspect\, even in the clinical context of the modern obstetric ward\, and co-create a childbirth experience we remember with joy and gratitude. \nTo register for this FREE event: Email your due date and location to Nadia@nadiaraafat.com \n \nAbout Nadia: \nNadia offers two all-encompassing preparation pathways for pregnancy: \nA 12  Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course – an immersive four month journey incorporating mindfulness training\, pregnancy yoga\, birth dancing and embodied birth preparation for you and your partner. \nAn 8 week Pregnancy Yoga Chakra Course which takes you on a deep journey via the seven energy centres of the body into a multidimensional experience of your pregnancy and prepares you to birth from within. The course incorporates yoga asana\,  pranayama\, mudra\, affirmation\, meditation and nada yoga. It is a rich and deep yoga experience. \nShe is a YAP registered Senior Yoga Teacher with many trainings in Yoga\, Meditation & Mindfulness behind her. She has practiced Yoga for 18 years and taught for 15. She has trained to teach pregnancy yoga\, Birthlight\,birth preparation Birthlight and Uma Dinsmore-Tuli\,\, postnatal yoga\,YogaBirth baby yoga\, birth dancing\,Dancing for Birth\,  biomechanics for birth with Spinning Babies\,  and Optimal Birth  and many more besides. \nCommitted to deepening her own practice on all levels she has studied Yin Yoga more recently with US-based teacher Cyndi Lee\, and Norman Blair\, and practices with Susanne Lahusen\, Alan Lowen\, Tami Lyn Kent\, Jane Dancey and the Embodied Philosophy Program. \nNadia is a trained and Doula-UK approved Birth Doula and has attended over 50 births over a period of 12 years supporting every type of birth experience. She offers doula support for women and couples based in south west London\, West London and Surrey.. \nShe is the author and producer of Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth – a five-class DVD program which has sold just under 1000 copies. She is course director and lead teacher on the Battersea Yoga Yoga and Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth teacher Training Programme as well as being the Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Trainer for the Yoga Teacher Training Programme @ MA&Y in London. \nA former journalist\, Nadia also writes on Pregnancy\, Birth\, and Yoga for various blogs and publications including Mumfidential\, My Baba and Juno Magazine. \nYoga and mindfulness are intrinsically bound up with Nadia’s journey into and through motherhood. She has 4 children. URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/how-to-birth-like-a-goddess/ LOCATION:ONLINE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Mindfulness,Pregnancy,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_6776-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia Raafat":MAILTO:nadia@nadiaraafat.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210612T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210612T130000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20210517T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T140104Z UID:3324-1623488400-1623502800@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Yoga for Labour - A Teachers Workshop DESCRIPTION: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 empowered birthing. \nThanks to the work of Spinning Babies and Optimal Birthing with Molly O’Brian\, birth professionals now have a greater understanding of the biomechanics of labour and the role body positioning\, myofascial release and touch have to play in supporting a labouring woman. \nThis interesting new area of exploration offers a body of knowledge that can empower women to use their bodies more effectively during labour to aid their babies descent and to encourage their bodies to facilitate an easier birth for baby and mother. This essential knowledge can prevent induction\, caesarean sections and instrumental deliveries. It requires no equipment\, it is easy to learn and has transformed many a birth outcome. \nAs pregnancy yoga teachers we work with bodies; our women are ideally placed to receive this knowledge during pregnancy yoga classes and labour yoga workshops and be empowered and embodied during labour. Yoga is more than just bodywork. Its a complete mind-body practice that takes a holistic approach to the body and to birth. Alongside biomechanical knowledge and bodywork we use breath\, sound\, mantra and visualisation to increase the potential for the bodywork to be effective. \nDuring this four hour workshop\, we will explore birth anatomy\, optimal foetal positioning and look at a range of biomechanical remedial positions and dance-based sequences for labour with breath and sound incorporated. \nBy the end of the workshop you will have a range of concrete ‘ Labour Yoga’ practices to teach your women for use in late pregnancy and during the labour itself. \nYou will need a ball and a chair as props. \nRecording available. \nBattersea - Becoming Mother + Hatha Yoga + Mindfulness + Birth EducationBiomechanics and Birthdancing for Pregnancy Yoga Teachers \n \n \n \n \n Email Address \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Choose an amount \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n £60.00 \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n card \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Credit Card \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n Pay £60.00\n \nAbout Nadia \nNadia is a YAP Senior Registered Yoga teacher with over 15 years of supporting women through pregnancy\, birth and the postnatal period. Alongside holding numerous perinatal teacher trainings and CPD trainings\, she is a trained and certified Dancing for Birth teacher and has studied Birth Mechanics with both Spinnning Babies and Molly O’Brian’s (advanced practitioner course). \nAs a birth doula for over a decade Nadia has used a range of movement practices with her clients to resolve positioning issues\, create comfort and shift energetic and physical blocks during labour. \nNadia is the course content director and lead teacher on the Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Teacher Training programme. \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/biomechanics-and-dance-in-pregnancy-yoga-a-teachers-workshop/ LOCATION:ONLINE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Pregnancy,Pregnancy Yoga Teacher,Yoga,Yoga Teacher ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Nadia-Yoga-250517_49Resized.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia Raafat":MAILTO:nadia@nadiaraafat.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210424T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210424T210000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20200930T141024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T120307Z UID:2953-1619290800-1619298000@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Yin Yoga: A Journey Through the Chakras Workshop DESCRIPTION:  \n28111315 – the seven main chakras and their meanings\, which match perfectly onto the junctions of the flower-of-life-symbol – black background \nThis April join me online for  a 2 hour deep dive into the Chakras as we journey through the seven energetic intersections of the body and explore our spiritual anatomy. \nThe chakras are believed to be spinning vortices of energy located at key points of the subtle body which govern not only the operation and function of the physical body and its systems but also the behaviors\, drives\, and emotions that are associated with each chakra. The ancient yogis believed that the balance of these centres holds the key to our vibrant health and well-being and to our spiritual awakening. Understanding each chakra and how it relates to the physical body enables a much deeper connection to the experience and practice of Yoga \nFrom grounding Muladhara\, our primal chakra\, which\, among other things\, governs our sense of personal safety and security\, to the esoteric seventh chakra\, the bridge between our physical self and the infinite mystery above us\,  each of these seven energy centres offers a fascinating insight into the deeper and more subtle aspects of our being; from our relationship to sex and money to the way in which we represent ourselves in the world. \n \nWhether you are working at the level of form and the body or can experience these centres more energetically or symbolically\, this practice will unlock a new depth to your yoga practice. The two hour session will include a 30 minute chakras sound meditation at the end. \nPlease bring a journal to write down seven key questions to reflect on after the workshop is controlled. \nFor those who are new to the practice of Yin Yoga\, it is a quiet cooling practice that uses predominantly seated and floor-based postures\, which are held for minutes rather than just a few breaths. The long holds\, with an emphasis on surrender and yielding of the body to mould itself with the pose\, facilitate a deep release through the fascia\, interconnective tissues and muscles and ligaments of the body. The time spent in the postures nourishes the joints\, massages any relevant organs and stimulates the meridians (energy pathways) associated with each posture.  The cumulative effect of this slow and strong practice is a deep and delicious release right through the body and at all levels of the body. \nYin Yoga is for everyone irrespective of age. No experience is required.  Yin classes are open to new students and also to those not attending a regular practice with Nadia. If you are pregnant\, postnatal (up to 1 year)\, or have any health issues please do get in touch with Nadia prior to booking to check this is suitable for you. \nPlease do bring warm clothes including socks to the session as your body temperature will lower through the course of the practice and it is important to stay warm. \nI look forward to sharing this wonderful practice with you. \nThis Workshop is being hosted by Battersea Yoga Studio. \nBook Your Place Here: \nhttps://www.batterseayoga.com/battersea-events/yin-chakra-yoga-workshop-nadia-raafat URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/yin-chakra-yoga-workshop/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Yin Yoga,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/26-jan-2016d-1024x768chakra-dooidle.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia Raafat":MAILTO:07771687128 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T113000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20200806T125412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201208T133517Z UID:2809-1607767200-1607772600@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:FREE ONLINE PREGNANCY YOGA CHAKRAS WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:UNLOCK THE WISDOM OF THE CHAKRAS AND BRING A NEW DEPTH AND INTERCONNECTION TO YOUR PREGNANCY AND BIRTH EXPERIENCE. \nThis Free 90 minute workshop with Nadia Raafat will take you on a journey through the chakras and their profound significance to Pregnancy and Birth. \n \nWhat Are the Chakras? \nYoga tradition along with most eastern medicine\, well-being and philosophic traditions recognise the presence of an energy body.  The Chakras have been identified as seven major energy centres located at key points in the body. These chakras are intersections where physical emotional\, mental\, and spiritual energy comes together. Each of these seven energy centres is closely associated with key nerve centres\,  key glands\, and emotional and spiritual states. \nDiscovering the seven chakras and how they interface with your body and mind is profoundly empowering information at the best of times and can bring healing and evolution to all aspects of your being. Bringing theses vibrational vortices to radinat health is the energetic goal of Yoga practice for optimum physical\, emotional and spiritual well-being. \nThe Chakras During Pregnancy\nDuring the transformation of pregnancy\, the energy body\, along with the physical\, mental and emotional bodies\, also undergoes a significant transformation. As hormones flair\, the physical body morphs\, life upheaves and the illusion of control disolves\, connecting with the Chakras enables you to understand\, experience and accept this transformation at the deepest layers of your being. \nThis FREE 90-minute workshop will take you on a journey through the seven chakras\, explaining their location\, role and function during pregnancy and birth. You will earn to recognise whether you are producing excess energy or lacking in energy at each of these centres . You will also practice mantra\, visualisation\, postures\, movement and meditation to bring each of them towards balance. \nI have found during my 15 years of teaching that identifying and working with the chakras facilitates a really deep connection to aspects of the body\, otherwise unseen\, and enables a new way of perceiving the body as a bio-dynamic integrated whole with many diverse inter-relating centres of intelligence. The implications for pregnancy\, birth and maternal/baby connection are profound. \nThis LIVE session will be FREE. The recorded version will be available for sale at a later date via Nadia’s website. \n \n  \nAbout Nadia\nNadia has been teaching Yoga and especially Perinatal Yoga for 16 years. She has trained with Sivananda Vedanta School of Yoga\, Satyananda School of Yoga\, British Wheel of Yoga\, Birthlight\, YogaBirth\, the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY)\, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli\, Spinning Babies\, Dancing for Birth\, Michel Odent\, and many more international teachers bedsides. She is also a practicing Birth Doula and has attended over 50 births over a period of 12 years and has supported every type of birth experience. She is the author and producer of Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth – a five-class DVD program which has sold just under 1000 copies and the author and teacher of her signature 12 week Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course . \nA former journalist\, Nadia also writes on Pregnancy\, Birth\, and Yoga for various blogs and publications including Mumfidential\, My Baba and Juno Magazine. \nNadia is passionate about offering women the opportunity to use the radical physical transformation of pregnancy as a portal to an equally radical inner transformation and inner preparation for the incredible experience of childbirth and becoming a mother. \nNadia is a mother of 4. \nTo attend this FREE Workshop all you have to do is register your name and email address in the the Pregnancy Chakra wisdom Sign Up Box on the Home Page. \nSee You Online Very Soon. \n \n  \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/free-pregnancy-yoga-chakras-wisdom-workshop/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Pregnancy,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chakra.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201114T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201115T150000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20200930T173049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201006T134430Z UID:2965-1605348000-1605452400@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Empowered Birthing Mother Summit DESCRIPTION:  \n\nhttps://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Empowered_Birthing_Mother_Summit-1.mp4\nWelcome to the Empowered Birthing Mother Summit\nIn the first summit of this kind we have gathered together a panel of international teachers and therapists\, writers and speakers to help empower you on your journey through pregnancy\, birth and new motherhood. \n  \nThis brand new event features exciting workshops\, presentations and discussions over the two days on prenatal yoga; therapeutic counseling guidance techniques; women’s rights and maternal journaling inspiration; pregnancy photography tips\, recipes for optimal nutrition & digestive health during pregnancy\, shamanic insights into birth as transformation; sophrology – “dynamic relaxation” & homeopathic self-prescribing for pregnancy & birth. Discover new practices\, techniques\, ideas and infomration to guide you on your maternal journey. \nJoin an ever-growing pregnant community to tap into online and stay connected to even after the event is over. \n\nMeet the Empowered Birthing Summit Team 2020\n \nCandice\,  www.greendaisies.co.uk \nHomeopathic Self-Prescribing for Pregnancy & Birth \nCandice Joyce is a qualified Homeopathic Practitioner. Her practice is Greendaisies Homeopathy based in the London Borough of Richmond-Upon- Thames\, however\, she consults throughout the UK and Internationally. Candice will be introducing the invaluable support of Homeopathic Self-Prescribing for Pregnancy & Birth. Join her for an introduction to Homeopathy and how remedies can be used safely for Mother-to-Be during pregnancy and to assist in childbirth. \n \nDominique\, Founder of BeSophro – www.be-sophro.com \nSophrology for a Calm\, Empowered and Happy Pregnancy \nDiscover and practice Sophrology\, a modern and dynamic form of meditation that uniquely combines breathing\, relaxation\, visualisation and body awareness to help you navigate pregnancy’s ups and downs\, positively deal with stress\, and mentally prepare for birth and motherhood. Dominique Antiglio is an acclaimed Sophrologist and author of the bestselling book “ The Life Changing Power of Sophrology” \n \nVanessa – thepregnancypantry.com \nDigestive Health During Pregnancy \nVanessa Liney: founder and creator of The Pregnancy Pantry\, a site dedicated to health\, lifestyle and nutrition during pregnancy. Vanessa will be discussing Digestive Health throughout pregnancy and offering tips and advice as well as providing a downloadable eBook packed full of useful information and recipes to support a healthy digestive system. \n  \n  \n  \n \nAndrea – www.thegaiahealer.com \nSpiritual Transformation of Childbirth \nAndréa is a shamanic practitioner and a healer. Through private healing sessions\, Women’s Circles\, and Rite of Passage Ceremonies\, Moon Ceremonies\, and teachings\, The Gaia Healer empowers women to reclaim the sacredness of our female bodies\, to reconnect with the sacred feminine wisdom\, and prepare for the transformative journey of birth \n  \n \nValentina www.photograface.com \nValentina Rebeschini is an award-winning photographer specialising in maternity and newborn photography based in west London. She is a pro member of the British Association of Newborn Photographers (BANPAS)\, which promotes safe working practices with newborn and baby photography. She will talk about the importance of maternity photography and the impact these images have on women and will guide you step by step in taking some self-portraits of your beautiful bump! \n  \n  \n  \nNadia Raafat – www.nadiaraafat.com \n  \nNadia Raafat is a YA Senior Registered Yoga Teacher with 5000 hours teaching experience. She teaches Hatha Yoga\, Yin Yoga\, Meditation\, Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga and Mindful Birth Preparation. She has also been a practising Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator for the past ten years. \nShe launched her Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course 6 years ago and is the author/producer of Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth DVD. \nNadia will be sharing her 10 Key Postures and Movements to Practice During Pregnancy for an Easier Labour. This 90 minute movement class is open to everyone from 14- 42 weeks. Nadia will offer modifications for common pregnancy challenges including PGP\, Sciatica and Placenta Previa. \n  \nJulie Morris – nurtureyourtime.com \nJulie has been a practicing antenatal teacher and postnatal counsellor for ten years running courses for NCT and St Georges Hospital and offering one postnatal doula support. She is also a trained therapeutic counsellor and supports her clients to cope with areas of their life that currently create anxiety and depression. For the Empowered Birthing Mother Summit Julie will offer suggestions and coping skills to raise awareness for anxiety triggers such as feeding\, adjusting to change\, protecting relationships and retaining your identity as a woman whilst embracing motherhood” \n\n  \nAmy – www.vivabirth.com \nAmy is a Visual Artist\, Curator\, Birth Worker and Birth Activist. She is the founder of Desperate Artwives\, a platform to support women artists who are also mothers\, and the founding mother of the Maternal Journal. \nAmy is also a Hypnobirthing teacher and in training to become a Doula. Passionate about supporting Maternal Rights\, Amy is Maternity Voices Partnership co-chair for Chelsea and Westminster and West Middlesex hospitals. \nAmy will be presenting on the importance of womens’ body autonomy and good maternity communication. She will also introduce the Maternal Journal as a tool for perinatal self-care helping restore some balance around the new feelings and challenges we might experience\, both physically and emotionally\, through pregnancy\, birth and new parenthood. \nDuring This Event You Will Discover:\n\nPractices to maintain good strength\, flexibility and ease in your pregnant body\nTools for addressing the challanging emotions and mental habits that accomoany pregnancy and birth\nNew ways to approach fear and pain\nA new approachto meditation\nRemedies and recipes for pre and postnatal maternal wellbeing\nRemedies for the common symptoms of pregnancy\nHow to bring a spiritual dimension to your birth\nHow to connect with your power as a woman\nHow to build your self-esteem as a mother \, and create a deeper sense of connection to you and your baby\nThe connection between self awareness and maternity activism\nHow to write a postnatal plan\nHow to prepare for an empowered birth and postnatal journey\n\n \nA Message From The Organisers:\nOur deepest wish is that every pregnant woman approach her birth feeling informed\, supported from within and without\, connected to her body and her baby and empowered to make the choices that are right for her baby and her unique circumstances – especially during these difficult times. \nChange in the maternity culture and system will only happen by educating and empowering mothers – one mother at a time. \nLet’s Empower Pregnant Women and Mothers to Birth in Power and Mother with Confidence. \nThe Empowered Birthing Mother summit is for you if…\n\nYou have a baby in your belly and want a positive birth experience.\nYou want to learn how to prepare your body as best you can for the physical experience of childbirth.\nYou want to learn how to remain calm and relaxed during the labour process and long nights of new mothering.\nYou are keen to learn how to get the best from the maternity system. \nYou want to know how to protect your baby and birth from Covid-related interventions\nYou want to learn your birth-rights and be informed about your choices in childbirth.\nYou want to learn how to nourish your body and baby during pregnancy.\nYou would like to learn some key breathing techniques for labour and birth.\nYou are keen to learn how to support yourself through the challenges of the postnatal period?\nYou believe childbirth is sacred.\nYou want to explore the spirituality of childbirth and becoming a mother.\nYou are interested in homeopathy and natural remedies in pregnancy and birth\nYou want to connect with a community of pregnant women \nYou wish to be as informed as possible on your journey to motherhood?\nYou believe that childbirth should not be a traumatic experience?\nYou want to learn how to capture your birth and baby with stunning photographs\nYou are a birth professional or educator interested in empowering your clients\nTickets are available here: Eventbrite/BirthingMotherSummit\n\n\nTickets Cost just £15 for the Two Day Event\, £10 for a single day.\nALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT GO TO THE DOULA UK ACCESS FUND  \nThe Doula UK Access Fund enables women in compromised situations to access doula support. \n\n\n\n\nIf you can’t attend live on both mornings\, not a problem because as soon as you book your ticket you will receive automatic access to the recording after the event. This means you can return to the workshops and talks as many times as you like. \n\n\n\n\nONCE YOU HAVE BOOKED YOUR TICKET YOU WILL BE INVITED TO A CLOSED FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE. \n\n\n\n Feeling safe and calm\, informed and resourceful\, confident and powerful as you embark on your labour and birth journey is the dream of every pregnant woman but it does not happen by itself. Take the first steps towards empowerment and join us this November online.\n\nBOOK YOUR TICKET HERE: \nEventbrite/BirthingMotherSummit\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/empowered-birthing-mother-summit/ CATEGORIES:Attachement Parenting,Mindful Birthing,Pregnancy,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200822T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200822T200000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20200807T081935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200807T081936Z UID:2814-1598121000-1598126400@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:JOURNEY THROUGH THE CHAKRAS YIN YOGA WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:  \n \nIn this 90-minute yin yoga workshop\, Nadia will offer an introduction to one of yoga’s deeper and more powerful\, spiritual systems in the chakras\, blended with the powerful somatic and internally-focused practice of yin yoga. \nThrough the stimulation of our physical bodies at each of the seven key energy centres\, or Chakras\, we will access our interior world and develop awareness and understanding of the way our energetic\, physical\, emotional\, mental and spiritual bodies interplay with each other\, within relationship with others\, and with the environment. \nIf you are new to the chakras then expect to wake up to a deeper understanding of your subtle body; the interplay between the aspects of your whole self\, and what you can do to refine your living experience and bring about greater flow and harmony in your Life. \nYin Yoga \nA Yin Yoga practice uses predominantly seated and floor-based postures\, which are held for minutes rather than just a few breaths. The long holds\, with an emphasis on surrender and yielding of the body to mould itself with the pose\, facilitate a deep release through the fascia\, interconnective tissues and muscles and ligaments of the body. The time spent in the postures nourishes the joints\, massages any relevant organs and stimulates the meridians (energy pathways) associated with each posture.  The cumulative effect of this slow and strong practice is a deep and delicious release right through the body and at all levels of the body. \nYin Yoga’s greatest offering though perhaps is its profoundly mindful aspect. In the stillness of the pose\, the practitioner attunes herself to her experience paying close attention to all the sensations\, emotions/feelings and thoughts as they arise within her and investigating as a witness the arising experience but not participating in any of it. In this way\, Yin Yoga offers excellent training for meditation \nCombining this inner investigative practice of Yin along the path of the Chakras from the lowest primal center to the highest spiritual center is a powerful mind/body experience that may produce some revelations and profound connections along the way. \n \nYour Teacher \nNadia is a YAP senior registered yoga teacher with over 16 years of teaching experience. She originally trained with Sivananda Vedanta School of Yoga\, went on to complete a Yoga Nidra Teacher Training with Satyananda School of Yoga and a further teacher training with the British Wheel of Yoga\, Originally trained as a rhythmic gymnast and a passionate five rhythms dancer\, Nadia’s yoga teaching style is influenced by many different approaches and teachers including the somatic awareness and experimentation of Susane Lauhusen\, the bold spirituality and feminity of Siena Sharman and the non-dualistic teachings of Sally Kempton. She has studied yin yoga with Cyndi Lee and with yin author and teacher Norman Blair. Her great passion is adapting the practices and teachings of yoga for the profound journey of pregnancy & birth which she has completed four times. \nBooking for this workshop is through Battersea Yoga Studio. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/journey-through-the-chakras-yin-yoga-workshop/ LOCATION:Battersea Yoga Studio\, Battersea Yoga Studios\, Kite Yard\, 2 Cambridge Road\, London\, London\, SW11 4TA CATEGORIES:Yin Yoga,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/aNVS-Lrw-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia Raafat":MAILTO:nadia@nadiaraafat.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200711T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200711T180000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20200209T000025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T181455Z UID:1832-1594476000-1594490400@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Labour With Love - Partners Online Birth Rehearsal - DESCRIPTION:  \n\nLabour With Love – Partners Online Birth Rehearsal –\nSaturday\, July 11: 2 PM-6 PM\nCOMING TOGETHER TO PRACTICE AND CONNECT\nThe labour and birth of your child\, whether your first precious baby\, or your fourth\, is always a heart-opening and sacred time. \nWhether birthing at home\, in a home-from-home unit or on a labour ward\, every mother wishes the same; to be\, and to feel\, safe; to be as comfortable as possible and not to feel alone. The importance of choosing and having a loving and informed birth partner to accompany you cannot be under-estimated. \nHaving someone close to you\, who knows how to reach out to you\, support you\, represent you\, hold you and breathe with you is what makes labour easier. It’s also what makes the memory beautiful – even if the labour was hard and long. We remember the incredible journey we went on to bring our baby into the world but we remember it fondly. We felt looked after\, cared for\, loved. \nNadia’s birth partner’s immersion workshop is designed to bring you together with your chosen partner – be it the father of your baby\, your mother\, sister or best friend –  so that you can prepare together. The workshop offering ensures that your chosen partner understands the importance of the role of the partner and how to cultivate that space of love and support at home\, in transit and in hospital –  should you choose a hospital birth. \nThe Experience of Labour\nThe labour and birth experience is an intensely physical and emotionally challenging experience with many twists and turns\, beautiful heart-opening highs and deeply challenging lows\, along the way. \nCalling on the traditions of Yoga\, Hypnosis\, Mindfulness and Bodywork\, Nadia has gathered together the practices and teachings she feels most cultivate connection\, presence and ease in the labour room. \nThe content has also been updated to reflect the changes and restrictions that are in place as a result of Covid 19 and how best to navigate your way through the current restrictions. \nHaving supported over 50 couples over a thirteen-year period and experienced four births herself\, Nadia brings a deep and personal knowledge of the childbirth experience and how best to navigate it so that it unfolds in an environment of calm\, care and love \n“Thank you\, Nadia\, for such an awesome day…. it is the best advice within this kind of thing that I have done for my pregnancy so far…” Katy Appleton\, Founder Apple Yoga \n\n\nWorkshop Content\n\n\nFollowing the pathway of normal physiological birth – that is birth without initial complications – we will look at the following. \n\nPhysiology of Labour – the action and the maternal experience.\nMindful Speaking and Listening\nLabouring at home – How to stay at home as long as possible.\nRelaxation and Pain Relief techniques for early and active labour.\nMovements and positions for effective labour.\nRebozo techniques for Labour\nBreathing and Sounding for the various stages of Labour\nTouch and Massage Pain Relief Techniques.\nHow and when to transfer in to minimize discomfort and maintain progress.\nPositioning for the Second stage.\nNavigating the  Long\, Slow Birth.\nWorking with Intervention.\nProtecting the Hour of Power.\nYour Maternal Rights\nWe will also discuss Interventions and How to Navigate them in order to avoid Birth Trauma\n\nAfter the workshop\, you will both have a much clearer idea about how the event will unfold and what skills and practices will best serve you when. Your birth partner will have a really good idea about how he/she can best support you mentally\, emotionally and practically and you will feel much closer together and bonded by the experience you have shared. \nThis workshop is also open to both pregnant women attending alone but birth partners are strongly encouraged to attend. \nRead the testimonials here. \nWORKSHOP COST: £60 couple £40 single\nBOOK WORKSHOP:\nFor further information or to book your places on the Birth Rehearsal Workshop Programme click here. \n\n \n \n \n \n customer_name \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n email \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Choose an amount \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n £120.00 \n \n \n \n \n £60.00 \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n I consent to my submitted data being collected and stored. Privacy Policy \n \n\n \n \n \n\n Pay with Card\nAbout Nadia\nNadia Raafat is a mother of 4. She teaches Hatha and Yin Yoga\, Pregnancy Yoga Yoga and Mindful Birth Preparation. She has been teaching in London for 15 years. Whether guiding a Yoga Class\, a Pregnancy Class or a Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course\, Nadia’s intention is to cultivate embodied presence and self-awareness in the practitioner. Her teaching approach is deeply mindful with an emphasis placed on establishing and maintaining an embodied awareness and receptivity throughout. Nadia is also a Birth Doula with over 50 births behind her. She is the writer\, producer and teacher on Yoga and Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth – a five-class pregnancy yoga and mindfulness dvd program which has received excellent reviews across all media platforms\, publications and consumer groups. When she has time\, Nadia writes about Yoga\, Mindfulness and Pregnancy for many online platforms and publications. She is passionate about supporting women with embodied yoga and mindfulness on their journey through pregnancy\, childbirth and becoming a mother.  \n\nPregnancy \n\n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/partners-online-labour-birth-rehearsal/ LOCATION:ONLINE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Mindfulness,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/holding-space_hug-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200627T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200627T130000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20200616T120650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200616T121735Z UID:2769-1593257400-1593262800@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:FREE ONLINE PREGNANCY YOGA WORKSHOP WITH NADIA DESCRIPTION: FREE ONLINE PREGNANCY YOGA WORKSHOP\n10 KEY MOVEMENTS TO PRACTICE DURING LABOUR TO:\n” BRING YOUR BABY DOWN”\n \n  \nThis 90-minute free online pregnancy yoga workshop with pregnancy yoga teacher\, childbirth educator and birth doula Nadia Raafat will introduce you to the key movements and postures to practice during labour to facilitate effective foetal descent and pave teh way for a shorter easier labour. \nWhether your baby is head down\, head up\, presenting on the left\, right\, or posterior\, there are biomechanical solutions to improve your baby’s position both before and during labour. \nThis workshop will show you how to use your body with awareness to maintain optimum positioning\, resolve any malpositioning and proceed onwards towards a normal birth. \nFrom forward-leaning inversions to the dangle practices and from reaching up and baby drops to birth ball remedies\, Nadia will show you her top ten positions for a more comfortable and more effective labour. \nThis special online pregnancy event is suitable for stages 2 and 3 in pregnancy. \nModifications will be suggested for those with pregnancy complications like groin pain\, PGP and placenta previa. \n15 minutes will be allocated at the end of the workshop to answer any questions you may have about the practices shared. If you know you have a question you would love Nadia to answer for you\, please email her before ethe workshop with your question\, or add it to the chatbox during the session itself. \nThis workshop is the second in a series of two free online workshops Nadia is offering to the online pregnancy community. \nThis LIVE session will be FREE. The recorded version will be available for sale at a later date via Nadia’s website. \nNadia has been teaching Yoga and especially Perinatal Yoga for 16 years. She has trained with Sivananda Vedanta School of Yoga\, Satyananda School of Yoga\, British Wheel of Yoga\, Birthlight\, YogaBirth\, the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY)\, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli\, Spinning Babies\, Dancing for Birth\, Michel Odent\, and many more international teachers bedsides. She is also a practicing Birth Doula and has attended over 50 births over a period of 12 years and has supported every type of birth experience. She is the author and producer of Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth – a five-class DVD program which has sold just under 1000 copies and the author and teacher of her signature 12 week Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course . This course uses mindfulness training\, journaling and self-exploration as well as the teachings and practices of Hatha and Tantra Yoga alongside traditional and evidence-based Birth Preparation to support women on their pregnancy journey and prepare them for childbirth. This course is now available online. \nA former journalist\, Nadia also writes on Pregnancy\, Birth\, and Yoga for various blogs and publications including Mumfidential\, My Baba and Juno Magazine. \nNadia is passionate about offering women the opportunity to use the radical physical transformation of pregnancy as a portal to an equally radical inner transformation and inner preparation for the incredible experience of Childbirth and Becoming a Mother. \nNadia is a mother of 4. \nTo book your place on this free online workshop all you need to do is email your gestation and location to Nadia@nadiaraafat.com \n \nSee you online soon. URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/free-online-pregnancy-yoga-workshop-with-nadia/ CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Mindfulness,Yoga END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200516T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200516T123000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20200505T162340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200513T170020Z UID:2712-1589626800-1589632200@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:FREE ONLINE PREGNANCY YOGA WORKSHOP WITH NADIA DESCRIPTION:10 Pregnancy Yoga Essentials For an Easier Labour\nSaturday 16 May\, 11AM (GMT)\n \nJOIN THIS FREE ONLINE PREGNANCY YOGA WORKSHOP\nThis 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 squatting series and the Birthlight funny walks\, learn which movements and asanas to practice and why? \nThis special online pregnancy event is suitable for all stages of pregnancy. Modifications will be suggested for different trimesters and for those with pregnancy complications like groin pain and placenta previa. \n15 minutes will be allocated at the end of the workshop to answer any questions you may have about the practices shared. \nThis will be the first in a series of two free online workshops Nadia is offering to the online pregnancy community. \nThe LIVE session will be FREE of Charge. The recorded version will be available for sale afterward via Nadia’s website. \nNadia has been teaching Yoga and especially Perinatal Yoga for 15 years. She has trained with Birthlight\, YogaBirth\, the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY)\, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli\, Spinning Babies\, Dancing for Birth\, Michel Odent\, and many more. She is also a practicing Birth Doula and has attended over 50 births and supported every type of birth experience. She is the author and producer of Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth – a five-class DVD program and the author and teacher of her signature 12 week Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course which uses mindfulness training\, journaling and self-exploration as well as the teachings and practices of Hatha and Tantra Yoga alongside traditional and evidence-based Birth Preparation to support women on their pregnancy journey and prepare them for childbirth. This course is now available online. \nA former journalist\, Nadia also writes on Pregnancy\, Birth\, and Yoga for various blogs and publications including Mumfidential\, My Baba and Juno Magazine. \nNadia is passionate about offering women the opportunity to use the radical physical transformation of pregnancy as a portal to an equally radical inner transformation and inner preparation for the incredible experience of Childbirth and Becoming a Mother. \nNadia is a mother of 4. \nTo book your place on this free online workshop email your gestation and location to Nadia@nadiaraafat.com \n \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/10-pregnancy-yoga-essentials-for-an-easier-labour/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MG_1079.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180727T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180727T170000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20180615T181739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180615T183247Z UID:2249-1532685600-1532710800@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:HOLDING SPACE - A MINDFUL DOULA WORKSHOP WITH RIGA FORBES AND NADIA RAAFAT DESCRIPTION:  \n \nHolding Space is what Doulas do. \nSometimes it happens seamlessly and beautifully; that connection\, trust and presence. Other times it’s edgy and difficult as our own fears are triggered. It doesn’t matter how many births you have attended -what is brought to the space every time is unique. \nDoulas Riga Forbes and Nadia Raafat are delighted to invite you to explore more deeply the experience of Holding Space and what it means for the doula and the mothers (and families) she attends in this one day workshop this July. \nUsing mindful movement\, visual art\, meditation and mindful enquiry we will spend the day investigating how we can hold space more effectively for ourselves and for others. \nRiga Forbes is a doula\, birth-preparation facilitator and the author of Mindful Pregnancy & Birth: Nurturing Love and Awareness. \nNadia Raafat is a doula\, birth-prep facilitator and yoga and meditation teacher. She has produced Yoga and Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth – a 5 class DVD and soon to be online pregnancy programme. \nThis wonderful day will take place in Riga’s home studio in Uckfield\, East Sussex. The nearest stations are Uckfield and Lewes. \nPlaces are limited to just 8 lovely doulas or trainee doulas. \nCost for the day £65 – which will include a delicious home-cooked lunch. \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/holding-space-a-mindful-doula-workshop-with-riga-forbes-and-nadia-raafat/ LOCATION:UCKFIELD CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/holding-space_baby.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia Raafat":MAILTO:nadia@nadiaraafat.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171129T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20171124T145301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171124T145344Z UID:1998-1511978400-1511985600@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Second Stage: Discovering the Pelvis and Opening to Birth DESCRIPTION:  \nWhy do some first time mothers birth their babies in 20 minutes and others struggle on with a two hours plus Second stage? Why do some mothers breathe their babies out whilst others have to push? What are some of the obstacles to a smooth second stage and how can we do our best to avoid them? What should we do to best prepare our pelvis and ourselves for the second stage of the birth process? \nThis workshop with birth doula\, yogini and childbirth educator Nadia Raafat will explain in theoretical and practical detail the second stage process from full dilation to baby-in-arms examining all the sub-stages along the way. \nExpect to learn the anatomy of your bony and soft pelvis and its mechanical actions during the second stage and crowning. Expect to learn ways in which you can optimise your preparation for this stage of labour using posture work\, breath-work\, pelvic floor exercises and body awareness exercises including pelvic massage and mapping your own pelvis. Finally expect to look at ways in which to work with the breath during this important final phase to maximise your body’s innate power and avoid tearing. \nTime will be devoted too to exploring some of the challenges that can arise here including instrumental delivery and c-section and how best to navigate them should they arise. \nThis is an empowering and informative workshop – an ideal preparation for anyone anxious about this stage of the birth process. \nBooking is via the Timetable page here: URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/second-stage-discovering-pelvis-opening-birth/ LOCATION:Ascension Hall\, St Barnabas Church\, Clapham Common Northside SW11.\, 152 Northcote Road\, London\, London\, SW11 \, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1488019837_520_winners-of-2017s-best-birth-photo-contest-will-take-your-breath-away-nsfw.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171111T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171111T170000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20170928T125043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171003T221949Z UID:1936-1510390800-1510419600@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Bringing Mindfulness to Pregnancy Yoga - CPD Workshop for Yoga Teachers DESCRIPTION:Becoming Mother’s Nadia Raafat is delighted to offer (in conjunction with Birthlight) for the second time this year her one day training: Bringing Mindfulness to Pregnancy Yoga  – a CPD for Pregnancy Yoga teachers and trainee teachers at the Synchroncity Yoga Studios in south London \nPregnancy Yoga is inherently a mindful practice cultivating self-awareness and self-knowledge\, expanding the mind as it opens the body.  A Pregnancy Yoga class is the perfect platform in which to convey the powerful and transformative teachings of Mindfulness which compliment the teachings of Yoga and which can have such a positive impact on the journey of a woman to Motherhood through labour birth and the early Post Natal period. \nThis workshop introduces the essential skills of mindfulness including Embodiement\, Awareness\, Acceptance and Presence and explores how to incorporate them into your pregnancy yoga teaching and specifically to your teaching of yoga around childbirth and new motherhood. During the day Nadia will also offer a platform and pathway for introducing meditation practice to your class and your clients and for empowering them to establish their own regular home practice. \nThere will be references to the the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche  \nBy learning to teach these valuable mindfulness practices and incorporate meditation into your pregnancy yoga classes you will deepen the quality of the teaching you offer\, and pass on a precious body of knowledge to your mothers with many benefits for them including: \n\ntransforming the birthing and mothering experience\nenabling the mothers to really listen and hear the communications of their own bodies and to develop trust in their maternal instinct\nreducing mental anxiety during pregnancy and childbirth\nreducing fear during pregnancy and child-birth\nenabling a deeper fuller connection with their unborn babies\ndeepening their yoga practice\nstrengthening their inner focus and expand their inner awareness\nreducing postnatal depression\ninstilling confidence in their mothering\n\nThis CPD one day workshop for pregnancy yoga teachers and childbirth educators is hosted by Birthlight – the worlds leading perinatal yoga teacher training organisation. All participants will receive a Birthlight certificate of attendance on this CPD course. \nCourse Cost: £65 Birthlight Members / £80 non-birthright members \nCourse Venue: Synchronicity Studios\, London \nBooking via: https://www.birthlight.com/TrainingDetail.aspx?id=987 \nNadia is a birth doula\, a yoga and meditation teacher\, a birth dancing teacher\, and a birth educator. \n\n\n\n\n\nOver an 11 year period Nadia has experienced four births of her own\, supported tens of women as a birth doula and taught hundreds of women pregnancy yoga and birth education. She has developed a 10 week Mindful Birth Preparation programme that is built on a strong foundation of yoga and mindfulness. She has also written and produced the first DVD programme for Pregnancy combining Yoga and Mindfulness which Francoise has personally endorsed. Nadia is the facilitator of the Positive Birth Movement’s  Clapham branch and is passionate about preparing and supporting women on all levels of their being as they transition to and through Motherhood. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/bringing-mindfulness-pregnancy-yoga-cpd-yoga-teachers/ LOCATION:Synchronicity Studios\, 157A Hubert Grove\, Clapham\,\, London\, SW9 9NZ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/yoga1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171014T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171014T130000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20170928T140155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170928T140155Z UID:1949-1507975200-1507986000@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:The Annual Clapham Pregnancy and Baby Show DESCRIPTION:Who needs the overwhelm factor of the London Baby Show when we have a fabulous one on our own doorstep? \nI am delighted to be participating once again in this great local and FREE event for expectant parents and parents of newborns to toddlers brought to you by Baby Intuition\, Neighbourhood Midwives and Hello Mums. \n  \n\n\n\nChat 1-to-1 with some fabulous local pregnancy\, birth\, parenting experts covering everything from doulas and osteopaths to breastfeeding counsellors and pelvic floor specialists.\nTry a great range of prams\, pushchairs and the latest slings\nRaffle in aid of a Balham Breastfeeding Cafe – a very good cause to support.\nThe First 100 people through the door get an awesome free goody bag with NO marketing bumph inside.\n\n\nThis is a FREE event but it does require a ticket and they are in limited supply. \nBook your ticket to the Clapham Pregnancy and Baby Show here: \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clapham-pregnancy-and-baby-show-2017-tickets-33849398462 \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/clapham-pregnancy-baby-show/ LOCATION:Henry Cavendish Primary School (Balham)\, Hydethorpe Road\, London\, SW12 0JA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/4629699377_267x568.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170324T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170324T120000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20170316T121154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170316T121154Z UID:1767-1490349600-1490356800@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Magnetic Mums Circle - Co-sleeping versus sleep-training and the hinterland in between DESCRIPTION:IS THERE A CASE FOR SLEEP TRAINING IN THE WORLD OF ATTACHMENT PARENTING? \nThere has been a lot of commentary across ours and other sites from AP mums tip=toeing around certain sleep-training practices. I say tip-toe\, becuase the word is often regarded as a dirty one in the AP world.\nAs I find myself also training my 3 year old son to stop night-time feeding using rewards I am intrigued to explore the point where these opposite philosophys and approaches converge.\nTherefore with open-minded and non-judgemental participation – the hallmark approach of the Magnetic Mothers Circle – we will explore the hinterland between these two polarities and look at the many and varied ways in which Mothers of 1\, 2 and 3 year olds navigate the co-sleeping / night-feeding situation\, including looking at some of the more gentle sleep training methods and also why and how night-time parenting is drawn to a close. \nWe will be joined by Sandra Pearce of Northcote Baby who alongside baby massage and baby yoga specialises in sleep training. \nThis event is FREE and OPEN to any Mothers who are co-sleeping part of the night with their baby or child. \nIf you are struggling with night-time parenting; If you have explored sleep training\, or if you have stopped night-time feeding and or co-sleeping please come and share your experience with us.\nRSVP Nadia@nadiaraafat.com \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/magnetic-mums-circle-exploring-hinterland-co-sleeping-sleep-training/ LOCATION:Nadia’s home\, Battersea\, London\, SW11\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/resting.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170129T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170129T160000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20170111T111353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170111T111353Z UID:1732-1485696600-1485705600@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:British Wheel of Yoga Pregnancy Yoga Teachers Forum DESCRIPTION:BECOMING MOTHER: \nBringing Mindfulness to Pregnancy Yoga with Nadia Raafat \nA half day session for Yoga teachers working with pregnancy to explore using Mindfulness in pregnancy yoga and birth education. \nThe 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. \nThis day is open to all BWY teachers. \n  \n \nNadia is founder of Becoming Mother – a label devoted to empowering pregnant women and new mothers through the practices of Yoga\, Mindfulness and Dance. \nNadia 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. \nHer DVD Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth is a a Yogamatters bestseller and the first DVD to combine Pregnancy Yoga and Mindfulness. \nNadia 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. URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/pregnancy-yoga-teachers-forum/ LOCATION:Battersea Yoga Studio\, Battersea Yoga Studios\, Kite Yard\, 2 Cambridge Road\, London\, London\, SW11 4TA CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Yoga ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MG_1079.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="BWY":MAILTO:bookings.london@bwy.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170105T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170105T203000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20170102T181035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170102T181035Z UID:1718-1483642800-1483648200@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Mindful Birth & Parenting Lesson 1 DESCRIPTION:Session 1 \nWhat is Mindfulness? How Does it Relate to Childbirth and Parenting. \nIn this first session we will explore what Mindfulness is\, what it is’t\, how it differs to meditation and how it can transform our experience. \nBecause this course is about childbirth and parenting we will also explore how mindfulness can alleviate the anxieties and discomforts of pregnancy\, deepen your connection to your pregnant body and unborn child and transform the childbirth and parenting experience. \nAlongside discussion\, we will use movement to lift our energy and awaken our bodies and a range of meditations to gather and focus our awareness and develop our meditation/concentration practice. \nPlease bring a journal and pen to each session. \nThis lesson can be attended as a drop in or as part of the course. To read more about the Mindful Birth & Parenting Course click here. \nif you wish to book the course please book here. \nIf you wish to attend as a drop-in please email Nadia@nadiaraafat.com or contact Nadia on 07771 687 128. \nPay with Stripe\n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/mindful-birth-parenting-lesson-1/ LOCATION:Thurleigh Road Medical Practice\, 88 A Thurleigh Road\, Clapham\, SW12 8TT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BIRTH-PHOTO-HIGH-RES.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia":MAILTO:nadia@nadiaraafat.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161204T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161204T153000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20161122T145526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161125T174240Z UID:1665-1480856400-1480865400@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Return to Heart - a Yoga and Mindfulness Workshop DESCRIPTION:Over the last year through Yoga\, Mindfulness and other therapeutic modalities I have dedicated my own practice to exploring and deepening my heart awareness and capacity for self-love\, and love of others. In this special winter workshop at BatterseaYoga I would like to share some of the Yoga\, Mindfulness and Therapeutic Practices I have learned along the way which cultivate and deepen our connection to Love\, Compassion and Forgiveness.\nThis workshop will combining deep mindful slow-flow Yoga (suitable for all levels of practice) designed to activate Anahatah Chakra – the seat of our emotions with breath work and Yoga Nidra followed by a teaching on the three gestures of Love and closing with the beautiful self-healing practice of Loving Kindness Meditation. There will be time for discussion and reflection afterwards.\nThis will be an afternoon of nurturing yoga\, learning and self-care and healing. \nAll bookings for the workshop via BatterseaYoga. \nhttps://batterseayoga.com/workshops/return-to-heart/ \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/return-heart-yoga-mindfulness-develop-heart-awareness-self-love/ LOCATION:Battersea Yoga Studio\, Battersea Yoga Studios\, Kite Yard\, 2 Cambridge Road\, London\, London\, SW11 4TA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/images-19-e1511533609848.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161027T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161027T203000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20161019T110140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161019T112045Z UID:1596-1477594800-1477600200@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Mindful Birthing 8: The Second Stage & Birthing your Baby (Partners Welcome) DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Second Stage of Labour has a very different feel and purpose to it. This is the time when the baby moves from the open womb into the birth canal and journies to be born. It is characterised by the fetal ejection reflex which brings with it a totally different but equally powerful experience for the mother. \nThis last class of the course will explore effective antenatal preparations for this stage of labour\, introduce the breathing techniques and mindfulness techniques that support and encourage the fetal ejection process and block through a range of birth positions that enable good descent. Finally we will examine some of the practical\, physical and emotional challenges and obstacles that may arise during this stage of the birth and how we may avoid/overcome and accept them – if necessary. \nThis session is open to couples. \nFee £20 per person. \n£30 per couple \nPartners are welcome FREE of charge to those booked onto the course. \nPay with Stripe URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/mindful-birthing-8-the-second-stage-birthing-your-baby-partners-welcome/ LOCATION:Thurleigh Road Medical Practice\, 88 A Thurleigh Road\, Clapham\, SW12 8TT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing,Yoga ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia":MAILTO:nadia@nadiaraafat.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161020T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161020T203000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20161019T100225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161019T111405Z UID:1589-1476990000-1476995400@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Mindful Birthing Session 7: Moving Beyond Fear and Pain DESCRIPTION:Fear and Pain are inextricably linked in Childbirth – one exacerbates the other. This class shines the light of awareness on the biological\, personal\, social and institutional fears we have around childbirth and on the nature of Fear itself. The second part of the class examines how the body/mind system experiences and processes pain and how we can use the techniques and understanding of mindful awareness to overcome our unconscious reactions to both Fear and Pain in Childbirth and experience a calm and positive birth. \nDrop in fee £20 \n \nPay with Stripe\n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/mindful-birthing-session-7-moving-beyond-fear-and-pain/ LOCATION:Thurleigh Road Medical Practice\, 88 A Thurleigh Road\, Clapham\, SW12 8TT\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN="Nadia":MAILTO:nadia@nadiaraafat.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161006T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161006T203000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20160927T103003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T103003Z UID:1569-1475780400-1475785800@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Mindful Birthing Couples Session 2 DESCRIPTION:Directed Breathing\, Touch\, Massage and Acupressure for Pain Relief and Positioning for Labour and Birth.\nIn this session we are learning some of the key natural pain relief methods for the Labour Process.\n\nDrop in £30 per couple.  The partner comes at no extra cost to those booked onto the course.\n  \n  \nPay with Stripe\n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/mindful-birthing-couples-session-2/ LOCATION:Thurleigh Road Medical Practice\, 88 A Thurleigh Road\, Clapham\, SW12 8TT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://nadiaraafat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/reabirth1.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160929T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160929T203000 DTSTAMP:20260511T022504 CREATED:20160927T100937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T103136Z UID:1561-1475175600-1475181000@nadiaraafat.com SUMMARY:Mindful Birthing Couples Session 1 DESCRIPTION:The Hormones of Labour – the template for a physiological Birth.\n\n\nWe use the hormonal template as a way to understand both the experience of the woman and the action that is driven by the hormones. It offers a fascinating insight into Labour and leads to a deep understanding about how the hormonal template plus feeling and emotions plus environment affect how you experience Labour and how it unfolds. I strongly recommend this class for partners as they get a really good understanding of how to support you. We also look at optimising the home environment\, the transition environment and the hospital environment to support the process.\n\nDrop in £30 per couple. The partner comes at no extra cost to those booked onto the full MB course.\nTo book this session\, please email Nadia@nadiaraafat.com \n  \nPay with Stripe\n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://nadiaraafat.com/event/mindful-birthing-couples-session-1/ LOCATION:Thurleigh Road Medical Practice\, 88 A Thurleigh Road\, Clapham\, SW12 8TT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Mindful Birthing END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR