Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Coursedeand2024-07-25T18:18:26+01:00

Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course Livestream

13 WEEKS OF MINDFULNESS TRAINING, SELF-INQUIRY,

PREGNANCY FLOW YOGA,

& EMBODIED BIRTH EDUCATION

‘The deepest most embodied and holistic birth preparation programme available.’

Next Course Dates:

Tuesday 10 September -Tuesday 10 December 2024

7pm-8.30pm (LONDON) Online

I have spent 18 years supporting thousands of women in person and online through the incredible experience of pregnancy and birth. As a senior pregnancy yoga and meditation teacher, a birth doula and childbirth educator as well as a holistic pelvic health specialist, I want to educate and support women to discover the wealth of inner resources available to them at this most intense and transformative time.

The ancient teachings of Yoga and Mindfulness offer a powerful pathway through the pregnancy and birth journey that is based on complete alignment with the process instead of control and management of the process.

To be able to successfully align yourself with such powerful natural energies you first have to rediscover yourself in a different way.

On this 13-week journey you will dive deep into your own physical, mental and emotional body, understanding it; loving it and preparing it. You will learn how to ground and centre yourself effectively; how to down-regulate your nervous system and experience your self in deep embodied stillness. You will learn how to mindfully respond to difficult situations rather than habitually and unconsciously react. We will explore your’s and society’s conditioning and beliefs around pregnancy, birth and becoming a mother and how they shape your choices and your actions. We will explore the architecture of the mind and learn how to train it towards focus, steadiness and increased self-awareness. Through a combination of yoga and movement, meditation and reflection, self-enquiry and discussion, it is my hope and wish that you discover your true depths and power, discover a real trust in the physiological process of birth and your ability to birth.

I invite you to honour the spiritual pathway of pregnancy, the sacred event of birth, and join me on this special healing & awakening journey.

COURSE PRICE £ 280/£25 drop-in

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This Includes:

13 Weeks of LIVE Yoga & Mindfulness Tuition with Nadia – classes are 90 minutes duration and include yoga, birthdance, mindfulness and meditation, birthing education, group connection and conversation.
Recordings of each session will be available for those attending the course if you cannot make a LIVE session.
One hour LIVE/Online Postnatal Reunion Session
Audio Course Meditation Material

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We offer a join anytime policy, and adjust the price accordingly, depending on when you join, so even if you are not able to attend the full course please get in touch with Nadia and, depending on space availability, she will do her best to accommodate your dates.

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Each of the 13 X 90 minute sessions will include a pregnancy yoga flow practice, a meditation or mindfulness exercise, a presentation and discussion on a key pregnancy and birth theme.

You will receive individual feedback and support as a key aspect of this course.
You will receive a FREE audio file of Mindfulness meditations.
After all the women have given birth, there will be one further postnatal gathering to debrief the incredible new mother experience, share stories, reconnect with all your course mates after the birth and introduce your new babies. These gatherings are always joyful and moving experiences – for everyone especially me!

The ideal time to embark on this course is anytime from 14 weeks onwards. The earlier you start, the better, as you will have plenty of time to practice the techniques.

Remember you can join the course anytime in your pregnancy – even with just a few weeks to go however it is highly recommended that you attend as much of this course as is possible. If you have any challenges Nadia will be happy to talk through them with you. Please email Nadia@nadiaraafat.com

By the end of the course:

You will have experienced what the mindful state is, how to access it and how it can transform your pregnancy, childbirth and parenting experience.
You will have learned and practiced meditation regularly. You will have understood that childbirth is the ultimate meditation and you will feel ready and able to align yourself fully with this experience.
You will have learned key self-soothing skills to keep you calm and at ease throughout the labour journey.
You will have learned all about your birthing options and maternal rights and how to make decisions from a place of empowerment.
You will have discovered the power of the birthing body and learned how best to prepare the pelvic joints and tissue (externally and internally) for an effective labour and birth.
You will have learned the different ways you can work with the breath through the changing phases of labour and birth
You will have understood the many benefits of an active labour and experienced a wide range of active birthing positions and movements including birth dancing.
You will have understood the psychology of belief, learned to recognise and release unhelpful inherited beliefs and developed your own affirmation program for pregnancy and birth based on the unique individual that you are.
You will have learned and lived with the 8 Mindful attitudes.
You will have understood how to work mindfully with both Fear and Pain.
You will have learned how to get the best from your maternity providers before, during and after the birth of your baby.
You will have learned how to use these techniques in the early postnatal period to facilitate a calm and happy transition into Motherhood.
You will have shared an incredible 13-week journey with a circle of close and like-minded friends all having babies around the same time as you.

TESTIMONIALS FOR YOGA & MINDFULNESS FOR PREGNANCY & BIRTH COURSE

The course was a genuine weekly highlight. It has made me appreciate my body and be prepared as I can be for the impending labour. CB
This course was absolutely incredible! As a first time mother, Nadia offered a great insight into how to physically and mentally prepare for labour and childbirth. It was 100% worth it and I really looked forward to it every week. Dr T.
It honestly has been one of the best things I have done during my pregnancy! Absolutely amazing! I have learnt so much and Nadia is fantastic! SRJ
A brilliant course for anyone preparing for labour and birth. JMN
This course was the best birth preparation I have received, and this was my third birth CL
This course was such good preparation for labour, I’d recommend it to all other mums to be. JD
I would wholeheartedly recommend this course for any mums to be. You will not be disappointed and will meet some lovely ladies along the way! LUCY WR
If you only take one pregnancy class make it Nadia’s. I believe she is one of the best people to help you enjoy your pregnancy and prepare for the birth and motherhood. KH
By the end of the course, all my anxieties had dissolved, I was confident, and actually really looking forward to my labour experience! HH
Nadia is an amazing person and a fabulous teacher of pregnancy yoga and mindfulness. I felt like she was holding my hand during my pregnancy which I really appreciated. SN
I had an amazing and powerful home birth, and am very grateful to the mindfulness practice and labour information I gained from Nadia’s course.AM
I have just completed this course and cannot recommend it more. I joined the group at around 24 weeks pregnant having done very little in terms of preparation or exercise and have come out the other side feeling prepared, excited and in control of the labour.
Nadia is a brilliant teacher, calm and warm and everything she teaches is practical and useful in dealing with pregnancy aches and pains and in preparing mentally and physically for labour. EP
I found this course invaluable. It really helped me prepare for birth and take ownership of my birth preferences. LW
Nadia is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about motherhood and women’s wellbeing. The course gives you all the information and reassurance you will need during pregnancy, labour and when the baby first arrives. But most of all it is centred on mum’s physical & psychological wellbeing in order for you to embrace pregnancy and labour as a unique, joyful and blissful moment. EM
I highly recommend Nadia’s “Becoming a mother” course. Nearly three years ago I did the course before having my first baby and as soon as I found out I was pregnant I got in touch with Nadia to re book for the course. Both times I found it really useful and enjoyable. Both times it helped me connect more with me, my pregnancy, my baby, my husband and my family. I has helped me feel more at ease and it has also given me confidence for birth and the fourth trimester. I 100% recommend Nadia’s course and her classes. She’s amazing! LC
After a prolonged period of hyperemesis gravidarum in my early stages of pregnancy making the decision to enrole in Nadia’s Pregnancy Yoga & Mindful Birthing Course was one of the best things I could have done. It brought me back to my breath, strengthened my body again and her mindfulness techniques gave me peace and positivity towards my baby growing inside of me, the whole process of pregnancy, giving birth and forthcoming postnatal experience. SW

ABOUT YOUR TEACHER:

Nadia is a YAP Senior Registered Teacher. She 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 .

A former journalist, Nadia also writes on Pregnancy, Birth, and Yoga for various blogs and publications including Mumfidential, My Baba and Juno Magazine.

Nadia 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.

Nadia is a mother of 4.

Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course

13 Weeks of LiveStream support and guidance with Nadia Raafat

Autumn Term Dates 2024

Tuesday 10 September 2024 – Tuesday 10 December 2024

7pm-8.30pm ONLINE ( LONDON)

Course Price: £280/£25 drop-in

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ANY QUESTIONS? Email: Nadia@nadiaraafat.com

I feel privileged and so very lucky to have been able to bring her into the world that way, so thank you for your part in that.

An excellent course. I had a very traumatic first birth. This course with Nadia and the groups support has made me feel confident I can and will have a positive birth experience second time around. It was extremely informative and empowering. Its literally changed my mindset and made me feel able to have a natural and positive birth experience . can’t thank you enough as I genuinely did not think this was possible.

Zoe Attenborough

A hugely satisfying course – much marathon anticipated. Have gained overall insight, empowerment and learned how to control anxiety and fear..

Anon

I dilated from 4-7cm in an hour which is apparently very quick for a first time mum, and used just tens, the pool and gas / air. So far from the elective c-section we assumed we’d have at the start of the pregnancy.

Anon

Amazing course, fantastic preparation for birth and beyond. You’ll be able to face birth confidently. Can’t recommend it enough. And as an extra bonus, you get to meet like-minded local mums to be!

Bea Pascual

I can’t thank Nadia enough for introducing me to mindfulness, not only did I use it every step of the way during labour, but it has helped me in other aspects of my life and especially now with a new baby!”

Anon

“I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the help and advice you gave us. Not only did it help enormously thorough labour (and even now), but I have made such a great group of friends through our meetings who have been a great support, and now this little bundle of joy is more than I could ever have wished for!

It was absolutely fantastic and I only wish we could all meet every week with you and even after all our births too. Everything I learnt on the course has been and will continue to be a huge support also throughout my pregnancy and beyond. However, even more so, the support from our little group of girls, it is invaluable and I cannot thank you enough for that.

Georgina Sims-Stirling

Nadias Mindful Birthing Course felt like a calming, safe haven during my pregnancy. I learnt invaluable calming techniques which saw me through my labour and I use now with my baby on those more fretful days!

Natasha

I participated in Nadia’s pregnancy yoga and her Mindful birthing course. I could not have wished for a better group of Mother’s to spend this journey with, Nadia guided us through so many varied aspects of birth and motherhood and it was so incredible to use her experience during my birth and now in my mothering journey. Nadia has taught me so much and I am so grateful to her for inspiring me and sharing her knowledge. I cannot recommend Nadia’s yoga and mindful birthing course more highly.

Jo Hanks

I would absolutely recommend this course. I have gained vital mental preparation for birth and beyond which I am not sure how else I would have got. I am now excited rather than fearful about the whole thing. And I have learned Meditation and Mindfulness which I love!

A hugely satisfying course – much marathon anticipated. Have gained overall insight, empowerment and learned how to control anxiety and fear..

Anon

Nadia’s mindful birthing course was fantastic. I can’t recommend it enough! After a traumatic first birth it enabled me to put my fears to one side and have an amazing birth experience second time round. A huge thank you!

anon