pre and post-natal yoga

Prenatal Yoga

The ancient self-help system of yoga promotes mental and physical well-being and balance, which is vital during times of transition or uncertainty. Your experience of being pregnant and giving birth will involve great physical and emotional changes, and knowing how to use and adapt yoga techniques to breathe, move, and relax during this time will help you to lay deep foundations for decades of mothering.

Practicing yoga allows a woman to focus deeply on her pregnancy. It provides an opportunity for her to consciously integrate the mental, emotional and physical changes she experiences during this period in her life. Practicing a variety of gentle and vigorous postures, prenatal yoga nurtures the soul, builds strength, endurance and flexibility, and provides you with the tools that will help during labour, birth and beyond.

My philosophy around childbirth and my work as a birth doula is integrated into my prenatal yoga classes. In my classes the focus is on preparation for labour, birth and parenthood which I see as the most precious, glorious, empowering and awe inspiring time in a woman’s life. Breathwork, visualization, stretching, strengthening and some vigour is combined with journeying inside to become familiar with one’s source of power. I believe that a woman’s body knows how to birth. My aim is to guide women towards an awakening of that innate knowledge and empower them to approach childbirth with confidence, courage, and joy.

prenatal yoga classes

When & Where:

Mondays
5:30 - 6:45pm

Thursdays
6:00 - 7:30pm

Parkdale Prana Room
1273A Queen St West (at Brock Avenue)
Transitionings: 416.526.2937

6 week pre-reg, ongoing registration:
Mondays: $90 +gst for 6 weeks
Thursdays: $100 +gst for 6 weeks (longer classes)
Or both classes/week $170 +gst for 6 weeks

Sundays
12:00-1:15pm

Breathe Yoga Studio
2253 Bloor St W (at Runnymede)
416.926.9642

Post-Natal Yoga

I welcome mothers to return to yoga with their babes in tow. A gentle hatha-style class that is designed to help regain core strength, open tight areas, release tension and carve out a small piece of mother’s day for herself. A re-filling and joyful class that acknowledges the need to stop and nurse, change or tend to your babies, my post-natal yoga is a delicious way to reconnect with your bodies, and connect with other new moms. Some postures may incorporate baby and/or yoga for babies. Suitable for babies 6 weeks to crawling. 5 week pre-reg.

post-natal yoga classes

Mondays
10:30 – 11:45am
474 Brock Avenue, S of Bloor, N of College
Transitionings: 416.526.2937

New & Seasoned Moms Support Group

This support group is a drop-in group for newly born and up to 2 yr old babies and their mamas to share info, ask questions, debrief, learn, develop community, share successes & challenges, etc. We will cover the things that no one tells you about! I will run this after the postnatal yoga class as an add on as well as stand alone (ie moms come even if they aren't registered in yoga). Maximum 12 moms & their babies. The support group is free with yoga, or pay-what-you-can donation without the yoga.

Mondays
11:45 - 1:00pm
474 Brock Avenue, S of Bloor, N of College
Transitionings: 416.526.2937

Mobile Baby Yoga

Mobile Babies is for crawlers up to 2 yr olds and their parent(s). This class is a 5 week, ongoing pre-registered level one vinyasa class.

The studio will be made safe and will offer an opportunity for the children to hang out and interact with each other. The class is designed to offer an opportunity for all parents to participate and get their stretch on! There will be an opportunity to explore meditation and reclaim your breath. We will have a short story, playtime or song at the end of class.

Please bring a small toy that all the children can share. maximum 5 moms & babies.

mobile baby yoga classes

Thursdays
10:30 – 11:45am
474 Brock Avenue, S of Bloor, N of College
Transitionings: 416.526.2937

Please contact me directly for any further information or if you would like to register. Cost for the postnatal is $75 +gst for 5 weeks, the mobile baby class is $80 +gst for 5 weeks. The support group is free with yoga, or pay-what-you-can donation without the yoga.

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