Catherine's Yoga With Baby Classes - Surrey and Hampshire

My classes aim to support you through from pregnancy right across the first year with your new baby, bringing you a way in to becoming part of a supportive community of new parents.

Pregnancy Yoga Classes - New!
Classes to support you in pregnancy and help you show some vital extra care for yourself. An opportunity to stop and breathe, gently work on your strength, and connect with your growing baby through gentle and nurturing yoga specially designed for pregnant parents. The rest of life might be going as usual around you, so it's really important to find a quiet and calm time for yourself, surrounded by others who might just understand what this time of change and transition holds for you.

Expect some work on the mat to build on strength and flexibility where you need it during pregnancies and birth, breathwork which will be useful during your pregnancy, your birth and also for the uncertainties of life shared with a newborn. And just as importantly you will have some time to rest fully with a savasana (relaxation) at the end of each class. The classes are also a sociable space, giving you the chance to get to know other expectant parents living in the area.

Yoga With Baby
These classes are designed for you and your baby to do together. A great way to ease yourself back into exercise after the birth of your baby. You can start to increase your fitness, strengthen abdominal, back and pelvic floor muscles, regain good posture, and increase your energy levels. You will also gain some vital relaxation techniques, and you should get a really good stretch for overworked muscle groups. Everyone comes to the classes with a different level of fitness and yoga experience, so I offer a variety of options for poses allowing you to progress to more demanding ones as you build up your strength. With baby alongside you in the class, the logistics of getting to a postnatal fitness class are much easier to negotiate.
Baby is next to you on that mat and fully involved throughout, with a few baby-centred activities included too. Smaller babies may end up napping through large parts of class, and that's allowed too! When baby is fully awake, there is plenty on offer to stimulate their senses, and encourage their emotional and physical development. Parents often find that baby relaxes and sleeps better after sessions. Babies love music and singing and this features throughout the classes (even if you doubt that anyone appreciates your singing voice, babies can be wonderfully uncritical fans!).

About me
I have been supporting parents in the months after birth over many years, through facilitated discussion groups as well as by running these yoga classes, so I bring a wealth experience, as well as much in-depth training focused on the special needs of parents in the postnatal period. I am pleased to now be able to provide support during pregnancy too, which naturally has an effect on well-being postnatally. Just as important for me is to bring parents together, giving you a chance to make friends and exchange support and experiences with people who understand what the shape of your life might be right now. There is a chance to catch up with each other at the beginning of each class, and, I can help you all link up and share information through a WhatsApp group which you are invited to join if you wish.

If you have any queries, please do contact at relaxstretchbaby@hotmail.co.uk or through Instagram/Facebook pages.

Catherine

Proud to be a founding member of Birth and Beyond Collective (https://birthandbeyondcollective.org.uk/)
NCT Mother and Baby Yoga Affiliate Practitioner, NCT Postnatal Practitioner
Pregnancy Yoga and Postnatal Yoga Teacher, Sally Parkes Yoga, 85 hour training
Certified Yoga Teacher, Your Yoga Flow 200 hour training