Postnatal or postpartum yoga uses movement, balance and relaxation to allow your body to recover from pregnancy and birth. It helps to heal the body and mind, and repair tissues that may have been traumatised during birth.
The best part? You can bring your baby along! No need to organise a babysitter or worry about timing breastfeeding around your yoga session. Rest assured you can breastfeed baby in class at any time - we actually encourage it!
This type of yoga is designed for mums with their babies and so incorporates the little ones into the practice, either using yoga asanas to keep the babies entertained, or holding the babies as part of the yoga itself.
The class is designed to nurture new mums and provide a safe environment for them to heal and repair their bodies, to talk about their experiences of birth and as a new mum, and safely allow them to reconnect with their bodies and their babies.
The benefits of mums and bubs (postnatal) yoga include:
The best part? You can bring your baby along! No need to organise a babysitter or worry about timing breastfeeding around your yoga session. Rest assured you can breastfeed baby in class at any time - we actually encourage it!
This type of yoga is designed for mums with their babies and so incorporates the little ones into the practice, either using yoga asanas to keep the babies entertained, or holding the babies as part of the yoga itself.
The class is designed to nurture new mums and provide a safe environment for them to heal and repair their bodies, to talk about their experiences of birth and as a new mum, and safely allow them to reconnect with their bodies and their babies.
The benefits of mums and bubs (postnatal) yoga include:
- Restores hormonal balance
- Realignment of the spine
- Promotes stamina and strength needed in the postpartum period
- Minimises the effects of holding and feeding a baby (relieves stiffness in the shoulders and upper back)
- Provides rest and relaxation, balancing the nervous system
- Helps reduce anxiety and depression, and can relieve or prevent postnatal depression
- Toning the deep abdominal muscles to "close the body" after birth
- Helps knits back together separated abdominal muscles i.e. diastasis recti
- Strengthens pelvic floor muscles
- Strengthens abdominal and back muscles for core strength
- Improves blood circulation, stimulating cell growth and repair
- Helps a woman to re-inhabit her body
- Aids bonding between mother and baby
- Interaction and connection with other mums
- Emotional healing after a difficult pregnancy or birth.
The sessions are suitable from 6 weeks after birth (8 weeks after a caesarean birth) and promote postnatal healing to aid recovery from labour, birth and pregnancy. Sessions are suitable for complete beginners and are gentle enough for caesarean recovery.
Casey is a qualified prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher who can skilfully guide you through postnatal yoga that caters to your unique needs. She currently offers 60 minute private postnatal yoga sessions - you decide whether you'd like to bring your beautiful baby for some mutual nurturing, or indulge in a solo session to restore your body and soul.
Private sessions are $60 and are available in the Maleny-Witta-Conondale area, Sunshine Coast QLD. Click the button below to book your Postnatal Yoga Private Session.
Casey is a qualified prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher who can skilfully guide you through postnatal yoga that caters to your unique needs. She currently offers 60 minute private postnatal yoga sessions - you decide whether you'd like to bring your beautiful baby for some mutual nurturing, or indulge in a solo session to restore your body and soul.
Private sessions are $60 and are available in the Maleny-Witta-Conondale area, Sunshine Coast QLD. Click the button below to book your Postnatal Yoga Private Session.
