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Postnatal women in your classes?
Are they really safe with you?
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, tutor for the British Wheel’s Short Course in
Postnatal Yoga, makes a plea for all yoga teachers to consider
the needs of postnatal women in their classes.
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Postnatal Yoga Short Course
As pregnancy yoga grows in popularity, more and more new mothers are seeking
to continue their yoga classes after they've birthed their babies. Here at
Sitaram in South London, we are able to offer six postnatal recovery and
baby yoga classes every week, catering for mothers and babies together, from
the newborn period, right through to toddling and walking (after that, they
move into our family classes, where children from 3 and upwards can enjoy
yoga togtether with their grown-ups). We find that most of the places on
the postnatal courses are filled by mothers returning with the babies whom
they carried through our programme of pregnancy yoga. It is hugely rewarding
work to re-connect with the students at this period of massive change in
their lives.
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Yoga Together
When Uma first announced that she was running yoga classes
for mums and babies together, most people told her she was mad. Now
there are three classes a week and a growing band of baby yogis and
relaxed mums in Brixton Hill. In this article she describes some of
the benefits of doing yoga with your baby.
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Teaching Baby Yoga
Yoga with babies? You mean you do it together? This article
describes what goes on, why it matters, and why we need more postnatal
recovery and baby yoga teachers.
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Postnatal Depression
Some observations and comments on the role of yoga
in the prevention and managment of this condition.
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Growing Together with Family Yoga
Raucous giggling, rolling about the floor
and swinging through the air to the accompaniment of hysterical laughter
are not activities that many people associate with a yoga class.
However these can all be regular features of toddlers and parents yoga
sessions.
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