Overview

This workshop is designed to support you along side a traditional birth preparation course taught by a Midwife. It  is designed to give you theoretical and practical tools from a yoga perspective to support you physically, mentally and emotionally as you birth your baby.

Regardless if you have a vaginal or C-section birth, it is still a birth. Your active participation in birthing your baby will empower you as a woman and a mother-to be to this child. Embracing your birth as a sacred and also spiritual journey will strengthen not only you but also your bond with your baby.

This workshop will prepare you with specific yoga asana (physical postures), breathwork, meditation and visualisation techniques all of which will support you  as you birth your baby. This active participation in your birth can help to reduce the pain and fear often associated with birth. It will empower you in the birth room  to stay centered and focused where important decisions need to be made. It is my wish that it will give you the strength, courage and love to birth your baby under all circumstances.

What can you expect from this workshop

Group discussions / questions and sharing

Our thoughts and feelings about birth and where these stem from
Where to birth our baby and how to make the right choice
How else (other than specific yoga practices) can we prepare ourselves for birth & becoming a mother to this child

Theoretical aspects

The birthwave and when best to practice yoga techniques to calm, centre and reduce pain & fear
The advantages of being physically active (using postures) when birthing your baby

Practical aspects

Yoga asana (postures) for birth
Breathwork
Meditations and visualisations