Prenatal Yoga
Enjoy a calm and compassionate environment to stretch,
strengthen, prepare for labor, connect with your baby,
and relax. Share this profound time of transformation and
expansion with other pregnant women. Acupressure points
are integrated into yoga postures and self-massage to help
relieve the uncomfortable symptoms commonly associated
with pregnancy. All stages of pregnancy and beginners welcome.
Stephanie Halderman had a high risk pregnancy of her own.
She was able to have a healthy pregnancy and a natural
birth to a 10 lb 3 oz baby. She thanks yoga and acupressure
for the preparation and awareness they were able to offer
her.
Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Trainings
Teaching prenatal and postnatal yoga is a special gift to women. It provides a nurturing environment to stretch and strengthen, often relieving the common complaints associated with the childbearing year. It teaches women the important arts of relaxation and self reflection, which are especially helpful in the passage to motherhood. An added benefit for many women is that prenatal & postnatal yoga classes are a wonderful place for new friendships to blossom.
A woman goes through many physical, emotional and hormonal changes during the childbearing year. Our trainings address how to work with these changes in a safe and supportive way. You learn how to structure prenatal and postpartum yoga classes, including important poses and contraindications. In the prenatal training, we discuss how to modify poses to safely incorporate a pregnant woman into a regular yoga class. In the postpartum section, we share helpful tools on teaching yoga while babies are present, including how to integrate babies into poses. Our programs delve deeply into the path of pregnancy, the journey of birth, and the challenges that can be associated with postpartum recovery.
Along with yoga, topics include anatomy & physiology, childbearing education, self-help acupressure, aromatherapy, holistic remedies, and nutrition. Western medicine and ancient wisdom are both discussed for a balanced understanding of how to help childbearing women make informed choices.
Acupressure for Labor & Prenatal Partner Yoga
Explore ways to give and receive physical and emotional support during
pregnancy and labor. Learn basic acupressure points and techniques to
ease the discomfort associated with the labor process. Stretch and relax
together using partner yoga, acupressure and visualizations for a healthy
birth. This workshop is repeated every 2 months and is co-lead with Devorah
Blum who has been practicing yoga since 1975, and studied with senior
Iyengar teachers around the world including BKS Iyengar in India.
Yoga for Pregnant & New Moms with Babies
Enjoy a calm and compassionate environment to stretch, strengthen and nuture your body, mind, spirit & child! Share this profound time of the childbearing year with other pregnant women and new mom's with babies. Pregnancy and new mom's offer support and parenting tips. Experience creative ways of practicing yoga with expanding pregnant bellies, and new mom's interacting with babies. Acupressure points are integrated into yoga postures and self-massage to help relieve the uncomfortable symtoms commonly associated with pregnancy and motherhood. (Babies from birth untl actively crawling)
Prenatal Water Yoga
Enjoy this special opportunity to practice yoga in the
soothing atmosphere of water. Stretch, strengthen, prepare
for labor, connect with your baby, and cool off! Benefits
include reducing back, hip, pelvic, and ligament pain,
sciatica, swelling & inflammation, improving circulation,
and more. Water yoga, self-acupressure, and breath awareness
will be integrated into class, helping to bring natural
relief for the pregnant body, mind, spirit, & child.
Friday's at Cavanagh Pool in Petaluma. Check back
for summer series dates & times.
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Prenatal & Postnatal
Acupressure & Therapeutic Massage
Prenatal Acupressure and Therapeutic
Massage offers pregnant women the opportunity to relax,
release stress and tension, connect with their baby, and
relieve the uncomfortable symptoms commonly associated
with pregnancy. Prenatal bodywork is a natural way to help
reduce swelling & fluid retention, muscle cramps, neck,
back & hip pain, sciatica, headaches, nausea, high
blood pressure, and more. Other benefits include improving
circulation, emotional balancing, labor induction, and
labor pain relief. (See workshops for Prenatal Partner
Yoga & Acupressure for Labor).
Postnatal Acupressure & Therapeutic
Massage will help to promote the body's natural ability
to heal after childbirth whether recovering from vaginal
birth, c-section, or vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).
Many women experience shoulder, neck, and back tension,
stress & fatigue, postpartum depression, difficulty
with lactation, pelvic floor weakness, and discomfort due
to the type of delivery. Postnatal bodywork will help to
lessen and ease these symptoms naturally. Babies are welcome
to attend the session if needed.
For fees see Acupressure Therapy or Therapeutic
Massage.
Infant & Child Acupressure & Therapeutic
Massage
Infants and children benefit greatly through Acupressure & Therapeutic
Massage. One of their very first languages is touch. Acupressure
and massage is a safe and helpful way to reduce stress,
colic & digestive disorders, emotional trauma or upset,
colds & flu, sleeping challenges, teething pain, diabetes,
dis-ease, and more.
Scheduling a session
Infant & Child Acupressure & Therapeutic Massage
sessions usually last ½ hour to one hour depending
on the child. Parents will have the opportunity to learn
self-help tools when needed at home. Aromatherapy & reflexology
can be integrated into the session for added benefit. Children
respond wonderfully to the calming and therapeutic benefits
of aromatherapy.
Fee: $35 for ½ hour, $65 for 1 hour (add an additional
$3-5 for aromatherapy) Gift certificates are available.
In addition to offering sessions for infants and children,
Stephanie also offers workshops for parents to learn
acupressure & massage techniques to practice on their
own. See workshops for Infant & Child Acupressure & Aromatherapy
workshop dates.
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