Pregnancy Yoga
Mondays, 7.30pm, Littlemore Village Hall, OX4 4JP (booking essential).
These friendly classes are here to support you from week 14 of your pregnancy right through to when you give birth. Using the internationally-acclaimed Birthlight method, this is a beautiful circle of women coming together to support each other and create a nourishing experience. Come and make friends!
Yoga is one of the best forms of exercise during pregnancy and is a safe way to keep you fit and healthy as your baby grows. In our sessions we practice easy-flowing postures to safely relieve pregnancy aches and pains, and to strengthen our bodies for the demands of birth and motherhood. It is a time to get in touch with your body and your growing baby. Our yoga is carefully designed to help you towards a healthy and joyful pregnancy, easy birth and speedy postnatal recovery!
If you are having any pregnancy complications please let us know and we can discuss the suitability of sessions. You may be able to do some or all of the class, yoga is very adaptable! Please make sure you have medical clearance for attending classes if needed.
Both beginners and more experienced practitioners are welcome. Classes are suitable for all pregnant women and people, of any size, shape and ability. This is an inclusive, supportive and non-judgemental space, where we support all forms of well-informed and respectful practices.
Private classes at the Iffley Private Studio are also available (please book a 1:1 session).
Group sessions at Littlemore Village Hall, Mondays at 7.30pm (booking essential).
Birth Preparation Workshop
At the Iffley Private Studio OX4 4JF (all details on booking)
This workshop is designed for pregnant women/people to attend with their birth partners.
Highly-individual session for 3 birthing couples only!
Extensive handouts and ongoing support are provided.
A hugely popular workshop delivered to hundreds of birthing partners in Oxford for over 10 years. It covers tried and tested methods to help you prepare physically and mentally for childbirth and learn how to work as a team to make it a powerful and life-affirming experience.
The focus is on providing you and your partner with an amazing and powerful tool-kit you can use whatever path your childbirth experience takes.
We dive deep into ‘Planet Birth’: how to move through a ‘surge’ or contraction, how to breathe and relax, what positions to use, how to conserve your energy, how to deal with the strong sensations and experiences of childbirth, how to support the hormones and physiology of childbirth, and top tips for tricky moments.
We cover massage for pain relief, dynamic yoga moves, effective birthing positions, relaxation and breath work for every stage and mode of childbirth. We will also cover rebozo and Spinning Babies techniques, so that you can feel confident about the birth of your baby.
The workshop not only prepares you for birth, but helps you feel better in your 3rd Trimester, and creates a fantastic grounding for your 4th Trimester and early days with your baby.
Birth partners report they have a profound feeling of being genuinely prepared and useful by the end of the session!
Many women say at the end of the workshop ‘I’m really looking forward to it now!”.
Oct 23 – FULL
Nov 23 – FULL
Dec 23 – FULL
Jan 24 – FULL
Taking enquires for group sessions for Feb 2024 onward.
Private sessions at the Iffley Private Studio are available, please enquire to book.
Pregnancy massage and treatments
Location: Iffley Private Studio, Oxford OX4 4JF (all details on booking).
Safe and gentle techniques are offered to help support your pregnancy and childbirth, so you can feel as amazing as possible and enhance your experience of this precious time.
Pregnancy aches and pains, and common complaints are alleviated by skilful techniques and practices.
Massage enables your body to accommodate the significant changes of pregnancy, prepare for childbirth and recover more quickly in the postnatal period.
Please book a ‘Treatment’ session.
Optimal Foetal Positioning & Breech Babies
Location: Iffley Private Studio, Oxford OX4 4JF (all details on booking).
In the final weeks of your pregnancy, it is important to help your baby into an optimal foetal position (or OFP) where they can move easily through your pelvis during childbirth. We are creating space so they can flex their heads, wriggle and spiral their way out! OFP will also help your baby engage into your pelvis and may prevent you from becoming overdue.
These sessions are a combination of treatments and massage to help your body release tension, and yoga you can carry on at home to assist in creating space for baby to move. You will learn practices you can continue into childbirth. The session includes Moxa if needed, Spinning Babies techniques, and extensive handouts for home practice.
Please book a ‘Treatment’ session.
Pre-childbirth massage & ‘Induction’ of labour
Location: Iffley Private Studio, Oxford OX4 4JF (all details on booking).
A combination of acupuncture and massage to help you into the best possible shape for childbirth, to get things going and encourage the onset of childbirth. We will also cover yoga and other practices you can continue at home and into childbirth to help establish labour.
Research and years of practice have shown treatment to be effective at creating calmness and relaxation. Acupuncture is often used to encourage the natural onset of labour prior to a medical induction. Massage can help with optimal foetal positioning to encourage your baby’s head into the best position to promote dilation of the cervix and effective contractions. The emphasis is on relaxation, softening and alignment, so your hormones can take over and get things started.
Please book a ‘Treatment’ session.
Pelvic Girdle Pain, Lower Back and Hip Pain
Location: Iffley Private Studio, Oxford OX4 4JF (all details on booking).
PGP, lower back and hip pain can be an incredibly debilitating and common pregnancy complaint. Differing symptoms and severity can be safely and effectively treated at any stage during or after pregnancy.
Massage, treatments, yoga practices and bespoke advice, are offered to help safely alleviate pain so you can enjoy your pregnancy.
Using a combination of hands-on techniques, kinesotape, acupuncture, advice and home exercises you will receive highly-targeted individual session to help you feel better.
Please book a ‘Treatment’ session.
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