5 common themes that many yoga for pregnancy classes encompass.
5 Reasons to Practice Prenatal Yoga, aka Yoga for Pregnancy
Why Breast Health & Comfort Deserve a Place in Yoga
Why Breast Health & Comfort Deserves a Place in Yoga You probably know that breasts change throughout every menstrual cycle? During the luteal phase, progesterone causes milk glands and ducts to swell in preparation for potential pregnancy, which is why many women experience breast fullness or tenderness before their period […]
Three Factors that make a Skilled Prenatal Yoga Teacher
(what to look for in a pregnancy yoga class or a prenatal yoga teacher Training) Three Factors that make a Skilled Prenatal Yoga Teacher Birthlight Prenatal Yoga offers specialised practices designed for the entire pregnancy journey—from conception through to the early postpartum period, including labor and birth. While many are […]
8 Ways to keep enjoying your Pregnancy yoga class in the Summer Heat
Summer pregnancy can feel challenging enough without adding hot yoga studios to the mix.
Birthlight Baby Yoga: A Daily Antidote to Overparenting?
The first episode of the ‘Bringing up Britain’ programme (Radio 4 Episode 13 October2020 ) explored various facets of the relentless micro-management and monitoring that are now part and parcel of being a parent. The Helicopter style of parenting, constantly hovering over babies and children, responds to a desire to […]
Birthlight Pioneers: Getting to Know Liz Doherty
Liz Doherty Birthlight Pioneer As co-grandmothers, Liz and I started our conversation talking about our grandchildren. Liz has three, from baby to pre-school age. She has been very much involved in her two daughters’ pregnancies and with the babies from birth onwards. She looks after them two days a week […]
BLENDED TRAINING, ZOOMING & The Future of Baby Massage and Baby Yoga
With the world’s health jeopardised by the twin threats of Covid-19 and the climate crisis, the range of how we deliver our teaching and training has to be expanded if we are to reach families and teachers effectively. Lockdown revealed a spectrum of approaches to online teaching; from the clammer […]