Vera has been practicing yoga since 1992 and teaching from 2004. She holds teaching diplomas from British Wheel of Yoga, Birthlight, Yoga Therapy Diploma (YC) and children teaching training from Special Yoga Centre. Vera has extensive training in meditation and mindfulness practices. She also trained as a Doula with Dr Michel Odent.
Vera’s primary focus now is on developing holistic therapeutic approach that supports each woman on her unique journey (issues with female health, postnatal recovery, pregnancy, fertility, menopause) with the use of yoga and other complimentary practices that she picked up along the way.
Vera teaches regular group classes on Mondays in online format (well-woman yoga, postpartum, fertility and pregnancy) as well as having 1-2-1 yoga therapy with clients (both online and face to face in her clinic) who require a developed of more specific programme that can address their specific concerns.
Keeping Aquanatal going for mums since 2009.
Classes that give you the chance to Come and meet new mums, exercise, relax, and enjoy the eater during and after your pregnancy.
Prenatal classes are specially designed for all stages of pregnancy, supporting you with physical and emotional needs whilst being pregnant in an environment that will make you feel part of a team and not alone.
Exercises can be altered to help support SPD, PGP and other aliments as you are an individual.
Classes allow you to bond with your unborn child and relax away the stresses from the outside world.
Postnatal is now renamed at Aqua4mum.
These classes are designed to help you restore your core, abs, back muscles, Pelvic floors, shoulders, and release the hormone Cortisol that is the primary stress builder, as we adapt to new world of family, friends and work life balance.
All exercises we do are to promote pelvic tone, re-alignment and stability of the spine and pelvis, a good class to attend is you have had a c-section, lower back problems in or before pregnancy.
Aqua4mums welcomes all who think this will do them good.
Vikki is a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, with over ten years experience. She offers group and private pregnancy and postnatal yoga classes in Essex, as well as c-section recovery workshops.
I run small socially distanced hatha yoga classes. Well Woman classes will be added soon. Please contact me for more details.
We run Aquanatal Yoga classes in Southend on Thursday evenings. You can come trial a class for £12 then it’s booked in 4 week blocks for £48. Suitable from your first scan. It’s a lovely way to connect with your growing baby while easing up all the aches and pains of pregnancy.
We also run land pregnancy yoga classes in Westcliff, Rayleigh, Benfleet and Leigh.
Come and enjoy pregnancy yoga. Suitable from 14 weeks to birth. Enjoy gentle stretches and toning. Learn calming breathing techniques that are so beneficial pre and post natally and when birthing. Meet others and share experiences, bond with your baby, prepare for the birth and enjoy time to relax. Suitable for everyone with modifications including for those with pelvic girdle pain.
Connect with your baby in a calm, welcoming and supportive environment.
6-week courses, based just outside Saffron Walden.
Baby Yoga
The gentle movements, focus on your baby and will aid circulation and digestion as well as support muscle tone, coordination, and the development of your baby’s body awareness. Baby Yoga also includes the opportunity to explore movement together and plenty of time to engage and be present with your baby.
Baby Massage
Baby massage allows you to enjoy special, focussed, one-to-one time with your baby in a relaxing environment. There are numerous benefits to massage too as the strokes will stimulate all of your baby’s major body systems and support with relief from constipation or teething as well as your baby’s relaxation as the massage supports the release of calming oxytocin. Only you will massage your baby and the strokes will cover baby’s legs, arms, tummy, chest, face and back.
Toddler Yoga
Yoga-inspired poses, stretches and movements, weaved amongst songs, rhymes and stories, create an inspiring, fun and engaging class for toddlers. Weekly themes keep little ones interested, whilst the classes also introduce your toddler to concepts of relaxation, breathing and gratitude.
Please get in touch for more information. Emily x
Pregnancy yoga classes run in Hailsham and other areas (also on Zoom). Suitable from 14 weeks to birth. Enjoy gently toning, strengthening, stretching, learn calming breathing techniques, relax, bond with your baby, prepare for the birth and meet others. Classes are friendly, informal, inclusive and modified for people as required e.g. if you have pelvic girdle pain. No previous yoga experience is needed. Yoga pack and WhatsApp group provided. If you miss a class, you can get sent a recording.
Ongoing support provided with baby massage, baby yoga and post natal yoga.
Baby yoga (and baby massage) classes are run in Hailsham and other areas in East Sussex (also on Zoom). Suitable from a few weeks old to crawling. Enjoy songs, stretches, gentle toning and relaxation for your baby and you and meet others. Classes are friendly, informal, inclusive and offer variations for each move for the baby according to his/her age, development stage and personality. Each term there is a different theme with different songs and the opportunity for fancy dress for the final week. Gentle post natal exercises are included for mothers including care for the pelvic floor and if you have diastasis recti. Props such as baby yoga balls and sensory scarves add to the fun. All classes are very baby friendly and parents dip in and out of the class to feed, cuddle etc. If you miss a week, I send you a recording. A yoga pack is included with lots of exercises, songs and post natal breathing in. Home made cakes are provided for the final week!
Ongoing support provided with baby massage, post natal yoga. I also teach pregnancy yoga.
Pregnancy yoga in Seaford and surrounding areas in East Sussex is suitable for everyone from 14 weeks up to birth. Classes are friendly, informal and provide a wonderful way to remove aches and pains, create more space for your growing bump, care for your posture, encourage baby into the optimal fetal position for birth, learn calming breathing techniques for pregnancy, birth and beyond, feel positive, bond with your bump, prepare for the birth, relax and meet others. Moves are adapted when needed for example for pelvic girdle pain. Classes are run in 5 week blocks on Tuesdays in Seaford and people tend to keep coming until they have their baby. If you miss a week, a recording can be sent. No experience is required before attending.
Baby yoga courses are run every half term in Seaford,East Sussex and surrounding areas. Suitable for all babies from around 8 weeks up to crawling. People often say this is the most beneficial and enjoyable and fun course they do with their baby. You both get to enjoy memorable songs whilst stretching and relaxing. Sensory aids such as baby yoga balls and colourful scarves to encourage movement. Fantastic to encourage movement, fine and gross motorskills, healthy brain development with brain gym movements, moves to help digestion and joint relaxation at the end with sensory lights. Parents get to remove post natal aches and pains with restorative post natal recovery exercises. Photos and home-made cakes at the final week. Very baby friendly and parents dip in and out to feed, cuddle and have the option to use baby yoga dolls should their baby sleep. Yoga packs provided and a recording sent if you miss a week. Baby massage classes also offered in Seaford and Newhaven.
Pregnancy yoga Classes on Saturdays 10.30 am till 12 o’clock UK time (currently online)
Book your free trial class
I run small prenatal and postnatal recovery classes from my studio in Wye near Ashford in Kent. I am currently running online prenatal and postnatal classes but am hoping to also resume studio classes very soon.
Local Pregnancy Yoga suitable from 14 weeks – due date. Karin has been teaching Pregnancy Yoga since 2006 runs a popular weekly class in central Cambridge (currently via Zoom).
I’m currently offering 1:1 sessions, couples sessions or private groups for Prenatal, Postnatal Baby Yoga and Well Woman Yoga in & around Winchester.
If you’d like to feel more at ease in body & mind during your pregnancy whatever kind of birth you may have planned my gentle, accessible yet effective practices will help.
I’ve been teaching Pre & Postnatal classes since 2002 and tutoring Birthlight training courses in the UK and around the world since 2008. Postnatal sessions can be with or without your baby who will be included in the session to left out, we can also include Baby Yoga or have it as a separate session.
Well Woman Yoga can be a wonderful support throughout the lifecycles and particularly at times of transition like the Menopause or when health challenges come up.
Give me a call for a friendly chat about what you’d like to get out of Yoga tailored for you.
Postnatal Yoga
Nurturing postnatal yoga class with the chance to incorporate the babies into the practice. Great opportunity to relax, recuperate, regain strength and meet other mums while your baby relaxes with you in a safe environment. Postnatal Yoga benefits include: Core stability (pelvic floor, abdominals, gluteus and back muscles); Realign and maintain suppleness in the spine; Tone deep muscles to ‘close the body’ after pregnancy and birth; Relieve stiffness; promote relaxation through breath’s expansion; detox the system improving blood flow; boost mood and confidence