Ines Rothmann shares her journey and experience My Birthlight journey started in 2017, at a time that I felt the need to deepen my prenatal yoga teaching experience. Over the years I have felt immensely grateful and privileged to learn from the profound wisdom of Kirsteen Ruffell, Francoise Freedman and […]
Forest Babies classes were born in Covid times. And like all babies at that time, things were a little bit different. “it’s important to let our babies enjoy the wonders of nature from a very young age” At the start of 2020, my infant massage and baby yoga business was […]
Teaching Postnatal and Baby Yoga during summer requires extra consideration for both mothers and babies.
At Birthlight we pay a lot of attention to ‘grounding’ practices in pregnancy and after birth as this opens the door to better postural awareness.
#babyyoga #GermanBabyYoga #BabyYogaGermany Since 2023, the Baby Yoga training is offered in German for the first time with Johanna. Here you can find out how Johanna came to Birthlight and what fascinates her most about Baby Yoga: How did you come to Birthlight Yoga? It all started with the book […]
Back in 2005 I was teaching in a primary school in Tower-Hamlets. I loved teaching, but I also felt I’d left behind my teenage dream of being a massage therapist, so I went back to college to learn Indian Head Massage. At the time we (staff in my school) were […]
The fun side of Baby Yoga was evident from the early days. Then, naively, I thought teaching Baby Yoga would be a doddle. Over time I have grown to relish the challenge of drawing on Yoga to support parents whose lives have been turned upside down by taking on the […]
In the mid 1990’s, I was a children’s nurse in Birmingham, running a baby ward. Although I loved the children and families, I was disillusioned with the bureaucratic behemoth that was the NHS. I decided a change of direction was required. Having already developed a love of aromatherapy, I was […]
Le baby yoga de Birthlight arrive en France! C’est avec un grand plaisir que nous annonçons l’arrivée de la formation Birthlight en Baby Yoga à Paris en juin 2023 Le baby yoga, c’est quoi? C’est une pratique douce et accessible inspirée des principes de yoga et de techniques corporelles et […]
Baby massage has been around for hundreds of years, from ancient India, to China, Africa, South East Asia and around the globe. Indeed, I suspect that parents have been lovingly stroking their babies forever. Whilst baby massage classes are a relatively new trend for the western world (classes in the […]
“The more we do our yoga, our yoga, our yoga, the more we do our yoga the healthier we’ll be. We’re bendy and stretchy and peaceful and happy. The more we do our yoga, the healthier we’ll be.” I sing this song regularly in my Yoga Babies classes, but the […]
Baby Communication Week Day 5 14 – 21st June My name is Liz Thompson and I am a Birthlight baby massage, and mother & baby yoga instructor. A while back, I was asked to share my experience with you regarding our 2017-2018 yearlong audit at the Royal London Hospital, Barts […]
Mirror Learning Webinar With Hugo Lavalle, Acquarella, Italy. Co-hosted by STA and Birthlight How do babies pattern their movements in water long before they can follow instructions or even stories that captivate their imagination? Babies grow their brains and their sense of self through movement in interactive, ideally loving, relationships […]
Jiggles & cuddles help babies grow Baby Yoga is an ideal practice for creating the balance between stimulation and calm that helps babies grow. Finding this balance is of supreme importance during the time of COVID, as we go out less on shorter and rainy days. Our home environments are […]
Spot interview with Dr Stella Acquarone, founder of the Parent-Infant Centre www.infantmentalhealth.com. Stella Acquarone’s pioneering work with parents and infants is relevant to all that we do in Birthlight, but most particularly to Baby Massage/Baby Yoga teachers and Infant Aquatics teachers. Some Birthlight members may remember her inspiring presentation about […]
Tummy Time helps me develop strong lower back muscles and good head control after birth, but I need you to be involved. Please join me on the floor so we can have fun doing yoga together. I like your cobra pose but watch, I can do it without arms! Recent […]