Weekly Pregnancy Yoga Classes
Class are suitable for women from 14 weeks right up to baby arriving
I know hearing how other women found the classes can be helpful, especially if you’re feeling a little nervous (don’t be, these classes are super friendly I promise!) So you might like to read some of the many testimonials, reviews and feedback about my Pregnancy Yoga classes on my Facebook page.
Pregnancy Yoga is an amazing practice on its own, and also a brilliant complement to my Hypnobirthing & Birth Preparation courses too. It helps mums-to-be to connect with their baby and their amazing growing and changing pregnant body, strengthens and keeps the body mobile, eases aches and pains, can help you sleep better and you also learn lovely breathing and relaxation techniques too.
There really are so many benefits and you don't need to have practices any yoga before, or to bit 'fit' or 'bendy' or anything!
You can start anytime from 14 weeks (second trimester), and it will benefit you right up until baby is born.
You also get LOTS of amazing extras to support you and use between the classes, as well as the weekly classes themselves.
Also included for to use between classes, these extras:
a small video practice library of pregnancy yoga videos to use at home
MP3 guided relaxations and MP3 breathing exercises for you to use anytime
an amazingly friendly and supportive private Facebook community of local mums and mums-to-be, plus I’m in there to answer any questions and support you too.
a discount on my Hypnobirthing & Complete Birth Preparation courses
a discount on my amazing online pregnancy course - The Online Pregnancy Yoga Program™
a discount on my unique online course - What No-one tells you about your pelvic floor - but you need to know
Find out more on my weekly pregnancy yoga classes in York on my Yoga For Modern Life website - click here.
Here’s a little video about pregnancy yoga, and how I teach my pregnancy yoga classes
Because not all pregnancy yoga classes are equal…
In person classes
Classes are now back in the studio, in person - a totally different experience in every way to online yoga! There is currently a few spaces available, with a waiting list in place for some classes. But babies are born all them time - so you shouldn’t have to wait long!
Mondays : 7pm – 8.15pm
At The Hive Dance Studio, Poppleton, York, YO26 6PA) (view map)
Thursdays: 6pm – 7.15pm
At The Meeting House, Acomb Green, York, YO26 5LR (view map)
Thursdays: 7.30pm – 8.45pm
At The Meeting House, Acomb Green, York, YO26 5LR (view map)
Cost just £10 per week, for an in-studio class (Monday or Thursday), plus attend the monthly Tuesday livestream Breathe & Relax class for free too.
Brilliant value! Plus you get lots of brilliant extras too (recorded practices to use at home, MP3 guided relaxations, a supportive online community to stay connected between classes and lots more).
Booking now - classes up to end of 2024:
(if you need a different start date than shown on the booking system, then just drop me an email to arrange)
Classes take place all year round (except no classes run in August). Booking for classes from January 2025 will open closer to the time. If you want to get on the waiting list please email me susan@formodernmothers.com
If you would like to start pregnancy yoga at a different time, or have any questions all all (no question too silly!) then simple contact me:
livestreamed classes
No current live streamed classes. My experience tells me these are simply not the same as in real life classes - humans need to see other humans! So now we are out of covid, classes are back IRL. So happy for this!
Some feedback from the classes…
“I had a wonderful time last night at my first yoga session. I was warmly welcomed, the other participants were friendly and I came away feeling relaxed and energised. Thank you!”
“Your classes gave me the time and space I needed each week to connect with this pregnancy. So important with a toddler at home when I just don’t have the time”
“Just wanted to say a huge thank you, I found the classes really useful, relaxing and all round fantastic. ”
“Thanks so much for the pregnancy yoga sessions which have been so enjoyable, informative and also provided a space for me to bond with my baby over the past 6 months.”
“I have really enjoyed the classes and feel a lot more positive about the birth.”
“Thank you for the pregnancy yoga Susan, it’s been such a welcoming and safe environment to help me share with others our pregnancy experiences and just chill out!”
“Everyone I met at pregnancy yoga (both times 😊) have been so lovely. Definitely recommend to all Mums ❤️”
“Thanks for your lovely classes in the build up to this birth for me.
I loved hearing other women’s experiences and all your reassuring comments, and I was channelling all the calmness I got from the classes between contractions to help keep my energy up!!”
“Susan’s pregnancy yoga classes were my weekly evening of calm away from busy life and I will really miss them now baby has arrived”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the class, everyone seemed so lovely. I was a bit anxious about coming but as soon as I stepped through the door I was at ease! ”
“The yoga classes have been wonderful and exceeded all my expectations. I really look forward to them and spending time listening to other mums and having a moment for myself and baby. Thank you!”
“I have really loved hearing your reassuring advice, evidence-based and experience led knowledge, and also your empowering wisdom in each class.”
“I’m really enjoying the pregnancy yoga and I am also enjoying reading your blogs and I’ve watched some YouTube links - you are a huge resource of helpful information!! My husband and I are also really looking forward to your hypnobirthing course in Feb too.”
“The yoga has made the world of different to my pelvic discomfort. On top of that the women I met are so amazing, supportive and have been my lifeline now baby has arrived. I cannot that you enough for the space you create for pregnant women.”
“ just wanted to email and thank you for your wonderful pregnancy yoga. I had quite a few days of early contractions/twinges leading up to her birth and found myself turning to all the various yoga positions and breathing exercises that you had shown us. I found a way to stay really quite calm in those days and I put so much of that down to this.
It took a long time for me to reach active labour stage despite fairly intense surges from the outset. Again, I found myself really drawing on the breathing/positions that we had looked at during the yoga sessions to help me through this.
I really appreciated the group and the opportunity to share the journey with others going through it too.”
The benefits of Pregnancy Yoga:
Pregnancy yoga is a form of exercise recommended by midwives, and has many benefits for your pregnancy body and in preparing you for labour, birth and motherhood:
keep the body supple and strong without straining
boost energy
relieve stress and anxiety
promote relaxation and restful sleep
provide you with breathing techniques and positions to use during labour and birth
relieve common minor pregnancy ailments such as heartburn, swollen joints and constipation
help expecting mothers to bond with your unborn baby through breathing and visualisation techniques
Breathing exercises to create space in the body, bring calm to mum and to introduce ways in which breathing can facilitate birth.
Helps you tune into your body and your baby.
There is more information here about the brilliance of pregnancy yoga in a recent blog post I wrote.
Pelvic Floor Workshop
A workshop designed to bring greater understanding of women’s pelvic floor and pelvic heath. Join me plus a specialist women’s pelvic health physio Emma Tailby for this enlightening workshop. Not to be missed
Next one: September/Octber 2022
Pregnancy Half Day & Full Day Retreats
THESE BEAUTIFUL Pregnancy ‘Rest & Relax’ retreats in York are some real me-time, an afternoon or full day of bliss FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. The PERFECT pregnancy SELF-CARE FOR YOU AND YOUR BABY
NEXT DATES:
Sunday 8th May 2022 // 2.30pm TO 5.30pm - SOLD OUT
Next dates will be September 2022 - email me to be the first to know when booking opens
They include gentle nourishing yoga to ease niggles and aches and allow you to gently but effectively stretch out your body. We also practice beautiful restorative yoga for pregnancy so you can rest and nurture yourself. As well as deep guided relaxations to help you fully relax body and mind, whilst connecting into your body, your pregnancy and your baby. And with some brilliant breathing practices to release tension and feel great.
All in a beautiful setting in York, with cushions, blankets, candles and cosiness. Along with nourishing food and delicious drinks, and the great company of other pregnant mothers to be.
You will have a deeply nourishing, revitalizing and relaxing time, and leave feeling just wonderful. Really enjoying some special me-time to connect in with yourself and your baby.
The Online Pregnancy Yoga Program™
Join my accessible and affordable new pregnancy yoga offering - The Online Pregnancy Yoga Program™
This is a unique program of Pregnancy yoga for the positive pregnancy experience you deserve. Learn yoga movement, relaxation, breathing practices, meditation and mindfulness in a modern and simple way, for the world we live in, that every pregnant woman can benefit from.
Over 12 hours of classes, including;
Movement
Breath work
The Art of Pregnancy Relaxation
Meditation
Pelvic Floor
Positive Pregnancy Mindset
Find a stronger, gently energised pregnant body and a relaxed and positive mind. Be more prepared for labour and birth
Pregnancy Yoga One to One
1:1 private pregnancy yoga classes work with the needs of mum-to-be, focusing on any problem areas, working on breathing techniques and keeping you as physically active as you want to be. The sessions are tailored specifically to meet your needs, and to support you one-to-one at this special time. Taking a one off, or a series of private pregnancy yoga lessons is an investment in you and your baby.
Brilliant for:
Women who are finding it difficult to fit pregnancy yoga into their busy lives, as they are at a time to suit you.
Women with specific problems in pregnancy such as SPD, Pelvic Girdle Pain or Sciatica as classes can be tailored specifically to you.
Women who are looking for some relaxation - we can create a delicious restorative, nurturing yoga practice full of brilliant breathing techniques and a 'super savasan' relaxations, with a deeply relaxing yoga nidra too. Gorgeous, a real treat!
Where? I teach one to one pregnancy yoga from my own practice space in my home, situated on the edge of York (in Poppleton). I have all the yoga kit for you here, plenty of lovely yoga mats, blocks, straps, blankets and other yoga props for you to use in your private yoga sessions - so there's no need to bring anything with you. Also free and easy parking right outside, or take the train in 5 minutes form central York too. If you prefer I can also travel to your home or workplace to work with you, bringing mats, props and everything you may need with me, to help with busy schedules. But there IS an additional charge for this for my travel time.
Cost: Private yoga at my own studio is £45 per 1 hour session. If you book a block of five 1 hour classes that is £200 (saving £25 on individual session prices). Travel to your home or place of work will be at an additional cost, depending on location.
