Pregnancy Yoga
Thursdays 6pm in Beaconsfield
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Congratulations on your pregnancy!
Small Blessings offers Pregnancy Yoga in the Fremantle area. Much more than just a pregnancy yoga class, these classes offer you nourishment, guidance and practical support for all levels of your being through the journey of pregnancy and into birth.
Classes are safe for all stages of pregnancy. They include yoga postures and movements especially suited to pregnancy, to alleviate common complaints, to feel good in your body and to connect with your baby.
Deep relaxation lets you get the deep rest you so need and absorb the benefits of the exercises. It’s a balm for your nervous system.
Meditations especially themed for pregnancy clear your mind, balance your emotions, raise your spirits and cultivate intuition.
Small Blessings Pregnancy Yoga also serves as powerful birth preparation. The practice deepens your instinctive and intuitive connection to yourself and your baby, prepares your body and strengthens your nervous system. The meditations, conscious breathing and special birth preparation exercise clear subconscious fears and blocks and train mental focus and spiritual stamina.
Classes also include sharing from the teachings of Kundalini Yoga - soul-friendly philosophical ideas to enrich your spirit and practical tips to support you in your life.
You can, and having felt the benefits so strongly most women do, continue right up to the birth.
In fact, it’s not uncommon that we send a woman off to birth and then in the days after she goes into labour!
Small Blessings Pregnancy Yoga 10 week cycles
How do the classes work? There are options:
🌿 Book the whole 10 week cycle and continue coming as long as you like (all the way to the birth)
🌿 Attend just the 6 week Intensive course (can also be repeated and drop-in classes and gathering can be added individually)
🌿 You can also come and try a casual class whenever there is one, to check it out.
Find term dates below.
About the 6 week pregnancy yoga & birth preparation intensive course
🌿 enjoy your pregnancy & prepare holistically & effectively for birth & beyond
Each of the 2 hour classes consists of customised pregnancy yoga and meditation practice as well as yogic teachings, birth education & personal reflection. The course gives you the input and the space to go through the transformations of pregnancy & prepare for birth & beyond in a supported and and wise way.
See below for an outline of the course content.
You receive a printed manual and workbook as well as additional resources and are guided to establish a home practice. You will also have access to a recorded pregnancy yoga class to do in your own time.
These cycles also offer the opportunity to make new connections and feel a sense of togetherness.
You can (but don’t have to) include your partner if you wish in week 5.
An important note on birth
Every birth is unique and, while we can do alot to prepare and feel confident heading into birth (if still naturally a little awed and nervous!), it’s not something that we can ever fully control. In Small Blessings birth preparation, we don’t prepare for a specific kind of birth or birth outcome, rather for a birth in which you feel afterwards that you were sovereign, you stayed connected to yourself and your own instincts and intuition, you felt respected, cared for and that your choices were your own.
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6 Week Course Content
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teachings of Kundalini Yoga on the journey into motherhood – role of the mother
120 days - a soul enters
understanding and embracing the changes – physical, emotional/psychological, spiritual
listening to your needs, cultivating trust in your intuition
nourishing yourself and your baby – yogic lifestyle suggestions
Intro to KY for pregnancy – posture, movements, breath, focus, mantra, relaxation and meditation
Go home with a suggested practice to do for yourself daily.
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the story of physiological birth
the music of birth and the symphony of hormones – their physiological and psycho-social purpose
understanding the principles of birth to know what is needed to support you on that journey
relating to birth – where are you at with it right now?
Yoga, relaxation, meditation and intro to the birth preparation exercise.
Suggested resources.
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getting a clear picture of how physiological birth intersects with different birth settings
understanding protocols of your midwife, the family birthing centre or hospital
understanding pros and cons of induction, epidural, caesarian, “managed” fourth stage etc
using your informed intuition to make choices
optimising your chances for a great hospital birth (if this is your choice)
gentle caesarian tips
how might this knowledge affect your choices of where and with whom to give birth?
birth mapping
Yoga, birth preparation exercise, relaxation and meditation.
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things you can do in birth - movement, positions, using your voice and breath, choosing your attitude, directing your mind
learning from experience: if you’ve given birth already, what did it teach you?
importance of mind in birth
power of the breath and strength of your spirit
how mind can sabotage birth – confronting your own patterns now
bringing the light of awareness to your beliefs about life, yourself, birth – an opportunity to grow in readiness for mothering this child
identifying how you react in times of stress and crisis and making a plan as to how to meet the crisis
Yoga, birth preparation exercise, relaxation and meditation.
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Partners are invited to attend this class.
the role of partners and support people in birth – dos and don’ts
inspiration for consciously co-creating a life you want for your family
anticipating challenge – big changes ahead – facing it and getting ready, have a strategy
understanding, honouring and embracing polarities
the father/partner role during the first 40 days
cultivating community – for women raising a child solo
cultivating good communication as the foundation of a happy family and relationships
celebrating difference
Yoga, birth preparation exercise, relaxation and meditation.
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integration phase – the golden hours, the first 3 days
the universal understanding of the first 40 days as a precious transition
the 5 warms to make this a cozy and peaceful time
Kundalini teachings on the first 40 days, including Ayurvedic wisdom and the vital role of sevadar (one who serves the mother)
Personal process to workshop your options.
Yoga, birth preparation exercise, relaxation and meditation.
Booking Options & Fees
Full 10 week cycle: includes 6 week intensive course + 3 x 90 minute Thurs evening Pregnancy Yoga classes + attendance at end of cycle gathering - $360 (if repeating $320)
6 week intensive course: includes 6 x Thurs night classes, printed manual/workbook, 2 recorded classes, partner attendance week 5 - $260 (if repeating $220)
90 minute casual Pregnancy Yoga class: $30
Bank details for transfer payments: Grisht Ashram BSB 016 008 A/N 426811142
Dates
Term 4:
10 week cycle
6 week intensive course: 29th October, 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th November: 3rd December
90 minute Pregnancy Yoga classes: 15th and 22nd October; 10th December
Gathering: 17th December
Mentorship & Guidance
Alongside classes, as well as separate from them, Jai Ram can serve you as a Birth coach in your preparation for birth as well as an extra support through your pregnancy journey and preparation for motherhood.
As a Small Blessings student, you can add sessions at the specially discounted rate of 10% off.
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