Wednesdays, 6 Weeks, In Person, In Studio (No Class Oct 16 - make up class Oct 30)
Join us for an open, friendly class where you can ask questions, share birth fears and learn ways to improve your birth experience.
Prenatal yoga is suitable for all levels of experience and all stages of pregnancy.
Prenatal Yoga can increase concentration and pain coping, improve flexibility and strength, reduce anxiety and stress and ease pregnancy discomforts such as lower back pain and hip discomfort. As well as help you bond with your baby, facilitate a deeper connection with your body and intuition.
Our prenatal yoga starts out with a check in with the group, how are you feeling? How’s your body feeling? Anything specific you need to work on tonight? You share, and lend an ear to the other moms in the class. Then our Instructor leads us through breath work, movement, stretching and strengthening with techniques and reminders to stay in tune with your core breath and pelvic floor. It all feels so GOOD. Good for you body, good for your baby, your heart, and your mind. And after class is done amazing for your sleep!
Our Instructor
Carolyne Yeoman-McDonald, Yoga and Doula Team Lead
Carolyne is our lead yoga teacher here at The WOMB. A muma of 3; 2 of which were home births. After her first birth, she made education in health and wellness alternatives a priority. When she had her second daughter in 2009, she became a certified yoga teacher and from there helped her parents open up Radiant Health Yoga Studio. She has been supporting people through breathing and movement ever since.
It wasn’t until she started teaching yoga that she realized her birth experience was few and far between- something that women hoped for but rarely experienced. It became more and more apparent that there was a HUGE lack of support, information and resources and no tangible place to send mums to when it came to pre/postnatal care, so she began a Prenatal Yoga Circle.
That was in 2013, that class became a place for mums-to-be to connect, move and share. It opened them up to their options, giving them insight on the hidden gems of practitioners that were available within the community.
Later that year she took a weekend course in Doula education and a year later completed her 100hr Prenatal Yoga Certification. It was there she met Dr. Sinead Dufour, who she admires and has continued to train with over the years.
In 2015 she received her Pelvic Floor Trainer Certification with Bellies Inc. She continues to train and educate herself in Pelvic Health, and other modalities such as Movement and Trauma, Mindful Strength, Shamanic Healing and Yoga and The Facial System.
Being apart of The WOMB is a dream come true for Carolyne. She is beyond excited to be working alongside Dr. Pam Thornton, a huge mentor and leader in pre and postnatal health.
In the end, it’s not necessarily the type of birth you have that has a lasting impression… to know you had options and freedom of choice, that you were supported in your decisions and most importantly that you were heard and you were respected , that you were treated with care and compassion. This is of the utmost importance and lasts a lifetime. EVERY woman deserves this type of care.