Even if you have neever done Yoga before, this class is suitable for all mums to be!
Recommended by most doctors and midwives, prenatal yoga offers a multitude of benefits to both mother and baby throughout pregnancy, during birth and beyond:
Joint exercises - perfect for poor circulation, swelling/water retention and excellent to improve mobility. Also enhances squatting and other birthing positions.
Gentle Stretching - maintains supple and toned muscles.
Breathing – balances the autonomic nervous system which regulates the major systems of the body and controls hormonal secretions. Deep breathing increases the intake of oxygen to both mother and baby. ‘Birthing breaths’ aid in the preparation for a calm birthing.
Yoga Nidra - Blood pressure is also lowered and during this relaxation technique and one gains the equivalent of 4 hours deep sleep. Yoga Nidra also promotes inner communication with your child and assists in releasing any impressions associated with the fear of birthing.
In addition, by developing a deeper awareness of your body, a powerful connection between a mother and her child is established.
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J'anakiy began her personal yoga practice several years ago at the Sivananda Yoga Centre in London. After many years of enduring the corporate world she decided to embark upon a journey of the soul, completing travels throughout Asia, and most notably the birth-place of Yoga: India.
Whilst in India J'anaki had the good fortune to study with many influential Yogis’ and then immediately went on to complete a rigorous Yoga Teacher Training at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in New York.
In 2009 J'anaki returned to South Africa on a mission to spread the timeless teachings of yoga – and to give birth to a precious little girl.
Although still teaching classical Hatha Yoga, J'anaki was inspired by her own pregnancy and birthing into specialising in Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga, with an emphasis on well-being and confident birth preparation.
J'anaki has been influenced by various schools of yoga: namely the Sivananda and Satyananda traditions which focus on a meditative practice.
J'anaki: “As we continue to settle into nuclear families, the elimination of community living in the modern world has led to a severe education gap amongst expectant mothers. There is currently an urgent need for the re-empowerment of women to claim back their right to birth their children (in which ever manner they choose) confidently, just as countless generations have been doing since the dawn of humanity. Along with midwives, this is the role of the Yoga Teacher”.
