Skip Oliver is an experienced pregnancy yoga teacher. Skip believes that the strength, stamina and mental focus fostered by a yoga practice are unquestionably the most powerful tools that an expectant mother can use to facilitate a joyful birth. During pregnancy you share your body with your developing child and its lifeline, the placenta. Through yoga you can deeply connect with your body to understand the profound significance of these changes. Skip has devised an appropriate practice for pregnant women based on her own experience of three pregnancies and understanding of the mammalian instinct in childbirth. Skip's prenatal classes aim to teach pregnant women to listen to this deeper instinct and attune themselves to its call. Skip is founder of the whYoga Pregnancy Technique, offering quality pre-natal training to trained yoga teachers.
The ‘asanas’ or postures are effective at easing tiredness, swollen ankles and shortness of breath. The emphasis on breathing makes space for the internal organs, instills mindfulness, draws a higher level of oxygen into the womb and more overtly fosters the mother and baby bond; for you share one breath. A mother who connects with her breath in pregnancy will be able to draw upon its support during the mystery and wonder of labour and childbirth.
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Last updated April 9, 2018, 3:23 p.m. UTC
Skip Oliver is a yoga teacher with 20 years experience inspired by the plethora of Hatha Yoga tradition. The pregnancy and all levels classes approach posture work meditatively as well as incorporating imaginative sequencing work inspired by Skip's practice, making each class unique. All levels are embraced in her classes. Skip is adept at tailoring a yoga class to fulfil all students, whether advanced or beginner and marries seriousness and laughter with effortless ease. Skip is a published yoga author, yoga journalist, teacher trainer in children's yoga (yogabananas.com) and pre and post-natal yoga therapy (whyoga.com) and lecturer of yoga. Classes run in Earlsfield and Balham, South London £14 - 17.50 a class and Dorking/Cranliegh, Surrey Hills, £12 - £15. Private classes £65 - £80 an hour, certificated teacher training in children's yoga (Yoga Alliance Approved, Yoga Bananas www.yogabananas.com) and pre and post-natal yoga from £325 - £695.
