Prenatal Yoga
Pregnancy is an important time to switch to specialised prenatal yoga, to reap the benefits a targeted practice can have on your body, birth and baby.
Enjoy a healthy pregnancy
Even a single session of prenatal yoga has been found to reduce anxiety around childbirth, to reduce depressive symptoms and anxiety in a shifting, constant state of change.
A unique and transformative time, these classes are is designed to increase connection to baby, self care and self compassion and your body changes.
Specialised yoga helps reduce a variety of aches and pains through pregnancy including varicose veins, ankle swelling, pelvic stability and back ache.
We commonly hear these classes improve sleep, building strength and resilience, lower blood pressure and even improve insulin resistance.
Prepare for labour & recovery
Targeted shapes help release the tension and accomodate the elasticity of abdominal muscles, lumbar muscles and pelvic floor muscles.
Together we can safely open the hips and pelvis, increase the strength of the core muscles and flexibility of the joints, which can assist an active birth. This preparation improves mind-body connection and also avoids the slow or stagnant labor process caused by poor muscle strength.
Breath and body awareness help us manage cesarean births or labor interventions with strength, resilience, and calm, supporting a safe recovery.
Grow a healthy & resilient child
Moderate exercise during pregnancy can improve fetal health and growth, by enhancing blood circulation, providing your baby with a greater supply of oxygen and nutrients.
Studies show as little as 20 minutes of exercise three times per week can advance a newborn's brain activity, and is said to increase a baby’s resilience to trauma or stressful experiences such as birth.
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Indulge in a 1:1 session of flow and calm, tailored to you.
While our session is yoga based, it broadly draws on Pilates, myofacial release, acupressure, mindfulness and breath to give a well rounded class rooted in evidence based practices.
While your needs may vary on any given day, most practices will involve yoga movement, embodiment cues and flowing practice cumulating in deep restorative rest.
This is all about you. We’ll talk, respond to what you need and work with whatever your goals might be.
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Online 1:1
Thanks to the internet I can meet you where ever you are.
In person 1:1
My home studio is Montagu Bay, Tasmania and has all the props, supports and equipment we need in a beautiful, dedicated space.
I can accomodate home visits in the Hobart area, please contact me before booking your session so I can allow some travel time.
Community Classes
I currently run small group classes at Beach Road, Sandy Bay Tasmania. See my contact page for class details
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Alex a Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher, having completed 600+ hours of RYS yoga teacher trainings in Australia and overseas.
Speciality trained by Tradition Chinese Medicine Dr Amanda Waaldyk and Physiotherapist Phoebe Cole, I’ve been teaching Prenatal Yoga since 2016 across VIC, NSW and now Tasmania.
