Why do babies love yoga?

Babies exist in a natural state of contentment. Yoga encourages their openness and curiosity.  As babies develop, they move instinctively through poses that mirror yoga postures created thousands of years ago.  Modern lifestyles mean that the natural movement babies need to practise for healthy development is often restricted by the use of car seats, pushchairs and walkers.  Baby yoga helps to reinforce and encourage development and provides parents and babies with a quiet space in which to spend time together without distractions.  More than anything, babies love your undivided attention!

What are the benefits of baby yoga?

• Massaging poses help babies to digest more easily
• Helps to ease the pains of gas and mild colic
• Encourages babies to sleep more restfully and for longer
• Enhances natural flexibility and development
• Nurtures happy, confident babies through touch and bonding

What does a Yoga Babies session involve?

• Breathing awareness techniques for parents
• Postnatal stretches for mothers, focusing on areas such as shoulders, back and neck, which can be tight after holding and nursing babies
• Specially devised gentle stretches and massaging movements for babies
• Simple songs and movements
• Tummy time with massage, to aid your baby’s development
• Fun postures to share, which can help to calm fretful babies
• Postures for parents, to strengthen abdomen and back
• Relaxation for parents and babies

The yoga for adults in these classes is designed to help with postnatal recovery, so it is gentle and therapeutic.  We also concentrate on areas of the body that come under pressure carrying and caring for babies, such as the lower back and shoulders.  Yoga breathing is taught to help re-energise, and the relaxation and rest period offers a welcome time out.

For information on bookings, prices and schedules, see the bookings page

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