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"Inspiring You to Lead a Healthier, More Fulfilling Life"
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Elmhurst Yoga Shala is offering two new workshops for parents-to-be and new parents:
Birthing Basics - The Basics of Pregnancy, Labor & Birth
Breast Feeding & Baby Wearing - for Newborns & Older Babies
Please visit the Birth Basics & Baby Care page on our website for more information and to register.
And we also offer a wonderful Zen Parenting Workshop for families-to-be and families with children of all ages (newborns thru teens). Please visit the Yoga Shala Kids & Teens, NFP website Workshops page for information and to register.
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Prenatal / Mommy & Baby Yoga Classes
“What a child learns in the womb cannot be learned on earth.”
YOGI BHAJAN
Prenatal Yoga
Pregnancy is a transitional time for women, when many physical & emotional changes take place. Your body needs special care. Prenatal Yoga is an excellent way to slow down, prepare the body for all the changes it goes through and honor these changes in ourselves, our body and our baby. Prenatal Yoga emphasizes gentile stretching and supported strengthening poses to nurture the pregnant body. Meditation and relaxation techniques are incorporated to nurture the spirits of you and your baby. The yoga postures and breathing help strengthen the uterus and pelvic muscles, keep the body flexible, are designed to help ease many common discomforts in pregnancy, and make your body flexible and strong for birth. Many women find that practicing yoga during pregnancy calms their mind, lifts their mood, and deepens their connection with their growing baby. With sharing information and knowledge, and finding focus through the breath with deep relaxation, together Mothers connect to their babies and prepare for a healthy, mindful, more natural approach to a more peaceful and calm labor and birth. This class is open to expectant moms of all yoga experience levels. Pregnancy is a great time to begin. Classes are ongoing and include women in all phases of pregnancy. The practice of yoga gives you the opportunity to create a world (your body) for your baby that is healthy and at peace. Taught by Jackie DeGaetano.
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Wednesdays 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm.
Mats, Props, Birthing Balls, and Massage Oils provided in class.
Pre-registration required.
$100 for 8 classes. |
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Mommy & Baby
All levels of yoga experience are welcome as this class is a restorative, yet strengthening, Hatha yoga class for the new mom and baby. It offers moms an opportunity to integrate yoga and movement with their baby as well as meet other new moms in class. Class focuses on gentle strengthening exercises to tone and relax a mother's body after delivery and meditation to calm your mind. Moms and babies will stretch to increase abdominal and back strength; and Moms will also build stamina. The class also includes baby play, baby stretches, and baby massage. You may begin class as soon as you feel ready for exercise, though a common guide line is around 4 - 6 weeks postpartum. Join in anytime. Taught by Jackie DeGaetano.
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To learn more about Mom & Baby classes or to learn how to register, please click here to go to the kids website.
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This page was last updated on 03/22/11.
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