Belinda Staplehurst

Yogaworks: Please find below details of my pre and postnatal classes. I also teach general yoga and yoga for women’s health including menopause, both in groups and individual sessions.

For latest class times, venues and costs please go to:

For pregnancy yoga: https://www.yogaworks.me.uk/pregnancy-yoga.html

For mother& baby yoga: https://www.yogaworks.me.uk/mother-baby-yoga.html

For birthing sessions: https://www.yogaworks.me.uk/birthing-sessions.html

Pregnancy Yoga

These classes are suitable from 14 weeks+ right up to the end of pregnancy:

• Meet other pregnant women

• Manage common pregnancy ailments such as pelvic pain, back ache or indigestion

• Learn how to safely activate and release your core and back muscles

• Find practices to help prepare you for labour

• De-stress through simple breathing and relaxation practices

• Have regular time to bond with your unborn baby

Birthing sessions (with partners):

These one off 3 hour workshops run regularly to help prepare pregnant couples for labour and birth. Suitable from 32 weeks+, it is not necessary to be already attending the pregnancy yoga classes:

• Learn about how the baby moves down the pelvis in labour and practice movements that can help at each stage

• Explore massage, breathing and relaxation techniques that can help in labour

• Practice positions and breathing for birthing

Mother & Baby Yoga

These classes are for you if you have recently had a baby and want to:

• Restore your energies through simple breathing and relaxation practices

• Gently strengthen your pelvic floor and other core muscles

• Manage aches and pains by developing awareness of your posture and helpful stretches

• Have special bonding time with your baby by learning simple holds, massage and baby yoga moves

• Meet other mothers in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere

You can join as soon as 2-3 weeks after birth if you feel ready to come. Wait until after your six week check if you had a caesarian birth. The classes are for young babies up to pre-crawling, but please don’t enrol a baby who is already mobile.