Yoga for Pregnancy

Practising gentle yoga in pregnancy will enhance your health, increase your self confidence and sense of well being. While deeply relaxing, these classes also prepare you for labour, birth and motherhood in the best and most effective way.

Yoga for pregnancy was pioneered by Janet Balaskas and was first taught at the Active Birth Centre in 1986. We are the only centre in the UK completely dedicated to teaching yoga to pregnant and postnatal women and we are also renowned as a centre of excellence for training pregnancy yoga teachers.

The team of teachers who work at the Centre are experienced specialists in this field and are also experts in all aspects of pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond. They have a wonderful way of weaving this knowledge into their classes that you will not find in most other pregnancy yoga classes. You will be in completely safe hands, in classes that are not overcrowded, where your teacher will be aware of your particular needs and will guide you to work at a level that is right for you.

“Discovering the Active Birth Centre has been a true blessing. I find the yoga classes amazingly inspirational, giving me confidence and motivation and helping me to tune into the power of being a woman.”

“The yoga classes were superb and gave me so much to take with me into labour. Having had this experience I can’t imagine how women manage without it. I felt calm and in control most of the time. Even at the stormiest moments my yoga breathing was a life line.”
Yoga for Pregnancy Schedule
Monday morning 10.00am - 12.00pm Lynn Murphy
e-mail Lynn
Tuesday midday
Active Birth with Yoga		 1.00pm - 3.00pm BOOK Online
Janet Balaskas
e-mail Janet
Tuesday evening 7.00pm - 9.00pm Alice Charlwood
e-mail Alice
Wednesday morning 10.00am - 12.00pm Alice Charlwood
e-mail Alice
Wednesday evening 7.00pm - 9.00pm Lynn Murphy
e-mail Lynn
Thursday evening
Active Birth with Yoga		 7.00pm - 9.00pm
 BOOK Online
Janet Balaskas
e-mail Janet
Cost
Yoga for Pregnancy - £16 per class
Active Birth with Yoga - £22 per class
There is a one off registration fee of £10 for all bookings (No charge if booked online)
Discounted places are available on request
How to book

Classes are booked in advance.
You can join at any time after 13 weeks of pregnancy.
To book:
Active Birth with Yoga classes can be booked online.

For all other classes email your request to the email address
on the weekly schedule above.

To call or leave a message: Call 020 7281 6760
Please be sure to supply a daytime phone no.
We will get back to you as soon as possible.
Active Birth with Yoga classes are taught by Janet Balaskas
For more information about these classes click here

FAQ What is the difference between 'Active Birth with Yoga'
and 'Yoga for Pregnancy' classes?

Everything we teach is designed to help you to have a more relaxed pregnancy and an easier calmer birth. In all classes you will learn breathing, relaxation, yoga stretches and labour and birth positions. You can start either class anytime after your 13th week of pregnancy.

Active Birth with Yoga classes are taught by Janet Balaskas who is the pioneer of Pregnancy Yoga and founder Active Birth. They and include yoga, visualisation and affirmation techniques specifically designed by Janet to deepen your understanding of Active Birth. (They are also compatible with HypnoBirthing.)

Pregnancy yoga classes are taught by Lynn Murphy and Alice Charlwood, teachers who originally trained with Janet and are senior teachers with many years of successful teaching experience. Their classes include preparation for active birth, stretching and relaxation for pregnancy.

We recommend that you attend these classes on an ongoing weekly basis throughout your pregnancy from whenever you start in addition to any of our courses or workshops. This will give you the possibility to deepen your practise of the techniques you will learn.

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