Welcome to all new Prenatal Yoga students who joined Yoga Yoga in March and a big Congratulations to all the new yoga babies born!

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Postnatal Class Schedule - Summer '08

Postnatal Yoga class is a great way to support the body's recovery after birth. Mothers may bring their babies for an experience that incorporates yoga and bonding with the baby. These classes are a wonderful way to connect with other new mothers in a supportive and healthy environment.

YYNorthwest
Wednesday 10:30am with Sarah E
Thursday 10:30am with Summer

YY North
Friday 10:30am with DeLora - for Crawlers and Toddlers!

YYSouth
Monday 3:00pm with with DeLora - for Crawlers and Toddlers!
Wednesday 12:00pm with DeLora

YY Westgate
Tuesday 10:30am with Jess G
Thursday 10:30am with Jess G - for Crawlers and Toddlers!
Sunday 1:30pm with Jess G

Prenatal for Partners with Alice
Register early for these workshops! April and May are already full.
Saturday, June 7, 2:00 pm-4:30 pm at Yoga Yoga South Register Now
Saturday, July 26, 2:00 pm-4:30 pm at Yoga Yoga Northwest Register Now
Saturday, August 9, 12:00 pm-2:30 pm at Yoga Yoga Westgate Register Now
This fun and supportive workshop gives both birthing partners the tools they’ll need to experience a satisfying childbirth. Reflect upon the sacred aspect of the prenatal period and take an opportunity to experience deeper connection with one another and the growing baby through physical and meditative practices.

Prenatal Yoga and Nutrition with Mary (Guru Partap)
Sunday, August 10 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm Yoga Yoga Westgate
Increasingly science tells us what the yogis have known for millenia: to a large extent, lifelong health is shaped in the womb, and a woman can influence generations through the positive changes with physical and emotional nutrition. We will explore the yoga of prenatal food, spices, and body-mind nourishment, practice a prenatal kundalini yoga set for strengthening digestive fire, and a special meditation to nourish mother-power.
Click here to register for this workshop.

Beat the Heat!

Buy a 20 class pass and get August FREE!
All August weekend workshops are free, including Prenatal for Partners and Prenatal Yoga and Nutrition.

Register for Beat the Heat at any Yoga Yoga Location.

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Have you taken a class with Sanieh?

A devoted student of Senior teacher and yoga master Shiva Rea, the method of Prana Vinyasa Flow™ and Samudra, Global School for Living Yoga, Sanieh's unique teaching style is drawn from the most sacred of all spaces where she transmits her ability to genuinely practice loving encouragement while safely and gracefully guiding individuals to find their intelligent edge within.

Sanieh embraced Prenatal Yoga as an experience that we all have since every one of us, at some point and in SOME way, will birth SOMETHING. A magical time to deepen into the ultimate body awareness of the life within, prenatal students can expect to become deeply in touch with the feminine essence, the Shakti at its finest.

With liquid movement and returning to our innate nature that is softness of spirit and joy, students of her prenatal classes can expect to move at their own sacred pace, and enjoy connection of the divinity within, and communion of those who share the space.

Click here to see when Sanieh teaches.

Sufyan's Birth Story by Ravyn Abboushi
Born on February 13, 2008

The decision to have a home birth was not easy for my husband and I at first. It came after much conversation and after changing care providers 4 times during the pregnancy. When I finally met our midwife, Heather Hilton, I knew immediately she would attend our birth and the fear and anxiety I was feeling about the pregnancy and birth lightened.

The day we began labor was Feb. 12, our due date. I had taken 2 long walks with my mother who had come to town to be present at the birth and to take care of us afterwards. That night she made us chili and we sat down to watch her favorite movie, "Sleepless in Seattle". There was no indication of labor being imminent. Then, somewhere around the scene where Meg Ryan is trying on her wedding dress, I felt tired and lay down on my couch. I was there for no more than 3 minutes when I got these 2 strange "popping" sensations in my abdomen directly above my navel. I had just enough time to say, "What was that?" before the first contraction came.

Click here to read the rest of the story!

Our bodies are always in transition. Having a new baby is exhilarating. It can also bring an entire different set of physical conditions, mental and emotional challenges that accompany the joy of motherhood and nurturing your loving creation.

Chaturanga Dandasana - Four-limbed staff pose (modified)

•Come to hands and knees and if your little one is awake, place him or her between your palms on the floor (facing each other).With an exhalation slowly lower your torso and legs to a few inches above and parallel to the floor. (Smile at your little one and even rub noses if you wish!) There's a tendency in this pose for the lower back to sway toward the floor and the tailbone to poke up toward the ceiling. Throughout your stay in this position, keep the tailbone firmly in place and the legs very active and turned slightly inward. Draw the pubis toward the navel.

•Keep the space between the shoulder blades broad. Don't let the elbows splay out to the sides; hold them in by the sides of the torso and push them back toward the heels. Press the bases of the index fingers firmly to the floor. Lift the top of the sternum and your head to look forward.

•Chaturanga Dandasana is one of the positions in the Sun Salutation sequence. You can also practice this pose individually for anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds or 5 full breathes. Release with an exhalation. Either lay yourself lightly down onto the floor by your little one and pause for a few breaths or push strongly back to Adho Mukha Svanasana, lifting through the top thighs and the tailbone.

Variations: Over time your strength will build. Next Step, from Plank Pose, begin by lowering your knees to the floor and then, with an exhalation, lower your sternum to within an inch or two above the floor.

Benefits:
•Strengthens the arms and wrists
•Tones the abdomen

What About My Partner?
by Alice Duffy, Yoga Yoga Teacher

Perhaps the most frequently asked question by expectant parents considering hiring a doula is what role the father will take if a doula is present. The answer will depend on the couple. The doula encourages the father to participate in the birth as much as he feels comfortable doing. Some men clearly don't feel comfortable with the birthing process and would prefer a more "hands off" role. But the majority of fathers are right there helping their partners through the process. The benefit of having a doula it that it takes the pressure off of the dad to know what to suggest, when to suggest it and how to answer mom's questions during the labor.

Prenatal Resources

We would like to provide you with a variety of resources. Click here to view our online resource list.

We invite you to share your birthing resources with us, or if you are a Birthing Professional please contact lisat@yogayoga.com

Yoga Yoga Westgate, 4477 South Lamar, 512-358-1200
Yoga Yoga North, 2167 Anderson Lane, 512-380-9800
Yoga Yoga South, 1700 South Lamar, 512-326-3900
Yoga Yoga Northwest, 12001 Burnet Rd, 512-490-1200
Yoga Yoga Teacher Training, 1700 South Lamar, 512-326-2273