At Yogababy, we honour the fourth trimester as a sacred transition — a time of deep physical recovery, emotional recalibration, and bonding with your newborn. Your body has carried and birthed your baby with incredible strength. Now it needs softness, care, and simple practices that help you feel supported from the inside out.
Read MoreMovies often focus on one dramatic moment in labour — the announcement that someone is “10 centimetres dilated!” But in reality, there’s another equally important part of the story: the baby’s station. In the Couples Active Birth Workshop with Suzanne Swan, you’ll learn how to use knowledge like this to make informed, confident decisions during labour. Together, you’ll explore how to ask the right questions in the birthing space
Read MoreResearch consistently shows that when someone feels involved in their birth decisions, they’re more likely to view their experience positively — regardless of how it unfolds. It’s not about achieving a “perfect” birth; it’s about feeling supported, respected, and part of the process.
Read MoreEven with preparation, labour can be unpredictable. A Couples Active Birth Workshop equips partners to stay flexible, communicate effectively, and assist in decision-making if things don’t go exactly as planned.
Read MoreFeeling confident and calm during birth starts with understanding your options and knowing how to support your body and mind through the process.
Read MoreThe last thing you want to do while you’re pushing your baby out is create extra tension in your pelvic floor.
Read MoreOne of the simplest yet most effective strategies for birth is learning to intentionally relax during the pauses between contractions. These brief rests are the body’s natural way of helping a birthing person reset and conserve energy.
Read MoreYour birth is one special day — but your postpartum lasts for months and beyond.
Join a Yogababy Pregnancy Yoga course to prepare for both — your birth and the beautiful community that can carry you through the weeks after.
When labour intensifies, many women instinctively hold their breath or tense up. But sound can be a powerful tool.
Read MoreWhether you birth vaginally, by cesarean, naturally, or with interventions, the practices of yoga are always there to support you. Prenatal yoga isn’t about how you give birth—it’s about how you feel as you move through it.
Read MoreThat’s the gift of prenatal yoga—it isn’t only about physical postures. It’s about preparing your mind, nervous system, and spirit for birth, however it unfolds.
Read MoreWhen we think about preparing for birth, it’s easy to picture movements, stretches, and postures. But one of the most powerful tools we have isn’t physical at all—it’s our breath.
Read MoreWhile an active birth involves the freedom to move and use upright positions, it is more than just positioning. “An active birth is one in which the birthing mother is in charge of her choices and decisions, thus enabling her to enjoy a productive and mutually respectful partnership with her birth attendants” (Janet Balaskas).
With this in mind any birth, whether natural or assisted, may be called an active birth.
Read MoreAsh’s birth story is a powerful reminder that preparation and practice can transform labour. With the help of the Pregnancy Yoga and Active Birth workshop, she had a two-hour active labour, a water birth with no pain relief, and even lifted her daughter out of the water herself.
Read MoreAn Active Birth is one in which the woman gives birth in the best possible, uniquely individual way, for her at that particular moment in her life. She can focus her mind in a relaxed and confident way to engage in the process of birth, creating for herself an altered state of consciousness that will ensure the safest possible birth for her and her baby.
Read MorePlanning your yoga teacher teaching for next year? Maybe you'd like to skill up on teaching pregnant women. Suzanne Swan with be offering a 90-150hr training in Pregnancy, Active Birth and Baby yoga from June, 2022.
Read MoreCreate a trance-like state where the reality of stress and pain does not reach you. Your aim is to become one with your body, where you are your breath, you are your womb, and no longer head or mind. Ie. visualise waves flowing in and flowing out, breathe in rhythm with the waves.
Read MoreFrom 34 weeks onwards, your own postural awareness and habits can potentially encourage your baby to lie with his or her back to your left front/side so that the baby's head engages in the pelvic brim in this position. This will increase the potential for normal and straightforward birth.
Read MoreThis is Sammy and he came to Mums and Bubs yoga from 12 weeks. We all know that yoga is amazing for adults, and postpartum for mothers, but did you know there are many benefits for your baby as well? Babies benefit from movements that strengthen and stretch their muscles, relieving them of tension and increasing relaxation. The benefits of relaxation are well known, ranging from improved sleep, to better digestion.
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