Yes, the wonderful Spinning Babies founder Gail Tully is gracing us down under. To share her profound wisdom on helping ALL babies be born optimally! I have been following Gail's work as creator of www.Spinningbabies.com for many years and some of the techniques I teach in class come from this wonderful source.
Read MoreOur little girl Amber decided to come early, she came to the world very peacefully, naturally and in water and has continued on to be a very peaceful baby. She's quite little as she was born at 37 weeks but she's healthy and we're both doing well. The active birthing classes were very useful. The breathing helped me through for a natural birth.
Read MoreI am very happy to announce you the birth of baby boy Matteo on the 26th of December, 2017. 3.7 kg. Beautiful baby who was born very quickly after only 2.5 hrs and 8 minutes of pushing! We arrived just on time at the hospital! Labour went very well thanks to breathing, counting the breaths, vocalisation, etc so thank you so much for your help again in this birth. And see you soon at baby yoga!
Read MoreI am sharing another birth story with you today. Sometimes, babies give their mamas the gift of self belief. Read on to find out how baby Finley did just that as told by Yogababy mama Marielle:
My plan was to have an epidural on arrival. When the midwife monitored me, she asked me , do you want the good news or the bad news? I said bad first. She said, your birth plan is out the window, it’s too late for an epidural, you are fully dilated, you are having this baby now. What she also said that was really powerful was that you need to believe in yourself right now that you can have this baby without the epidural, it’s too late. You need to focus all of your energy on pushing, and push the pain away.
Read MoreI have put together a few easy yoga tips for Mums to practice from the comfort of their own homes and start to enjoy the benefits. I have also included a tip to soothe babies as well.
Read MoreMy lovely coworker Ashley told me about the Active Birth Yoga classes she'd been attending. I enrolled too, as I had envisioned having a natural and peaceful birth. I attended classes at West End and my partner also came to the Private Session with Suzanne.
Read MoreI really think coming to Suzanne's Active Birth Yoga classes had a big influence on me (and my husband). I wasn't sure if I would have the composure to use all that I had learnt during the birth itself.
Read MoreKnowing that you are going to have a baby is a great joy. However this joy is often accompanied by the discomforts of morning sickness, emotional ups and downs and apprehension about the impending labour. Obstetricians and midwives recommend yoga to pregnant women to help promote a healthier, happier pregnancy. They notice that those women who have practised pre natal yoga throughout their pregnancy cope better with the challenges of labour.
Read MoreWhat a beautiful capture of this little man's happy face! Seeing these gorgeous bubba faces pop into my inbox brings so much sunshine to my day.
Here's the story of how baby Finn was born, as told by his mama, Tanya:
Read MoreWhichever avenue you decide upon, you can create your ideal birthing space with a little forward planning. You should be free to change the layout of the room and individualise it to suit you.
Here are my top tips for creating your ideal birthing space:
Read MoreI just love hearing our students' stories about the birthing their babies. Each is unique and hearing how they have been able to put into practice what they learn in the classes and workshops is truly wonderful. Ashely attended our Pregnancy Yoga, Active Birth Yoga and Active Birth Workshop with her partner Jake.
Here's Ashley's story in her own words.
Read MoreWe love hearing our Yogababy mamas share their birth stories. It is always such an honour to hear how our classes and workshops have contributed to their pregnancy and birth experience, for both birthing mother and partners.
Today, I am sharing Helen's story with you, in her own words:
Read MoreThe raising of a child begins within the nine months of pregnancy. Your state of mind and your relationship to the world are all transmitted to your child and becomes their foundation for life. During pregnancy, you and your baby function as one. Bonding after birth is in fact just the continuation of the bonding process that began in the womb.
Let’s have a look from a yogic perspective on how your baby’s consciousness develops over their time in the womb.
Read MoreIntroducing my daughter Rosie Kathryn Zonca born on Mother’s Day!I just want to say a BIG thank you for your help with preparing me for the birth. My husband and I attended your Calm Birth course back in January and I attended your pregnancy and active birth yoga classes. The skills I learnt in these classes were invaluable and truly prepared me for my birth and kept me feeling well during my pregnancy. I was so lucky to have a natural birth with no drugs or interventions.
Read MoreThe stress associated with infertility can be lessened through adding the health-enhancing benefits of yoga to modern medical intervention.
Learning to de-stress is one of the benefits of attending a regular yoga class. The type of class I recommend to aid fertility is a restorative flow yoga class, a class where the body and mind learn the art of relaxation and pleasure.
Read MoreJust wanted to let you know our little man, Joseph Henry, arrived 16/1/16 (on his due date!) with help from our yogababy lessons! We had a wonderful birth and feel yogababy helped us achieve that. My waters broke 15/1/16 but I didn't go into labour until 16/1. I was in early labour for 4 hours, active for about 4hrs and pushed for 13 minutes. The labour was so quick that it was quite intense and my husband was very good at helping me count my breathing and letting me know how long I had to go before I had a break which was something we did with you. We also had nice music and lights dim in birth suite (made the labour room our own space which we also talked about with you) and I was holding on to him and swaying as standing was least painful for me (I gave birth standing) and a midwife walked in and commented how beautiful it was, that there was heaps of oxytocin in the room and that a baby would be born any minute!
Read MoreLearn about the Brain-Uterus and Brain-Breast tissue connection. Ina May Gaskin, famed alternative childbirth-educator and author of Spiritual Midwifery, taught husbands or partners of birthing women to stimulate women's nipples to aid contractions
Read MoreOpen your heart....A practice for birth....Imagine a flower… a flower special to you….one you love to admire…see the flower as a tightly closed bud…hold the image still…see the colour of the petals and how they are wrapped around each other...very gradually,
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