Pregnancy Yoga
I am a mamma of three boys and I bring my personal experience of pregnancy, labour, birth, breastfeeding and motherhood to my classes in a natural and organic way.
I am certified Pregnancy Yoga Teacher with over 13 years experience and qualified in hypnobirthing as a Gentle Birth Instructor with Tracy Donegan and Active Birth teacher with Janet Balaskas. I am also certified by Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Aromatherapy for Childbirth.
I am passionate about a holistic approach to birth and encouraging you to trust your intuition, your body, your baby. My classes have a strong focus on active birth, using gravity to physically prepare for birth, mentally empowering you with evidence based information on your choices, and they also offer emotional support as we share the joys and challenges of being pregnant, and how to keep ourselves grounded and centred, in our breath, in our bodies, with our growing babies with a mamma-to-be community of support, both in studio and online.
The Benefits of Yoga during Pregnancy
❀ Enjoy a healthy relaxed pregnancy while you build strength and flexibility safely
❀ Learn how Yoga poses, relaxation and visualisation can support your labour and baby’s birth
❀ Learn breathing techniques and tips for labour
❀ Release anxiety and tension
❀ Learn how to create a comfortable birthing space
❀ Create a self care ritual for you and your bump each week
❀ Principles of Active Birth and labour
❀ Learn how to prepare your Birth Preferences and
build a Birth tool kit
❀ Acknowledging the Journey to motherhood as an emotional and spiritual transition, as well as physical.
❀ Gain confidence by taking the fear out of childbirth with beautiful affirmations and guided meditations
❀ Core and Pelvic Floor strengthening
❀ Join a community of mums-to-be and ongoing support
My classes and workshops are a great way to prepare for your positive birth. You will learn lots of tips throughout your pregnancy on how to keep fit and healthy, and to help you feel excited and relaxed about your baby’s birth releasing any anxiety or fears you may have with breathing and yoga techniques. You will practice Yoga postures as labouring and active birth positions.
I encourage you to enjoy the class in comfortable clothing, create a relaxing space, light a candle, gentle background music, aromatherapy or anything that relaxes you so that the class becomes a little self care relaxing ritual for you and bump each week
They will give you a deep sense of wellbeing and confidence during your pregnancy by increasing your flexibility, strengthening your mind and body, and help empower you with the tools to prepare for the birth of your baby. Baby bonding, positive birth affirmations and relaxation will help you prepare for a calm, active and relaxed birth.
Yoga Mammas is a great meeting place to chat and share all things bump and baby ( birth plans, labour bag, slings, etc) with other mums-to-be in a wonderfully supportive and relaxed in person and online space.
What to Bring
❀ Yoga Mat
❀ Blanket optional for relaxation
❀ Wear comfortable clothing
What is the time to start?
Anytime from 12 weeks + up to 42 weeks
Reclaimable!
*As I am fully certified did you know you can CLAIM BACK up to 100% with most Health Insurance policies? I will issue a receipt when you pay in full ( eg. Laya, Irish Life. Please check your policy ).
When and Where
❀ Mondays 8pm Online live and recorded
❀ Wednesday 8.15pm Tullow Tennis Club
❀ Thursdays 5.30pm and 6.30pm ~ Iona Centre Knocklyon Dublin 16 D16T299
Birth Stories..
Many mammas are generous enough to share their birth experiences after they,ve attended pregnancy yoga with me, and I LOVE receiving their unique birth stories and honoured that they can take the time to write down their experience in those early days of mothering.
And it’s even more wonderful that I often get to meet their bundles in Baby Massage and Yoga afterwards too!
What Mammas Are Saying..
“Doing Pregnancy Yoga a few weeks now. Elaine is brilliant, the class is so open and calming. It’s great to see how other mammies to be are getting on and Elaine always has good tips and advise.
The atmosphere is lovely and the yoga is gentle and productive. I always feel amazing after doing this class and will continue to do it until I can join baby massage!
I couldn’t recommend this class enough.
Elaine is great, everything from the music to the beautiful aromatherapy oils she makes. It’s a real feel good class. Elaine reminds us every week to connect with our babies. Also she reminds us how amazing this journey is and how special Our mamma wisdom really is!! Thanks Elaine.. ❤️ ”— Julianne
“ Elaine has been great through my pregnancy. Classes are as easy or as hard as you want it. I live for the little chats and info session at the start of the class and then we get stuck into yoga. No matter how you're feeling at the start you'll feel better by the end” - Tara
“I couldn't recommend Lainey and her yoga classes enough. The yoga and breathing exercises really help prepare you for childbirth, no matter what type of birth you're choosing. Lainey facilitates such an inviting, calm, positive atmosphere and has so much knowledge about everything to do with pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood. And you are guaranteed a great sleep after each class.” — Sue
“I couldn’t recommend Lainey’s Pregnancy Yoga classes more for all
Mammas to be out there!
As this is my first pregnancy, I have found the classes not only a great way to strengthen & physically adjust to my changing body, but also prepare physically and mentally for labour and motherhood.
The classes have also helped hugely on an emotional level, allowing me to bond with my baby despite a busy job and connect with an online community of other mothers to be, through sharing knowledge and experiences on pregnancy symptoms and worries.
Lainey is a wonderful yoga teacher and this yoga class has been a huge support throughout my pregnancy. I look forward to doing more online classes.” — Jen
“I did online yoga classes with Lainey from 13 weeks of pregnancy. I loved the classes and found they really helped me through pregnancy. Lainey was so helpful and supportive through pregnancy. The support and chats with the other expecting mothers in the group was amazing and I would highly recommend Yoga Mammas with Lainey to any mamma to be.” — Grace
“I look forward to this class every week, learnt a lot about positive birthing experiences too which as a first time mother to be has helped a lot. Thanks Lainey!” - Alex