GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS
Towards a healthier, more beautiful Pregnancy
Birth
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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS

• Our approach
• Scientific and medically sound
• With strong yoga foundations

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS

• Our training
• We are a small group of yoga teachers who
  underwent an intensive, 5-day specialist prenatal
  yoga teacher training
• Our course is taught by an experienced team
  comprising of a yoga teacher, a midwife and a
  gynaecologist
• Our training is ongoing, so that the learning
  process continues
• gt We are suitably qualified to look after you and
  your unborn baby!

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS
Structure of our prenatal yoga course
Delivery Room Yoga
CORE PRENATAL YOGA
Wellness Programme
Postnatal Support
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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS
Delivery Room Yoga

• Inviting your birth partner to work together on
  supporting you throughout your pregnancy and
  birth
• Breathing techniques
• Learning about postures that may help ease the
  discomfort of labour
• Exploring birthing positions
• Constructing your birthplan

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS
Wellness Programme

• Taking yoga of the mat into your world to create
  a healthy environment for your unborn baby
• Nutrition
• Lifestyle
• Support
• Creating a yoga practice for you

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS
Postnatal Support

• We learned from a midwife, doula and
  breastfeeding counsellor (with over 16 years
  experience) so that we can support you
• When to start exercising again
• Practising yoga safely after birth
• Putting you in touch with the relevant experts
  (e.g. for breastfeeding)

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS
CORE PRENATAL YOGA
The foundations of our prenatal yoga course is in
its strong medical/scientific background as well
as its yogic roots. gt We look to meet the
demands of your changing body and your unborn
baby!
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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS

• First trimester A time of vulnerability and
  change
• Yoga in this trimester addresses the students
  vulnerability as well as building her connection
  to her child
• We look at building the body strengthening the
  back and heart, increasing the lung capacity and
  balance.

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS

• Second trimester Hearing and Breath
• The babys hearing develops, and we work on vocal
  intonations, ie the positive effects of sound,
  breath and mantra
• This is a beautiful time for yoga, as the
  pregnancy hormones, relaxin and progesterone,
  work on loosening connective tissues, enabling
  the student to achieve a greater degree of
  flexibility.

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• Third trimester Meditation and Connection
• Working with the student to create in her mind
  somewhere peaceful to go to
• Connecting with the baby, nurturing the mother

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GAIA SUN YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHERS
Our only objective We work with the expectant
mother to ensure that she gains maximum enjoyment
in her pregnancy, and to guide her towards a more
conscious birth. Sat Nam.