YOga for birth workshop
“If a woman doesn't look like a goddess during labour, then someone isn't treating her right” - Ina May Gaskin.
Becoming a parent is one of the most transformative events in our lives. If you are looking for an opportunity to be physically, mentally and emotionally prepared for labour and birth as a couple, this workshop is for you.
Yoga for Mama’s Yoga for Birth workshop is designed for mamas and their birthing partners to connect and explore how yoga can offer them tools to navigate and embrace the different stages of labour with confidence and ease.
Knowledge is power. So not only will there be food for thought, but there will also be practical skills to experience and prepare for a confident and empowered labour for the 2 of you.
Each birth is both unique and unpredictable. And each birth, however it goes, should leave the birthing mama with a strong feeling of empowerment and joy. We can’t control all aspects of birth; however, we can control many of them. And sometimes, we might need a gentle nudge from our birthing partner so we can remember the power of our mindset, of our breath, of our bodies.
Join me for 3 hours to familiarise yourself with a range of asanas (postures), breathing and relaxation techniques and identify what resources you want to bring with you in your birth space. You will also get to experience the power of touch in releasing tension and oxytocin!
This workshop will include:
Reminder/ overview of the different stages of labour
How to create a positive physical and emotional environment
Practice of:
movements to reduce stress and promote active labour
breathing skills for each stage of labour
gentle touch to relief discomfort and let the hormones flow
relaxation skills
Getting familiar with the power of words and sounds
How a birthing partner can support you with your yoga toolkit
A printed toolkit to take home
* Partners can be life partners, own mothers, doulas, friends who will share the intimate and sacred birth space of the mamas.
Next event
Date: Saturday 17 August 2024
Time/ duration: 1:00pm-4:00pm (3h)
Location: AURA at Redhead, 12 Hutchinson Street, Redhead
Tickets: $135 (discount available for Birth Ready Yoga participants). Includes training, printed toolkit, light afternoon tea.
Minimum of 3 couples required for the event to go ahead.
Upcoming wokshops.
Saturday 17 February
Saturday 2 March
Saturday 6 April
Saturday 11 May
Saturday 22 June
Saturday 17 August
November and December dates to be announced
Can’t find a date that suits? Wanting a private sessions? Contact Marion here or learn more here.
kind words.
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'I’ve been meaning to email you for weeks! Myself and partner did you prenatal birthing course approx 1 month ago and I wanted to tell you how much we loved it! We had so much fun and both came out so much more confident and excited about the birth part of our journey. You created such a safe and engaging space that we could feel relaxed and playful in. It was really nice to start preparing and thinking about the kind of birth space we want to create and it made us both feel a lot less nervous and overwhelmed by the process. Just wanted to say a big thank you!! '
Sam (email)
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Bliss!! A perfect way to connect with your partner, learn and/or recap on labour and birth and fill your self care cup before bub arrives. I'd highly recommend attending Marion's yoga for birth workshop!
Amelia (Google Review)
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I had the privilege to do the yoga for birth workshop (partner) yesterday as a private session. My partner and I are thankful for the knowledge and support she provided. She not only listened intently to our individual concerns and what we wanted out of the birth, but she also gave us methods that improved our connection, including yoga positions we could do together and other forms of advice about how we could work as a team during labour. My partner says that because of Marion, he feels more knowledgeable and included in the birth process. He knows a lot more about what can help me during surges and what he can do during rest periods. I found that I feel so much more supported in the birth process. I feel empowered and excited to do this with my partner and welcome our child into the world together.
Ronja (Google Review)
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Marion also came to our home and we did a private Yoga for Birth Workshop with my partner. I loved that we had the option to do a private session, we were able to ask all of the questions we had and the attention was directly on me and what worked for me. I had an 18 hour labour and ended up in theatre but I felt so calm the entire time and I really believe it was the Yoga for Birth workshop as Marion taught us different partner assisted breathing techniques which I really loved. The midwives even commented on how calm we both were!
Eliza (Google review)
MEET YOUR Teacher
Marion Loisance
Certified fertility and perinatal yoga teacher (pregnancy and postpartum), mama of two
Becoming a mum is one of the most transformative experiences a woman will go through (physically, hormonally, emotionally, mentally, socially...). My mission is to guide and support you during your journey with breath, mindful movement, connection and love.
If I do what I do today, it is thanks to my own matrescence. I knew for a while that my purpose in life was not in my former career. I enjoyed it, but something was missing. My first pregnancy sparked my transition to working with women, and doing my yoga teacher training while 26 pregnant showed me the path I would take to do so. This is how Yoga for Mama was born.
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