Giving birth can be the most empowering experience of a lifetime –an initiation into a new dimension of mind-body awareness.
Ina May Gaskin

WELCOME TO YOUR PREGNANCY!

The experiences  of conception, gestation and birth are remarkable events  in a woman’s life. In Pregnancy it is especially important to access the emotions of love.  Find inner peace in listening to a beautiful music, read scriptures, move and live in the beauty of Nature, follow its rhythm and pulsation. Nourish yourself with good nutrition, healing massage and yoga classes.  Yoga and meditation keeps your body aligned, keeps you strong physically and mentally, balances your glandular system, your brain, your circulatory system and your hormones, and allows your spirit to rise.  Yoga strengthens, refines and stabilizes your body, breath and mind.

Pregnancy/ Postnatal/ Mummy and Baby Yoga Classes and Consultations

I offer 1-2-1 private yoga classes and consultations for pregnant ladies.

The sessions will include yoga asanas and pranayamas tailored for pregnant ladies, advice on herbal remedies and nutrition for different trimesters, breathing and relaxation techniques, anatomy and physiology of labour and positions in labour, a taster of hypnobirthing, postnatal care for mum and baby.

Private yoga classes can be attended at any stage of your pregnancy.

If 1st session is held during 1st trimester, the focus will be on diet and nutrition, breathing and relaxation.

The consultation for pregnant ladies, those who are trying to conceive and at postnatal stage  will include advice on herbal remedies and nutritional advice for each month of the pregnancy and/ or trimester, lifestyle habits, breathing and relaxation techniques, bathing and massage routine for your baby.

Specially selected yoga exercise, pregnancy yoga class and / or massage maybe recommended in addition.

Studies have shown that pregnant woman who are massaged twice a week for a period of twenty minutes reported less anxiety, improved quality of sleep, improved mood and less back pain.   These women also had fewer complications in labour.  

Self-massage at home can also become a delightful ritual.

Hypnobirthing

BIRTH PREPARATION CLASSES.

I am qualified KG Hypnobirthing  teacher.

KG Hypnobirhting is a complete antenatal training programme.

It is simple, logical and profound. It is much, much more than a few techniques to use in labour.

Hypnobirthing gives you the knowledge and the tools to have  the best natural child birth for you.

You need information and knowledge in order to get the best from the system in which you find yourself. 

You need to understand the implications of the choices you may be required to make.

Most of all, you need to release fear and learn to trust your body, your instinct, and your baby.  In order to do this, you need information and knowledge.

Benefits of Hypnobirthing

for Your Baby and You

• You are likely to experience a more comfortable and sometimes pain free birth.
• Your baby will arrive to a serene and relaxed environment, alert and ready to bond with you as nature intended.
• Length of labour is often much shorter with Hypnobirthing births.
• Less drugs and medical intervention are used in Hypnobirthing births allowing your baby to develop naturally and easily after they arrive.
• Mums often bounce back quicker after a Hypnobirthing birth as the physical impact of giving birth is reduced.
• Your birth partner will learn how to support you and have a central and active role in the birth. A truly shared and loving experience.

The benefits to you are obvious, but the long term benefits to your baby cannot be over-estimated.

Why KG Hypnobirthing?

A KG Hypnobirthing Course not only equips you with the hypnobirthing information, but uniquely gives you the knowledge to understand your options and the implications of the choices you make.  As well as teaching you the techniques you need for a successful hypnobirth, it gives you the information to navigate the system in which you find yourself to achieve the best outcome for you and your baby.

What Will I Learn on a KG Hypnobirthing Course?

• Breathing exercises
• Deep relaxations
• Visualisations
• Very effective work to release fear and build confidence
• How the father can be your powerful protector and support
• How your body is designed to give birth with efficiency and comfort
• Knowledge and information about the whole process
• How ‘the system’ that you find yourself in works, and how to work with it to achieve the best result for you
• A simple practice regime to support you at home

Understanding how the mind and body work together

What Course Materials Am I Given?

The Hypnobirthing Book by Katharine Graves, with introduction by Michel Odent

The KG Hypnobirthing course relaxation CD, Colour & Calmness.  

A folder of handouts to guide your practice at home

Does the Father Need to Come to Hypnobirthing Too?

He doesn’t, but he will be very glad if he did.  Most fathers arrive at the course utterly sceptical and leave extremely enthusiastic.  We don’t expect you to believe in it.  Why should you?  We do ask you to listen to the facts and the logic so you understand how important it is and the difference you as a father or birth companion can make.   Have a look at the birth reports from fathers, and  you can benefit from their experience.
The caricature of a father at a birth is someone who is nervous, feeling responsible for the situation she is in, holding her hand and wishing he could help, but not knowing what to do. 
A hypnobirthing father is knowledgeable and able to support her as she gives birth.  He is a huge asset in the birthing room, and many mothers say, ‘I couldn’t have done it without him.’  They have practised before the birth which brings them closer together, and he knows he has played an important part in how his baby enters the world.  This deepens their relationship as a couple, and his relationship with his child.


Will Hypnobirthing Work for Me if I Come on My Own?

Yes, definitely.  Many women have come to the course on their own if they have a husband who is away on business, as a single mum, if it’s a second baby and they can’t find a babysitter for their elder child, or any other reason.  Just remember that KG Hypnobirthing works, and you are very welcome.


When Should I Do The Hypnobirthing Course?

Given the choice, I would advise doing the course in the second trimester of your pregnancy so you can enjoy the benefits during your pregnancy as well as at the birth of your baby.  It is not so much a matter of learning facts so they are fresh in your mind, but more a matter of absorbing the information so that it becomes second nature, but KG Hypnobirthing works whenever you do it. 

History of Hypnobirthing?

“Hypnobirthing is soundly based on established medical knowledge.”

The seeds were first sown with the work of eminent obstetrician Dr.Grantly Dick-Read.  After witnessing a homebirth in the slums of the London Docks in 1913, the mother refused any pain relief and then proceeded to give birth quickly and with no pain. Grantly Dick-Read was truly amazed. 

The Mothers comment after giving birth when he asked why she refused the pain relief was “It didn’t hurt. It wasn’t meant to, was it, Doctor?”  This experience was defining, and after a career of working on the battle field and in hospitals he theorized that fear was the overriding cause that led to the pain in childbirth.  At the end of his career he wrote the book “Childbirth Without Fear”.  He hypothesized that when you are fearful, you tense up and the natural birth process is inhibited and becomes longer and consequently more painful. 

Over the years his theories have been fully vindicated with research into how hormones work during childbirth.  His principles have been further developed by a number of natural birth practitioners with Hypnobirthing being the most notable and widely practised.  Today Hypnobirthing is known by every midwife in the UK and many have trained in KG Hypnobirthing, including professors of midwifery and NHS heads of midwifery.  It is practised internationally and rapidly spreading throughout the world.

Please contact Olya 07473358142 or email at olya@amoryoga.com