What is Postnatal Yoga?
Postnatal yoga is the perfect way to rebalance your body and rejuvenate energy after giving birth, helping to strengthen the pelvic floor and rebuild core awareness.
You will be guided through a series of yoga poses synchronised with the breath to release any tension, bringing a moment’s calm to those sometimes-challenging newborn days. The class is a great opportunity to connect with other mums and discuss common concerns as well as engage with your baby by sharing your postnatal yoga class.
Feel free to nurse, bounce, feed and walk around as needed. The class is open to mothers 6 weeks post-birth (or until ‘signed off’ by a GP) and to all pre-crawling babies. Yoga mats and props are provided but please bring a muslin or blanket for baby to lie on.
Please note, if you have booked into a Postnatal class in Peckham and have a buggy, you can use the lift at the bottom of the Red Staircase. Press the bell and a member of the team will help you into the studio.
Meet your Post-Natal Yoga Class Teachers!
At Yogarise London, we are lucky to have some of the best Post-Natal Yoga teachers in London. Read on to find out more about them!
Felicity Wright
Felicity Wright began her training in 2013 with The Yoga People where she studied Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow Yoga in the traditional Primary Series and Rocket. After a few years of teaching a dynamic style, she qualified as a Prenatal and Postnatal yoga instructor with Apple Yoga (Katy Appleton, London). She recently completed her Yin Yoga Training alongside Austin Ince (Shanti Power Yoga).
Felicity teaches a range of styles from the fast-paced dynamic and powerful through to a more introspective practice, which can cultivate grounding and stillness. She loves to teach Prenatal / Pregnancy Yoga and Postnatal Yoga, and to work with and support women as they navigate this incredible and life-changing journey.
Felicity has taught all over London, the UK and New Zealand, including teaching for some of London’s most reputable studios – The Shala, Yogarise, Yoga Mela, Yogasphere (Yoga at The Shard/Mayfair/Chelsea), Hotpod Yoga (Hackney/Brixton/Corporate classes), and Breeze Yoga.
Orishemma Shombe
Orishemma Shombe discovered the benefits of yoga and meditation over 20 years ago. This instigated her journey on becoming a complementary health practitioner in multiple disciplines, including: homeopathy, nutrition and massage. In 2002, whilst pregnant with her first child, Orishemma reluctantly participated in a pregnancy yoga class – this would be the catalyst that spurred her to train with the world-renowned Francoise Barbira Freedman, founder of Birthlight, in 2005. Since then, Orishemma has passionately continued her perinatal yoga training and expanded to children’s, teens and family yoga along with nurturing baby massage. She is a mother of three and works as a Lactation Consultant in the NHS with the vision of making perinatal yoga more widely accessible throughout the establishment. “Orishemma’s classes emanate an abundance of joyous loving energy, celebrating the union of parent and child.”
Louise Brown
