What you'll learn
- Partner Yoga
- Mediation
- The 3Rs: Rhythm, Ritual and Relaxation
- Targeted Strategies for Each Stage of Labor
- Labor Positions to Encourage Efficiency and Ease
- Pain Management Techniques
- Verbal Encouragement Techniques
- Massage Techniques
Requirements
- All are welcome
Description
The presence and participation of a birth partner can have an enormous impact on a mother’s satisfaction with her birth experience. Through partner yoga postures, breathwork, massage, and other comfort techniques, this workshop will give partners tools to confidently support their lovely mommas-to-be. Connecting with our partners during this deeply important transitional time, this hands-on exploration will help to open up a new way of looking at the process of labor. With an emphasis on a practical approach to helping labor progress more smoothly, we will workshop breathing techniques, intuitive touch for partners, as well as positions for labor to help manage pain and cultivate a relaxed state during birth.
This workshop is open to pregnant people at any stage of pregnancy and their birth partner. *No experience necessary*
Who this course is for:
- Pregnant People and Their Support Partner
- Expecting Parents
- Doulas
- Yoga teachers
- Anyone who supports pregnant people
Course content
- Preview03:13
Instructor
![Aimee Karr](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 10 Reviews
- 26 Students
- 1 Course
When I first became a yoga teacher in 2007, little did I know the words "don't squish the baby" from my initial 200 hour yoga teacher training would begin the journey to exploring my true passion. Helping women feel more comfortable, confident and present in their bodies' abilities to give birth and easing the transition into motherhood fills my days with oxytocin contact highs and spit up on my yoga clothes... and I couldn't be happier. I have fallen deeply in love with the amazingness of our bodies and focused my efforts on supporting mommas in the prenatal, birth and postpartum periods. Fast forward 10 years and I’m overflowing with gratitude to the thousands of mommas & partners I have supported through yoga, childbirth education and doula services. You inspire me everyday.
My classes focus on mindful movements to ease common discomforts of pregnancy, breathing practice, meditation and practical techniques to encourage optimal fetal positioning. A smoother and more comfortable labor, birth and postpartum encourages badass mommas to let loose chill babies.
I am happy to call Williamsburg, Brooklyn home, where I live with my husband and two young sons. I am an E-RYT 500, RPYT, Urban Zen Integrative Therapist, Certified Doula, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and student of Zen Buddhism. Deep bows to all of my teachers, past, present and future.