Yoga for All

14/10/2026

Autumn sunshine on Seaford Beach made our Wellness Wednesday extra special today. Yoga, swim, sauna and community.

13/10/2026

Squats and horse pose (wide-legged squats) are highly effective exercises for pregnancy and labour preparation. Utilising a wall and if you wish a birth ball adds essential stability, reduces joint strain, and supports proper alignment.

Pregnancy Benefits

• Relieves Lower Back and Pelvic Pain: Placing a birthing ball between your lower back and the wall provides spinal support.
• Builds Lower Body Endurance: These positions strengthen the quadriceps, glutes, and core. This builds the stamina needed to hold active, upright birthing positions.
• Improves Pelvic Floor Elasticity: Deep or wide-set stances help stretch and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles safely. This prepares them to yield during delivery.
• Corrects Posture: The wall prevents you from leaning too far forward as your belly grows, keeping your weight aligned and reducing the typical “pregnancy waddle”.

Birthing & Labour Benefits

• Maximises Pelvic Outlet Space: Squatting and horse pose open the pelvic inlet and expand the pelvic outlet diameter by up to 2–3 cm. This gives the baby more room to turn and descend.
• Leverages Mechanical and Gravity Advantage: Remaining upright encourages the baby to drop effectively into the birth canal. This can significantly shorten the duration of the first and second stages of labour.
• Reduces Labour Pain and Interventions: Supported squatting relaxes the birth canal. This lowers overall pain perception, reduces the necessity for assisted delivery tools (like forceps), and decreases the risk of severe perineal tearing.
• Conserves Energy: Leaning against a wall or resting your weight into a ball during a squat minimises maternal fatigue. This keeps you physically supported so you don’t exhaust your legs before the pushing phase. www.yogaforallherts.com

13/10/2026

09/10/2026

Courses with a Christmas theme start again on Monday 2nd November. Limited spaces left. To book on email [email protected] www.yogaforallherts.com

09/10/2026

Birthlight baby yoga - great songs as well as moves and relaxation for you and your baby. Maybe you have attended over the last 16 years and remember ‘Jump Down’ or ‘Elephants have wrinkles’.

05/10/2026

Come and join the next Sacred Sauna on Seaford Beach with .ravilious and myself. Let go of what you no longer need.
Make space for rest, renewal and joy.

Aufguss • sensory experiences • heat • stillness • autumn rituals.
https://bookasession.org/nomadic-sauna/sacred-sauna-seaford?t=20261028T1830Z&date=2026-10-28T18%3A30%3A00.000Z

05/10/2026

How to keep our stress levels down and improve heart rate variability.
We discussed many of these in infant massage last week discussing parental care.
This week our topic is our physical post natal recovery

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/oct/02/feeling-wired-the-truth-about-nervous-system-resets?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social_img&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaAUwGHVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUPuSCK-7pa_ybuMeazEqHMUKG-TkY3NydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6ytHvF46albOazYuqX1jzJpLuhBc8WkyZAmmKScEg5Cz2ysvGzReZ74zDAkA_aem_tJMDKvO0kFPUgEPGXFR8MQ =1790953338

The internet is full of warnings about our ‘dysregulated’ nervous systems. But, experts say, you don’t need to reset yours – you might just need to make it more flexible. Here’s how (and no, you don’t need an acupressure mat)

26/09/2026

A beautiful sacred sauna with a Harvest Moon theme last night with the wonderful .ravilious with many sensory experiences, relaxation whilst reflecting on the last season. Next sacred sauna is on 28th October at 18.30 book on https://www.thenomadicsauna.co.uk

24/09/2026

We discussed crying and ways to calm a baby in infant massage this week. Do share this organisation to anyone who needs support https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1F1dDRvFkd/?mibextid=wwXIfr

👶💜 It’s the start of !

This week we’re raising awareness of infant crying and sharing the important message: Babies cry, you can cope.

Every parent and carer can find crying difficult at times. ICON provides practical advice and support to help keep babies safe and support family wellbeing.

🔗 Find out more and access resources at www.iconcope.org/iconweek

23/09/2026

Happy Autumn Equinox

Today is a moment of balance — when day and night are almost equal, reminding us to find our own balance too.

And where better to explore balance than on our yoga mats? 🧘‍♀️

Balance between:
- Self-care and caring for others
-Rest and movement
-Doing and simply being
-Strength and softness
-Holding on and letting go
-Work, play and time in nature
And humans and puppies at yoga! Herbie did so well at his first Accessible Yoga and Beach Yoga