Yoga Babies

Some memories from the years of Yoga Babies and a new course starting next week.

It’s been 20 years since I started Yoga Babies and it’s run more or less continuously over that time, thanks to you and your babies. As I’ve been out of action a lot over the past year or so, in a very slow recovery from a sudden, unexplained brain haemorrhage, I thought it would be good to reintroduce myself and show you a little of what the sessions involved.

Yoga Babies is all about nurturing you and your babies, with gentle, nourishing yoga, suitable for whether you have a postnatal body or not, relaxed breathing techniques, grounding meditation and stretches, songs and techniques you can use with your babies. These range from turning them upside down to using vibration to soothe their nervous systems.

I bring a range of approaches, my trainings in perinatal yoga, teaching, hatha yoga teaching, meditation and sound training, with a trauma-informed and inclusive approach.

They’re open to all babies and their grown ups, to all types of families and parents to enjoy sone bonding time with their babies in a supportive, non-judgemental environment.

And there are many songs which you can’t find anywhere else, because they’re the originals. If that doesn’t draw in the crowds, I don’t know what will! 🤦🏻‍♀️

If you’ve got this far and know anyone who might enjoy these sessions, please do share.

And find me at nikkiehuddart.co.uk

The next Yoga Babies course starts next week, and there are a few spaces, so do get in touch if you’d like to book. The course is 4 weeks, with an extra catch up week, and costs £32. We’ll be sharing some gentle, postnatal focused movement, relaxed breathing for you and songs, stretches and calming techniques for your babies. Open to all babies up to toddling and their grown ups.

If you’re looking for something to do today before the rain starts (🤞), this is one of the activities on at Park Life Heavitree today. It’s a taster Park Yoga session aimed at parents, so babies and children are welcome. It’s followed by a Teddy Bears’ picnic in the park. Paddling pools are open and there are plenty of beautiful trees to sit under. I’ll be here at 10.15 and there’s no need to book. Just bring a mat, towel or blanket for a moment of stretching, movement and relaxation.

This is on tomorrow morning and it’s completely free! No need to book. If it’s a little bit rainy, we’ll be under a tree! Hope to see you there 😊

@parkyogauk are supporting some special taster sessions this year alongside the regular Sunday sessions to engage more of our community. I’m leading this child friendly session for parents this Friday. It’s aimed at adults, but we’ll be adding in some things for children and babies too. You don’t need to book and it’s absolutely free. Just bring a mat, towel or blanket to practise on and 🤞 for dry weather!

There are a few spaces left in the new Tuesday Yoga Babies course starting next week, Tuesday 2nd September at 10.30-11.30 in Heavitree. The course is a mix of yoga for you, songs with yoga poses for your babies and tips for calming and relaxation. It’s £32 for the 4 weeks, and there’s a free catch up session at the end in case you miss a week. If you’d like to book or to find out more, just message me on here or at nikkiehuddart.co.uk.

I’m very excited to be collaborating with Emma Ossian-Pingleton, on a new creative writing workshop session for parents and carers at The Baby Room, on Monday 21st July, from 1.30-2.45pm. The cost is just £4 to cover the room hire and materials. The aim is to create a supportive space where you can come and do some creative writing, whether you’re a complete beginner or seasoned writer. We’ll provide a variety of flexible writing prompts for you and toys for your little ones. There’ll be opportunities to share what you’ve written, but no pressure to share either. So whether you’ve always wanted to try creative writing or are struggling to do anything creative with the demands of parenting, everyone is welcome. To book, please get in touch on here, or email [email protected]

As some of you will know, I’ve been off work for the last six months, recovering from a carotid artery dissection and a haemorrhagic stroke. I’m just starting to get back to some teaching and I’ve missed the babies so much.

I will no longer be teaching at the Exeter Yoga Workshop, where I’ve run Yoga Babies classes for many years. They are running their own classes with a different teacher. So, I’m going to run some sessions from my home studio in Heavitree. They’re small groups of six babies and their grown ups and the first course will be in July, four Tuesday mornings, 10.30-11.30, starting on 1st July. The cost for the course is £32. There are about three spaces left and if I sell out, I’ll probably run another class on a different morning.

I’ve been running these classes for twenty years, in different locations and I’m so grateful to have shared them with so many of you. All the baby yoga stretches and songs are original, tried and tested on my own babies. If you’ve been to my classes and enjoyed them, please share with anyone you know who might be interested. Thank you so much for your support over the years 💜

Looking forward to the new Yoga Babies class starting TODAY at the Exeter yoga workshop. Thank you so much for booking! X there’s still one space in the Thursday class in Heavitree, starting next week if you didn’t ms aged to book the Wednesday class - just message me.

There’s still time to join the free catch up class this morning in Heavitree, for anyone who missed a session at either of my classes this term. Message me if you’d like to come 😊