Yoga with Maura

I had this whole story created in my head that everything would stop when I got pregnant, but honestly, I feel like everything has just started.

I just had this moment after teaching my in-person and online pregnancy yoga tonight. I thought, how am I so blessed that I get to go on this journey with women while I’m on it myself?

I get to experience the gift of growing a baby, and I get to support others to feel good in their bodies too.

Tonight we did this lovely practice on our growing chests, hearts and shoulders. These are the exact areas I’ve been feeling over the last week as my breasts get heavier and my posture starts to change. It reminded me how important it is to work on these areas, and how special it is that I can support women to feel good and empowered in their changing bodies too.

We create these stories that women can’t do things when they become mothers.

But honestly, I’ve never felt more empowered.

I feel so grateful, and thank you to every woman who has signed up and is on this gift of pregnancy with me.

And if you’re not on this journey yet, I’m thinking of you too, whatever it is you’re going through.

But if you did have fears like I did, fears that everything would stop, I just want you to know that it doesn’t have to.

When people told me, “It’s okay,” and when people told me that everything would change, I didn’t believe them.

But it did change. Just not in the way I expected.
It changed in a good way.
And the baby hasn’t even arrived yet. 🤍

Easy breezy like a Sunday morning ✨ I’m off retreat host mode and on complete chill mode.. You don’t have to ask me twice to jump on a plane for the long weekend ☀️🫶 best mini little family trip ✨🥹

Your life doesn’t have to stop when you get pregnant. 🤍
This little baby is just over 5 months growing away and we’ve somehow just completed our 5th retreat together.

I’ll be honest, at the start of pregnancy I wasn’t sure what it would look like for my business. There were moments where I thought everything would have to slow right down. And yes, there have been days of nausea, exhaustion, cancelled plans and wondering where my energy had disappeared to.

But I feel my mindset has helped me almost as much as my yoga practice, when I don’t feel like I want to and I give that little push and do my downdogs or just breathe and meditate everything comes into alignment.. So being able to hold space for the incredible ladies who came on retreat has been a dream come true!

Pregnancy hasn’t been what I expected, but it has given me something I didn’t have before. A deeper trust in my body. More confidence in myself. More appreciation for what I’m capable of ✨🙏🥹

I haven’t opened a regular studio. There won’t be regular yoga classes running. But it will be a place you can come and feel at peace and rejuvenated from.. This weekend starting the Yoga & Brunches was a dream come true😭💕 I opened a studio before and I thought I failed but really I learnt so much about myself.. and I’m not repeating mistakes.. This place will have all sorts of classes available other wellness providers bringing their incredible communities too ✨
I’m blessed to say I’ve got great balance in the life I’m living (apart from the last month making the studio perfect🤣)
I’m sharing this cause it’s weirdly healing.. I’ve been up late all weekend thinking in bed, maybe I should start a big studio BUT noooo! She’s happy 😃