Unity Yoga

Pregnant mamas, are you looking for a safe place to exercise during your pregnancy at the same time prepare your body and mind for birth?

Then come and join Tunbridge Wells’ longest running antenatal yoga class with Senior Yoga Teacher, antenatal educator and hypnobirth teacher, Brigid Godwin.

Over 100 five star reviews on Google and over 22 years experience helping women prepare for birth and recover afterwards, you know you will be in safe hands during your precious journey.

‘Your classes are so empowering and have enabled me to turn a painful experience into something that I could keep control of (just about) and be totally proud of doing.’ Rebecca

Drop in available. 7.30pm - 8.45pm. Central Tunbridge Wells.

Book now: flowtunbridgewells.com
Find out more: unityyoga.co.uk

                                       

10 years with this hunk of beautiful human!! Lucky me!! 😍💖✨

We have a few spaces left for our Mindful Parenting and Baby Massage 4-week course that starts on Friday 13th, 11am - 12pm in Tunbridge Wells.

This is a nurturing class for you and your baby. Learn simple mindfulness techniques to help you stay zen during the ups and downs of parenting and help your baby’s cognitive, digestive and physical development with baby massage.

4-week course is £60, includes baby massage oil.

www.bubbaandmestudio.co.uk.

                                       

Are you pregnant? Would you like a free prenatal yoga class as part of a publicity photoshoot for a magazine?

This is happening on Sunday 22nd Sept 12.15pm - 2pm in Penshust.

Free coffee and cake too 🍰☕️.

I’m looking for 8 pregnant mamas (who look obviously pregnant).

DM me or email [email protected] 🙏🙏🙏

                                       

Suitable from about 4 weeks. These calming and nurturing classes start with breathing practices, gentle stretches and mindful parenting tips.

Then learn developmental baby massage to aid your baby’s physical and cognitive development and help then regulate their nervous system.

Fridays 11am - 12pm. 3-week course from 16th August at Bubba & Me in central Tunbridge Wells. £45.

                                      

Are you expecting a baby? Then you may be interested in preparing for birth using the BodyMind Birthing technique. Modern, holistic, research based antentatal education for your body and your mind!

Including hypnobirth, prenatal yoga, mindfulness for birth, learn how to create the optimal physical and emotional environment for birth, place of birth choices, biomechanics for birth, Spinning Babies techniques, how birth partners can best support you with massage, counter pressure, advocacy... and more!

Next Couples 1 day workshop takes place on Sunday 21st July in central Tunbridge Wells. £150 per couple.

Next 6-week course for mums-to-be available online from August and in person from September in Tunbridge Wells.

www.bodymindbirthing.co.uk.

The BodyMind Birthing course is coming together beautifully!

All the hypnobirth tracks have now been professionally recorded thanks to in Wadhurst. Videos being added every day.

What an absolute passion project this is 💖.

Bookings being taken for the August launch of the pre-recorded course and the in-person and live online courses in September.

Book before August to get your early bird prices!



bodymindbirthing.co.uk

Straight up Ashtanga yoga! 11am - 12pm in central Tunbridge Wells.

You can have a sneaky peak at the BodyMind Birthing course content in this 10 minute video 🙂
Self-study course is available from August. Early Bird price of just £49 (full price is £99).
In person and live online courses start in September 2024. Early Bird prices also available. Live Online, £100 (full price is £120), In person £120 (full price is £150).

bodymindbirthing.co.uk

https://youtu.be/0dyRy-dQf4M

BodyMind Birthing Course Overview BodyMind Birthing is a 6 week holistic, research based training for your body and your mind. The weekly 90 minute class is supported with online course conte...

I’m looking for just 2 more pregnant mamas between 20-30 weeks who are willing to invest time and energy into preparing for a positive birth experience.

The BodyMind beta test course takes place live online for 6-weeks starting Tuesday 25th June, 6.30pm - 8pm.

The course is supported by online content including videos and audios to help you and your birth partner practice and learn at home.

BodyMind Birthing is a modern, holistic, research based antenatal training for your body and mind.

It offers full antenatal training, weekly prenatal yoga, Mindfulness for birth, breathing practices, positive psychology, hypnobirth, aromatherapy for birth and SO much more!

The beta test is being offered at the incredible price of just £25! The full course will be £125. All I need from you, to gain this special price, is feedback along the way. 🙏

Small class numbers ensure you have a chance to ask questions and be heard.

Check out the full course content at bodymindbirthing.co.uk.

Book online or DM.

Our Thursday Postnatal Yoga course at Kingdom in Penshust is fully booked for June / July 🤪. But we do still have spaces on the Tuesday 12.30pm - 1.30pm course starting on 4th June 🥰 and our 3-week summer course from Tuesday 13th Aug . We have the classes outside in the shade when the weather is good ☀️

flourishwellness.co.uk

And we also still have some space on our Wednesday Postnatal Yoga 11am - 12pm in central Tunbridge Wells from 5th June.

bubbaandmestudio.co.uk

                                       

One of my favourite podcasts.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/birthing-instincts/id1552816683?i=1000647379530

This one covers fertility, immunisations and a whole lot more!!!

Bookings now being taken for next term! Thursday 11.30am postnatal yoga has only 2 spaces left. Tuesday has a few more at the moment but these courses do sell out. We have the classes outside when the weather is ☀️☀️☀️🕶️

www.flourishwellness.co.uk.

Come and join the tribe 🤩

We have just had a cancellation for tomorrows fully booked Mindful Mum, Baby Massage class at 11am - 12pm in Tunbridge Wells.

DM me now if you would like to come and try 1 session for FREE! 🥰🥰🥰

Suitable from 4 weeks.

                                      

Happy Easter everyone! Wishing you a joyful day.

How cute are these Easter bunny booties being sported by one of my students this week! 🐰💓🐣

Absolutely LOVED watching with .rachel.reed in Hastings this evening. Such a beautiful beautiful film 💖💔.

I cried almost from beginning to end with sadness at the emotional pain of the women who suffered such trauma during their medicalised births and then utter joy at watching their redemptive, transformational and powerful home births 💖💪🔥✨.

If you are ‘homebirth curious’ then I would certainly recommend this film as part of your research.
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You are all AMAZING!! Sending out especially happy wishes to those of you being celebrated for the first time this year 💖💐

I see about 30 new mums every week in my postnatal classes so I’m witness to the joy, love, tiredness & tears.

Our affirmation this week at Mindful Mums was ‘This too shall pass’ as we were remembering to not push away the difficult times or cling onto the easy ones - the wheel is always spinning, and with little ones it spins very fast.

You are doing a fantastic job! You are!

I’m finally bringing a vinyasa yoga class to my hometown 🧘🏼‍♀️🥳🏡.

Thursdays 6.30pm - 7.30pm at Ridgewood Village Hall, Uckfield from 7th March.

Book your £5 trial session on Thursday 7th March. Classes will then be £12 drop-in until 28th March. Then from 18th April you can book a 6-week term for £12 per class or drop-in for £14.

Booking is essential.

Flowing, uplifting, dynamic yoga for strength, flexibility, poise and presence. Includes breath awareness, mindfulness & guided relaxation.

These are not-baby related classes but if you are in your 2nd or early 3rd trimester or more than 3 months postpartum, contact me and we can discuss suitability.

I’m a Senior Yoga Teacher with 24 years teaching experience and looking forward to helping you on your yoga journey ✨.

Find out more or book at unityyoga.co.uk/vinyasa-yoga.

These relaxed, friendly & fun classes offer postnatal healing, core and pelvic floor rehabilitation, toning, gentle stretching and perhaps even some relaxation in a way that honours all you have been through during pregnancy and whatever kind of birth you are recovering from.

Babies are included with songs and yoga play, but this class is mainly about movement for mums 🧘🏼‍♀️.

I’m a senior yoga teacher & Advanced Women’s Wellness Practitioner and have been running these classes locally for 17 years 👶💖.

Come and grab one of the last remaining spaces for next term starting Tuesday 20th Feb (Thursday course is fully booked) 12.30pm - 1.30pm which is the stunning studio at Kingdom in Penshurst .

www.flourishwellness.co.uk

                                       

To all walkers/ countryside users
If you happen to come across a sheep lying on its back with its legs up, it is 'cast'. Please be so kind as to tip/roll it back over; if left like this they can die as they cannot get up. This is a common problem and especially important this time of year as most 'cast' sheep will be carrying lambs, hence their struggle to get to their feet. Please be kind enough to share.
Also read this :https://deephearting.com/britains-loneliest-sheep-rescued-after-being-stranded-at-foot-of-cliff-for-two-years-taken-to-a-local-farm/

Are you a certified yoga teacher wanting to add these valuable and rewarding specialties to your teaching repertoire?

Or do you know a yoga teacher who is?

This 80hr Yoga Alliance Professionals certified course will enable you to run pregnancy yoga & hypnobirth relaxation, postnatal yoga & baby bonding classes as well as feel confident integrating your pregnant and postnatal students into your regular yoga classes.

This course is live online and runs over 3 weekends starting 16th & 17th March.

I’m taking a maximum of 10 students to make sure everyone is properly heard and supported. It’s crucial to me that all my students feel confident and excited to bring these classes to their communities.

Find out more about the course, my 21 years of teaching experience, payment plans and testimonials:

unityyoga.co.uk/teacher-training

Please share with a yoga teacher you know 🙏

In the UK, your estimated due date is calculated as 40 weeks from the first day of your last period, although full term is considered anywhere from 37 weeks to 42 weeks, so the ‘estimated due date’ lands in the middle.

Assuming you have a 28 day cycle (certainly not everyone!) you would ovulate 2 weeks after your bleed started. Your egg lives for around 24 hours. S***m, on the other hand, lives up to 5 days in the fallopian tubes. So somewhere in that 24 hour period, if your egg decides to accept a s***m as adequate for implantation, the pregnancy will actually begin.

It’s an idea to tell friends and family that your baby is due in the month of… or at the end of… and not give them an actual date, because only 5% of babies arrive on their EDD and you might want to avoid any outside pressure from your well meaning family!

Pregnancy Yoga, Couples Antenatal Education & Hypnobirth workshops in Kent & East Sussex.

                                          

When you see something like this, don't be afraid, don't call the firefighters or the police, don't move and don't kill them.
These are just bees traveling and stopping for just 24 hours.
Don't disturb them and avoid getting close to them, they won't hurt you.
If you want to help, put a flat plate or tray with some sugar water.
Bees will eat, gain energy and fly away.
We all need to protect migratory bees, they are our survival insurance.
Without bees, there will be no humans on earth. 🐝🧡

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We have a few spaces for drop-ins for the Saturday 9.30am - 10.45am pregnancy yoga & hypnobirth relaxation classes this term .

£15 in person or £13 live online.

bubbaandmestudio.co.uk.

                                       

Of course I think she’s amazing, but you might do too 💕.

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Or check out this beautiful creature 💕💕💕

She’s back in the UK and taking bookings so get in quick before she’s off again on her travels.

I’m looking for 10 qualified yoga teachers who want to add two new specialties to their skillset for the price of one!

My next Pregnancy & Postnatal Yoga teacher training course takes place over 6 days, live online starting March 2024.

‘What an amazingly informative & fun course it has been. I can’t thank you enough as it has exceeded my expectations.’ - Felicia 2023 graduate.

If you are not a qualified yoga teacher but want to offer yoga based movement, breath and relaxation classes to your groups, and are already qualified to supporting women and families preparing to have a baby (midwives, doulas, hypnobirth teachers, birth keepers for example) then check out my BodyMind Birthing Teacher Training (live online from June).

unityyoga.co.uk/teacher-training

Just a reminder that ‘NO MEANS NO’ everyone, even if it’s cold outside!

Merry Christmas girls and boys 👍🫶🎄⛔️

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Baby, It's Cold Outside Seth MacFarlane, Sara Bareilles · Song · 2014

‘’I once said: 'there is no such thing as an infant' meaning, of course, that wherever one finds an infant one finds maternal care, and without maternal care there would be no infant.’’

D.W. Winnicott, The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment.

Simply put but such a beautiful reminder of the mummy-baby unit 💕.

Mums, give yourselves a massive pat on back followed by a huge dose of self love!!! Your baby loves you more than anything in the world even when you are giving yourself a hard time!

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Get sorted for your January baby classes! Join me for Poatnatal Yoga at the beautiful Kingdom. Tuesdays 12.30pm and Thursdays 11am (includes baby massage).

www.flourishwellness.co.uk

2024 Postnatal Yoga Courses are now available to book via flourishwellness.co.uk

Brigid’s Postnatal Yoga course is a fun and relaxed way to connect and feel supported. Suitable from 6 weeks postnatal (or 8 weeks after a C section birth) until babies start crawling.

Equally nurturing for you and your baby, this course offers the perfect combination of yoga and healing for mums - stretching and strengthening in a way that acknowledges all your pregnant and birthing body and mind have experienced in the past year.

These classes also offer a really valuable opportunity to connect and share you experience with other local mums.

Love this 👍🙏💜

A key reason why healthy women – including those with a higher BMI – have better outcomes, less intervention and higher levels of satisfaction in less medicalised environments is because those who work in these environments tend to focus on optimising physiology, and working with the hormones of the female body.

The female body is designed to give birth, and most women will do this very successfully without the need for intervention if they just have a bit of support, which is about having the right environment as much as anything.

We know that labouring women need privacy, low levels of light and disturbance, and to feel that they can trust themselves and those around them.

When women are supported and surrounded by people expressing belief in their ability rather than introducing doubt by talking about how they are at risk, or not progressing well, or that interventions may be needed, it is perhaps inevitable that they will make better progress and have better outcomes.

Imagine warming up for a sporting event or some sort of activity that you haven’t tried before.

Do you think you will do well if you’re in an exposed, semi-public place full of strangers who are getting in the way of your body being able to do its thing, shaming you for its size, and expressing doubt in your ability?

How about if you were instead getting ready in a warm, safe, quiet place where the people around you are cheering you on, following your cues, and telling you that you’re amazing and can do this?

It’s the same with birth.

Find out more in my book on Plus Size Pregnancy, at https://www.sarawickham.com/plus