BABY YOGA AND SOFT STRETCHING
Baby Yoga
What is Baby Yoga or Infant Yoga and Soft Stretching?
Baby Yoga and Soft Stretching uses poses and positions to help to provide flexibility, beneficial stretching, improve muscle tone, co-ordination, postural control and body awareness.
You don´t need to have practised yoga before. The sessions are very gentle and strong stretches are avoided, as your ligaments are likely to be softer than usual since your pregnancy.
These yoga inspired sessions provide a low impact workout for both Mum and Baby, including some gentle postnatal exercises for Mum.
There will be a mixture of dry massage, passive soft stretching, active play in the form of swings, dips and flying, balances, action songs, tummy time which helps to strengthen Baby´s neck muscles to prepare them for crawling and ending with relaxation for both parent and baby.
Benefits of Baby Yoga for baby
- Strengthens and aids development
- Improved sleep patterns
- Promotes cross-brain function and helps improve concentration
- Aids digestion. Improves wind, digestion and helps ease colic
- The use of touch helps to create a happy, secure and trusting relationship between parents and baby and can help in bonding
- A balance of activity and relaxation
- Relaxation at the end of the class in important so that baby can learn that there are times to simply be still, relax and unwind.
Benefits of Baby Yoga for mum
- Helps to regain strength, flexibility and maintain posture
- Tones the abdominal muscles and pelvic floor
- Nurturing oneself whilst enjoying activities with your baby
- Deep relaxation
- Increases your confidence in handling your baby
- helps with lifting and carrying your growing child
When Can I Start Baby Yoga Classes
The Baby Yoga Classes are designed for when your baby is 3 months old up to crawling.