Prenatal Yoga

Wednesday 5:45–7:00 pm
Registration required
$13.50 for registered students, $17 drop-in. Taxes included. Cash or cheque.
www.yogaon7th.com
Location: Yoga on 7th, 156 E. 7th, near Main @ 7th, Vancouver.

For more information, please contact yoga@lifecycle.ca

When I found myself pregnant with my second, so much in my life was different than the first time, but one thing I knew would be the same: I would carve out the time to join Marney's prenatal yoga class since it had been such a wonderful, important, and powerful part of my journey to becoming a mother the first time.
Not only is the class a welcome treat for the pregnant and rapidly changing body, Marney creates a space for expectant moms to connect with themselves, their growing babies, and a community of other women on the same journey.
It's very much a preparation for birth and motherhood. Tools and techniques I learned and practiced in Marney's class helped me immensely in both of my very different labours and through the joys and challenges of motherhood.
Marney treats pregnancy / this unique window of time in women's lives with reverence and a healthy dose of reality, honesty and humour... all very welcomed during a time of such change and uncertainty.
Tanis Frame

In addition to giving us some practical positions and coping techniques, the Yoga For Childbirth workshop really gave my partner and I an opportunity to connect in a deeper level before our lives were changed forever by the birth of our child.
Rebecca Coleman

Pre-natal yoga with Marney prepared me for the unexpected. After about a total of 60 hours of labour, which included 36 hours of contractions and 5 hours of pushing I could still use all the great coping strategies I learned from class. I went into the course feeling nervous and scared about delivering my baby, but after just a few sessions Marney helped me see thatI had the ability to do it. I highly recommend that any woman take pre-natal yoga as a means to prepare herself for birth and parenthood!
Lara Penno
Co-Owner Momentum Fitness

I practised Ashtanga (power) yoga before I became pregnant and knew I wanted to continue with yoga during my pregnancy. My sister told me about Marney so I tried Marney's prenatal yoga class when I was 3 months pregnant. I continued the duration of my pregnancy (six months) and really enjoyed practising yoga in a wonderful space with other pregnant women. We shared a lot of ideas and tips and Marney adapted yoga poses and stretches for different stages of pregnancy. I even used some of my yoga breathing and postures during labour. Two weeks after giving birth, my daughter and I joined the Baby and Me postnatal class as well. She spent her first six months practising yoga with me on a weekly basis!
Lisa Romalis