At the current time, all of our workshops and classes are running virtually. If you would like to access any of our classes, please speak to your midwife for further information.
This interactive workshop, designed for couples, draws on elements of yoga and mindfulness, to help make your journey into labour, birth and parenthood fulfilling, joyful and positive.
By “coming to the present moment”, we will explore how being mindful can allay anxiety through non-expectation, which results from a sense of “open-mindness”.
This, coupled with simple breath awareness can lead to a satisfying birth at home or in hospital.
Rhian Roberts has worked as a midwife for the last 30 years and as a yoga teacher for 10 years. The workshop combines her experience of both. She believes that pregnant women are “hard-wired” physically and emotionally to absorb the teachings that yoga has to offer.
The workshop is recommended after 28 weeks of pregnancy. Loose comfortable clothing is preferable for this practical experiential session. All equipment is provided.
For more information, please email rhian.roberts1@nhs.net.
To book a place on these popular workshops, please email khft.maternitywellbeing@nhs.net with the following information:
This comprehensive, highly recommended course covers pregnancy, labour and birth as well as parenting. It provides you with the information to enable you to:
This course is currently running as a two-hour virtual session, once per month, via Microsoft Teams.
To book a place, please contact your midwife.
The discipline of a yoga practice opens the possibility for transforming your pregnancy journey. Yoga supports the physical aspects of good body alignment and avoidance of back strain, particularly around the lower back, through gentle yoga postures. Also yoga’s underlying philosophy of “union” provides a framework of understanding, to enable you to adapt with grace and acceptance, to deep levels of emotional and energetic change that accompany pregnancy.
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These popular classes are taught by Rhian Roberts, Nicola Gibbons and Licia Catinelli.
Rhian Roberts teaches general, pregnancy and postnatal yoga to mothers and babies, and her qualifications are accredited by the British Wheel of Yoga. She has always practiced yoga, and her passion involves teaching yoga to pregnant women, as she feels pregnant women are “hardwired” to absorb the teachings that yoga has to offer.
Nicola Gibbons teaches general, pregnancy and post-natal yoga and is accredited to teach Birthlight perinatal yoga. Her classes focus on the principle that each woman and pregnancy is unique. With yoga she supports women to celebrate and enjoy the nurturing of new life in their body, promoting physical fitness and a calm, mindful approach to birthing. As a dancer and a choreographer, Nicola also teaches contemporary dance and Skinner Releasing Technique. Using creative imagery, she brings her knowledge of alignment to her teaching, allowing for more freedom in movement and breath.
Licia Catinelli teaches general hatha, mindfulness-based and pregnancy yoga to mothers and members of staff at Kingston Hospital, and her qualifications are accredited by the British Wheel of Yoga. She has been practicing yoga for the last 14 years and teaching for over 10 years. She has completed a post graduate degree in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme and other Applications at the University of Exeter. She is passionate about the empowerment of women during pregnancy to cultivate wellbeing and to prepare body, mind and heart for the arrival of their babies.
The team feels gratitude for the benefits and transformational effects of yoga and mindfulness practices, and privileged for being able to share them with others.
For more information about the classes please contact Nicola Gibbons: nicgibbons@live.com
An advice class focusing on understanding body changes and minimising any discomfort during your pregnancy (ideally in early pregnancy from 12 to 20 weeks, but welcome at any stage).
The class advises on:
To book a place please contact the Physiotherapy Department by calling 020 8934 2510 (08:00 to 17:00) or email khft.physioop@nhs.net
Hypnobirthing courses are effective antenatal preperation courses that seek to leave you full of confidence, optomisitc and ready for your upcoming birth
This 4 hour hypnobirthing course is specially designed to complement the well being courses offered a Kingston Maternity and any preperation sessions you are doing.
It is recommended that you attend the course from 20 weeks of pregnancy onwards. The more time you have to practice the techniques and digest the information and book you receive the better!
Key session take aways. You will discover….
Hypnobirthing sessions are relaxed, enjoyable and empowering. Heres what we will be covering as you go through the sessions together…
Courses are run by Jackie Kietz, NCT, Hypnobirthing and Baby Massage practitioner instructor – Reflexologist.
Please contact 07790 207363 or email jackie@baby-bumps.net to either book or for further details.
