price
£90 - 8 classes (valid 9 weeks)
booking information
• Please email us us to book a place giving your mobile contact number and your baby's date of birth
• You can start any time from when your baby is 6 weeks old
• You are welcome to trial one class before commiting to 8 but due to the popularity of this class a place is unlikely to be available for you to continue right away. The cost of a single trial class is £13.
payment
• Classes are purchased in blocks of 8 credits (£90) which confirms your booking for 8 consecutive weeks. Payment is required by transfer on booking. In the event of cancellation we will deduct a £25 admin fee.
• On the week of your final paid class, please pay for your next block of classes (either in cash or cheque at the centre) or by transfer to Ori-shamma's account. If you make a transfer please give your name as reference and email us to confirm payment has been made.
viewing your schedule online
• To view your schedule online, go to "New User" top right on our bookings and schedule page. You can then create a password for your account. Click on "My Info" and then "My Schedule". You can cancel your classes from this page should you need to do so.
what to bring
• please bring a towel to lay your baby oncancellations
• To allow some flexibility the 8 credits are valid for a 9 week period, which effectively means you can cancel one class in every booking period and book it for week 9.
• We require a minimum 24- hour notice period for this cancellation, otherwise the class will automatically be charged to your account. We will make exceptions to this rule ONLY in the event that your baby is sick in which case please cancel online and then email us to reverse the charge on your account.
• Please do not ring or email the centre to cancel - just go to our website "schedules and bookings" page and cancel your class online. Go to "New User" if you haven't already created a password and log in your name - you'll see that an account has already been created for you and you just need to set up your password.
holiday/travel dates
• We can extend your credit period for holidays/travel dates/other periods of absence if these are given to us when booking.
mother & baby yoga
with Ori-shemma Shombe
Wednesdays 11–12.30pm
Congratulations on the arrival of your baby! Mother & baby yoga is a highly enjoyable and special way to connect with your baby, gently aid your own post-natal recovery and get to know other mothers. Rhymes and rhythmic movement are used to enhance your baby's well-being and development, while post-natal postures for the mother will enhance muscle tone, offer support for the back and boost energy levels. At the end of the class, there is time for mums to swap tips and share experiences over tea.
The benefits of baby yoga
Baby yoga, which complements infant massage, offers quality physical stimulation including flowing postures, holding, movement, touch, voice and deep relaxation. It induces a happy, care-free and lively parent-infant interaction which develops as the babies grow. The experience of movement combined with touch is probably the richest stimulation we can offer babies from birth. In yoga, this stimulation occurs through the mutual involvement of parent and baby, at a pace at which the baby can absorb and integrate it. As yoga postures induce deep relaxation in adults, so in babies they bring a state of deep contentment and promote deep sleep. This playful stimulation through yoga-based exercise is the best possible way of helping babies relish life, with all its demands, as they grow. During the course you will learn sequences with your child, which will stimulate the body's systems and encourage co-ordination and flexibility. There will be a mix of dynamic exercises, special holds and relaxation techniques. This is "pure baby yoga" which originated from Dr Françoise Freedman's work with the Peruvian Amazonian people.
• in one short session, the baby is given as much physical activity as they would receive if they were handled and carried all day - this activity enhances deep sleep and more "settled" behaviour
• a daily routine of activity is established through which the parent can engage constructively with their baby from birth
• all the baby’s bodily systems are stimulated, including the digestive and nervous systems
• the parent and baby get to know each other, enhancing communication and bonding between them and instilling confidence in the mother
• birth traumas are healed and the baby becomes better equipped to deal with shocks
• the baby’s enjoyment of the positive stress of yoga will increase the babies ability to cope with future challenges
• through the high quality attention the baby receives from it’s parents, the baby learns to interact with others and play actively
• the deep relaxation that is part of yoga helps parents cope with the stresses of early parenting