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Cas and Flynn, Tots Yoga

Hi just to say we loved our class so much! Flynn said afterwards “mammy I loved that class can we go back?”!!

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"Zoom zoom zoom We're going to the moon! Zoom zoom zoom We're going very soon: 5...4...3...2...1... BLAST OFF!!!" A fun game to play with your baby in front of a mirror. They need to be able to hold their own head up. Postnatal yoga tip: relaxed hold - support your baby on your forearm, not your delicate wrist, and relax your shoulders. Place your feet hip with apart and let the movement come from your legs, gently bending the knees and then straightening up (mini squats). And finally today, a reminder that Mother Nurture classes are now running with "zoom" technology. Since you can't get to me I will zoom over to you through the internet! It's pay as you can/feel but you need to register as usual through the website or message me directly for the link. Postnatal and baby yoga is on Wednesdays. Prenatal and recent postpartum is on Sundays. #mothernurturenorthumberland #zoom #zoomzoomzoom #yogaforyouandyourbaby #babyhold #seathold #relaxedhold #babyyoga #postnatalyoga #postnatalyogateacher #postnatalyogawithbaby

Following on from yesterday's post and guided relaxation to do with your small people around, sharing this great infographic from @common_wild! #mothernurturenorthumberland

Soft Eyes, Warm Heart, All Is Well Thoughts on resting (or trying to) with a small person nearby. When you lie down to rest in the presence of a small child, they might well crawl over stealthily and begin to pluck out your eye lashes in an attempt to rouse you. If you are lucky, they will observe your stillness and see an opportunity to use you as a climbing frame, or perhaps a 'rock' which they can climb on. You learn fast never to lie on your back in case someone should sit, stand or even jump directly on your bladder. You may be able to convince them it is a game of hospitals in which you are the patient and in desperate need of a bandage, or that they are an artist drawing your portrait. If you are really lucky you may be able to convince them to snuggle down with you for a gorgeous cuddle, or they may play a lovely self-contained game while you watch and rest, but this is never inevitable. Sharing today a new guided relaxation recorded with an 'eyes open' option and acknowledgment that while the conditions for relaxation might not be 100% perfect, we can look at our children with soft eyes and a warm heart and know that all is well. Link in bio/comments. #mothernurturenorthumberland #yogaforyouandyourbaby #postnatalyoga #permissiontostop #restisrevolutionary #aspacetobeyogaretreat #lucymaresh #restorativeyoga #yoganidra #changingtheworldonesavasanaatatime

#empathy #mothernurturenorthumberland Posted @withregram • @spiritysol This is not what you had planned. This is not what you’d envisioned. There are no visits from friends, no loving doula bringing you soup, no “mommy and me” yoga classes, no coffee dates, no stroller walks through the park. There is empty space where you had planned comfort and company. There are long days with no one but your little one to talk to and this big transition to navigate all alone. . I know it’s lonely, mama. I know the walls of your house feel tight and the days feel so long, and you crave a warm hand on your knee and the soft embrace of a friend. You wish for someone by your side to marvel at this beautiful baby of yours and to wrap an arm around you when the feelings get too big and scary. . We were never meant to do this alone. Motherhood has never been a solitary sport. And yet here we are, in this odd chapter of isolation and distance, with no choice but to do it by ourselves. . But mama, know this- We are alone. Together. You are surrounded all the other mothers who are navigating this tender time in isolation. You are held by all of us who have walked the path before you and who know how much you must be hurting. You are wrapped in the warm embrace of mama earth, as she too settles into this time of slowness and healing. . This too shall pass. And when it does, hugs and coffee dates and visits from friends will taste so much sweeter. Soft kisses on your cheek and arms around your waist and gentle laughter in your ear will be the joyful medicine after this trying time. . Until then, hunker down mama. Find the coziest, warmest spot on your couch, sink into the pile of unfolded laundry, and sleep the Spring away, with that sweet babe warm on your chest.

"Maisie is a jumping bean, a jumping bean a jumping bean. Maisie is a jumping bean, a jumping jumping bean. She can jump so high... She can nearly touch the sky!" This dedicated to @anahatahealinguk and baby Maisie xxx Baby Yoga tip: fun to do in front of a mirror so they can see themselves 'jumping'. Younger babies can be bounced up and down. Older babies will enjoy finding their feet and can 'jump' by themselves! Postnatal yoga tip: best base position is from kneeling. Press down through the tops of your feet when you lift your baby so your legs are engaged and it doesn't hurt your back. Once your baby is sitting on your head you can enjoy some gentle twisting to work internal and external obliques! #mothernurturenorthumberland #yogaforyouandyourbaby #babyyoga #postnatalyoga

Check-in: how's everyone doing? Give me a thumbs up if you're 'fine'. I'm 'ok' too. Thanks @holliepoetry for your amazing poems. All new mums should have your book 'Nobody Told Me'. So comforting. Posted @withregram • @holliepoetry For anyone who’s not ‘fine’. Sending love. Take care xxx #mothernurturenorthumberland #fine

"Round and round and round we go, Not too fast and not too slow." Another baby yoga game good for releasing trapped wind in your baby. Postnatal yoga tip: sit up on a yoga block or a couple of cushions, enough that you feel you can slightly lean forward, Straighten your legs and keep your toes upright and slightly spread - legs active and engaged. This yoga posture is called 'upavistakonasana' (wide angle pose). That said, in a postpartum body don't aim to take it as wide as you can, stay slightly in from your 'edge'. TOMORROW (Tuesday) I am offering 15 minutes of Yoga for You and Your Baby live on Facebook at 10am in the Breastfeeding Northumberland group. If you're not in that group but would enjoy something like that do comment and then I can schedule one in for here. My regular Wednesday class is also now back on via Zoom! #mothernurturenorthumberland #yogaforyouandyourbaby #babyyoga #babymassage #lucymaresh

"Where oh where is our little Ezra? Where has our Ezra gone? BOO!" Today I wanted to show you that all the baby yoga songs can be done from a chair, just in case you find sitting or kneeling on the floor is not comfortable. I've just shared a full upper body practice live on Breastfeeding Northumberland. If you're in that group do check it out - I'd love your feedback. Sending love and gratitude today to Jo Jo and to Jess @northumberlanddelights, both of whom have baby Ezras, both of whom have shown me huge amounts of support over the years and especially in the last week or so. Possibly the best testimonial I have ever received from a former client- though also a bit heart-breaking: "Told Ezra that tomorrow is his last day at school and he said 'does that mean we can go back to yoga?'" And today in the post I got a beautiful thank you card from Wilfrid, Beatrix and new baby Ezra. Thanks guys!!! Feeling the love from the older yoga babies - hope you can all come back and see me soon xxx #mothernurturenorthumberland #babyyoga #babymassage #postnatalyoga #yogaforyouandyourbaby #lucymaresh

Mother Nurture Yoga has a new Online Schedule for the coming month (meeting via Zoom): Sundays 10.30-12.00: Mother Nurture Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond (29 March, 5, 12 & 19 April) Wednesdays 10.30-12.00: Mother Nurture Yoga for You and Your Baby (1, 8, 15 & 22 April) For an initial four weeks, these new format classes will be run on a 'pay what you can' basis. If your financial situation enables it, I encourage you to pay what you normally would for classes (£10 drop-in / £30 for four weeks). If you can afford to do so, perhaps you might pay a little extra. If (like me) your income has been wiped due to COVID-19 there is no need to pay money you don't have for yoga. I appreciate hugely kind feedback, social media likes and shares and just being able to do what I do. Let's support each other. #mothernurturenorthumberland #pregnancyyoga #postnatalyoga #antenatalclasses #preparingforbirth #yoganorthumberland #lucymaresh

Gratitude

For the many hundreds of women and babies that have been part of Mother Nurture Yoga since 2008.

For Tara Fraser – who awakened in me and continues to nurture my inner teacher.

For Uma Dinsmore-Tuli – who teaches me to listen to my womb wisdom.

For Judith Hanson Lasater – who teaches me how to do nothing.

For my own two yoga-babies who teach me about everything.

Namaste

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