Mums, couples and families looking forward to welcoming their new babies into the world are offered expert support from former midwife of 22 years, Alison Fiddler, who runs yogapanacea.com.
Alison has been specialising in pregnancy yoga, hypnobirthing and postnatal yoga since 2010.
After caring for thousands of mums and families and being present at more than 1,200 births there are not many questions or concerns that Alison has not heard or helped women and families with. Questions like:
- How do I stay (or get) fit and healthy in a safe way during my pregnancy?
- Is my bump too big or too small?
- How will I know when I am in labour?
- How will I know how to breath?
- Should I have an epidural?
- Am I doing okay?
- Will I be able to breastfeed?
The Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation classes start from 12 weeks onwards.
These sessions will help you relax and enjoy your pregnancy with:
- breath techniques adapted for powerful benefits during pregnancy, labour and birth
- physical yoga poses to allow you to strengthen and stretch and stay active
- getting to know other pregnant mums
- guided relaxation time for you and your baby to rest and restore
- Question & Answer and mini-talks with Alison
When you come to Alison’s pregnancy yoga and birth preparation classes you will have time to ask your questions and have unbiased, evidence-based answers and hopefully reassurance from Alison as she supports you through the many changes of pregnancy.
You are in the safest of hands with Alison as she guides you through safe and enjoyable pregnancy classes helping you to enjoy the transition into this most exciting new chapter in your life.
Alison also provides postnatal yoga classes to help you regain strength and tone and to provide postnatal support and contact with other new mums.
These are really friendly and welcoming classes where Alison provides lots of practical help and emotional support before and after babies are born drawing from her midwifery, yoga and hypnobirthing knowledge.
Whether you are an experienced yogi or a complete beginner, these classes are suitable for all levels and you will always be guided to practice in a way that is right for you.
Alison has written an article on the scientifically proven benefits of pregnancy yoga and also why labour and birth are absolutely not like what you see on TV! And after being present as a midwife at more than 1,200 births Alison should know.
The article about labour and birth includes links to realistic and beautiful birthing videos that show the power of the relaxation and calming breathing techniques of hypnobirthing.
You can read both of these articles here:
With hypnobirthing and birth preparation workshops Alison loves working with women and their birth partners to help them get ready together for the ‘big day’, helping birth partners to feel confident, in control and knowing exactly what to expect and what to do during the labour and birth so mum feels completely supported. Alison says that “it is so important for birth partners and dads to understand their role and all the important and practical things to do to support mum and baby.” Alison explains that “when birth partners are feeling knowledgeable empowered and confident in their role then this has a dramatically positive impact on the birth as mum knows that she can feel relaxed, calm and looked after and they can enjoy the special experience of their labour and baby’s birth together.”
As well as general yoga classes Alison runs classes specifically for:
- Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation
- Hypnobirthing and Birth Preparation for mums and birth partners
- Postnatal Yoga
Alison first qualified as a nurse many years ago and then went on to become a midwife and worked as a Registered Midwife for 22 years,across the UK and New Zealand until December 2019.
She was teaching her Yoga Panacea brand of yoga in London for 12 years and for the last two years has been teaching her classes online. Online pregnancy and postnatal classes continue each week and Alison is delighted to be restarting her face-to-face classes once again – now in her new home of Southport.
Her vast experience within the health service really helps in what she is doing now, particularly within her specialist pregnancy yoga and birth preparation classes. And Alison loves how her classes create such a special web of long term support for new parents.
“The people who come to my classes often keep in touch with each other long after their births, and continue their friendships as their children grow up together.”
- For more details about Yoga Panacea, please visit: yogapanacea.com
- Contact Alison for details on her face to face Southport classes and hypnobirthing sessions: alison@yogapanacea.com or call: 07982060858.
- You can follow Alison on social media by liking Yoga Panacea on Facebook and Follow Yoga Panacea on Instagram to be kept up to date on the latest info
- Alison has just posted one of her pregnancy yoga relaxation recordings onto YouTube. You can access this recording here: Pregnancy Relaxation for you and your baby – YouTube
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