Daisy Birthing® (Weekly antenatal classes)An all embracing antenatal education / movement / relaxation class which runs in 6 week terms at just £54 per block*(*London courses may be priced between £54 and £72 to reflect increased venue charges)
Key Features of our Relaxed-Active birth antenatal class
Is this the right weekly Antenatal Class for You?If you are a mum-to-be who likes the idea of pregnancy yoga but worry you are not stretchy enough; if you are drawn to hypnosis for birth but want to remain mobile during your labour; if you love the idea of an active birth but have never squatted in your life, then Lazy Daisy® and our unique Daisy Birthing method could well be the ideal pregnancy and birth preparation class for you! If you want to feel confident and comfortable throughout your pregnancy and fit for birth both physically and emotionally, we offer an ideal pregnancy and birth preparation and antenatal class! This is movement, relaxation and breathing packaging in a user friendly and unique way and now available in over 90 UK locations! If you learn better by experiencing 'improve as you move', we are the right antenatal class for you. Coupling our birth education with wonderful active birthing and pregnancy movements, we truly appeal to all learning styles - visual, auditory & those who like to simply 'do'! Plus of course you have the added benefit of being gentle coached by antenatal teachers who are all mums themselves (we only train mums!) If you are between 14 - 42 weeks pregnant, whatever your age, background or experience and love the idea of an environment where birth is celebrated, we are the right antenatal class for you!
What are Daisy Birthing® weekly antenatal classes?Daisy Birthing® really is in our opinion much more than a typical pregnancy yoga based stretch, breath and relax programme. Following 7 years of research and work with thousands of mums-to-be (we currently mentor over 800 mums a week across the UK), our antenatal programme has been formulated not only to appeal to the fact that every one has a different learning approach (so through use an array of multi sensory techniques to appeal to all mums), but to also really help you understand and experience virtual contractions. In a typical class you will ride the waves of labour, connect with baby's descent, experience virtual dilation ..... at the same time enjoying all the physical and emotional benefits of a tradition pregnancy yoga, antenatal tai chi and birth hypnosis programme. This sounds reason enough to join I am sure! What really sets us apart from other traditional antenatal education programmes however, is the fact we work on those hidden muscles which are so key for important birthing, but not usually tackled or even mentioned in a more traditional antenatal preparation programme. By learning to release and relax the psoas muscle, the piriformis, the hip flexors, our antenatal classes really can help you become more open without having to squat or take the knees far apart. This is so important for mums-to-be who feel afraid, who find internal examinations challenging or who simply feel pain (perhaps due to SPD) - this key feature is so important for our founder, who devised the programme out of her own 'challenges' and went on to experience 5 wonderful births! As an experienced pregnancy yoga and birth hypnosis teacher herself, our founder Julie took inspiration from a range of more conventional techniques such as Pregnancy Yoga, Traditional Active Birthing, Birth Breathing Education, Birth Hypnosis and Birth Education but added a new twist 'rhythm and repetition', to formulate a 1hr 20minute all embracing class which allows mums to learn as they move. This muscle memory approach really works to make birth instinctive - as it should be.
Daisy Birthing's unique antenatal class programme is FEDANT approved (being one of the first movement based programmes of it's type to gain approval in Summer of 2009 and motivating other pregnancy yoga based programmes to follow suit and strive for this national recognition) and has helped thousands of mums with classes now delivered across the UK. By delivering key birthing facts, alongside a range of gentle, rhythmic, repeated movements, physical metaphor exercises and relaxation/affirmation scripts (all set to our own beautiful labour music), Daisy Birthing® classes build muscle memory and help mums-to-be find intuitive techniques to enable them to enjoy a more comfortable birth experience. Our birth mentors quite literally wire the message of confident birthing to each and every mum, making sure her positive birthing plays out as 2nd nature on d-day! Moves will simply happen, breathing will simply flow and hormone levels will stay at optimum level! Our teachers come from a variety of backgrounds professionally but are all mums, so can talk first hand about the positives of giving birth. Amongst the nationwide network of teachers you will find pregnancy yoga tutors, birth hypnosis practitioners, babywearing consultants, doulas, holistic therapists,breast feeding consultants, fertility specialists, midwives and of course highly experienced mums! All teachers, whatever their background, undergo an intense 7 months of training with Lazy Daisy® to become an approved and accredited Daisy Birthing® mentor.
For antenatal classes and birth workshops find us in: - Aldershot, Aylesbury, Bagshot, Banbury, Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Battersea, Beckenham, Benfleet, Biggleswade, Birmingham, Bodmin, Bradford, Braintree, Bristol, Brighton, Bromley, Bromsgrove, Bury St Edmunds, Camberley, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Channel Islands, Chelmsford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cirencester, Cleveland, Colchester, Conwy, Corby, Croydon, Darlington, Dartford, Daventry, Diss, Doncaster, Durham, Dunstable, Edgbaston, Ely, Exeter, Farnborough, Farnham, Faversham, Felixstowe, Fleet, Frodsham, Glasgow, Godalming, Goring-By-Sea, Grantham, Greenwich, Guernsey, Guildford, Halstead, Hampton, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Harwich, Haslemere, Haverhill, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hockley, Horsham, Hove, Hounslow, Huddersfield, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Jersey, Kelvedon, Kettering, Kingston, Kirkby, Leighton Buzzard, Lewes, Lewisham, Liverpool, Lowestoft, Luton, Maidstone, Middlesborough, Mildenhall, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Newmarket, Northallerton, Northampton, Northwich, Ormskirk, Otley, Paignton, Peterborough, Petersfield, Plymouth, Portishead, Portsmouth, Rayleigh, Reading, Redditch, Romsey, Rushden, Saffron Walden, Salford, Seaham, Sheffield, Shefford, Shipley, Sittingbourne, Sleaford, Slough, Solihull, Southampton, Southport, Stevenage, Stowmarket, Stroud, Sunderland, Swindon, St Albans, St Ives, St Neots, St Teath, Tendring, Thetford, Truro, Twickenham, Vale of White Horse, Ware, Warrington, Waterlooville, Welwyn Garden City, West Lothian, West Wickham, Winchester, Wolburn Sands, Woodbridge, Worthing, Yarm |
Location News
| Comfortable Birth in Kelvedon |
For mums2be in Braintree, Witham and South ColchesterWho better to mentor you in Daisy Birthing® relaxed-active birth approach than a fellow mum who knows first hand that birth can be positive and comfortable! Bree can't wait to share her own birth experiences whilst guiding you through our unique movement and relaxation based pregnancy education method. Email bree@lazydaisybirthing.co.uk to pre register for Summer classes! |
Movement or Yoga?
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Is this a pregnancy yoga class? No, absolutely not. Our highly skilled teachers are not yoga teachers rather FEDANT approved Daisy Birthing Antental Educators. The movements we use are reminiscent of some yoga postures yes, and our breathing is much like ujahi breathing BUT we are also different in many ways. We avoid postures on our back, we avoid opening and squatting and we are suitable for all shapes, sizes and abilities.You do not need yoga experience to join this class, but if you have it, we are confident you will love our relaxed and super focused vibe!
