Birthlight Baby & Postnatal Yoga Classes

When my Baby was two weeks old I started baby yoga sessions with Rozy. The atmosphere is totally relaxed which is beneficial to both mother and baby. Rozy encourages breast feeding whilst the class is going on and it really helped me in the early weeks with my baby when I was still learning to how to breastfeed. My baby is now 12 weeks old and I am finding the class extremely beneficial to my post natal recovery and it gives me valuable bonding time with my daughter.

After a very long and physically exhausting labour (losing a litre and half of blood) I was presented with this wonderful little package - my son. After a couple of sleepless nights in hospital we brought him home, but it wasn't long before the task of having someone so dependent upon me finally hit home.

I found myself bursting into tears spontaneously, feeling anxious and not being able to sleep. I thought I was losing the plot and that I would never be able to love and look after my son the way I really wanted to. After four weeks I made myself go to mother and baby nuture classes.

It was like a breath of fresh air. First to find that other mums were also experiencing similar feelings, but also to understand my emotions and why I was so upset. After some work with Rosanna I was able to relax more and started to feel more like myself. I also started to create a wonderful bond with my baby and realised that I was more than capable of looking after him. I would highly recommend anyone who is feeling even a bit down (and even those who are not) to try baby yoga - the positive effects will last a lifetime.

I just wanted to drop you a quick line to thank you for all your advice and support and excellent yoga class. It's the best yoga class I've ever done, and I will really miss it. I've seen the benefits it can have on babies too and will be sure to commence a new class in our new town.

I just wish I'd known about you sooner! I have found the yoga has settled my baby who was suffering from colic and I feel it has nurtured a trust in one another through the exercises we do. As the weeks progressed my fractious, agitated baby relaxed and began to enjoy the classes and we began to bond and have become much closer as a result.

The class encompasses so many things - relaxation, post-birth toning, baby massage, sharing stories and experiences, especially relating to childbirth and feelings surrounding this and post-birth. The space felt safe to share experiences with one another and everyone shared advice.

Rozy always contributed to these discussions with her expert knowledge of Birthlight yoga and human anatomy and psychology which helped us to understand what we were going through, and provided comfort when times were tough. The class also gave us an opportunity to meet other Mums with babies of a similar age and friends were made. Tea and chat at the end of class gave us all a nice opportunity to relax and have a giggle. I recommend these classes highly and have seen the positive changes in not only my baby but the others in the class too.

After attending baby yoga with my daughter (who LOVES it) I've just done a one-off postnatal realignment session with Rosy - just me and two other ladies. It was wonderful - after an hour and a half I felt like I'd been at a spa for a week. Oh, and Rosy's demonstrations and advice are helping me to manage my back pain so well that I've nearly forgotten about it! Recommend contacting Rozy with your concerns - she's bound to have a solution!

I attended Rozy's class for the first time tonight and I have to say it was the best thing ever! Being completely new to yoga, I thought I would be put to shame with my lack of fitness. I was put completely at ease and enjoyed every second of it.

It was an hour and a half spent completely forgetting about the mad world I live in, so very relaxing and so completely enjoyable. I would highly recommended these truly exceptional classes to anyone who is new or more experienced in yoga. I will most definitely return and get my children to try the kids yoga. Thank you so much Rozy! You are a star.

I had a very difficult labour. Erin was 16 days late; I was induced for four days and then (as the hormone gel hadn't worked) taken to the labour ward to have my waters broken and be put on oxytocin. The pains came so suddenly and dramatically that I couldn't cope and had to ask for an epidural. Unfortunately this didn't work properly and then the night midwife came on and everything seemed to go wrong. I had the epidural topped up but she forgot to plug in the saline and I dehydrated and went in to a fever and Erin's heart beat went up dangerously. The midwife was obviously afraid and hid away writing up notes while I was fully dilated, even when I asked to push. Finally the situation was saved by a doctor but there were serious after-effects for me.

My husband was not given paternity leave and my family all caught a flu in the same week. I was left in a situation where I was still in a lot of physical pain and also felt trapped and guilty about having a baby. I used to cry alone every day because I was too embarrassed to admit this. There isn't really anything in the NHS to take care of women like me - my health visitor said it only gets classed as post natal depression after 8 weeks, but I didn't want to wait until it became something serious like that. I didn't do any NCT classes as they are very expensive, but luckily one of my friends had some leaflets and I found baby yoga.

This has helped me so much, both in physically recovering and also psychologically. Now I'm a very happy and relaxed mother. I think this should be offered on the NHS to women who need more support and to those who would not have any contact with NCT.

The first time out the house with Molly, my new 'bundle of joy', was to Rozy's Mummy and Baby Nurture class. Again my mind was put at rest due to all the helpful advice. Rozy does some great work with all of us and is one of life's truly nice people! Thanks.