Chantal Eder

SELF-CARE FOR THE MIND, BODY & SOUL. FROM PREGNANCY TO MOTHERHOOD & BEYOND.

Current class schedule

PRENATAL YOGA CENTRE
251 W 72nd St #2F, New York, NY 10023

Tuesday: Upper West Side
Prenatal Yoga 6:30pm-8pm
Mats Provided

Wednesdays: Wild Was Mama, Brooklyn – 272 Driggs Ave

Prenatal Yoga 6:45pm-8pm

PRIVATE CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR:
Prenatal yoga
Postnatal yoga and fitness
Alignment yoga
Birthing from Within mentor services

Private instruction is a useful option if you have difficulty attending a regular yoga class, need individual attention for specific needs, want to build a home practice or want to work towards specific goals. Additional info on each service page.

Corporate and Group classes are also available.

Please contact me for rates and schedule.
email: chantalederyoga@gmail.com
insta DM: @chantalederyoga @cominghome.prenatal
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  • JOINING YOU || Beautiful pregnant Yogi's, my belly will be growing along with yours as we practice together over the next few months! We are welcoming our second baby in April 2020🥰 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Come join me for Prenatal Yoga: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @prenatalyogacenter UWS Tues: 6:30pm-8pm ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @thewild.bk Brooklyn Weds: 6:45pm-8pm ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @yogaunionnyc Nomad Thurs: 12:30pm-1:30pm Sats: 9:15am-10:30am ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #pregnancy #motherhood #prenatalwellness #prenatalhealth #prenatalfitness #prenatallove #preggo #newmom #selfcare #selflove #yogimom #prenatalyoga #nyc #pregnancytips #pregnancyphotoshoot #psoas #NYCprenatal #manhattanyoga #nomadprenatal #prenatalwellness #nyc #pregnancy #pregnancyyoga #yoganyc #flatironnyc
  • POSTNATAL YOGA || Returning to Yoga class Postpartum, may seem like a no brainer BUT do you know what poses you should start with or which ones you should avoid? Does your teacher know how to work with incontinence, prolapse, and pelvic pain? And do you know how to use your breath to connect your core and pelvic floor? Postnatal yoga isn't just an opportunity to take class with your new baby, it's can be an essential part of getting familiar with your new body, and returning to a regular practice.♥️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join me on Thursday's for Postnatal Yoga @yogaunionnyc 11am-12pm Sign up at link in bio ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #yogaunionnyc #postnatalyoga #mamababyyoga #yogaformoms #pregnancyyoga #prenatalyoga #nyc #postnatalnyc #pelvicfloor #postnatalwellness #postpartum #yogamoms #prenatalnyc #nomad #postnatalnomad #nycmoms #postnatalfitness
  • WEEKEND STRETCH || Take 5 mins today and join me in a little shoulder and hip opening. Great for both Prenatal and Postnatal♥️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Props: Blankets or cushions to sit on, hips higher than your knees. 1x yoga belt, or tie, or even a theraband can work. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Place one hand on your belly one hand on your heart. Take a moment to settle into your breath. Take a few rounds of deep inhales all the way down to the pelvic bowl. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Take the belt on the wide width: -inhale lift, exhale reach back behind you and lower -side strech with belt, using your bottom hand as a weight to open the side body -ghomukasana arms, clasping the belt behind your back, reaching too elbow up, bottom elbow down ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Neck strech, right ear the right shoulder, right arm up and over, reaching left arm out Switch sides ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Create a loop with the belt shoulder width apart. Place at the wrist and press into the belt. Reach arms up overhead, lebgthening through the spine. Sending the sit bones down. Ticknyoir ribs in, if they are coming out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Open legs into a wide angle, bend the knees ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Using your TA breath, inhale breath up, exhale toning the TA and hinge at the hips ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Windshield wiper the legs ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ankle to knee stretch each side ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Place one hand on heart one hand on belly, refunr to your breath. Thank yourself for practising today. ♥️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #pregnancy #motherhood #prenatalwellness #prenatalhealth #prenatalfitness #prenatallove #preggo #newmom #selfcare #selflove #yogimom #prenatalyoga #nyc #pregnancytips #pregnancyphotos #selfcare #stopdropandselfcare #5minsofselfcare #weekendstretch
  • PRENATAL YOGA || Did you know that practising yoga while pregnant can help prepare you and your baby for Birth? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Studies have found that there is a relationship between practising prenatal yoga (different than a regular yoga class!) and reduction of hypertention-related complications, reduction in preterm labour, as well as improvement of fetal outcome. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Plus it also helps relieve an array of pregnancy symptoms such as: insomnia, nausea, low back pain, anxiety, and headaches! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join me tomorrow (Saturday) morning for a NEW prenatal class @yogaunionnyc 9:15am -10:30am ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 37 W 28st, 10001, NY,NY First class $20! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #pregnancy #motherhood #prenatalwellness #prenatalhealth #prenatalfitness #prenatallove #preggo #newmom #selfcare #selflove #yogimom #prenatalyoga #nyc #pregnancytips #pregnancyphotoshoot #psoas #NYCprenatal #manhattanyoga #nomadprenatal #prenatalwellness #nyc #pregnancy #pregnancyyoga #yoganyc #flatironnyc
  • WORRY || “Worry is the work of Pregnancy”, Pam England quotes in Ancient Map to Modern Births, and oh is she right. While pregnancy is often looked at as a blissful time of transformation, it can also be flooded with worries and anxiety. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “I don’t feel pregnant today” “Am I getting enough protein?” “Is baby getting all the nutrients they need?” “Should I be doing less exercise/More exercise” “I don’t feel connected to my baby” “What if I’m not a good mom” “What if I have a 40h labour?” “What if my doctor/midwife isn’t on call when I go into labour" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And the list goes on and on. We often keep these worries to ourselves. We might feel silly saying them out loud, we may feel that if we say them out loud they will turn into reality, we may not know if we will get the support we need or just a ‘don’t worry, it will all be fine”. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What if we felt ok sharing these worries, knowing that instead of brushing them aside there was something we could actually do about them? What if we use these worries as a guide to how we could respond to them? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Pam England suggests that we first acknowledge the worry as real, as something that could potentially happen. Then imagine one small thing we could do to help ourselves cope with this outcome. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Finding this one small thing can help bring some peace to our worry, serving us better than if we ignored it, or waited for someone else to fix it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It can be used as a preparation tool for so many moments in pregnancy and for life in general. What is one small thing you can do for your worries today? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #pregnancy #motherhood #prenatalwellness #prenatalhealth #prenatalfitness #prenatallove #preggo #newmom #selfcare #selflove #yogimom #prenatalyoga #nyc #pregnancytips #dates #pregnancynutrition #birthstory #naturalbirth #prenatalyogaposes #worry #prenatalyogacenter #yogaprops #laboranddelivery #brooklyn #pregnancyworry #yougotthis #stillness #breathe #heart
  • THE PSOAS IN PREGNANCY || The what? I get asked a lot in Prenatal class. The Psoas a deep core muscle, is the biggest hip flexor muscle (16 inches long!), and connects your upper body ( T12/L1 - L5) to your lower body (lesser trochanter of the femur). It travels through the pelvic basin and over the the hip joints. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So why it this muscle so important in pregnancy? When the Psoas becomes constricted, it can reduce room for your organs and your growing baby, increase back pain, and make labour more difficult. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ By mindfully lengthening and softening the psoas it can help to relieve pressure, make it easier to transfer weight into your legs, make more space for baby, and help prepare your body for birth. A functional psoas actually helps guide the baby out of the birth canal! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here are a few things you can do daily for your psoas: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •The leg pendulum (as seen above). Use blocks, a short stool, or a sturdy pile of books and simply let one leg hang off the side, swing it back and forth 10-20x. Walk around after you do the first leg and see if you can feel a difference (do this at the wall for more balance) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •If you sit a lot, sit on a wedge, hips up legs down ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •Constructive rest pose: Lie on your back or proped up on an angle, with your legs bent and feet on the floor, feet out knees in. Stay for 5-10 minutes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #pregnancy #motherhood #prenatalwellness #prenatalhealth #prenatalfitness #prenatallove #preggo #newmom #selfcare #selflove #yogimom #prenatalyoga #nyc #pregnancytips #pregnancyphotoshoot #psoas #lizkoch #psoasinpregnancy #brooklynprenatal #prenatalwellness #nyc #pregnancy #pregnancyyoga #yoganyc #brooklynyoga
  • A FAVOR PLEASE! || New York Mamas, I’d love if you could spread the word about my upcoming Postnatal Yoga Series starting this Thursday at Yoga Union. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you are part of any moms group or know of any moms who would like to learn how to safely return to a yoga practice postpartum please let them know. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @yogaunionnyc is a beautiful studio in Nomad, with Rope walls, and all the props you can imagine to support your return to practice. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In this series we will be learning how to: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Safely lengthen and strengthen your abdominal and pelvic floor muscles. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Stretch and strengthen the upper body, relieving tightness you may be feeling from nursing/feeding/carrying a newborn. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Work on your posture to help best support your healing body ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rest and restore your energy with breath and mindfulness techniques ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ​This series is for all Mamas who have given birth vaginally or by C-section.Participants must be minimum 6 weeks Postpartum and cleared for exercise by their healthcare providers. No max, Postpartum is forever! Babies 0-6 months (pre-crawlers) are always welcome. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Where: 37 W 28st, 10001 When: Thursdays Oct 10-31st 11:15am-12:15pm Sign up: http://bit.ly/MindfulMamas Or www.yogaunion.com The studio is on the 4th floor and is accessible by elevator. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #yogaunionnyc #postnatalyoga #mamababyyoga #yogaformoms #pregnancyyoga #prenatalyoga #nyc #postnatalnyc #pelvicfloor #postnatalwellness #postpartum #yogamoms #prenatalnyc #nomad #postnatalnomad #nycmoms #postnatalfitness
  • PELVIC HEALTH AWARENESS || I remember at 5 weeks postpartum, I decided to take a look at what was going on down below. I saw a bulge coming right out of me and immediately went into panic mode. Was this normal? Did I have prolapse? So I text my friends who had already had a baby, not one had been curious enough to look, one even say “Why the heck would you look?!’. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My response was ‘Why not?’. It’s my body and I want to know what’s going on with it. I was told by my care providers that this was ‘normal’ and would go away with time. No suggestion to see a pelvic floor PT, no suggestion of pelvic exercises, or even possible ideas as to what this bulge was. I think the most I got was ‘ I hear pilates is good to rebuild your core.’ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And that was it. I was left alone to figure out why there was a bulge in my vagina. Having no idea what I should do and trusting the medical professionals, I carried on as usual. With my goal of losing the baby weight. I tried slowly to return to my regular yoga practice, I went to the gym, got a personal trainer with zero postnatal experience, and even stupidly decided to start running again - with no idea of how to safely return to high intensity exercise. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Long story short, I never lost the baby weight, my pelvic floor didn’t heal on it’s own, and more than a year later I had to start from scratch. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I was on the right track when I first took that peek down low but had no guidance of what to do afterwards. So now I am hoping to help YOU not make the same mistakes and to develop Pelvic Health Awareness to ensure you are setting strong foundations for your Postpartum Recovery. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join me for a 4 week Postpartum Series starting next Monday Oct 14 @prenatalyogacenter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We will cover: Pelvic Health, set realistic Postpartum wellness goals, learn key breathing exercises to help start to rebuild your deep core and pelvic floor, and so much more ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For more info Link in Bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #nyc #postnatalyoga #mamababyyoga #yogaformoms #pregnancyyoga #prenatalyoga #nyc #postnatalnyc #pelvicfloor #postnatalwellness #postpartum #yogamoms #prena

Qualification

200hr Yoga Union Three Pillars of Yoga with Alison West

Certified Postnatal fitness specialist with Jessie Mundell

Birthing from Within trained mentor

The Breathing Project: Embodied Anatomy of the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton with Amy Matthews

100hr Yoga Union Backcare and Scoliosis Certification with Alison West (in process)

Ropes and Slings certifications

85hrs Pre/Postnatal/Baby and Me – Prenatal Yoga Centre NYC

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