Comfort +Coping: Hands on Partner support for all stages of labour (In-Person)
Where: Pine Integrated Health Centre 6720 – 104st NW, Suite 201, Edmonton, AB
When: Saturday (TBC) 10am – 12:00pm
Cost: $95 (USD)/per couple
Connect with your partner and your pregnancy in this 2hr workshop designed to create the space and guidance for you and your partner to practice and explore techniques that may work best during each stage of labour. (Think of it as a labour rehersal!). Techniques will be taught for a medicated and unmedicated birth.
You will learn:
- Breathing techniques
- Birthing positions
- Massage, comforting touch, the hip squeeze and more!
- Relaxation mantras and affirmations
- Acupressure
- Communication techniques
For more information and to register: Birthsmarter
Use code: CHANTALEDERYOGA
Any questions, don’t hesitate to email me chantalederyoga@gmail.com
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Prenatal Rest & Restore: Mini-Retreat
Where: iava wellness
When: May 6, 2023 10am – 1:30pm
Investment: $125 (Early bird special $111 until April 30th)
Pamper yourself this Spring with a half-day Prenatal Retreat
Enjoy Prenatal Yoga, Meditation, Intention setting for birth, Birth Blessing Bracelet Making and a mini Maternity Photo shoot with Claudine Lavoie.
The day starts in community with meditation and intention setting for birth, we will move our bodies with prenatal yoga that will help ease the aches and pains of pregnancy, help align our babies, and practice positions for labour. In the afternoon you will snack on delicious treats as you create your unique birth blessing bracellet to wear in labour and support you postpartum, then dawn a dress and flower crown for a mini maternity shoot with Claudine Lavoie Photography.
Honour yourself and your pregnancy with a special day just for you.
(Maternity Photos T&C’s: You will receive one photo in digital format with the option to buy more if you wish. You will also receive a discount on newborn photos from Claudine Lavoie)
Register here: Mini-Retreat
Yoga and Birth Blessing
Where: TBC
When: TBC
Investment: $50
Join me and Full Circle Birth Collective for a special prenatal yoga and birth blessing event! Enjoy a prenatal yoga session to help prepare birthing parents for their upcoming labor and delivery, followed by a birth blessing circle to honor and celebrate the beauty of the journey ahead.
We look forward to having you join us for this special event!
More info and register: Full Circle Birth Collective
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Pregnancy Circle (In-Person)
Where: Clair-i-tea 8118 Gateway Blvd NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 4B1
When: Last Wednesday of every month 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Next circle February 22)
Cost: $20 drop-in/ $75 unlimited drop-in
Join us in circle to connect to your pregnancy through meditation and mindfulness, art practices, story telling and conversation.
Meet others on the same journey in a safe and welcoming space to explore the innner work of pregnancy and transition into parenthood.
Tea and snacks will be provided. Please bring a journal.
Email to register: chantalederyoga@gmail.com
Push Prep! (In-Person)
Where: Pine Integrated Health Centre 6720 – 104st NW, Suite 201, Edmonton, AB
When: TBC
Cost: $95 (USD)
How do we get the baby out?! This 2hr workshop will help you understand the anatomy and physiology of pushing your baby out. Give you tips and techniques to reduce tearing, advocate for yourself at this stage of labour, and allow you to practice pelvic floor contractions and relaxation,
as well as various pushing positions to help train your body for the main event. This
class is relevant and important for those planning a medicated or unmedicated birth.
For more information and to register: Birthsmarter
Any questions, don’t hesistate to email me: chantalederyoga@gmail.com
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Peaceful Beginnings Prenatal Day Retreat (In-Person)
Where: Iava Wellness, 9343 50 St NW Unit 1, Edmonton, AB
When: TBC
Investment: $325
A heart-centered day retreat honouring your body, your baby and yourself through meditation, yoga, birth art, ceremony.
This day-long retreat will start with meditation and journal reflections on pregnancy and the transition to motherhood. You’ll move your body with an hour long session of prenatal yoga before honouring your pregnant body with belly painting and reiki sessions.
After a nutritious lunch you will explore your connection to baby through birth art and gentle movement.
The day ends with a Mother Blessing ceremony to honour your rite of passage into this new role.
Core + Pelvic Floor Reconnect: 4-week Postpartum Yoga Series
Reconnect to yourself in this 4 week postpartum yoga series focused on core, pelvic floor, and full body wellness. Connect with Mamas in your community and learn how to set the foundation for a successful postpartum recovery.
Come for comprehensive sessions on:
- Pelvic floor symptoms – such as incontinence, prolapse and PGP.
- Diastatsis Recti – what it is and how to incorporate healing into your every life.
- Alignment and posture after baby.
- Postpartum mental health.
- Restorative and mindfulness techniques to calm the nervous system.
- Full-body conditioning through yoga, and how this applies to your existing workouts.
Each session will build from the last. Leave with information on Postpartum sex, abdominal wraps, cesarean scar tissue massage, body confidence after baby and a unique 10-20min at home program that can be used for months to come.
This series is for Mamas who are minimum 6 weeks Postpartum (cleared for exercise by their healthcare providers). No max, Postpartum is forever! Who have given birth vaginally or by C-section. We will provide all props, worksheets, info packs. Babies 0-6 months (pre-crawlers) welcome.
$150 for 4 weeks
Mindful Mamas: 4-week Postnatal Yoga Series
Connect with Mamas in your community and learn how to set the foundation for a successful postpartum recovery. Breath, movement, and discussion will blend together to help you reconnect to yourself, your core, and your pelvic floor.
Learn 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.
Align your posture in poses and in everyday life activities.
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.
$100 for 4 weeks
Birthing From Within Childbirth Education Sessions
Location: Private sessions at your home
Time: 1.5 hrs – 3hrs
In these bespoke workshops pregnant families will be guided through various topics relating to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. They will learn about childbirth, explore pain coping and mindfulness techniques, as well as explore their inner landscpae using birth art, visualization, and meditation. They will discover their baseline for pain coping, and walk away with tools that they can utilise in labor and birth. Parents will also explore the journey into birth and the return to self. Here are some topics that can be covered.
Stages of labor
Pain coping awareness
Pain coping exercises
Protecting the birth space and communicating effectively with health care providers
Preparing for the unknown through experiential learning
The inner journey through birth and postpartum
Postpartum transitions: Postpartum recovery, couples support, introduction to breast feeding
Labor and birth positions
Working through fears in pregnancy and birth
Preparing for a Cesearan birth
Birth Art Processing
Meditation
This workshop is ideal for parents who are looking to dive deeper into their exploration of pain coping, and the spiritual journey into birth.
Price: $85/hr (Packages available)
To book a private workshop contact: chantalederyoga@gmail.com