Baby and Me

What is Baby Massage? Baby massage is a long standing parenting tradition in many cultures, such as Indian and African, and has been practised in the UK since the late 1990s. The IAIM Baby Massage course draws from both the Indian and Swedish massage traditions as well as incorporating principles from yoga and reflexology. Massaging your baby provides a wonderful opportunity to express your love whilst meeting the need of touch and affection that is so essential for the healthy development of babies. Baby massage supports your baby's brain development, their speech and language skills, aids their coordination and body awareness, aids circulation, promotes natural sleep, soothes gas, colic, constipation, teething and growing discomfort and is a wonderful way to deepen the bond you have with your baby.

The Baby and Me Birthlight Baby Yoga course is split into multiple levels. The first is for babies continuing on from Baby Massage or 8 weeks plus, this is the Introduction to Baby Yoga class and is a very slow and gentle start to your yoga journey. All classes deepen the bond between adult and baby, giving both confidence in how to be together physically and how to connect emotionally. Baby yoga helps to develop and stimulate your baby's brain, the circulation of their blood, aids natural deep sleep, helps combat the discomfort of gas, colic and reflux and brings deep joy and fun to your baby's life. There are lots of benefits for adults too! We practice gentle exercise at the appropriate level for your postpartum body regaining strength and awareness of your core and pelvic floor muscles. There is a connection to your breath and how to practice relaxation techniques with or around your baby.

This class is suitable for babies and their adults from 12 weeks to pre mobile. Each class is 1 hour long and can be booked per term, month or by date, so you never need to pay for a class you know you will miss. All classes deepen the bond between adult and baby, giving both confidence in how to be together physically and how to connect emotionally. Baby yoga helps to develop and stimulate your baby's brain, the circulation of their blood, aids natural deep sleep, helps combat the discomfort of gas, colic and reflux and brings deep joy and fun to your baby's life. There are lots of benefits for adults too! We practice gentle exercise at the appropriate level for your postpartum body regaining strength and awareness of your core and pelvic floor muscles. There is a connection to your breath and how to practice relaxation techniques with or around your baby.

Mobile Baby Yoga is suitable for babies that can crawl, roll, sit or even stand independently up to roughly 16/18 months old. All classes deepen the bond between adult and baby, giving both confidence in how to be together physically and how to connect emotionally. Baby yoga helps to develop and stimulate your baby's brain, the circulation of their blood, aids natural deep sleep, helps combat the discomfort of gas, colic and reflux and brings deep joy and fun to your baby's life. There are lots of benefits for adults too! We practice gentle exercise at the appropriate level for your postpartum body regaining strength and awareness of your core and pelvic floor muscles. There is a connection to your breath and how to practice relaxation techniques with or around your baby. Each class is a progression on the week before and no two classes will ever be exactly the same. We have lots of songs and rhymes which allows you the opportunity to try out these moves at home outside class.