Pregnancy - Mental Health & Wellbeing
It was such a brilliant way to spend an hour of lockdown talking positive birth, the pregnancy journey and how yoga and becoming more embodied can support our bump and birthing journey as women with yoga mama and doula, Jenni Jones. Wherever you are in your pregnancy or if you've recently given birth, this interview is filled with wisdom, science and soothing techniques to surrender into this powerful experience, and understand the choices you have around planning for the birth you want. And if things end up being Plan B or Plan C, Jenni has some beautiful insights into loving and accepting your story and celebrating your feminine power.
Jenni Jones teaches classes and workshops at Yoga Bumps and Babies. She has been teaching yoga since 2000 and specialised in pregnancy yoga when she was pregnant with her son Jacob in 2004. His birth inspired her work with Mums to be and she went on to train as a doula or birth assistant.
Some more about Jenni from her website below https://yogabumpsandbabies.co.uk/
Being a doula has shown me how every birth is different and each one has taught me something new. My passion is helping women to prepare positively for the birth which is right for them. I trained with Birthlight as a perinatal, baby yoga, postnatal, well woman yoga instructor. I trained as a Dru yoga teacher in Australia. My doula training was with Michel Odent at Paramana doula.
As time rolls on I experience more and more the importance of women helping women. The connections we build in our years of having our babies can span a lifetime. Having women to journey alongside as our babies grow can be a real support. Women have a tremendous inner strength and a huge resource of energy which is what helps us, in many cases, to spin so many plates in this modern age. I hope that in my classes, women are welcomed and supported and celebrated to be simply themselves. The only thing I ask is that we gather with open hearts and minds and a willingness to let go and take space to be just that...true to ourselves.
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Links & Notes
Jenni's Website - Yoga Bumps and Babies, https://yogabumpsandbabies.co.uk/
Jenni's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jennijonesy...
Give Birth Like a Feminist book by Milli Hill - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Give-Birth-L...
Under The Skin Podcast with Russell Brand and Katherine Graves, Hypnobirthing Teacher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/russ...
Deliciously Ella podcast on her birth story and positive birthing with Milli Hill - https://deliciouslyella.com/podcast/c... _______________________________