I was left with a bladder prolapse and diastasis recti from my second pregnancy. These are incredibly common conditions for women but common shouldn’t mean normal and it certainly shouldn’t mean that women don’t need support, awareness and education around these health concerns.

I found the physio rehab plans boring. And if something is boring or a chore, it’s most likely getting pushed to the back of the list and that means women aren’t getting the results they need and can totally achieve.

I found for myself and the women I’ve been teaching yoga to over the last ten years benefit greatly from incorporating a diverse range of pelvic floor and core exercises into a core power yoga practice.

Instead of isolating one particular area of the body, we focus on working the whole body. It nourishes your body and mind and rehabs your postpartum muscles.

My yoga for postpartum classes are always diastasis recti and prolapse friendly. We avoid exercises that can make those conditions worse and focus on exercises that repair heal and strengthen in a safe way.

We focus on highly effective and safe exercises that can reduce ab separation and help the pelvic floor to function properly.

By that I mean we focus on training your pelvic floor muscles so that they are both strong and able to relax.

This helps with incontinence, pain and other pelvic floor related issues.

This class features a mix of movements to strengthen your core, pelvic floor and upper body. We also stretch through the hips and lower back to release tension and improve posture.

We focus on improving balance and giving you the space to focus on the present moment which is a useful tool for the health of your mind.

 I’m always conscious that mothers are busy, so I rarely make classes longer the 20 minutes. I loved nothing more than a 90 minutes yoga class pre kids but seasons change and mothers of small children don’t have a lot of spare them.

 So rest assured you’ll get exactly what you need in this small pocket of time.

So join me for this quick yoga for postpartum class and give your body what it needs.