What morthers-to-be have said about my pregnancy yoga classes

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'Excellent preparation… the breathing techniques and general advice about how your body copes were invaluable…. I enjoyed the yoga and focusing on the baby, cake and talk at the end was a highlight for me'

'The yoga breathing was amazing and I didn’t have any pain relief until the last hour before she was born (only gas and air). I have to say that yoga made this birth a much more positive experience. Please pass my best wishes on to the rest of the girls. Take care and thank you again for the wonderful experience of mama yoga'

'Thankyou for your knowledge and calmness it gave me confidence to embrace my pregnancy and labour'

'I absolutely love the class and its a highlight in my week… I have been doing some of the moves at home but doesnt quite have same effect as the class.........and there is never a piece of cake at the end of it!'

'Thank you very much for lovely yoga classes.. I couldn’t be confident having a birth in another country without meeting you Susannah…. I’ll always remember to breathe deeply anytime just like the birth’

'During the birth I knelt on the bed, did lots of deep breathing and polar bear position. The midwifes were very impressed by me and said I just breathed the baby out - very calmly and in control. They wished they had more deliveries like mine (!) I definitely used the yoga breathing I had learned and actually just trying to make myself hear your calm voice in my head telling me to breathe slowly and all the way out was very helpful. I'm not going to have any more children, but if I was I would use mama-yoga again. I feel it really helped me prepare both mentally and physically for the birth of my baby'

'My short summary of the whole birth experience is -  Amazing, Wonderful....spiritual!! I DID IT!! All naturally with gas & air!  I feel amazing!!  I GOT MT VBAC!!…. Thanks Susannah for all your support throughout this pregnancy - especially when the 'system' seemed to fail me a bit!!'

'the breathing we did at yoga was invaluable…. Thank you for all your excellent help and advice, I really think it made giving birth easier'

'Thankyou for supprting my mummy and I since I was in her womb. Yoga was my favourite time. Your voice and smile always relaxed me'

Most useful? 'Definietely the breathing exercises, but also just being able to relax at the end'

[How happy are you with your birth experience] 'very very very happy… it was the best yet!'

'I was very aware of my breathing this time as I had gasped in panic during my first labour, I mostly did feather breathing'

'‘the breathing techniques were very useful, the class was very relaxing and the chat afterwards very useful… [best I like] having time to think about the pregnancy and the baby and to mentally prepare'

[most useful] 'breathing and positions for labour, sharing experiences with other mums to be and support and advice from susannah'

'I really enjoyed the experience, you are a great teacher and a great woman!!!'

'Yoga and my birthing ball really helped me at home, so thank you. I hope to be back to some sort of Yoga soon'

'I kept listening for your voice in my head telling me to do the slow breaths… the best advice… would be what you tell us each week - remember to relax and soften your face as you breathe through the contractions. And also, make sure if you're having music to have some upbeat tunes on aswell as any relaxing stuff. Like you said - you wouldn't run a marathon listening to panpipes - you need something to keep you going!'

'Thanks again for all the help and advice on the lead up, it really did help!'

'Yoga breathing definitely helped me to stay calm and focused through out my labour'

'Candle breathing is working miracles during contractions'

'I miss the lovely yoga classes and your yummy cake so thanks again'

'I can't thank you enough for all your help advice and support over the last few months, I've really enjoyed coming to class and have already recommended it to a pregnant friend!'

'The labour was very quick, there was no time for any pain relief but we coped fine with the breathing techniques and Tens machine. i want to thank you for all your support during the classes and i know i would not have coped with things if i had not learned the breathing techniques'

'Despite the delivery not going to plan I think I have benefited from the yoga.  I was able to focus on breathing through the labour - at all stages, when I was in pain or feeling stressed.  Also, I think that the yoga has helped me to keep a level of fitness which is benefiting me now.  I'm amazed at how quickly the human body can recover after surgery'

'I didn't really get any sleep but had an interesting night breathing through contractions - I found horse lips v good!!'

'the breathing you taught us was invaluable. also think the yoga really helped to get the baby in to the right position'

'Thanks so much for everything. Oh, and I focused a lot on breathing…. I just tried to breathe out for as long as I could at the most intense times'

'We had our home birth as we planed. Your work shops and yoga classes did help indeed'

'Breathing techniques helped a lot during contractions and they were surprised to see how calm I was. Although they gave me gas and air, I felt that breathing does the same trick so i just used breathing while i could. I can see now why you insist on breathing out through the mouth when in pain - it works better, at least for me it did'

'I really enjoyed the yoga classes and found them very useful'

'I seriously practiced all my breathing that you taught me… Thanks so much for the lovely pregnancy yoga classes - I loved them'

'I definitely have to say that the birth breathing and yoga helped me without a doubt. Many thanks for all your help'

'Thanks again for all the classes, my midwives were most impressed with my breathing and I have to say it helped me enormously'

'Thankyou again for the wonderfully relaxing classes (& delicious cake)'