Do you remember a time when you were feeling so tired that even tooth picks wouldnât have kept your eyes open? Like the following day at work after a late night of dancing and drinking (B.C. Before Children!). Or a time when you just got back after an overseas trip and your tiredness was so [...]
If yoga helped you to stay active during pregnancy, you might be wondering if postnatal yoga can help you now youâve had your baby. In this article weâll look at the key changes to your body after pregnancy, followed by some solutions that yoga can offer. Change: Saggy tummy and weak abdominal muscles. Your growing [...]
Mother Nurture Yoga has teamed up with our friends at Smiley Organics and Cindy Cavanagh photography to offer the Ultimate Pregnancy Package - a bundle worth $600!! The Ultimate Pregnancy Package consists of: Three month Unlimited Pass to attend Mother Nurture Pregnancy Yoga classes at one of their 7 studio locations worth $219 plus their popular [...]
Seeing your bub on the ultrasound screen and feeling those first fluttery movements are magical moments that make it all start to seem real! Beginning the process of bonding with your baby is an important part of your journey into motherhood. But how can you actually go about doing it before your baby is born? [...]
Iâm sure youâve seen them, but maybe youâve wondered what on earth youâre meant to do with them? Also called a Birth Ball and a Swiss Ball, you can usually pick these up in Coles, Woollies, Kmart, Rebel Sport etc. With multiple uses during pregnancy, labour and post-natally, this will be the best $15 you [...]
I admit that What to Expect When Youâre Expecting is sitting on my bookshelf, and I too laughed along when reading Up the Duff. These are popular pregnancy books and do provide some good information, but itâs useful to read a bit more widely, particularly when it comes to preparing for birth. Try to get your [...]
We all know healthy eating during pregnancy is important â after all your baby is relying on you for their nutrition. Thereâs loads of advice out there about what to eat or not eat when youâre pregnant but it can easily become quite confusing. Hereâs our 7 simple tips to eating healthily for two: Tip [...]
You dress them, feed them and ultimately, give them the education, values and skills they need for adulthood. But itâs not a one-way street. If you can see through the haze of sleep deprivation, somewhere between the witching hour and the peacefully sleeping baby there are some valuable life lessons to be learnt. Although I [...]
Born at 8:28pm on Sunday 24 July 2016 Watch the video here. Â Throughout this pregnancy Iâd had it in my mind that Indira would be born at exactly 40 weeks, on Monday 25 July. Monday felt like a good day to have a baby and 25 July is my sisterâs birthday. The pregnancy had gone [...]
In studios all around the world, yogis bring their hands together at their heart centre in Namaste gesture. Literally translated, Namaste means âI bow to youâ. But have you ever thought about the deeper significance? When we make the Namaste gesture, we are saying: âThe divine in me recognises the divine in you and acknowledges that [...]
