Mum & Baby Classes
How our classes support you
At Tiger Mama Yoga, all mum & baby classes/ courses are designed around the idea of being held - physically, mentally and emotionally - while you and your baby grow into this new season together.
Baby Massage and Mamas Movement is baby focused. You will learn soothing massage techniques to support your baby’s comfort, sleep and sense of security, alongside gentle postnatal movement that helps you unwind and restore.
Mum and Baby Yoga is mum focused. You will build strength and stability, ground yourself with breath and guided meditation, and share playful baby yoga moves that support your little one’s development.
Together, they offer:
For your baby: calming touch, gentle movement, and time with a relaxed and present parent, all of which can support their development, comfort and sense of security.
For you, physically: a safe, supported return to movement, strength and stability.
For you, mentally: space to breathe, slow down and quieten the mental load.
For you, emotionally: a community of women who understand, and a safe place to be honest about how you feel.
Whichever class suits you, you are welcome exactly as you are, with a baby who may cry, feed or sleep through the lot! Our priority is to provide the space for you to feel held and to connect with yourself, your baby and other women.
When a baby is born, so is a mother.
This transition has a name; Matrescence.
It is the shift into motherhood, a new cycle of life that changes your body, your mind, your relationships and your sense of who you are. Like adolescence, it is a big developmental passage, and it deserves the same care and attention, yet it is often rushed past in the weeks after birth as the Western medical system seems to place most of its attention on the wellbeing of the baby, and less so on the mother.
Many women find themselves feeling joy, overwhelm, love, grief and exhaustion all in the same afternoon. Your body has changed, your routines have gone, and you may have questions you haven’t quite known where to ask. None of this means you are doing it wrong. It is simply what happens when you enter a new chapter, and you were never meant to move through it alone.
Mum and baby classes offer something that is hard to find elsewhere: a place to feel held. Surrounded by other women experiencing a similar transition, these spaces provide a space where you can share honestly, ask the questions you’ve been holding, and realise how many others are feeling the same. There is no pressure to have it all figured out, and no one expects you to be anything other than exactly where you are.
They are also a chance to slow down and connect with your baby, without the to-do list. Through touch, movement and play, you build the bond between you in a calm and unhurried space.
These classes also give you a gentle way back into your own body. After birth, many women feel disconnected from themselves or unsure how they feel in a body that has changed, often to a great extent. Here you can begin to move and breathe again with love, appreciation and care, at your own pace and without any expectation of “bouncing back”. You will be invited to marvel at the beauty, strength and resiliance of your body to not only create a new life, but to bring it into this world and sustain not only you, but your baby also. From this place of gratitude and grace we can slowly start to build back the strength, mobility and adaptability we need to weather this next cycle of life, and perhaps feel a little more ourselves.
Whatever has changed, these classes are an invitation for you to come back to yourself, just as you are.
"I love Laura's classes! I went to pregnancy yoga and now I take my little boy to massage and yoga classes. Laura is so kind and welcoming and we really enjoy going. The studio is a beautiful calm space where I feel so at home. I would highly recommend Laura."
– Sarah T, pregnancy & post-natal classes, 2024