Perinatal Program
Prenatal Yoga
Postnatal Yoga
Workshops
Pre/Postnatal Massage
Perinatal Lending Library
Perinatal Program Director
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Monday 5:30-7pm w/ Alyse
Wednesday 5:30-7pm w/ Jessica
Saturday 12:15-2pm w/ Jessica
Prenatal Unlimited Pass $199
Unlimited attendance in our prenatal classes during your entire pregnancy!
Yoga Mandala Prenatal Yoga classes provide a unique space for pregnant women to acknowledge the challenges and celebrate the joys of pregnancy and to fully experience the rite of passage into motherhood. We learn movements and yoga asanas to relieve many of the common discomforts associated with pregnancy. Using challenging poses, we practice effective pain management and stress reduction skills.
Classes also include an introduction to mindfulness practice, which can be a powerful tool in preparing for birth and parenting, as well as a brief support circle. Through experience, women can develop a sense of trust in the wisdom of their body for pregnancy and birth. With consistency, expectant mothers make supportive connections with other pregnant women and discover resources in the birth community. Classes are suitable for all stages of pregnancy and no experience is necessary.
For questions or more info contact Jessica at perinatal@yogamandalastudio.com.
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After months of preparation and anticipation, your baby has finally arrived! After allowing yourself as much time as you need to heal and recover from the birth and the profound changes in your life, come [back] to Yoga Mandala with your little one to connect with other new moms and start to stretch and strengthen your body. We cultivate a supportive, welcoming and gentle atmosphere for you to learn to take care of yourself and your baby.
This class is open to moms and their not-too-mobile babies and no experience is required.
For questions or more info contact Jessica at perinatal@yogamandalastudio.com.
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Postnatal Health
In this workshop, Sri Lalita will guide moms-to-be and their partners through essential information about the postnatal period with the intention of making that time a relaxed and sacred transition. Education about Ayurveda will be given, with application to healing from childbirth, easing into lactation and creating a close mother-child bond.
Pre/Postnatal Massage Top
Taking care of ones body during and after pregnancy is essential. Massage therapy catered to a woman’s needs during this time is an ideal way to nurture and support the intense work and rapid changes in her body. The healing aspect of physical touch can help reduce stress and anxiety as well as alleviate some of the discomforts that are common during this profound time of growth.
Please contact the staff at Yoga Mandala or visit our therapist profiles to find out which of our massage therapists specialize in working with pregnancy.
Perinatal Lending Library Top
Here you can sample insightful, supportive and informative books about conception, pregnancy, birth and parenting. Lending Library is located in Yoga Mandala’s rear studio, Soma. Please borrow one or two books at a time, log books out/in and return within 2 weeks. Enjoy!
Yoga Mandala Perinatal Program Director Top
Jessica Ezra Patri is a certified yoga instructor, trained modern dancer, certified massage therapist, somatic educator and mama. She has been practicing various Hatha yoga forms since childhood and began teaching yoga classes in 1999. Jessica received her formal yoga teacher training from Greenpath Yoga in San Francisco, in addition to her collective studies with teachers in the Bay Area and New York City, including David Life, John Berlinsky, Lea Watkins, Peggy Orr and others.
During 2001 and 2002, Jessica lived at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY where she had the opportunity to study with renowned teachers from around the world and be immersed in community, service and personal growth. Jessica has been dancing and teaching dance for many years and graduated from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in NYC in 1998. She completed the Certified Massage Therapist as Somatic Educator training at Moving on Center in Oakland, the Whole Birth Yoga Teacher teacher training with Robin Sale, and Prenatal massage training with Alive and Well.
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