Lindsay Clarke

Welcome! Active Birth Yoga for Pregnancy Classes with Lindsay Clarke
Tel (09) 410 0325 mobile 0211897006 Classes NOW in Devonport, Milford
and other North Shore Auckland locations.

***BREAKING NEWS!!!***

I am moving to New Zealand at the end of January, so will no longer be running classes in the UK!
I will put updates on this website as a few new teachers will be starting classes in Solihull this year.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the support you have given me. It has been a joy to follow your journeys through pregnancy and motherhood, and I wish you all the best with your beautiful babies!

Breastfeeding workshops

Couples classes

Please go to the menu on
the right for more details.

For any further information,
please email me at

lindsay@lindsayclarke.com

and I will reply to you as soon as possible.

Best wishes

Lindsay Clarke

Baby massage is a fantastic way to bond with your baby and to understand your baby a little bit more. Massage can help with many minor ailments, such as wind, colic, constipation, poor circulation, but most of all baby massage can really chill your baby out, giving you a sense of well-being too!!

Baby massage classes consist of 30 minutes massage for your baby, and then we focus on you! We start with gentle stretch and tone exercises, working the legs, stomach and pelvic floor, helping your body return to normal in a stress-free environment. We usually include a shoulder and back massage for the mums!

We work with the babies, so if they cry or need feeding, that’s ok, you can catch up easily once your baby is ready to carry on.

Please email me for more details

Lindsay Clarke is a qualified, registered Active Birth Teacher.
Lindsay is the mother of three children and trained to be an Active Birth Teacher in London, UK, with Janet Balaskas. Lindsay has been running Active Birth Classes, Couples Classes and Baby Massage classes for around 16 years and has enjoyed helping women and their families through their journey. Lindsay is also available to attend the birth of your baby as a DOULA (birth assistant), providing physical and emotional support for you and your partner. Please email Lindsay for further details : lindsay@lindsayclarke.com.

Yoga for pregnancy has many benefits. The main one being relaxation. Yoga helps you to learn how to relax physically and mentally, so that you feel calm during this great change in your life. If a pregnant woman is very stressed during pregnancy her adrenalin levels will be high and this is transmitted to the baby. It is then common for the baby to be born with high adrenalin levels, producing a baby that is very stressed, nervous and agitated.

Yoga during pregnancy is a great way to exercise safely. Many of the women who attend the classes have never done any yoga before, but benefit enormously. During pregnancy, the body has a higher level of certain hormones, one being relaxin, which helps the ligaments in the body to relax, to create a more flexible pelvis allowing the baby to be born more easily. Pregnant women are naturally more flexible during this time and enjoy gently stretching and exploring their flexibility.

Yoga postures help to open different parts of the body, such as tight shoulders, creating a little more freedom within the body, and more space for the baby. However the individual postures are not so important, but the way the body goes into them. Through the practice of yoga we are taught to listen to the way our own body wants to respond and perform each posture with awareness and intelligence.

Breathing is an important part of yoga. We learn to breathe through the whole body, releasing tension as we exhale. A lot of negative energy and emotions can be released through breathing in this way. This is essential to pregnant women, to see them through labour in the most effective way. There is the opportunity to find calm and stillness through the breath. If a woman in labour is relaxed, the labour will be much easier and shorter, bringing a more peaceful entry to the world for the baby. Even if a pregnant woman has to go through a caesarean section, she can still use the breathing techniques to remain calm and focussed on the positive outcome of her birth.