Who: Tots, Squats and Coffee Pots
What: Challenging, fun and social fitness classes where Mums can bring their little ones along. Suitable for pregnancy and postnatal women and children of all ages.
Where: Kneller Gardens, Meadway,Twickenham, Middlesex. TW2 6PH and other indoor venues in Twickenham.
Website: www.vivacityuk.co.uk
Who: Stretching People
What: Yoga for pregnancy and post natally. Group classes and private individual and group classes.
Where: Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, East Finchley, North London and 6 Erskine Road, Primrose Hill, NW3
Website: stretchingpeople.co.uk
Who: Battersea Yoga
What: Yoga for pregnancy, yoga birth workshops, postnatal yoga, mother and baby yoga. Doula services.
Where: The Conservatory, Bakery Place,, 119 Altenburg Gardens, , London SW11 1JQ and Chatham Hall, 152 Northcote Rd,, Battersea, London SW11 6RD
Website: batterseayoga.com
Who: The Park Club
What: Ante-Natal Pilates, yoga and pilates general classes, pool
Where: East Acton Lane, West London, W3 7HB
Website: theparkclub-px.rtrk.co.uk
Who: Blooming Fit
What: Complete solutions for fitness, exercise and healthy lifestyle for pregnancy, mother and baby fitness classes, personal trainers
Where: Coatbridge, Scotland ML5
Tel 07702106416:
Cottenham Village Sports Centre
High Street, Cottenham,
Cambridge CB24 8UA,
Tel 07854170540:
Portishead Bristol, BS20
Tel 07973549428:
Room 3, Braeport Centre,
Dunblane, Scotland
FK150AT,
Tel 07876327531:
St Barnabus C of E church hall London SW18,
Tel 07986067711:
The Barn Health & Leisure, Girton,
Cambridge CB3 0QH,
Tel 07854 170540:
The Exchange, Express Park,
Bridgwater TA6 4RR,
Tel 07940398750:
The Meadow Community Centre,
1 St Catherine Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ,
Tel 07854170540:
UWE Coldharbour Lane,
Frenchay, Bristol BS161QY:
Website: bloomingfit.com
Who: Barreworks
What: Ballet-influenced exercise in pregnancy and post-natally for improving core strength
Where: Barreworks Studio, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, TW9 1SA
Website: barreworks.co.uk
Who: The Lift Fitness
What: Ante- and Post-Natal exercise classes and assessments. Personal trainers around West London
Where: Hampton, West London
Website: theliftfitness.com
Who: Ten Pilates
What: Pilates and exercise in pregnancy
Where: Notting Hill, Chiswick, St James’s, Mayfair, Hatton Garden, City, London
Website: tenpilates.com
Who: Laurel Alper
What: Laurel is a Personal Trainer, Pilates Instructor and Nutritional Counsellor for Weight Loss and specialises in Ante/Post Natal fitness training. She also offers a daily home meal delivery service (within the M25) for weight loss and healthier eating. Laurel is endorsed by the NHS Whittington Hospital Maternity Wing and is a member of The Guild of Pregnancy and Post Natal Exercise Instructors. She writes on fitness and lower fat recipes for various mags and blogs including Lighter Life and Personal Trainer mag.
Where: Inside M25
Website: www.laurelalper.co.uk
Who: Antonia Bolino Francis Pilates
What: Antonia’s Pilates classes are held at Bushey & Oxhey Methodist church hall on Monday mornings from 10.15 am. They cost £8 per class and Antonia provides all equipment. All abilities are welcome. The classes are small, so Antonia can work individually with you should you need help. First taster class free.
Where: Oxhey Village
Contact: 07973398293
Email: [email protected]
Who: Little Venice Pilates and Physiotherapy
What: Specialises in Pre- and post-natal pilates and offers small classes (maximum 4), 1-2-1 sessions, or twosomes (come with a friend!). Pilates is of great benefit to all mums-to-be and is also very good to get back into shape after giving birth! Situated in the heart of Little Venice, a mere 2 minutes from Warwick Avenue Tube station. For more information and for prices, visit the website or call 0207 286 5000. Also has a sister studio, Holland Park Pilates which offers 1-2-1 and twosome classes. Please have a look at the website at
Where: Holand Park and Little Venice
Website: www.hollandparkpilates.com
Who: Anja Brierley Lange at Yogaembodied
What: Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga in group classes, one-to-ones and online. For beginners and experienced yoginis.
Where: London: The City, Streatham, Chelsea, online as well as workshops and trainings worldwide.
Website: www.yogaembodied.com
Who: Bumps and Burpees
What: Bumps and Burpees is a dedicated pre and post-natal space housed within Lomax in Chelsea. Run by a team of professionals, experienced and passionate about helping clients with all aspects of their pregnancy and being a new mum, you can train in your own private space. At Lomax, clients are able to create a bespoke health package specific to their needs and with personal training, pilates, barre, nutrition, massage, acupuncture and physiotherapy all under one roof, there is nothing we can’t do to look after our clients’ health. Lomax has lift access perfect for prams, and babies are more than welcome to come along to all sessions, so childcare is taken care of. Lomax is a no membership gym, all services are pay as you go so clients can come as little or as often as suits them.
Where: Fulham, London
Website: www.lomaxpt.com
Who: WaterBumps
What: An aquatic exercise therapy choreographed exclusively for pregnant women and women after the birth of their baby, offering a pool-based approach to pre and post-natal exercise and wellbeing.
Where: Various locations in Bristol, please see website to find your nearest class.
Website: www.waterbumps.co.uk
Who: Pre & Postnatal Yoga Classes with Nadia Raafat
Where: Battersea Yoga
What: Nadia Raafat is the Co-founder of BatterseaYoga, a popular SW London Yoga and Meditation Centre.
Nadia believes “Childbirth is the Ultimate Meditation” and her Becoming Mother label is devoted and dedicated to supporting women to motherhood and beyond with yoga and mindfulness.
She is an expert in her field: a mother to 4 children, a yoga and meditation teacher with over 10 years experience, a birth educator, a Dancing for Birth teacher and a practising birth doula.
Over the last decade, inspired by her own very different 4 pregnancies and birth journeys she has helped hundreds of women manage the physical and emotional challenges of pregnancy and experience a positive birth and transition into Motherhood with her Yoga and Mindfulness for Birth programme.
Nadia offers three Pre & Postnatal Yoga Classes at BatterseaYoga including:-
- Pregnancy Yoga: Yoga should be the first choice of exercise for any pregnant woman. Widely recommended and promoted by midwives and doctors, it is considered the safest all round exercise for women during pregnancy and an ideal birth preparation programme. Classes suit all stages of pregnancy from 14 – 42 weeks. Battersea Yoga’s pregnancy classes cover everything the pregnant mother needs to keep her fit and well during her pregnancy, remedy many of the common pregnancy complications like back pain and oedema and prepare and empower her physically, emotionally and spiritually for birth. After one hour of mindful yoga practice, we end with fifteen minutes of healing deep relaxation allowing the body to release tensions, the mind to become still and the mother to create a deeper connection with her growing baby.
- Postnatal Yoga With Baby: Battersea Yoga’s new Postnatal Yoga class aims to heal, strengthen and nurture your postnatal body as well as connect with a Yoga community of new mums. The emphasis in this class is on Yoga for the Mother and prioritises strengthening the pelvic floor muscles, re-aligning pelvis and spine and re-building core strength. Postnatal Yoga can be practiced from 6 weeks.
- Mum & Baby Yoga: In these very special classes we combine specific postnatal yoga exercises for the mothers with the wonderful practice of baby yoga to ensure that both mothers and babies enjoy their yoga experience. Alongside the postnatal yoga, the Baby Yoga, through a combination of song, movement and yoga postures, provides a joyful physical experience for the babies and the mothers to share together. Baby Yoga encourages motor, vestibular and emotional development and can be really helpful in calming and soothing colicky babies and babies with reflux. Mothers gain a new confidence in their physical handling of their baby and discover a more playful style of interaction with them. At the end of the class the mothers get a chance to catch up and share their experiences of the wonderful and challenging world of mothering. Baby Yoga is a relatively new practice that has become increasingly popular as more and more mothers witness its positive effect on their babies developments and on the mother/baby relationship.
Website: www.batterseayoga.com / www.nadiaraafat.com
Who: Tara Lee Yoga
What: Pregnancy yoga and Mother and Baby Yoga classes and DVDs, app and book. Tara Lee has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has been teaching yoga for 14 years. Tara has released 7 yoga DVDs, an app and a book. Her Pregnancy Yoga DVDs and app are bestselling and include birth preparation, partner massage and a special hypnobirthing section with expert Katharine Graves. She will be releasing a new postnatal yoga DVD later this year.
Where: Tara teaches group classes at The Life Centre in Notting Hill Gate and her DVDs are available on Amazon.
Website: www.taraleeyoga.com
Who: CARiFiT
What: CARiFiT is a 30 minute fitness class which has been carefully created for mothers with babies aged six weeks to six months old and encourages the reintroduction of exercise, as well as an opportunity for mums to get closer to theri baby whilst working out.
The class has been created and designed by pre-and-post natal specialist Personal Trainer, Vern Hill of Hill-Battersea, in collaboration with global fitness expert, Vicky Mahony. Vern has been working with pre and post natal women for over 10 years and has developed CARiFiT to meet the needs of the post natal body and mind. CARiFiT encourages social and physical benefits for new mums, focusing on restoring a mother’s core, strengthening their overall posture, increasing their heart rate and all while meeting new like-minded mums. The workout is punctuated with bursts of sensory music for the babies, which often results in them drifting off to sleep during the class, as the mums work-up a sweat and feel the rush of endorphins again.
Where: London
Website: www.carifit.co.uk
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