LushTums Blog
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Yoga, Bumps, and Diving Deep
What. A. Week.
Five full days in the friendly home of an absolute wonder of a woman (and her doggy).
Pregnancy yoga training. Itβs good to have, right? Keep your pregnant yogis safe. Iβll be honest, since I trained as a yoga teacherβ¦
Postnatal Exercise
Iβve just had a catch up with one of LushTums students, who is now a friend, and we were talking about βhow, when and what for exactlyβ does retuning to exercise look like for most women post having a baby.
In Conversation With: Candy from LushTums Chichester
This month weβre catching up with one of the newest members of the LushTums teaching family, Candy Myhill. Candy has recently completed her Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with us and will soon start teaching LushTums classes in Chichester , West Sussex.
Yoga and Community: Supporting New Mums in Bristol
During the school holidays my usual Mum & Baby Yoga courses are suspended so that I can spend time with my own children. I wanted to do a one off session in the park to bring as many mums together as possible andβ¦
The Doβs and Donβts of Postnatal Exercise
Another week, another horror story about local postnatal exercise classes. This week itβs the online group course requiring women to practice burpees and star-jumps just 8 weeks after birthβ¦
Kim's Inspiring Story - How PTSD Led Me To Yoga
My journey that eventually led to me becoming a Lushtums Yoga Instructor, began when I was just in my early 20βs. I was living in London and after a series of attacks in which a knife was held to my throat, I was punched in the face and almost forced into the trunk of a car, I developed terrible anxiety- possibly brought on by post traumatic stress (PTSD). I was afraid to leave the house I thought everyone was going to hurt me. Two things got me through it; cognitive behavioural therapy, and yoga.
Calling All Suffolk Mamas!
LushTums Ipswich is branching out! We have had such a fantastically positive response to what we do in Ipswich, so we are so excited to announce we will soon be bringing our happy, healthy and informative approach to pregnancy and birth to mamas-to-be and their birth partners from all around Suffolk!
What Has Yoga Ever Done For Us?
Lots of people think yoga is not for them. I often hear people say they like to sweat when they exercise (I always suggest Bikram), or they like to know how many calories they are burning- perhaps they feel that in order for exercise to be beneficial it should be punishing in some way. But I believe the many physical and emotional benefits of yoga can help everyone. And so I ask, shamelessly ripping off John Cleese and Monty Python β¦