Prenatal Yoga with Belly Dance & Massage for Relaxation, Wellness, Childbirth, and Postpartum Recovery Preparation
Prenatal Yoga Classes with Michelle are safe and designed for the specific needs of the women who attend. Classes provide a nurturing space for women to connect to their Divine essence, feminine power, and baby while also creating community, celebrating their pregnancies, and birthing ability. This class is designed for all stages, abilities, regardless or cesarean or vaginal birth.
Every
class provides a cardiopulmonary exercise based on ACOG guidelines. Classes teach women how to prevent common musculoskeletal complaints during pregnancy in addition to learning to strengthen, tone, activate, and lengthen specific postural and respiratory muscles to aid the body during pregnancy, labor, birth, and everyday life activities. Learn to consciously relax and eliminate pain and tension based on current, evidence based medicine. Improve posture, continence, low back, hip, and pelvic dynamic stability. All classes end with guided imagery, bonding with baby, and a nurturing foot massage for mommy to be.
Michelle encourages
perinatal, fitness, and health care professionals to attend classes to create
awareness, community, & understanding of the benefits of this approach to prenatal wellness as it is based on current movement science research.
All classes
comply with exercise guidelines established by the American College of
Obstetrics and Gynecology. Props are used to provide optimal support and ease of movement during pregnancy. It is recommended to consult with your
doctor prior to attending class.
Yoga Facilitator:
Michelle Maniaci is a licensed physical therapist, yoga teacher, belly dance teacher, and infant massage instructor practicing for over 13 years. She has created Nurturing Moves, a pioneering approach to injury prevention, wellness, rehabilitation, childbirth preparation, and performance enhancement that blends the science of physical therapy with holistic healing practices. Michelle offers courses for health care professionals and perinatal professionals that blend physical therapy with yoga, belly dance, and energetic medicine to benefit all aspects of one's being with scientific integrity and empowered femininity.
Contact Michelle at 305.206.2229 or birthdance@gmail.com
