Prenatal Partners Yoga

With Sandi Smith-Grove: ERYT200, Licensed Midwife and Prenatal Educator

What to Expect

Open to the pregnant person and her primary Birth Partner, an all level 2-hour workshop to help prepare for labor and birth.

Yoga can be an essential component in remaining grounded, calm and present during birth and beyond. Our workshop begins with a gentle yoga sequence to stretch and move the spine. We’ll work with the breath and poses for strength, flexibility and opening. Class ends with a deep relaxation for all. Along the way we’ll add in effective and comforting poses for pregnancy and labor, massage for the pregnant person, and affirmations for both.

All trimesters and birth philosophies welcome, no yoga experience necessary. This workshop complements any birthing preparation classes you may be taking. Wear comfortable clothing you can move in, bring a light snack and water bottle.

Class is $120 per couple offered quarterly.

Next session: Saturday, March 8th, 3:30-5:30PM

Meet the instructor

  • Sandi Smith-Groove: ERYT200, LM

    Sandi is an ERYT200, Licensed Midwife and Prenatal Educator who began her work with pregnant people at the same time she began practicing yoga, in 1992. Her belief is that yoga is a practice which can benefit any one and any body and is a path to maintaining physical, emotional and mental wellness, as well as helping reduce stress and anxiety.

    Sandi combines two of her passions, yoga and serving expectant and new parents, into her Prenatal and Postpartum yoga classes and Prenatal Partners workshops. She believes that the female body is strong and powerful, yet benefits from nurturing and compassion, especially during the season of gestation and change. Helping pregnant people connect with their bodies and their babies, focusing on the breath and finding balance, discovering the strength within, while learning to let go are interwoven into her classes.

    She began studying with Diane Valentine as part of a healing regime after back surgery, and completed her teaching certification at The Yoga & Movement Center in Walnut Creek. She has received teaching certifications in Yoga for Healthy Aging, Prenatal Yoga, Relax & Renew® Restorative Yoga, as well as the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program for Health Care Providers.