Lunch with an Expert – Postpartum in Covid Times
Being a new mom is not easy. Postpartum comes with many challenges, and Covid has only added to them. Get some tips from pediatrician Dr. Jeon, UCLA to make it a little easier.
The Evolution of Ma Yoga’s Online Yoga Zoom Room
The Evolution of Ma Yoga's Online Yoga Zoom Room I received an email from a mom-to-be looking for prenatal yoga in Tokyo. The email read, "I’ve read about Ma Yoga classes, she said. Are there any here?" I told her I wished there was a way we could send a teacher over. I believe so strongly in the support, alignment, and education that
Coronavirus: Go To Yoga Class Or No?
Coronavirus: Go To Prenatal Yoga or Mom + Baby, Or No? Being pregnant or a new mom is known to cause anxiety. Add in Covid-19, and it can feel overwhelming. Of course, yoga is great when we want to feel more calm, clear and grounded - especially when we're pregnant. But should we go to prenatal yoga and risk catching or spreading it?
3 minute yoga practice to connect to body, breath, and core
Here's a sample from the Ma Journey of the kind of quick practices we do each week that connects us to our core, our breath, and to our body in a nurturing way.
7 Ways To Get Your Child To Love Yoga
Empty presence is a way to show up for our little ones so that they can explore life without our constant input and explanations.
How Pregnancy Exercise Has Changed in 20 Years
How Pregnancy Exercise Has Changed in my 20 Years of Teaching Don't do abdominals, don't do twists, and definitely don't do a strong practice that would make you sweat. That's what I learned in my first prenatal yoga teacher training, and many after that. Over the years, I saw first hand how we need our strength when we're pregnant maybe more than any
Three Questions to Ask Your OB or Midwife About Your Upcoming Labor
Empty presence is a way to show up for our little ones so that they can explore life without our constant input and explanations.
Empty Presence
Empty presence is a way to show up for our little ones so that they can explore life without our constant input and explanations.
4 Natural Pregnancy Nausea Remedies
Natural Pregnancy Nausea Remedies I spent most of my first trimester on the floor, watching my husband renovate our bathroom. I remember loving it there - it just became my happy place. If you’re feeling out of it, and basically spending your first trimester on the couch or wherever YOUR happy place is, don't worry. It's totally norma. The first trimester isn’t
Wave Breathing for Moms and Moms-to-be
When we lengthen and expand our breath - especially the exhale - we return to a natural rhythm, ground our energy and reset our nervous system.
How Two Minutes of Daily Meditation Can Change Your Life
Mama Talk: Sharing Yoga with Kids is about simple ways to playfully share yoga with kids. In this chat with Ma Yoga teacher and Mom Jamie Hanson, we share games to teach kidsto use their breath, their bodies and their minds to discover who they are and how powerful they are to change themselves and the world.
Postpartum: A Celebration of the Birth of YOU
Ma Yoga Living is all about learning how to take care of YOU, as well as baby. Get a printable First 7 Weeks guide that includes healing tips and self-care.
Pregnancy and Exercise: Is it Safe?
Mama Talk: Sharing Yoga with Kids is about simple ways to playfully share yoga with kids. In this chat with Ma Yoga teacher and Mom Jamie Hanson, we share games to teach kidsto use their breath, their bodies and their minds to discover who they are and how powerful they are to change themselves and the world.
Tips on Dealing with Anxiety During Pregnancy
We worry about things we did, about things that might happen, and then about the worry itself. Thankfully, there's an easy way to let anxiety during pregnancy go!
4 Prenatal Yoga Tips for Yoga Teachers
In this quick video, Colleen and Jamie share 4 Prenatal Yoga Tips for teachers so we can make sure we are guiding, supporting,and inspiring our moms-to-be as much as possible. Also, grab your free ebook, The Yoga of Pregnancy for Teachers! Above are three prenatal yoga tips from Colleen Hieber and Jamie Hanson, both amazing Ma Yoga® Teachers and Teacher Trainers.
Sharing Yoga with Kids
Mama Talk: Sharing Yoga with Kids is about simple ways to playfully share yoga with kids. In this chat with Ma Yoga teacher and Mom Jamie Hanson, we share games to teach kidsto use their breath, their bodies and their minds to discover who they are and how powerful they are to change themselves and the world.
Are You Playing Small or Choosing the Highest?
When we become conscious of a choice (and many choices that we make throughout the day are automatic, like make the coffee, wake the kids), we can choose to act in the “highest” way. What is the highest way? It is simply acting in the most life-enhancing, beautiful, nurturing, wise and powerful way...
Easy Meditation for Moms
Easy Meditation for People who Hate Meditating Whether you're a new mom whose life is in chaos, or a mom-to-be running from doctor's visits to Target, or just someone who's super busy, it's easy to run from task to task for days on end, without connecting to our big picture. If you've tried meditation and decided it wasn't for you, ask yourself this: