Yoga Baby TV is now officially re-launched! Welcome back to our viewers and a warm hello to those of you visiting us for the first time! Whether you a expecting your first child, are a new or a seasoned mother, the show will show you how you can ease your way through pregnancy, childbirth, those early days with a new arrival right through to when your children are off to school and you wonder what you can do to get your body back, how you can relax and how you can engage your little ones in your yoga practice!
As babies are natural yoga wonders, quite happily falling into downward facing dog and pushing up into upward dog, the focus of Yoga Baby TV is for mum. It is you who has been through lots of changes, your body has adapted to carry a baby, give birth and after such an exhausting process, it is you who has to learn to rebuild strength and yoga for you is not just a physical process, it is a place for you to strengthen your mind, find peace in a hectic world and allow yourself time to both recover and enjoy this time of your life.
The shows will guide you through yoga practice you can take whatever mood you are in, however your body is feeling and whenever you (maybe with your little yogi’s or alone) feel the need for a few moments of beauty.
Yoga has helped me greatly through both of my pregnancies. Having two children close together meant that my home has been a little hectic and yoga has enabled me to laugh, bond with my children, find quiet in the present moment and feel happy in my body. It is a wonderful thing to be able to share this with you!
The new show is filmed at the Yogabode Studio in Norway which is my own studio where I teach many styles of yoga, from gentle Hatha to hectic Hot Yoga. It is here that I have developed the Figure Yoga Style, based on sculpting the body and feeling strong and confident in the process. If you want to know more about Figure Yoga, please see www.figureyoga.com and if you are ever in Northern Norway, why not drop by! The studio site is www.yogabode.com
Jill x
Happy Easter Holidays to all our viewers!
I am thrilled to announce the re-launch of Yoga TV! The new show will be relaunched on May 1st!
The studio is finished and we are all set with new lights, sound and a whole new concept for the show, which will include routines through all stages of pregnancy, birth preparation, post natal recovery to mothers with older children…and a few routines for dads, grandparents and anyone else with a desire to try yoga!
Matthew, my husband and editor has been in the US for a while and has returned full of exciting ideas for the show which we will work in to the new format. You will be able to get the show through the Yoga Baby TV site (which will also be having a small facelift!), through blip tv, itunes, vimeo and you can even watch and join in using your phone!
I will be available for questions and will be leaving lots of video comments too, so please feel free to contact us and leave feedback!
We look forward to seeing you on the 1st May!
Namaste!
Jill, Matthew, Heidi & Miller x
Tired kids! Heidi and Miller can hardly stay awake after a busy day at kindergarten today. As a departure from a physical yoga topic but more atune to yoga as a lifestyle I wanted to share something my husband and I experienced today. In a temperature of around minus 7, in heavy snow, a Busker was playing outside the shops, his hands shaking with cold.
I am almost fully recovered from a bad reaction to some medication and feel alert and inspired to build on the success of Yoga Baby. We are on track now to begin filming in the new studio, in high definition, with improved sound and lighting from January 2009! Please let us know if there is anything you would like to see from the show. It is my aim to look at yoga from the first stages of pregnancy, right the way through to having babies, toddlers and older children. The show will have sections for mum on her own, to help baby development, e.g to encourage crawling and relieve any stiffness, for mum and baby/child in playful or relaxing moods and a whole host of other things! Miller and Heidi will of course join me on the show and maybe we will introduce some new mums and their little ones too!
When yoga becomes part of your lifestyle rather than an exercise system, you begin to change other aspects of your life to fit with the new you. The physical asansas (or poses) are only part of yoga. The practice of the asanas brings calmness to the mind and creates space for you to think about the focus of your life. I am often asked if diet is important and the answer is yes, of course it is important! If you are taking so much care of your body and mind by practising yoga then you must look after the health of your body by means of diet.
Here at yoga baby we are approaching our first birthday – that’s the show, not Miller! We began the show when Miller was 6 months old and it is so great to see so many of you watching and taking yoga practice with your children. Read on to find out more and get info on our competition!
I recently completed training in the Alexander Technique and if you are not aware of what the Alexander Technique is all about I would like to share some of the basics with you as it is an excellent way of looking at the way you use your body and a way of relieving discomfort and posture just by looking at your physical habits. Read more
Yoga comes in a variety of forms and is often associated with quiet contemplation. Moving the body into stillness through a series of yoga asanas is a way to achieve a strong and flexible body whilst also calming the mind. However, this being said…! Yoga with your baby or toddler is a different experience altogether!
Please see the new section of the site, ‘Positions/Asanas’. We will be adding many more yoga positions for you to try, you can also refer to these pages if you want further details of the poses shown during the show. If there are any asanas you are finding challenging or wish more information on, please let us know!
We are thrilled here at Yoga Baby to be a part of a funding application that has been granted. We are part of an organisation called Barklive (www.barklive.com), a collective of three artists working in new media in Northern Norway. Read more
