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YOGA TEACHER & SHIASTU PRACTITIONER
VANESSA JOUBIN WHITE
SHIATSU PRACTITIONER · DOULA · PERINATAL YOGA
Pregnancy Yoga £14 per class
Wednesdays 11.45 am – 12.45 pm
or phone 07375 311 928
Pregnancy Yoga
A nurturing class for you and your growing baby
Vanessa's Pregnancy Yoga class offers a supportive space to nurture your body and mind throughout pregnancy while connecting with your growing baby.
Drawing on prenatal Kundalini yoga and her experience as a Shiatsu practitioner and doula, Vanessa uses gentle movement, postures and breathing practices to support your changing body, strengthen the nervous system and build physical and emotional resilience.
Throughout the classes, you'll develop a practical toolbox of movement and breathing techniques that you can draw on during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period.
Above all, the class encourages you to listen to your body, trust its wisdom and enjoy this time of connection with your baby.
What the class can support
Your changing body
Gentle movement and postures to support strength, mobility and comfort throughout pregnancy.
Preparation for labour
Breathing and movement practices that you can draw upon during labour and birth.
Emotional wellbeing
Practices designed to support the nervous system, encourage relaxation and build resilience.
Connection with your baby
Time to slow down, listen to your body and connect with your growing baby.
Days Time Duration Price Level
Wednesday 11.45 am - 12.45 pm 1 hour £14 per class All levels welcome
About Vanessa
Shiatsu Practitioner · Doula · Perinatal Yoga Teacher
Vanessa began her journey as a Shiatsu practitioner in 2010, following a life-changing trip to Taiwan. She was inspired by the way her Taiwanese friends cared for their physical, emotional and mental wellbeing through bodywork and the Chinese energetic system.
She went on to study Shiatsu, graduating in 2013, beginning a continuing exploration of the power of touch and its relationship with both body and mind. She continued to study with Suzanne Yates, Well Mother in Maternity Shiatsu, through conception, pregnancy and the postnatal period. In 2021, She did a Perinatal Kundalini Yoga teaching Course with the Yoga Doula School and taught pregnancy yoga when she lived in France.
Her experience with Shiatsu, pregnancy and birth also informs the way she teaches yoga: with an emphasis on listening to the body, working with rather than against it, and developing trust in our own physical experience.
Shiatsu is a Japanese form of bodywork rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Using gentle pressure along the body's meridians, together with stretches and joint mobilisation, Vanessa's approach aims to release tension, create space and support the body's natural tendency towards balance.
Price £65
First Discovery Shiatsu session with Vanessa · £45
Vanessa knows how to listen and touch deeply with her heart and her hands. Her Shiatsu is both gentle and powerful, sensitive and energetic, skilled and free-flowing – a dance, a dialogue, a meditation. Highly recommended!
VANESSA JOUBIN WHITE Seedhove