As a mama of two littles, it is HARD to find time for my own yoga practice. While it is still a dream to make it to a studio and take a full yoga class with no children in tow, it does occasionally happen but doesn’t do much for me day-to-day. I realized early on, that developing ways to incorporate yoga at home was key…
While my family and I were living on the small island of Bermuda, I completed my 200 hours of Yoga Teacher Training in Italy in August 2016. Completing my training made me realize this was just the start of a journey and there was so much more to learn and develop. As a highly knowledgeable and experienced school teacher, I had to leave my ego aside, leave my comfort zone, and not listen to the doubts and fears about not being good enough to teach yoga…
https://vimeo.com/570730541 Hi, I’m Jessica Jennings, the founder of Ma Yoga for Pregnancy, Motherhood & Beyond. I started teaching Prenatal Yoga in 2001, but I didn’t fall in love with it for a while. So often
One of my great joys is watching pregnant women emerging into motherhood as they go through my Prenatal Yoga and into Mom + Baby Yoga classes. There are so many fears and concerns for most women…
Birth Plan Tip 1: Learn about your birth place’s policies
Before writing your wishes down, make a call or go online to see what’s already in place. Your chosen birth place might surprise you by already being on the same page about something that matters to you…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Melanie Wachsman Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, RYT, RPYT, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Lactation Educator I found Anusara (alignment-based) yoga in 2000 after a dance background, and I quickly learned the powerful healing powers of yoga. As a birth and postpartum doula I see yoga as an essential part of the birth process…
Birth and Postpartum Doula, Certified Hi! I’m Rachelle Luczynski. I am honored to be an Inspired Anusara therapeutics Instructor, a Certified Ma Yoga prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor, and a Birth and Postpartum doula.
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Colleen Hieber Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, E-RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP I’ve been teaching yoga since 2011, shortly after completing my 85-Hour prenatal teacher training with Jessica Jennings in Los Angeles through Ma Yoga®. I have worked closely with Jessica to build a large prenatal yoga community in Orange County, CA…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Lauren Horn Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, RYT-500, RPYT I discovered yoga in 2003 with the intention to relieve chronic low back pain and it worked! Since then I have experienced the benefits of yoga at all stages of life; as a single woman, in marriage, during pregnancy, and now as a mother…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Jamie Hanson Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, E-RYT, RPYT I began teaching prenatal yoga with Ma Yoga® in late 2014 after suffering the loss of two pregnancies. In 2015 my daughter Luisa was born and I entered the journey of motherhood at which time I also began teaching Mommy and Me Yoga classes as well…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Rebecca Hackett Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor and Birth Doula, C-IAYT, YTRx-800C, RYT-500 I have been doing yoga since 2000 after having multiple back surgeries in 1998, 2003, a spinal fusion in 2012, and two abdominal surgeries including a cesarean section. In 2013 I became a yoga teacher so I could to others the many benefits of yoga…
Ma Yoga Living Yoga for Pregnancy Teacher Linda Eifer Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor I’m a native of Los Angeles, mother of two, and more recently, a yogi. I joined the Anusara community in 2000, began teaching yoga in 2004, yoga for pregnancy in 2007. I draw on experiences, family, my students, and the natural world for inspiration in contemporary life…
Uncovering the Divine Femine Discovering the “Ma” in my prenatal yoga teacher training journey. I recently embarked on my journey to become a Prenatal Yoga teacher with Ma Yoga, and participated in the Yoga of Pregnancy and Therapeutics for Mamas teacher training programs. Throughout the course of both of these beautiful weekends, I uncovered several truths. I discovered truths…
What To Expect From Ma Yoga Prenatal Yoga As a new prenatal teacher in 2001, I came into a yoga studio thinking about how wonderful and blissful everyone must be to be carrying this new
We like to be in control of our lives, don’t we? As a Prenatal Yoga teacher in Los Angeles, I meet so many women – just like I was – certain that with enough To-Do
I am feeling called to burrow deep within myself for a while. When I do this I like to do daily rituals. The ancients knew that rituals guided us beyond the limits of our brains.
Sometimes my daughter put on outfits that make me wonder where she came from. She’ll wear dresses as skirts and a headband with a paper crown taped to it to school. But no matter what
I wrote a while back about the power of saying no, and said we owed finding our dream home in LA in large part to saying no to everything that wasn’t IT. Some people replied
Recently I had some people over to the completely empty house we’d just bought. We were planning to see it quickly and then go have a picnic, but to our surprise the kids were having
Off the Mat Yoga for Mamas: How to Shine Up Last night my daughter got really annoyed that she had to get out of the bath. Usually I would get annoyed right back, but I
As a mama of two littles, it is HARD to find time for my own yoga practice. While it is still a dream to make it to a studio and take a full yoga class with no children in tow, it does occasionally happen but doesn’t do much for me day-to-day. I realized early on, that developing ways to incorporate yoga at home was key…
While my family and I were living on the small island of Bermuda, I completed my 200 hours of Yoga Teacher Training in Italy in August 2016. Completing my training made me realize this was just the start of a journey and there was so much more to learn and develop. As a highly knowledgeable and experienced school teacher, I had to leave my ego aside, leave my comfort zone, and not listen to the doubts and fears about not being good enough to teach yoga…
https://vimeo.com/570730541 Hi, I’m Jessica Jennings, the founder of Ma Yoga for Pregnancy, Motherhood & Beyond. I started teaching Prenatal Yoga in 2001, but I didn’t fall in love with it for a while. So often
One of my great joys is watching pregnant women emerging into motherhood as they go through my Prenatal Yoga and into Mom + Baby Yoga classes. There are so many fears and concerns for most women…
Birth Plan Tip 1: Learn about your birth place’s policies
Before writing your wishes down, make a call or go online to see what’s already in place. Your chosen birth place might surprise you by already being on the same page about something that matters to you…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Melanie Wachsman Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, RYT, RPYT, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Lactation Educator I found Anusara (alignment-based) yoga in 2000 after a dance background, and I quickly learned the powerful healing powers of yoga. As a birth and postpartum doula I see yoga as an essential part of the birth process…
Birth and Postpartum Doula, Certified Hi! I’m Rachelle Luczynski. I am honored to be an Inspired Anusara therapeutics Instructor, a Certified Ma Yoga prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor, and a Birth and Postpartum doula.
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Colleen Hieber Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, E-RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP I’ve been teaching yoga since 2011, shortly after completing my 85-Hour prenatal teacher training with Jessica Jennings in Los Angeles through Ma Yoga®. I have worked closely with Jessica to build a large prenatal yoga community in Orange County, CA…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Lauren Horn Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, RYT-500, RPYT I discovered yoga in 2003 with the intention to relieve chronic low back pain and it worked! Since then I have experienced the benefits of yoga at all stages of life; as a single woman, in marriage, during pregnancy, and now as a mother…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Jamie Hanson Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, E-RYT, RPYT I began teaching prenatal yoga with Ma Yoga® in late 2014 after suffering the loss of two pregnancies. In 2015 my daughter Luisa was born and I entered the journey of motherhood at which time I also began teaching Mommy and Me Yoga classes as well…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Rebecca Hackett Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor and Birth Doula, C-IAYT, YTRx-800C, RYT-500 I have been doing yoga since 2000 after having multiple back surgeries in 1998, 2003, a spinal fusion in 2012, and two abdominal surgeries including a cesarean section. In 2013 I became a yoga teacher so I could to others the many benefits of yoga…
Ma Yoga Living Yoga for Pregnancy Teacher Linda Eifer Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor I’m a native of Los Angeles, mother of two, and more recently, a yogi. I joined the Anusara community in 2000, began teaching yoga in 2004, yoga for pregnancy in 2007. I draw on experiences, family, my students, and the natural world for inspiration in contemporary life…
Uncovering the Divine Femine Discovering the “Ma” in my prenatal yoga teacher training journey. I recently embarked on my journey to become a Prenatal Yoga teacher with Ma Yoga, and participated in the Yoga of Pregnancy and Therapeutics for Mamas teacher training programs. Throughout the course of both of these beautiful weekends, I uncovered several truths. I discovered truths…
What To Expect From Ma Yoga Prenatal Yoga As a new prenatal teacher in 2001, I came into a yoga studio thinking about how wonderful and blissful everyone must be to be carrying this new
We like to be in control of our lives, don’t we? As a Prenatal Yoga teacher in Los Angeles, I meet so many women – just like I was – certain that with enough To-Do
I am feeling called to burrow deep within myself for a while. When I do this I like to do daily rituals. The ancients knew that rituals guided us beyond the limits of our brains.
Sometimes my daughter put on outfits that make me wonder where she came from. She’ll wear dresses as skirts and a headband with a paper crown taped to it to school. But no matter what
I wrote a while back about the power of saying no, and said we owed finding our dream home in LA in large part to saying no to everything that wasn’t IT. Some people replied
Recently I had some people over to the completely empty house we’d just bought. We were planning to see it quickly and then go have a picnic, but to our surprise the kids were having
Off the Mat Yoga for Mamas: How to Shine Up Last night my daughter got really annoyed that she had to get out of the bath. Usually I would get annoyed right back, but I
