The Mother Baby Program at Hillsborough Yoga and Healing Arts has been developed by Paula Huffman through her company Essential Health. These programs have come from Paula’s love of being a part of the beautiful process of life. She considers it a privilege to be a part of each family’s experience during this exciting but sometime stressful transition. Each program is designed to meet the individual needs of the participants as carefully and fully as possible.
Paula offers these programs through the eyes and heart of years of experience and education. She combines her background as an educator and health care provider to provide experiential learning in an atmosphere of acceptance and support. Paula has participated in the field of perinatal care since 1992. She has studied and received licensure and/or certifications as a special education teacher, registered nurse, childbirth educator, perinatal fitness instructor, and registered yoga teacher. Paula is a trained doula but practices only on a limited basis. She believes that most of her knowledge has been gained from the hundreds of women and couples she has had the pleasure to work with.
Please check out our programs and feel free to email Paula at babies@hillsboroughyoga.com
Childbirth Education Alternatives™
“Prepared Childbirth Classes with a Difference”
Small classes set in a nurturing environment. Topics based on fact presented with humor and active participation. Guest speakers, videos, handouts, reading references are used to give you the best information from a wide array of sources. These classes are right for everyone regardless of the type of birth experience you are hoping for or where you choose to deliver. An experiential approach to learning with topics that include Anatomy and Physiology of Labor, Coping Techniques approached from many different philosophies, Partner Roles, Variations and Complications, Medical Technology and Pain Relief and much more. Each class includes breath, relaxation and mobility practice with an incorporation of Mindfulness Techniques as developed by Jon-Kabat Zinn. Smart informed decision making to maximize the birth and postpartum experience is the goal for all participants.
Classes are held as 4 and 7 week series on different days and times.
Please see workshops/events for the next start date of these sessions.
For more information or an outline contact babies@hillsboroughyoga.com
Weekend Blitz
This is a weekend class held on Saturday and Sunday for two weekends.
Classes are scheduled for 3 hour sessions for a total of 12 hours.
This class is appropriate for those who cannot attend the 7 week course. Most of the class time will be spent in practice with the expectation that the basic factual foundations of labor and birth knowledge will be completed by the participants prior to class.
Please see workshops/events for the next start date of these sessions.
Mommy Baby Yoga
Bring the baby to Yoga! Enjoy your time with other new moms while you move your body. This class includes time for talking, sharing stories and resources. The yoga practice focuses on pregnancy and birth recovery as well as stretching and moving all those places affected by carrying and breastfeeding babies. You can start as early as 4-6 weeks postpartum and continue up until your baby is actively crawling.
Join the class for the drop in rate or use your pass card.
Prenatal Yoga
Come and join this supportive group of moms to be for sharing and yoga practice. This class offers community as well as a time to deeply connect with the baby you are giving life to. The asana practice focuses on comfort during pregnancy and physical preparation for labor and delivery.
Fusion Yoga
Moms to Be! New Moms with Baby! Dads! Stiff Dads who have never done Yoga! Partners! Grandmothers! Grandfathers! Friends!
Come and enjoy this lively, positive energy class that is open to all! This is a gentle practice that makes yoga possible for anyone who is willing to roll out a mat!
Prenatal Couples Workshop
This workshop is designed to provide an overview of skills and comfort measures that can be used to enhance comfort in pregnancy and facilitate the birth process.
The following will be included in this 3 hour workshop.
- Mindfulness Techniques for body awareness
- A simple Yoga Routine for Pregnancy and Birth Preparation
- Breath Work
- Relaxation Practices including Visualization
- Positioning for Labor
- Comfort Techniques for partners to provide including management of Back Labor
- The use of Rhythm, Relaxation and Ritual in labor
- Optional viewing of The Business of Being Born (not included in the 3 hour time period)
An experiential workshop that may function as an adjunct to any Prepared Childbirth Class. Also a great Refresher for those who have already given birth. Please see workshops/events for the next scheduled Prenatal Couples Workshop.
The Birth Circle™
The Birth Circle is a group started by Paula to provide a time for women to come together, meet, share stories and find out what is available in the community for moms to be and new parents. The Circle is a free group that alternates locations. Guest Speakers from the community will offer information on topics of interest to moms and moms to be. (sorry guys, baby boys, girls and women only)
The Circle is free and no registration is required. Snacks provided. A $3.00 donation is appreciated.
Please see workshop/events for the next location and guest speaker information.
The Birth Circle is always held on the first Saturday of every month.
CPR Classes
CPR classes will be held monthly at alternating locations.
American Heart Association Standards
Please see workshop/events for the next location and registration information.
Additional Programs
Hillsborough Yoga and Healing Arts will be proud sponsors of additional programs that support pregnancy and parenting.
Please refer to our workshop/events page for additional programs you may be interested in attending.
Friends of “All About Babies”
Carrboro Yoga Company
Paula also offers many of these same programs at Carrboro Yoga Company
www.mycyco.com
Women’s Birth and Wellness Center
www.ncbirthcenter.com
Breastfeeding Classes for Mom and/or Couples
Third Saturday of every month.
Preconception and Fertility Classes
See the workshop/events page for schedules.
