Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga at Green Yogi
Prenatal Yoga
Wednesdays & Fridays at 12pm | Telegraph Studio | Annemaria Rajala
This prenatal practice will teach you to cultivate trust and intuitive listening in your body in preparation for birth. The class will always begin with a check-in time so you get to connect with the community practicing with you. We'll explore movement to develop balanced suppleness and strength in the tissues to support your body as the pregnancy progresses and to prepare your body specifically for labor and birth. We'll learn breathwork helpful for labor, tools to work with sensation, we'll examine the biomechanics of pelvis and learn movements that can aid in making room for the baby to position well, and how to move with baby in labor. We'll end class with a deeply restorative time.
Sundays at 11am | MLK Studio | Daniella Morales
Join this nurturing and empowering Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga class designed for expecting mothers at any stage of pregnancy. Led by an experienced birthworker, Daniella Morales, this class blends gentle yet dynamic vinyasa sequences with breathwork and mindfulness tailored to the unique needs of pregnancy. Each class includes modifications for all trimesters, poses that help prepare the body for birth, and exercises to relieve common pregnancy discomforts. This class is a sweet opportunity to cultivate strength, flexibility, and connection with your body and baby while building confidence for the birthing journey ahead. All levels are welcome.
Postnatal Yoga
(pre-crawling babies welcome!)
Wednesdays at 10:30am | Telegraph Studio | Annemaria Rajala
This postnatal practice will provide a space for you to come and get to know your new body after birth. The class will always begin with a check-in time so you get to connect with the other new parents practicing with you. In the practice we will explore ways to stabilize the stretched out and often disconnected areas, as well as de-stress and mobilize the overused and stiff parts of the body. The practice includes conscious core and pelvic floor work, shoulder and chest opening, gentle flow and ends with a restorative time. This class is parent focused, but pre-crawling babies are welcome. This class is appropriate for you after getting the ok from your care provider to begin exercise again, often given at the 6 week well visit.
Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga
About Daniella
Daniella Morales is an experienced birthworker, herbalist, and yoga teacher. For the past decade, she has combined her knowledge of plant medicines and ancestral wisdom to promote health and well-being for mothers and their babies through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum time. She has taught prenatal yoga for 9 years and has 2 amazing kiddos of her own. She knows how important it is to integrate mindfulness and movement into prenatal and postnatal life. In her free time, Daniella enjoys gardening, connecting with nature, and spending time outdoors with her family. She dedicates her work to all women in all phases of their lives, celebrating their strength, growth, and resilience.
About Annemaria
Annemaria Rajala, E-RYT500, RPYT, YACEP is known for her grounded and nourishing classes that invite you to cultivate trust and intuitive listening in your body. She teaches weekly classes and leads workshops in the Bay Area and in the Virtual space, and is a guest lecturer for yoga Teacher Trainings in Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga. She teaches a wide range of styles, from Restorative and Gentle yoga to more vigorous Vinyasa with a specialty in Prenatal and Postnatal yoga and Postnatal core and pelvic floor recovery. Annemaria is a mother to a lively little boy and deeply passionate about supporting any birthing person through the journey of pregnancy and early parenthood.
Her teaching is informed by her years of personal practice, by studying varied approaches and styles of yoga, by being an eternal student of anatomy and by her extensive movement training and experience as a professional dancer and actor. Her goal as a teacher is to make yoga accessible and guide you as a student to a deeper relationship with yourself through the practice of yoga. Please visit www.annemariayoga.com for more information.
