Empowered Birthing Mother

15/07/2024

Dear Teachers & Birth-Workers

We are delighted to announce 4 x Scholarship places on the forthcoming Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth September training.

For the hugely discounted price of £595 (reduced from £1050), the four successful candidates will receive:

- 100 Hours of first class teaching with highly experienced and passionate birthworkers and yoga practitioners.

- A 9-week Mindfulness self-development journey

- A curriculum designed to inspire and deeply inform.

- A mentoring programme including 2 x 30 minute 121 sessions after you graduate.

- A choice of either exclusive online training or combined online/in-person for those who can get to London ensuring whichever model you chose you get the best of the teachings.

- Business support and a clear pathway for launching or up-leveling your pregnancy business

- Triple accreditation from YAP, FEDANT & DOULA UK.

- 2 part payment programme if required.

- Become part of the YMPB Teachers and birth professionals community

The next upcoming training takes place from 27th September – 1st December 2024 and you can find the full curriculum and further details and dates here:

https://nadiaraafat.com/online-pregnancy-yoga-teacher-training/

Q & A’s:

I recently recorded an Instagram Live with my co-teacher Vera Dubrovina where we discussed many of the common questions that surround this training and which I am sure will be very useful for anyone looking to explore the Course. Please find the link here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C89dCVlIze6/?igsh=MWJnYWI2a2pqaDNoZQ%3D%3D

How to Apply:

Application is simple: all you you need to do is email Nadia on [email protected] outlining your professional background and detailing how the scholarship would support you in this training. The deadline for scholarship application is the 1st September but please remember to apply early as applications will be awarded in order of arrival.

If you want to train to work effectively with pregnancy and birth, or you are already working with pregnancy but want to up-level your teaching and find professional community and inspiration, now is your chance:

We look forward to hearing from you.

Nadia and the YMPB team.

18/05/2022

https://nadiaraafat.com/avoid-these-15-things-if-you-want-a-physiological-birth/

14/04/2022



Announcing Two Scholarships for our upcoming Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth Teacher Training


It’s been a tough two years for yoga teachers with closed venues and a challenging online market. For many, income has been reduced; for some - drastically. It’s difficult to take the plunge and invest in a new training when our earnings are compromised.
That’s why we are offering two half price scholarships to those who would like to attend but cannot afford the full financial commitment.
For the discounted price of £595 you will receive:
* 100 hours (9 weeks) of Mindfulness Training & Pregnancy Yoga
* Comprehensive Birth Preparation
* One Year Post-Graduate Mentoring
* Become an Accredited Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher certified to offer Mindfulness for Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood, Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation Classes
An investment that bears many fruits.



If you would like to apply for this scholarship please email [email protected] explaining why you could benefit from this scholarship. The Closing Date for the Scholarship Application is Midnight, Monday 25 April We will contact the two scholarship winners after that date.
Follow the link here: https://nadiaraafat.com/yoga-and-mindfulness-for.../ to find out about this rich online or in-person teacher training programme and email me to apply: [email protected]

🌟🌟 Two Scholarships for our upcoming Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth Teacher Training 🌟🌟

It’s been a tough two years for yoga teachers with closed venues and a challenging online market. For many, income has been reduced; for some - drastically. It’s difficult to take the plunge and invest in a new training when our earnings are compromised.

That’s why we are offering two half price scholarships to those who would like to attend but cannot afford the full financial commitment.

For the discounted price of £595 you will receive:
* 100 hours (9 weeks) of Mindfulness Training & Pregnancy Yoga
* Comprehensive Birth Preparation
* One Year Post-Graduate Mentoring
* Become an Accredited Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher certified to offer Mindfulness for Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood, Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation Classes
An investment that bears many fruits.🍏🍎🍐

If you would like to apply for this scholarship please email [email protected] explaining why you could benefit from this scholarship. The Closing Date for the Scholarship Application is Midnight, Monday 25 April We will contact the two scholarship winners after that date.

Follow the link here: https://nadiaraafat.com/yoga-and-mindfulness-for-pregnancy-birth-teacher-training/ to find out about this rich online or in-person teacher training programme and email me to apply: [email protected]

08/03/2022

Anyone ready to transform their sleep?

A 7- week online course to transform your sleep, tackle the root cause of stress and sleep issues in a simple and natural way with Sophrology.

14/01/2022

This is happening from Monday, join us!

You can now sign up for our free Daily Empowerment series starting on Monday!

Starting a New Year can be overwhelming especially with where our world is at. It is easy not to know how to keep our stress in check, what to prioritise to reach our goals or what intention to set for the months ahead. But our mental well-being is an absolute priority for finding the resilience we need at the moment. Don't let it take a backseat. It doesn't have to be a lengthy process, it just requires consistency - little but often!

Join me for just 10 minutes of Sophrology a day over 10 days to calm the mind, boost your energy, improve your sleep, and confidently embrace your projects and goals. Daily practices will be sent to your emails so you can practice on your own time + you will have access to 2 live sessions with me!
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​Hope to see you there!

https://be-sophro.com/be-empowered-series/

02/12/2021

Bookings are flying in for the January round of LIVE online classes.
From the comfort pof your own but with me LIVE as your guide.

Come and join our vibrant community and discover embodied female empowerment this pregnancy.

This amazing course offers:
12 LIVE 75 minute lessons
6 Pregnancy Yoga recordings
8 Meditation Recordings
One Partners Half-day session
One Postnatal Reunion
Whats App group support THROUGHOUT your pregnancy

Early Bird Booking closes 5 December.
Book your place now:
https://nadiaraafat.com/becomingmothercourse/

⭐️The. January dates are up on my website for my Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy & Birth Course.
⭐️This 12 week deep dive Into the pregnancy and birth experience offers Mindfulness training, pregnancy yoga amd embodied birth preparation to the pregnant community.
⭐️When you join this course, you receive:
🌺12 LIVE Yoga & Mindfulness within me
🌺A folder of guided pregnancy meditations to practice between sessions
🌺A One day Labour with Love Birth Rehearsal Workshop with your birth partner of choice
🌺One online postnatal reunion once all the babies are born
🌺Six additional pregnancy yoga recordings.
🌺 this course is fully online so you can join from anywhere in the world🌍
⭐️Through deepening your inner practice, cultivating steadiness of mind, a sensitive and more intimate connection with your body and baby, my hope is that you find the inner confidence, empowering knowledge and skills to embrace the incredible childbirth experience however it unfolds for you.
⭐️I offer you weekly guidance and support as well as access to the best independent information at every stage of your pregnancy journey.
⭐️I am offering an early bird booking price which is available until December 1st.

⭐️⭐️To find out more about the course and sign up follow the link in my bio. ⭐️⭐️

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28/05/2021

28/05/2021

The Best Energy Boosting Smoothies for Pregnancy. During pregnancy, it's extremely common to feel exhausted and lacking in energy. Combine that with morning sickness and it can wreak havoc on your energy levels

During pregnancy, it's common to feel exhausted and lacking in energy. Combined with morning sickness and an aversion to all things vegetable related and it'll wreak havoc on your energy levels.

13/05/2021

Jack Newman is a highly respected for his thoughts and work around breastfeeding. This is an interesting read...

In many hospitals, 10% weight loss is used as an accurate measure of how the breastfeeding is going in the first few days after birth. In fact, it is nothing of the sort. All too often it results in babies getting unnecessary supplementation, often by bottle, and the mother and baby do not get the help they need to succeed in breastfeeding. Here are some reasons:

1. In affluent countries, the vast majority of women in labour receive large amounts of IV fluids during labour and after. Some of these fluids are transferred over to the baby so that the baby is born “overhydrated” or “extra heavy”. When he is born, the baby starts urinating these fluids out and returns to “normal” hydration. So the baby does not lose “real weight” and it is inappropriate to look simply at the baby’s weight to determine if the baby is breastfeeding well or if the baby requires supplementation.

2. Different scales weigh differently. We have seen two scales weigh 400 grams (14 ounces) different for the same baby weighed minutes apart. Most scales are not that far off, but we have seen two scales of the exact same make by the same manufacturer weigh the same baby 85 grams (3 ounces) different and this is probably not unusual. 85 grams for a 3 kg (6lb 10oz) baby is almost 3% so that a baby may lose 3% of his birthweight depending on which scale he was weighed on. Note that most babies are weighed first in delivery and then, on another scale in postpartum.

3. Error in reading the scale or marking down the weight are made not infrequently. We have documented one baby who was weighed at birth at 2.58 kg (5lb 11oz) and 5 hours later weighed 3.1 kg (6lb 13oz). Normally, babies are not weighed every 5 hours, but undoubtedly what happened was that someone looked at the baby at 5 hours of life and thought “This baby couldn’t possibly weigh only 2.58 kg”. But what if the weighs were taken the other way around? Going from 3.1 kg at birth to 2.58 kg the next day is a loss of 17%.

4. There is a possibility, though, that the baby indeed is not getting much milk from the breast. When mothers get lots of fluids during the labour and birth and after, they often retain large amounts of fluid and their bodies are edematous (swollen with fluid) and not only are their legs and fingers swollen but so are their ni***es and areolas as well. As a result, the baby has difficulty latching on and thus may not get the colostrum that is available to him.

What the baby needs is not automatic supplementation, but rather, first and foremost, the baby needs help getting a good latch. This requires good help from hospital staff and midwives, which may include reverse pressure softening of the ni***es and areolas so that the baby does get a deep asymmetric latch and gets milk from the breast.

Unfortunately, in too many hospitals, the automatic first reaction is to give the baby a bottle of formula. And that definitely does not help improve the baby’s latch.