Nona Prenatal Yoga
Learn to listen deeply to prepare for birth
In the Nona Prenatal Yoga and Support class, we weave together mindfulness, childbirth education, and yoga for an integrative approach to pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting.
What you can Expect
Education and Emotional Support with Yoga
Learn self-help techniques that can ease common emotional and physical adjustments associated with pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Learn healthy ways to work with stress and anxiety before, during, and after labor.
Practice effective skills for being with pain.
Develop confidence for birth.
Learn to work with fears associated with labor, birth, and early parenting.
Make supportive connections in your community
Have time and space to bond
Recognize birth as a right of passage regardless of birth outcome
Explore the emotional world of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Honor the difficulties and celebrate the joys of pregnancy.
Get relief from common discomforts of pregnancy
Pricing and Details
Class time includes yoga, childbirth education*, group support, and deep relaxation.
Nona Prenatal Yoga is an excellent complement to any childbirth education program.
Sessions are offered three times per year; each session is 6 weeks long and includes 6, 2-hour + classes for a total of $195. Plus, once you complete the series, you will get access to the online class for practice throughout the rest of your pregnancy.
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Each 6-week session is held on Thursday evenings from 6:00 - 8/8:15 pm at Erica’s Airbnb-home studio in central Columbia.
COVID policy: Participants should not come to class if they are symptomatic. Participants who miss a class due to illness will be given early access to the online class for practice.
Classes are currently being offered through MU School of Medicine for a study. New Private classes will be announced in the spring.
If you are a patient at Women’s and Children’s, you may be eligible. Ask your provider for information.
You can still register for the online version of the course below
Nona Prenatal yoga is appropriate for all fitness levels, all stages of pregnancy, and all types of birth plans. No experience is necessary. In fact, many people choose a prenatal yoga class as their first-ever yoga class.
In the Nona Prenatal Yoga & Support class parents will learn to embody mindfulness strategies for managing pain, fear, and anxiety during pregnancy, childbirth birth, and postpartum.
Group support includes meaningful discussions, childbirth education, and growing your parenting community.
Register for Nona Prenatal Yoga Online through our teaching platform:
*Childbirth education in this course focuses on working with pain, fear, and anxiety. Complete and comprehensive childbirth education is available online through our Mindful Birth Education Course. I highly recommend the online comprehensive class as an excellent compliment to the Nona Prenatal Yoga and Support class.
"I highly recommend any time you can dedicate to preparing for your birth with Erica- her words, knowledge, and energy were with me so strongly while birthing my daughter!."
— Stephanie Bloom Wyatt.
Contact Erica.
Erica Kroll, LPC
nonabirth@gmail.com
Columbia, Mo.
