From 28th February 2025, ABSS funding of Yoga4all: Pregnancy, Mother and Baby, and Parent and Toddler Yoga will end, in preparation for the ABSS grant end in March 2025.
To learn more about ABSS programme changes beyond 31 st March 2025, by visiting the Beyond ABSS webpage.
The Yoga4all group was created to support and improve the health and wellbeing of the community through the delivery of yoga. ABSS funded spaces in the Yoga4all pregnancy, mother & baby and parent & toddler yoga classes for parents/carers that lived in an ABSS ward. The classes supported overall wellbeing of parent and child, as well as offering opportunities to strengthen the parent/child bond through yoga.
Mother and baby classes, and parents and toddler classes will continue with Yoga4all through 2025:
Parent and Toddler Yoga: In this class you will be able to bond and have fun with your little one while practicing yoga in a playful way that engages the child and parent together. This class will be a mixture of breathing, relaxation and fun poses.
Mother and Baby Yoga: Post natal yoga for you and your baby. Giving you time to bond together.
Classes will remain free for Southend parents with children aged 0 – 4 years. Unfortunately, due to low uptake, the Pregnancy Yoga classes will not continue. Book your place at https://www.yoga4all.co/pregnancypostnatal.
These parents are advised to check the Yoga4all website for regular updates: https://www.yoga4all.co/
There are lots of free, social parent and baby/toddler groups in Southend:
Active sessions for parents with young children: Leapsprogs with ATF: https://www.facebook.com/seashellsgw/
Other yoga classes for pregnancy, postpartum and toddlers are charged locally. Pilates and yoga for pregnancy, postpartum, parent and baby are provided by Do It Like A Mother – these classes are currently charged at approx. £11 per class: https://doitlikeamother.co.uk/
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