Prenatal yoga provides the opportunity for women to deepen their connection with their bodies, babies, and other pregnant women in the community.

You will learn postures to help you feel healthier and more comfortable before, during, and after the birth of your child. Specific poses will be taught to strengthen muscles, alleviate common prenatal discomforts (sciatica, back pain, leg cramps), and restore energy.

During prenatal yoga class we will do postures to warm-up, strengthen, stretch and relax our minds and bodies. Classes incorporate Yoga postures suitable for all stages of pregnancy; breathing techniques to aid in concentration; tension relief; and visualizations to bond with your baby.
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ages: newborn to almost crawling baby with a parent or caregiver
Itsy Bitsy Yoga is a calming and nurturing yoga practice full of ways to enhance bonding and make babies happier and more comfortable in their bodies. Created by Helen Garabedian, Baby-Yoga expert, a Registered Yoga Teacher and Infant Developmental Movement Educator, this class contains dozens of unique yoga postures designed specifically to soothe and support the development of a baby's body.

During the BABY IBY class, the baby is mostly lying on their tummy, back or in a parent’s arms. For parents, this class gives the special time necessary to bond with and learn about your baby's emerging personality. Most of the yoga we do in Itsy Bitsy Yoga is for the child, but you will learn breathing and relaxation techniques as well as practice some yoga for yourself. (no yoga experience required)
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ages: almost crawling to 24 months with a parent or caregiver
A fun-loving, supportive, and active yoga practice filled with dozens of Itsy Bitsy Yoga poses just for tots. In a time when tots naturally become busier, Itsy Bitsy Yoga continues to build the parent/child bond, helps our tots feel happier and more confident in their moving bodies, and encourages their creative spirit.

IBY founder, Helen Garabedian, has discovered many proven techniques playfully teach tots yoga postures while they are standing, sitting up, walking, and jumping set of yoga postures. Parents get to do a little yoga too (no yoga experience required). Experience the shared joy when Tots move into yoga poses on their own!
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ages: almost 2 years old thru age 4 with a parent or caregiver
Tykes Itsy Bitsy Yoga offers a fascinating flow of poses, songs, stories, and games through which parent and child can deepen their bond. Developed by Helen Garabedian, an Infant/Early Childhood Developmental Movement Educator and Yoga Teacher, this age-appropriate 45 minute class helps Tykes and their parents discover and enhance their physical and social development. With alarming child obesity rates, experts agree that young children need more structured and developmentally safe physical activity on a regular basis.

Tykes Itsy Bitsy Yoga is good for building a child’s foundation for a healthy and fit lifestyle, and it is so much fun! Tykes often light up with happiness when they arrive at class. In fact, one mom learned not to say the word ‘yoga’ unless they were going to a Itsy Bitsy Yoga class because her two-year old daughter loved yoga class so much!

NOTE: The TYKES and LITTLE FAMILY classes are taught exclusively by Helen Garabedian until the Tykes Itsy Bitsy Yoga Facilitator Training and Certification program is offered this fall. (see dates)

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ages: 21 months to 4 years old PLUS their younger siblings and a parent/caregiver.

The Little Family IBY class follows the TYKES description above PLUS younger siblings come to class too! The Little Family class is only taught by Itsy Bitsy Yoga Facilitators who are certified in BABY, TOT and TYKE Itsy Bitsy Yoga because they are well-trained in accommodating siblings under age 2. Finally, a program parents suitable for one or BOTH kids!

NOTE: In Little Family IBY, the 2nd child is free if under 12 months old OR 1/2 price if the 2nd child is 1 year plus.
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ages: newborn to almost crawling
Infant Massage classes help parents deepen their connection with their babies (birth to pre-crawling) while meeting other new parents in the community.

Infant massage enhances child development, including brain, physical, emotional, mental and social development. Touch is the most important of all the senses. It stimulates all the senses. It “turns on” vision, auditory (hearing), tactile (touching), olfactory (smell), and taste. It stimulates language and communication. It promotes parent/child bonding and attachment.

Infant Massage is considered a remedy for colic, constipation, sleeping disorders, and teething pain. Ultimately, you will learn how to provide relief, stimulation, relaxation, loving memorable experiences, and a deeper bond with your child.
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Prenatal Yoga
Baby IBY
TotIBY
Tyke IBY
Little Family IBY
Infant Massage