Ten active birth positions to help you and your baby through labour and birth
Ten active birth positions to help you and your baby through labour and birth

In this blog post I share ten active birth positions, which are just some of infinite variations you may discover as you labour and birth your baby in your own unique way. You can use them at home or in hospital, and even when you are being monitored.

They are a far cry from the usual way we imagine birth – lying on our backs with our legs wide. TV, film and the now more medicalised labour and birth system we have, often promote lying on our backs as the way to give birth. They have somehow forgotten about the natural process of birthing, using gravity and tapping into instinct which can be shorter and offer less discomfort.

Whatever position you and your body want to be in is ok, your professional support whether at home or hospital can work with you and around you in the way that you want to. Everything is your choice – it’s your body, your baby and your decision – including the positions you take to labour and birth in the best way for you and your baby.

Try these positions out during pregnancy – it will help prepare you for your labour and birth and then have them in your toolkit when the time comes to meet your baby.

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Celebrating Ten Years of Mum and Baby Classes
Celebrating Ten Years of Mum and Baby Classes

Ten years ago I trained to teach mum and baby yoga with the wonderful Marion O’Connor at Birthlight, it was the birth of Breathing Space Yoga.

On 7th May 2013 I taught my first Mum and Baby Yoga class with these gorgeous mums and babies at Weaverham Children’s Centre. It was the start of my yoga teaching career and what a lovely way to start!

In this blog post I revisit the last ten years of Mum and Baby Yoga and Massage classes with photos from each year – can you spot yourself and your baby?

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Baby Massage, Baby Yoga, Postnatal Yoga, Ten YearsSarah CloverBaby Yoga, Baby Massage, Postnatal Yoga
10 Reasons to Try Yoga Nidra
10 Reasons to Try Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra means ‘yogic sleep’. It is an effortless yoga relaxation and meditation practice that anyone can do, by themselves with an audio recording or with the guidance of a teacher in person.

Yoga nidra brings you to a deeply relaxed state of mind and body, whilst you are still awake. This is the state between sleep and wakefulness (called the hypnogogic state in psychology), where you float between consciousness and unconsciousness, being aware of the resting state of the body and mind as it is happening in the moment.

Yoga nidra has been shown to be effective in supporting and healing many areas of body and mind including stress, tension, anxiety, insomnia, pain, trauma, addiction and PTSD.

I have found yoga nidra to be one of the best ways to relax and release my body completely, and one of the easiest ways to enter the meditative space. It really is effortless.

In this blog I offer ten reasons why you should try yoga nidra, and a link to ten free yoga nidra practices on my website.

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Meditation, Ten Years, Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga for Menopause, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Practice, Yoga Tips, Pregnancy YogaSarah CloverYoga Nidra, yoga tips, yoga practice, yoga for menopause, Pregnancy Yoga
10 Ways to Use a Yoga Brick
10 Ways to Use a Yoga Brick

In this blog post I continue to celebrate 10 years of teaching with the first in a series of ‘Ten Ways to use...’

This blog is about yoga bricks. After yoga mats, they are probably the most widely found yoga prop.

If you are new to yoga and got a yoga brick with your first yoga mat, you might have been wondering what it is for. If you are a more experienced yoga student you may be familiar with ways to use a brick in your practice.

In this blog I share a few ideas on how to use your brick for ten common yoga poses.

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Ten things I've learned from ten years of teaching yoga
Ten things I've learned from ten years of teaching yoga

Ten years ago I completed my first Yoga Teacher Training. I decided to share my love of yoga with my community and build a business to support my family after many years working in the arts.

Starting with mum and baby yoga, then adult classes and then pregnancy, my classes and timetable have grown organically and luckily I've succeeded in making yoga teaching my full time job. 

Over the years I’ve learned so much about myself, about teaching yoga and how to run a yoga business. In this blog I reflect on ten of the many things I’ve learned as I look forward to the next ten years…

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Yoga Tips, Ten YearsSarah CloverTen Years, yoga class, yoga tips
Senbazuru - learn to fold a paper crane
Senbazuru - learn to fold a paper crane

Senbazuru - learn the Japanese tradition of mindfully folding paper cranes.

Folding a paper crane is said to bring peace, hope, healing and happiness. The practice of folding a crane brings mindfulness and pleasure through creating a little bit of time in the present moment.

Find out about Michael James Wong’s beautiful book about the tradition, and learn step by step how to fold your own paper crane and bring some mindfulness to your day in this blog post.

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Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga PracticeSarah CloverMeditation, mental health, yoga practice
Patience and Cowrie Shells
Patience and Cowrie Shells

Ever since I can remember I have spent time on the beach looking for shells, pebbles, sea glass and treasures. It was a holiday ritual with my family every summer when we visited the Moray coast in Scotland, many happy hours were spent marvelling at what the tide brings in.


One of the little shells I look for is the European Cowrie, or in Northern Scotland the 'Groatie Buckie.' The process of gentle and mindful searching for these little shells brings peace and calm.


In my latest blog, find out how beach combing is yoga practice, and the significance of the cowrie shell world wide.

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Meditation, Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga PracticeSarah CloverMeditation, mental health, yoga practice
How to choose oil for Baby Massage
How to choose oil for Baby Massage

Skin is the primary conduit to touch which is critical for comfort, development, good health and well-being for baby and parent. Massage nurtures touch, and the process for attachment of baby and bonding for the parent. Skin, as well as a sensory organ, acts as a temperature regulator, hydration manager, waste eliminator and protective barrier – baby’s first line of defence.

This is why it’s really important to ensure that you choose the most appropriate oil for you and your baby. In this article I offer some information and research to help you decide on the oil you’d like to use, and you can also decide not to use any oil at all.

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Baby MassageSarah CloverBaby Massage