Baby Yoga in Overland Park | Full Circle Yoga KC

3 Baby Yoga Poses

May 18, 2017 by Full Circle KC

At Full Circle Yoga KC our Bring Your Own Baby (BYOB) Yoga or Mommy and Me Yoga class is comprised of five sections:

Warm Up
Baby Massage
Mommy Yoga
Mommy with Baby
Shavasana

Three of the favorite baby yoga poses are:

Peek-a-Boo Plank

Mommy/Baby Goddess

Airplane with varations

Full Circle Yoga in Overland Park was founded in 2017 by yoga teacher Jenny Hellman focusing on wellness in the early stages of family life from prenatal to early parenthood and the older adult years. Full Circle Yoga KC is an Overland Yoga Studio specializing in Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga and Chair Yoga for seniors.

5 Easy Baby Yoga Poses

April 28, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Baby Yoga Poses at Full Circle Yoga are so much fun for all! The baby gurgles and laughter is our live music as we practice yoga together!

At Full Circle Yoga KC, our mommy and me yoga incorporates 4 sections of practice:

Baby Massage
Mommy Yoga while engaging with baby
Mommy and Baby Yoga
Shavasana with massage for mommy

A few baby yoga poses that we do together at Full Circle Yoga KC:

Side Plank Variation with baby lying on your mat. Benefits include:

help baby with tracking while you wiggle your fingers
help support and build abdominal muscles for mom

Modified Boat Pose with baby sitting in your lap or facing out on your thighs. Benefits include:

tummy time for baby if facing out on your thighs
Strengthening core for mom

Warrior I with baby in arms facing toward on your thigh or facing outward

helps baby practice head control and sitting up
Builds leg strength. Add lifting baby overhead and bend your elbows to bring baby in for a kiss to build arm strength.

Baby Yoga

April 12, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Baby Yoga in Kansas City is now offered at Full Circle Yoga KC. A yoga class organized around postpartum recovery and baby bonding exercises.

Our Bring Your Own Baby (BYOB) Yoga class is an effective way to get to know your body again, while offering meaningful interaction with your little one. This class also offers opportunities to build relationships with other moms and/or caregivers who are on this momentous life journey of parenting.

We begin our class with introductions and a question to settle into our practice. Questions include:

What tradition are you looking forward to creating (or have you created) as a family?
What’s your favorite book to read together?
Give one word to describe how you are today.

Full Circle Yoga KC moves through a yoga series that incorporates poses for mom while engaging with baby through song and/or touch, baby massage, and mommy/caregiver and baby yoga poses.

All you need is yourself and baby to join us and become a part of the Full Circle Yoga KC community.

Full Circle Yoga KC is a Kansas City Yoga Studio specializing in Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga and Chair Yoga for seniors.

Overland Park Yoga Studio

April 5, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Full Circle Yoga KC is an Overland Park yoga studio that specializes in embracing the full cycle of life. Classes include Prenatal Yoga and Bring Your Own Baby (BYOB) Yoga for those entering the beautiful journey of pregnancy and the transition into motherhood. Full Circle Yoga KC also offers chair yoga for older adults living in retirement communities who are seeking an added component to health and wellness.

I have been teaching prenatal yoga for over two years. Recently a door opened that allowed me to open my own studio. I had been talking, dreaming, thinking about making this jump, but actually making that move seemed scary, maybe a bit silly, and financially risky for my family. I knew I wanted to bring health and wellness to two generational groups of people in a way that I felt lacked in our healthcare system and in Kansas City. Rather than fighting upstream in the healthcare system I felt a calling to connect in a different way and offer a scared place for these vulnerable, yet incredibly strong, brave, and beautiful groups of individuals. Knowing that we all have gifts to offer others, I realized after teaching prenatal yoga I wanted to offer a continuum of support along the journey of motherhood through BYOB yoga. Watching moms connect with one another during pregnancy and create a supportive community for one another during the beginning stages of parenthood has been so nourishing to my soul.

I have worked with older adults for the past twenty years, and through interacting with this population have gained so much knowledge and wisdom. When I took my first job as a social worker 20+ years ago it was in a nursing home. I thought I would just stay there until “I got experience” and move on. Instead, I became passionate about changing the way we care for our elders. Through chair yoga, I have the opportunity to focus on wellness and positive energy through the celebration of movement and mindfulness.

With one door closing and another one opening, the birth of Full Circle Yoga KC commenced.

Bring Your Own Baby Yoga (BYOB)

March 22, 2017 by Full Circle KC

I’m so excited to offer BYOB baby yoga at Full Circle Yoga KC!! There are so many wonderful benefits for both mom and baby including:

Emotional Well-Being- Let’s face it, motherhood is hard work both physically and emotionally with little sleep, changing hormones, a changing body, and family dynamic changes. Yoga allows for a quite space to surrender and let go, opportunity to focus on breath and mindfulness.
It’s a wonderful opportunity to bond with your little one- Through songs, movement, and baby massage you and baby have each other’s undivided attention.
Promotes better sleep- for both mama and baby. What new mom doesn’t need more sleep?!
Aides in digestion- movements and massage assist baby’s developing digestive track.
Meet other new moms- It really does take a village to raise our little ones.