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2019 Brings New Classes and Growth for Full Circle Yoga KC

January 8, 2019 by Full Circle KC

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!! It’s going to be such an amazing year for all of you!

I’m feeling giddy like that first love as a teenager! The vision for Full Circle Yoga KC is becoming a reality with our new studio in midtown KC and I can’t wait for you all to feel the energy and see the beauty of the new space! 2019 brings new classes and growth to Full Circle Yoga KC. I have you all to thank for this amazing new growth and bringing the vision to light. I have witnessed strength and beauty in Mamas who came to the studio during pregnancy yoga and prepare for the mental and physical strength it takes to bring new life into the world. I’ve heard the most beautiful birth stories, each one powerful and time-honored. I’ve seen pure love and the tender touch of partners in Prenatal Partner yoga. Watching Mamas and babies connect during BYOB and Mamas find a tribe at Full Circle Yoga KC fills my heart with joy!

So with the new year comes awesome changes! Full Circle Yoga KC is in it to support Mamas-To-Be, Partners, Toddlers, Kids, and Adults in this awesome journey of life! You don’t want to miss what’s on our schedule and whats coming and I can’t wait to see you there!

Hatha Yoga is a class that emphasizes strengthening the physical body by focusing on body posture and breath control. In this friendly flow class we work to find balance with mind, body, and spirit. Benefits of hatha yoga include maintaining a healthy body, relaxing, improve flexibility, and build muscle strength and balance. This class is open to everyone! It’s a wonderful class for Mamas postpartum. Yoga isn’t about how one looks but how one feels with yoga.

EVERY body Yoga class is for all ages of women and men and all levels of yoga experience welcome. Ground yourself in this slow and refreshing practice of meditation, breath work, and asanas (poses) to support mind-body awareness. Yoga isn’t about how one looks but how one feels with yoga. This body positive yoga flow supports your yoga practice wherever you are. This is a wonderful class for all levels and postpartum Mamas wanting to return to their mat.

Power Vinyasa class moves from one pose to the next using sun salutations and postures that connect to one another. This class focuses on building strength within this flow, so this class is best for adults with some previous yoga experience. Each class includes flow, balance, strength, compression, twists, hip/heart openers, core work and a built-in peaceful rest at the end. This is a wonderful class for the postnatal mama who feels fully recovered and busy person looking to sweat and wind down from their day. This class is not recommended for prenatal mamas.

Mama and Little Movers class is for little movers up to the age of 18 months and their caregivers. This class is filled with songs, movement, and games for older babies and early-walking toddlers.

Big Kids through basic acro (kids using partners to create poses) kids will build TRUST, in themselves and their community. This class is for all levels of big kids ages 8-12 years old.

AIReal Yoga…… coming soon in January!!! Yoga in the air!!! AIReal yoga uses looped fabric that allows you to swivel, deepen your stretch, correct your alignment, and refine postures.

Full Circle Yoga KC is a Midtown Kansas City yoga studio that specializes in embracing the full cycle of life.

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Full Circle Yoga KC is family centered yoga studio in Midtown Kansas City specializing in Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Power Vinyasa and more.

Postpartum Exercise

December 20, 2018 by Full Circle KC

The act of giving birth is no small feat! Nor is the first several months after your sweet little one arrives! Your life has changed completely as you know it!!! The fourth trimester is all about figuring out life with a little human and finding moments to sleep! For many Mamas one way of self care is finding time to get back into an exercise program. While the body is still doing a great deal of recovery postpartum, high impact and rigorous workouts should wait until your body has eased into exercise again. Getting the green light from your health care provider is recommended before beginning a postpartum exercise program.

One of the best ways to ease into the fourth trimester and beyond is yoga. Postpartum yoga can help you reconnect with your body and relax the mind as you journey through this stage of parenthood. While baby sleeps, a short yoga flow is a great way to re-energize and give back to yourself. Some benefits of postpartum yoga include:

reset the hips and joints back into place
support the hormonal changes by stimulating endorphins and cortisol levels
rebuild strength, stamina, and muscles endurance
release tension
connect with other Mamas who are on the same journey of motherhood

Full Circle Yoga KC offers yoga classes that help support postpartum Mamas through Mommy and Baby, Hatha and Vinyasa classes. Relax, reconnect, and create a tribe of other Mamas on the beautiful journey of motherhood. With our new location in KC, Equal Minded Cafe is a great place to grab a coffee while you continue your conversations and strengthen your relationship with other Mamas.

Full Circle Yoga KC is family centered yoga studio in Midtown Kansas City specializing in Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Power Vinyasa and more.

Instructors

December 3, 2018 by Full Circle KC

Meet Full Circle’s yoga instructors and come visit us at our studio at 7830 State Line Rd. Suite 100, Prairie Village, KS 66208.

Deana

M.A.E, M.A, RYT, certified in prenatal/postpartum– A wife to a patient husband, a mother to an adventurous toddler and pup, and a secondary English teacher, I love making music and messing in the kitchen, writing, reading, and spending time outdoors. My practice and teaching is rooted in the meditative style of Shambhava Hatha Yoga and I bring teaching experience from a variety of mindful classes: hatha, restorative, meditation, prenatal, postpartum, baby and toddler yoga, with special emphasis on supporting teens, educators, mothers, and families in their practice.

Miracle

BHS with a concentration on Community Health and a minor in African Studies, 200RYT with certificate in prenatal yoga – Miracle’s full time gig is working at The Children’s Place. Miracle’s passions are numerous. She loves coming to her mat for yoga and teaching yoga to others. As a doula she loves being a part of bringing new life into the world. She enjoys reading and writing poetry. Yoga brought her to the mat because of the beauty she finds in how the body moves and can adjust itself to realign as well as the absolute peace and self-love that she finds in her practice. Miracle finds joy in sharing her knowledge as a herbalist.

Rasheedah

Mrs. V is a 15-year educator, school and national board-certified counselor, provisional licensed professional counselor, certified Social Emotional Learning Facilitator with over 200 hours of Yoga training. She was inspired to teach yoga to children due to the mental health effects the pandemic left on her students. Mrs. V is a wife and mom of 5 (2 bio & 3 bonus). She enjoys yoga, being in nature, and traveling. Mrs. V also took Prenatal Yoga at Full Circle Yoga her entire pregnancy with her second child. She is so excited to teach at her favorite studio.

Emily

RYT-200
Emily completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training through True Love Yoga in 2022 with teachers Lauren Leduc, Emily Overland, and Bri Howard. She then completed her 85-hour prenatal yoga teacher training through My Vinyasa Practice in 2023 with teachers Michelle Young and Kristiana Castillo Vuong.
Emily is a nurturer at heart; she was drawn to teach yoga because she finds it deeply rewarding to
encourage people to love themselves in the work they’re doing. In Emily’s classes, students are
encouraged to make the best choices for their bodies on a given day. They will find a heavy focus on the adventure of yoga rather than the attainment of specific postures.

When she’s not on her mat, Emily enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, and spending time exploring KC with her husband, daughter, and dog.

Emmi

Emmi has been teaching yoga since 2018 and practicing for more than a decade! Teaching yoga felt like a natural transition from her time as a middle school literacy teacher. She loves to teach vinyasa, restorative, nidra, and kids’ yoga. Emmi’s calling as a yoga teacher is to assist her students in developing a practice that will help them live their very best lives – no matter their age! Emmi is passionate about her family and building a happy, healthy home with her husband, daughter, Australian Shepherds, and cats. You can find her experimenting in the kitchen, hiking a trail, or reading and writing in a cozy spot on her couch.

Full Circle Yoga KC was founded in 2017 by yoga instructor Jenny Hellman focusing on wellness in the early stages of family life from prenatal to family centered yoga, and the older adult years. Full Circle Yoga KC is a Kansas City Studio specializing in Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga Prenatal Partner and family-centered yoga.

Dual Benefits of Mommy and Baby Yoga

March 6, 2018 by Full Circle KC

Mommy and baby yoga is not just yoga. Dual benefits of mommy and baby yoga support both mother and baby in ways that support mental and physical health. Mommy and baby yoga an ideal postpartum exercise because yoga meets you where you allowing for a gentle recovery, and baby gets to remain close to what he/she knows best. What happens at Full Circle Yoga KC during mommy and me yoga is fun, connection, communication, bonding, relaxation, and strengthening.

During our classes we begin with breathing exercises so we can be completely present to our bodies and full engagement with your baby. As Mamas we excel at multitasking and always being ready for the next item on the agenda. Closing the eyes, letting the chatter of the external environment go and becoming centered offers restoration. Continuing with breath we warm our bodies up through gentle asanas all while baby is in Mama’s lap or close by on her mat.

Baby massage supports baby in so many ways. In the book Baby Om, by Laura Staton and Sarah Perron states that studies show improved motor pathways with diligent repetition. Massage offers ways to begin supporting muscle memory that will benefit baby’s coordination and will build self confidence. By massaging we bring awareness to babies joints, work with reflexive movement, stimulate the back and neck, stimulate sensory neurons, and so much more!

Yoga for mama while baby is close on mat bring so many benefits. As one Mama said at class the other day “this class is contagiously positive.” During practice you will find yourself feeling more awake, alert with doing physical movement that will improve your circulation and respiratory system. Through yoga poses we strengthen the pelvic floor and regain those abdominal muscles that disappeared during pregnancy! It’s an environment that reminds you to be gentle with yourself and take time to ease back into your pre-pregnancy body. Being pregnant and giving birth is HARD work!

Bringing baby into our yoga practice is great fun for baby and Mama offering time to play. It’s a community that supports the challenges of motherhood, offering guidance, pats on the back, normalization, and just plan Mamma chat. It helps reduce the blues that arise postpartum through connecting with others that are on the same journey and moving your body to your breath.

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Full Circle Yoga KC is an Overland Park yoga studio that specializes in embracing the full cycle of life. Classes include Prenatal Yoga, Prenatal Partner 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.

Yoga Studio near Brookside and Waldo neighborhood

February 27, 2018 by Full Circle KC

Full Circle Yoga KC is yoga studio, just minutes away from the Brookside and Waldo neighborhoods that specializes in embracing the full cycle of life. Classes include Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Power Vinyasa and more. Full Circle Yoga KC recently began Mama’s Corner once a month, an opportunity for Mama’s and their little ones to come together and offer encouragement, strength, and community. 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.

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Full Circle Yoga KC recently celebrated one year anniversary. We are excited we are growing and continuing to support more and more Mama’s, Partner’s, Families, and Retirement Communities.

Here are a few Mama’s reasons why they keep coming back to Full Circle Yoga KC

” I love Full Circle Yoga because I was very active before I got pregnant but haven’t been able to exercise as much. FCY gets me moving and blood flowing again.”

” Full Circle Yoga is the place I find my center, connect one on one with my baby, and find the strength adn support to stay happy and excited about my pregnancy.”

“I love that I am preparing my body and mind the best way I can to prepare for this baby.”

“Great vibes!”