By Caroline Piercy and Ella

Before I met Kate I have to say I didn’t think I’d be a yoga fan, to me it meant cheesecloth-wearing hippies and possibly a stay in India eating lentils! So I went along to my first class at the invite of a friend in the hopes that it would be at least something gentle to do in my post-baby stupor. How wrong can a person be about yoga? – very!!! Kate has well and truly converted me through her down to earth attitude, understanding, can-do approach and wicked sense of humour. The first postnatal classes I went to were so gentle it was difficult to believe I was exercising at all and I came away with a little more movement and positive feeling about myself each week. Now I’m doing Progressive Postnatal and find myself having more strength than I thought possible, correcting my posture when I’m doing the washing up and just a general feeling of optimism about life! You certainly gain physically from Kate’s classes – I couldn’t do a handstand when I was 7 and now miraculously I’m halfway there aged 35! – and I feel myself growing in strength and suppleness. But you also gain mentally. Kate has helped me calm down in my approach to life and learn that sometimes it’s ok just to be – Ella doesn’t always need her mum to be rushing round like a mad thing. And it’s all done with a sense of humour and ability to giggle if you don’t make quite what you’re heading for – there is no frowning in Kate’s classes!! Kate’s classes are part exercise, part giggling, part therapy and lot of fun. Plus Ella has been attending the classes since she was about 6 months old and loves every minute, it has a really calming effect on her and she takes in all the weird poses we throw for her amusement – aged 13 months she’s just done her first ‘down dog’ pose. Now if that isn’t testament to Kate’s magic abilities I don’t know what is!

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