Yoga & Wellness for the Prenatal/Postnatal Experience
BYC is privileged to provide a variety of wellness offerings to support your growing family while honoring this deeply transformative time of life. Our aim is to invite healing into the space of mothering and celebrate community connection among expecting parents. Explore our weekly prenatal yoga classes, Parent+Baby and post-natal event series, 45-hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, perinatal massage, and more below. We recommend booking spots early, as our perinatal offerings tend to fill up quickly!
Weekly Prenatal & Postnatal Classes
Join at any stage of your pregnancy journey to connect with your body, your baby, and other parents-to-be, as we move through mindfully curated sequences that involve movement, breath, and meditation while honoring the physiological processes of pregnancy. We offer 75-minute classes for both prenatal and postnatal stages on a weekly basis. Read full class descriptions here.
Prenatal Yoga
Thursdays @ the Annex
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
with Jacque Sweet
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Sundays @ Granary Ave Studio
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
with Jenna Walenga
Postnatal Yoga
( Starting April 3, 2025 )
Thursdays @ the Annex
6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
with Jacque Sweet
Prenatal Pop-Up Classes
Periodically, we’ll offer "Pop-Up Prenatal Yoga" sessions based on demand, typically held on weekday afternoons for several weeks at a time. While not currently active, these sessions offer a flexible addition to our regular weekly classes. Stay informed about upcoming sessions, events, and class additions by subscribing to our Prenatal Yoga mailing list below!
Join our Prenatal Yoga Mailing List
Workshops, Series & Events
Bonding With Baby Yoga: 4-Week Series for Parents & Babies
with Claire Zurbrugg and Jacque Sweet
April 16, 23, 30 & May 7
Wednesdays | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
@ The Annex
Join Claire and Jacque as they co-lead a nurturing 4-week series designed for new parents to connect with their babies (up to pre-crawling stage) through gentle yoga movements, playful interactions, and calming breath techniques that promote relaxation and presence. Expect a supportive environment that encourages emotional bonding and helps nurture your well-being as a parent. Enjoy dedicated social time from 10:45-11 a.m. to connect with fellow parents & share experiences.
Investment:
All (4) sessions — $85*
*Pro-rated pricing available for those interested in attending single sessions.
Define Your Aspirations and Claim Your Agency: 4-Week Mindful Birthing Course
with Dr. Anna Dowling (MD) in collaboration with Jacque Sweet
April 30 & May 7, 14, 21
Wednesdays | 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
@ The Annex
Join Dr. Anna Dowling, MD, of Birth Story Obstetrics, along with BYC prenatal teacher, Jacque Sweet, for a 4-week course focused on an empowered approach to birth. This series will equip you with essential mindfulness skills to navigate pregnancy and birth, including the pain-fear cycle, nervous system regulation, and building your care team. Each session combines Dr. Anna’s expertise with yoga postures, breathwork, and meditation to help you prepare for a mindful, transformative birth experience. Limited capacity! If you’d like to bring your partner, please pre-register them separately.
Investment:
$99 - $129 | Sliding scale pricing options are ‘per person’ for all (4) sessions
Heartfelt Ritual in Preparation: 2-Part Yoga Series for Pregnant Couples
with Jacque Sweet & Sierra Thomas
May 11 & 18
Sundays | 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
@ Granary Ave
Join Jacque and Sierra for a 2-part series designed to support you and your partner during the final weeks of pregnancy. Through yoga, breath, and movement, you’ll explore practices to ground, focus, and calm, while learning partner postures for labor. Each session invites connection, reflection, and rituals to hold space for love and respect as you prepare for the transformation ahead.
Investment:
$110 Per Couple | Includes both sessions & cost of materials
Peaceful Mama: Retreat to Joshua Tree
with Claire Zurbrugg
October 24 - 27
Joshua Tree, California
Escape for 3 nights with other moms to practice yoga, explore the breathtaking desert, eat nourishing rainbow colored meals, and deepen our support and friendship networks. This retreat is designed for mothers of young children and other parents who don’t conform to traditional binary roles, but have birthed children from their bodies, as well as foster/adoptive mothers. In this busy season of life where both deep love and exhaustion meet, we will gather together, build community and both see and be seen by one another.
Prenatal Yoga Training
Next Training Dates Coming Soon!
Join Jacque and Kelly for a comprehensive Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training where you’ll learn how to safely and skillfully guide prenatal students throughout all trimesters of pregnancy during a 45-hour immersion spread across (2) weekends. The curriculum is thoughtfully crafted to empower and support you in understanding how to modify postures and group classes to support healthy pregnancy and birth, anatomy, pranayamas, and much more.
Details:
2025/2026 Dates TBA
Fri | 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sat & Sun | 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
(45) CEUs
$675 / Standard Pricing
$625 / Graduates of BYC’s 200-Hr YTT
This immersion is open to yoga teachers, serious students, and healthcare professionals such as midwives, doulas, or others interested in supporting expectant parents with yoga. A basic understanding of anatomy and alignment principles is required. Upon successful completion, you may apply these 45 hours toward Yoga Alliance continuing education hours OR can be applied toward a full 85-hour RPYT certification (additional training hours required). Please note that this training takes place at our new auxiliary studio location — The Annex.
Perinatal Massage
Whether you’re dealing with prenatal discomfort or navigating postpartum recovery, our experienced therapists are trained in perinatal massage and bodywork techniques, providing tailored treatments to bring you targeted relief throughout the entire process.
Massage during the perinatal period can help reduce stress, ease muscle aches and cramps, improve blood and lymph flow, manage swelling, alleviate stress on joints, support the immune system, reduce prenatal complications, and improve body awareness (which can be especially helpful during the birth process). Similarly, Post-natal massage can help you recover from birth, ease shoulder and neck tension from constantly holding that bundle of joy, and facilitate healing of injuries such as C-section scars, diastasis recti, and pelvic floor dysfunctions. A Restorative Perinatal Massage is a great way to ease discomfort and provide much-needed relaxation during this transformative time.
Restorative Perinatal Massage
$100 | 60-Minute
$145 | 90-Minute
Liesl Schwerin
(LMT)
Massage Therapy | Perinatal
If you’re looking for a comprehensive and holistic approach to prenatal care, consider a 90-minute Structural Integration session with Caroline. S.I. not only relaxes but also realigns your body’s structure, addressing the deeper layers of connective tissue and your nervous system to help you adapt to the physical changes of pregnancy with greater ease and balance. Learn more about S.I. therapy here.
Structural Integration for Perinatal Care
$160 | 90-Minute
Caroline Snijder van Wissenkerke
(BCSI, LMT)
Structural Integration | Perinatal | Partner Massage
Prenatal Yoga Teachers
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Jacque Sweet
E-RYT 500, Anusara-Inspired™ // Prenatal Yoga, Vinyasa, Hatha Flow
Director of Student Experience of BYC Yoga SchoolJacque is a yoga instructor, a mentor, and a director and educator in yoga immersion and teacher training programs at BYC. Her teachings stem from her extensive study with Karen Sprute-Francovich in the Anusara Yoga Methodology. Her specialties include inspired theme-weaving, functional and fluid movement with refined language in principles of alignment and support in empowering one another.
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Jenna Walenga
RYT-200 // Prenatal Yoga, Vinayasa
Jenna believes yoga is a powerful tool with which we can meet ourselves and learn to listen to our own bodies. Her classes create a space in which students are encouraged to follow their own rhythms and callings and to deepen their connection with their intuition. She strives to offer inclusive practices without shying away from the alchemy of moving through challenge. She is trained in iRest Yoga Nidra, Pre/Postnatal Yoga, and Trauma-Informed Yoga, and and brings elements of meditation and dance into many of her classes. -
Kelly Villarreal
E-RYT 500, YACEP // Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative Yoga
Core Faculty Member of BYC Yoga SchoolKelly is a passionate teacher who specializes in movement, mindfulness, and practices to help bring balance to the nervous system. She values the power of community in healing and strives to create transformative experiences and space to connect to and nurture each participant’s own inner wisdom. Her classes offer a fluid combination of yoga philosophy, dynamic movement, and curiosity about both body and breath. Kelly has training in Yin & Restorative Yoga, Pre/Postnatal Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Mindfulness, and Mantra Chanting.