Yoga & Wellness for the Perinatal 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 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 regularly offer 75-minute classes twice week.
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Thursdays @ The Annex
w/ Jacque Sweet
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Sundays @ The Granary
w/ Jenna Walenga
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 Jacque Sweet
November 1, 8, 15 & 22
Fridays | 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. (+ dedicated social time from 11:45 a.m. to Noon)
@ The Annex
Join us for a nurturing 4-week series designed for new parents to connect and cultivate a deeper bond with their babies (up to 16 months) through mindful movement. Led by Jacque, each session features gentle yoga movements and calming breath techniques, allowing you to embrace the present moment while building community with fellow parents. After class, enjoy dedicated social time to share experiences and build community!
Investment:
$85 | All (4) Sessions
Prenatal Yoga Training
February 7 - 9 & February 28 - March 2, 2025
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 in February/March 2025. 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:
February 7 - 9
& February 28 - March 2
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
$90 | 60-Minute
$130 | 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.