What is baby massage?
Baby massage is gentle, rhythmic stroking of your baby's body with your hands. You can use oils or a moisturiser to help your hands to glide smoothly over your baby's skin. We recommend the use of organic sunflower oil. Why?…
Magic sticks play idea
Kids love collecting things when they're out walking. It's a great way to extend an activity. Adding texture or sparkle and imagination to their finds. I love this idea from @earlyyearsoutdoor on Instagram. It can be hard to come up…
Calming breath for children
A great way to help children to calm themselves by using their breath is to use their hand. Using the pointer or index finger of the opposite hand trace the outline of your fingers and slowly breathe in and out.…
Preparing for birth – Squats
Ina May Gaskin said that if a woman squats 300 times a day that she will manage birth easily. Interesting, but squatting is not in our culture in Ireland so I think it's unlikely that you will manage that during…
Enchanted Yoga YouTube Channel
As we haven't been able to enjoy in person classes I have been creating more content for you. Since I can't be with you in person I thought why not give you some suggestions to keep up the practise of…
Podcast – Relax with Enchanted Yoga
Since starting to teach online I've tried to find other ways to reach out to children. I'm conscious of the fact that children have had to adapt quickly to a new routine. So I have recorded some of the meditations…
Join in my live streamed classes…
I wanted to let you know that I am continuing to teach yoga online. So what have I done to make it safe to attend online classes? I'm really enjoying seeing everyone again. The classes are live streamed using Zoom. So…
Yoga in my kitchen
Since the Corona Virus shut all of the schools, like many of you, I have been getting used to my new schedule. Síofra is now waking up at 6.30am and I'm not looking forward to what happens when the clocks…
Three part breath for pregnancy
What is Prāṇāyāma? Breathing in both yoga and birth is incredibly important. In yoga breathing exercises are known as Prāṇāyāma. It's defined as the practice of breath control in yoga. In modern yoga as exercise, it consists of synchronising the…
Birth Preparation
When I was pregnant I had no idea that I should start planning my birth preparation at about six weeks prior to my due date. I'm sure lots of you are the same. From 34 weeks on is a really…