Baby Om Yoga

prenatal, postpartum and beyond

Baby Om, photo copyright anja hitzenberger

photo © anja hitzenberger

Laura Staton and Sarah Perron founded Baby Om in 1999. As new mothers, they felt an overwhelming urge to spend time with their children. But as women, as dancers, and as yoga teachers, they wanted to get back in shape while bonding with their babies. Learning how to practice yoga along with their babies turned out to be the only way to indulge both needs: to deepen their bonds with their children while healing their postpartum selves.

Baby Om grew to be a thriving community with over 14 classes a week in Manhattan and Brooklyn, spawning a new generation (and many imitators!) of mommy and baby yoga classes. In 2003, their book, Baby Om: Yoga for Mothers and Babies, was published.

In 2004, Sarah and Laura introduced Baby Om Teacher Training and have taught hundreds of women, nationally and internationally. Students have included yoga teachers, health professionals and women interested for their own personal growth. Inspired by the positive influence of the therapeutic value of yoga practice in these women's lives, Sarah and Laura have been drawn more deeply into the study of yoga and Baby Om Yoga has blossomed in both scope and range.

While still dedicated to working with pregnant women through their full early maternal experience, Baby Om continues to explore wellness through yoga with ongoing Baby Om Teacher Training, Body Om Personalized Yoga, private or semi-private classes and guest lectures and health through yoga beyond the early childbearing years.

Next Baby Om Teacher Trainings

Saturday, Oct 22 – Sunday, Oct 23, 2011

Saturday, Feb 11 – Sunday, Feb 12, 2012

Baby Om Teacher Training is a renowned 16-hour intensive workshop, limited to 12 participants, intended for yoga teachers and health care professionals with an active yoga practice. The workshop delivers a complete toolkit of techniques that will allow teachers to offer compelling mother and baby yoga classes themselves. Click here for more information or to register.