Julia East

Instructor

Satyam Yoga & Wellbeing Centre (Chesterton)

Julia’s classes offer a safe space for women to be mindful and to connect with themselves and others. Combining gentle flowing movements with the breath and finding restorative deep rest through relaxation, her approach to yoga is inclusive and ideally suited to pregnancy. There are opportunities for discussion, and there is fun, as well as finding ease and calm in body and mind.Julia began to practice yoga in the early 1990’s. She travelled to Greece to live and work in a Holistic Holiday Centre. There she was introduced to Astanga Yoga. Julia followed her passion for yoga to India, to learn more and study under various teachers. On returning to the UK she moved to London and began teaching at yoga centres and charities across the capital. She increased her own knowledge and understanding by training with several inspirational and respected yoga teachers.Alongside this she began to study for a BSc in Midwifery and train as a midwife. During this time she developed a more gentle supportive yoga practice ideally suited to pregnancy.  She trained with Birthlight and Francoise Freedman. Subsequently Julia combined teaching pregnancy and postnatal yoga with her job as a midwife in the NHS. Working with Tara Fraser at Yoga Junction she created a supportive environment for women in North London providing pregnancy and postnatal yoga classes as well as birth preparation workshops. She was able to see first-hand how preparing for birth with yoga could have powerful and positive effects on women’s birth experiences and outcomes.Now living near Cambridge with her family, Julia offers Pregnancy Yoga, Postnatal Yoga – Mum & Baby classes, as well as Birth Preparation courses. She is member of Joyful Babies with Sally Lomas and others providing classes and support to new families. She also offers pregnancy massage treatments and has provided birth and postnatal support as a doula.