Get your pregnancy fitness and yoga fix…

In Europe and the US, up to 40 per cent of women gain more than the recommended weight during pregnancy. TheBeezKneez fitness company and new Chiswick yoga studio, Yoga West, have teamed up to develop an innovative pregnancy fitness programme combining cardiovascular training and yoga to help mums to be stay in shape.

Expectant mothers who sign up will have access to twice-weekly yoga and fitness with core conditioning classes focusing on suppleness, relaxation and breathing techniques for birth, as well as classes which help to maintain cardiovascular fitness and core strength during pregnancy.

Class participants can choose the date they start their programme which runs for six weeks in Chiswick and costs just £150.

Vicky Warr founder of TheBeezKneez group fitness classes says: "Teaming up with Yoga West means we can offer a perfectly balanced pregnancy exercise programme.The two classes together really complement each other".
Classes will take place at Yoga West on Thursdays at 11.00am to 12.15pm and with TheBeezKneez fitness company at Arts Educational School, Tuesdays at 7.35pm.
Places are limited so email info@beez-kneez.co.uk or info@yogaat.com to reserve your place now. Press invite to classes for purpose of review.

TheBeezKneez provides pregnancy exercise classes, post-natal group fitness classes and personal training. Classes provide an easy way for mums-to-be to stay fit during their pregnancy and maintain a healthy body shape.

Yoga West is a newly opened dedicated yoga and pilates studio in Chiswick. There is a wide variety of yoga and pilates classes and courses for all levels and all ages with London’s leading teachers. Lulu Winfield teaches all pregnancy yoga classes at Yoga West

Vicky Warr, Founder TheBeezKneez
Vicky Warr is an accredited pregnancy and post-natal fitness specialist as well as the founder of and head trainer at TheBeezKneez She is also a pregnancy fitness expert for Mothercare and a regular contributor to BBC radio. She is available for interviews.

Jo Martin, Prenatal Fitness Instructor at TheBeezKneez
Jo Martin has over 12 years experience of teaching group fitness classes. She has a specialist qualification in Active IQ Level 3 Award in 'Designing Prenatal and Post Natal Exercise Programmes' and is a very popular well known instructor for inspiring Mums and Mums-to-be to exercise during pregnancy and beyond.

Lulu Winfield, Pregnancy Yoga Instructor
Lulu has been working around childbirth since the late 90's. She is a doula, reflexologist, childbirth educator and yoga birth teacher and trained for two years under Lolly Stirk and Yvonne Moore - founder members of The Active Birth Centre and movement. She has trained as a hypno-birthing teacher in the Marie Mongan method and currently mentors trainee Yogabirth teachers and doulas.

Lulu infuses her classes with powerful breath work to draw the attention deeper within, and uses cleverly adapted poses to reveal both the softness and strength in the mind and the body, essential in preparation for birth. She is a hugely popular teacher with a unique and joyful touch and is passionate about sharing the transformative power of yoga.