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Postnatal without Baby (English/German)

The focus of this class is primarily to tonify your pelvic floor and strengthen your belly in a safe way so as to heal any rectus diastasis (a separation in the two recti abdominis). We gradually realign the skeletal system. Through stretching and movement we loosen up the neck and shoulders to counter eventual tensions from carrying and looking after a baby.
Relaxation is an important aspect of a postnatal class as mums rarely find time to look after themselves, to relax, centre and recharge. Through relaxation, mental, emotional and physical tension can be relieved.
Postnatal exercises are essential for your current well-being but also later in life to avoid incontinence, especially in case of further pregnancies.
We recommend attending the postnatal over several months (up to a year) before engaging in more dynamic activities. This will allow your body to realign safely, without violence.
You may attend this course as of 6 weeks after birth (or 8 weeks if you had a c- section). Some women may, however, join much later when the baby is already older and still feel the need to gain core strength and tone their pelvic floor.
When purchasing a pass, please book all of your classes to guarantee a space (spaces are limited). If unable to join you can always cancel 24 hours in advance at no charge. Late cancellation is charged as if attended.

To enter the building: Please ring the bell at "Praxis" and push the door at the same time when you hear the "CLICK". The Praxis is on the ground floor next to the lift.


Saturday, 11.01.2025 - 12.07.2025, 10:30 - 11:30
Weekly class
11.01.2025 - 12.07.2025
Praxis Köchlistrasse 2, 8004 Zürich
Katia Wharton


Katia Wharton

Katia Wharton is the owner and manager of Birthlight Zurich.

After a dance training in classical and contemporary dance and various performances abroad and in Switzerland, Katia Wharton came into contact with Yoga in 1995 in London. She found through the practice of yoga and meditation a feeling of inner peace which she liked from the start. She felt round, filled with light and carried by it. It brings her moments of intensive sense of presence in her body, moments in which the mind feels less scattered, stops to chatter and thoughts become calmer. She is at heart a mystic. Questions such as Who am I? Where do I come from? Where I am going? accompany her journey within.

She has practised various forms of Yoga from Iyengar to the more dynamic Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga to the Yoga de l’énergie. After completing her yoga training at Yogaarts in Australia (9 months Intensive Sadhana), we went on to train with Françoise Babira Freedman, who inspired her to teach Perinatal and Baby Yoga and to build up the Birthlight Center in Zürich with Cheryl Bernardi.

From Birthlight and the Yoga de l’énergie she takes the joy of Being in the moment. Her classes integrate safe movements, the Birthlight micromoves and sounding. She likes to empower women in the birth they have chosen. Although she favours a natural birth, she believes that it is not the type of birth that you choose that counts, but your experience of it. It is not about achieving anything but about being present with what is, as it comes, and feeling connected to yourself through love with your baby. This trusting in the moment makes a natural birth easier.
Katia also loves to teach Baby Yoga. There are moments of joy in which women create a loving connection with their babies through movement, sound and singing.


Passes & pricing

Pass Price Period of validity Credit
1x Postnatal (60 minutes) CHF38.00 1 weeks 1
1 x Postnatal Trial class CHF35.00 2 weeks 1