Hi! I’m Ani Ritchie and I have been supporting people during their pregnancies, postnatally and beyond through yoga since 2016. I found yoga when I was pregnant myself in 2011 and haven’t been away from my mat since! I love what yoga does for the body and mind, and feel that pregnancy is a wonderful time to begin a practice. I used Natal Hypnotherapy for my own birth, and am delighted to have been able to bring that to clients alongside yoga since 2019.
I have a 200 hour yoga teaching qualification which is accredited by the IICT and IIPI. I keep up to date with all things yoga, birth and beyond with regular CPD courses, including most recently a workshop on Active Birth (Oct 2019), on LGBTQ+ inclusive teaching in 2020 and on yoga for peri-menopause in 2021.
I am a qualified Natal Hypnotherapy Practitioner. I trained with Maggie Howell and my training is accredited by the Royal College of Midwifes. Natal Hypnotherapy is widely recognised and endorsed by UK midwifes and many have trained in it themselves! You can read more about Maggie Howell’s Natal Hypnotherapy here.
I teach a range of group classes in person in Southampton including pregnancy, mum and baby and yoga for women. I also teach online classes which are available nationally and internationally!
My private yoga, birth preparation and hypno-birthing sessions take place in my beautiful garden studio at my home in Woolston, Southampton. The studio is a private, tranquil space with underfloor heating to keep you cozy, and all the equipment we need for your session. I use tailored essential oils in a diffuser for your session, and you should leave feeling perfectly relaxed!
Cancellation policy If you need to cancel / move your session for a non-COVID related reason then the usual cancellation policy applies, which is that up to 48 hours ahead of your session you can move your session with no fee, with less than 48 hour’s notice a 50% (£20) cancellation fee applies. Cancellations with less than 24 hours will be charged at full price.
Covid cancellation policy: If your session is cancelled because you are showing signs of COVID or have been asked to quarantine by the Track and Trace App then you can rebook within a month of your session with no cancellation fee. In the event that a stricter lockdown is imposed at either a local or national level preventing us from meeting in person for a sustained period (more than 4 weeks), then sessions will move to Zoom.
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