Baby Massage allows some precious quiet time with baby. Classes are designed to enhance the bonding between care giver and child, aid the digestive system, improve sleeping patterns, decipher baby’s cues, relaxation and stress reduction, and stimulation of all baby’s internal systems.

Benefits of Massage (for babies, mums and dads):

• Infant-Parent attachment or “bonding”
• Relaxation
• Makes baby feel loved
• Promotes better sleep
• Facilitates body awareness
• Boosts immune system
• Sensory stimulation
• Improves skin condition
• Improves blood circulation
• Helps digestion
• Balances respiration
• Relief for teething pains
• Help waste elimination
• Helps build parents’ and baby’s self-esteem
• Helps you learn about your baby (their needs and desires)
• Relaxes parents
• Stimulates production of oxytocin

The classes are designed to enhance the bonding between care giver and child and not only promote Baby Massage, but look at reading babies cues, understanding your child, relaxation and stimulation.

A 5 week course is £40. Booking is essential as we only run in small numbers.

For info and to book your place emailrachelshappyyoga@gmail.com or call 07739811716.

Tiny Tempos is a fun filled music making class for under 5’s and their parents or carers.
The session involves singing, movement and exploring music in an inclusive space where we aim to develop children’s social, emotional, physical and musical skills as well as encouraging the acquisition of language and creativity. It is hoped that adults will join in and gain confidence in making music at home with their children.

£5 for adult and child drop in.
Additional £1.50 for siblings
Block bookings of 5, 10 or 12 sessions will receive a 10% discount.

To book your place please contact Carol Bowden on 07835409121 or email acorntreemusic@gmail.com

Our Vámonos Primary course is designed for children’s levels of ability in Spanish (if any). We have 7 levels of ability and our courses cover one unit each term.

Children will spend 12 weeks learning a new topic, after which children are assessed and it is determined whether children are ready to move to the next level. By the end of the term children will be completely confident in their ability to use the taught vocabulary and Received Y/N phrases. Each unit builds on the previous one, adding topic after topic to the children’s ‘CV’s of Spanish learning. Children repeatedly revise past topics in order to ensure that their memories are trained, stimulated and refreshed.

Our courses cover many different topics, including Animals, the Classroom, the Time, the Weather, the Body, Food, the Weather, the House, Hobbies, Clothes, Transport and many more, always including basics such as Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Numbers, the Alphabet, Feelings, classroom language, personal greetings and introductions and many more.

Suitable for children aged 4-7 years. Classes cost £7 per 1 hour session paid monthly.

To book please contact Lorna on 07760379733 or email info.southtyne@vamonos.co.uk

A friendly environment in which to exercise and meet other mums to be!

The class aims to encourage sound posture and support through pregnancy and give ideas for early post-natal recovery. It may also help to prepare the body for labour by building the strength and awareness of those essential pelvic floor and tummy muscles! We use gym balls, bands and other small equipment to modify the classical Pilates mat work and make it appropriate for pregnancy. A great way to build ante-natal strength and post-natal friendships!

Course costs £56 for 7-week course.

For more information and to book your place email Josie on bumpsandbabiespilates@hotmail.co.uk

Help get your body back on track in a friendly, supportive, non-pressured environment.  A relaxed atmosphere helping you to exercise and socialise, but still working hard!  Baby comes too so no need for childcare.  A great way to regain pelvic and abdominal control, help posture, relieve muscle tensions and learn fun ways to involve your baby so that it fits into your day! Exercises are always adapted to the individual if required.  No move suits all, so classes are small! The selected exercises all help prepare for the classical mat work for those who have an interest in progressing beyond the post-natal phase too.

Standard 6-week course costs £48. Course lengths may vary.

Email Josie at bumpsandbabiespilates@hotmail.co.uk to book your place.

*This is on every Monday apart from Bank Holidays**

Being a new parent is amazing, exciting, life-changing … but it’s also really hard work. One day you feel on top of the world; the next day you feel pretty lonely and a bit cr@p. That’s why The Nest has launched a set of Real Parenting Clubs – to help parents connect, make friends, share giggles and support each other through the tricky bits.

BABBA Club is specifically for parents or carers with newborns to crawlers. It’s an informal drop-in from 10.00-11.30 every Monday morning. There’ll be toys out for them to play with, a cuppa and lots of friendly folk for you to chat with, and a sing-song or two. This group is about taking time to connect with other parents and babbas in a friendly, no-rush environment.

Babba Club costs £2.50 per parent – just pay on the day and this includes a cuppa

[BABBA Club is one of three ‘Real Parenting Clubs’ launched by The Nest in 2017 – to help parents connect, make friends, share giggles and support each other through the tricky bits. Before BABBA Club there’s BUMP Club, and afterwards there’s TODDLE Club].

A class designed for busy people, a quick blast of yoga in the morning will set you up for the day!

Whether you are new to Yoga or coming back to it, these gentle classes will restore your sense of wellbeing and confidence. Yoga can help stretch, strengthen and tone the body and offers simple breathing and relaxation techniques which can help cope with the busyness of life!

Benefits:

• Helps to regain strength and maintain posture
• Tones the abdominal muscles and pelvic floor
• Deep relaxation
• Socialise & make new friends

What does the class involve?

Forget any preconceptions about Yoga. You won’t be standing on your head or doing anything that you are not happy with. The posture work includes simple stretches, with a balanced sequence of stretching, strengthening and relaxing poses. The breath work is integrated into the class and the course will cover some specific breathing practices to help with anxiety, and stress.

For more info and to book your place, please email Caireen on caireenhart@gmail.com.

£42 for the course or £8 drop in

Gillian Dodd has practised Yoga since her early twenties and worked in Personal and Professional Development roles throughout her working life. Committed to provide a class for those who may think their bodies are not the right shape for Yoga. Passionate about encouraging women to take the first steps to discover the benefits of Yoga , especially for stress relief and relaxation and taking time out for yourself.

Who is it for?

Total beginners to Yoga / Women who want to take time out for themselves to do some very light stretching of the body, breathing exercises and mindful relaxation in a friendly, non –judgemental, non- competitive group.

Benefits?

• Good overall body stretch
• Self acceptance – feel better about yourself
• A more positive outlook
• Stress relief
• Time for you
• Aid to relaxation and better sleep
• Tips and techniques for simple exercises to do at home
• Simple yoga practices to build into your day
• Sense of clarity
• A feeling of wellbeing
• An opportunity for you to think about short and long term goals
• Meet new folk

What will you need?

• Your own Yoga Mat and blanket (please bring to the taster)
• Belt, Block and cushion. (Gillian will advise at the taster)
• DOLLOPS OF COMPASSION FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS

Email gilliandodd@blueyonder.co.uk to book your place.

Gillian Dodd has practised Yoga since her early twenties and worked in Personal and Professional Development roles throughout her working life. Committed to provide a class for those who may think their bodies are not the right shape for Yoga. Passionate about encouraging women to take the first steps to discover the benefits of Yoga , especially for stress relief and relaxation and taking time out for yourself.

Who is it for?

Total beginners to Yoga / Women who want to take time out for themselves to do some very light stretching of the body, breathing exercises and mindful relaxation in a friendly, non –judgemental, non- competitive group.

Benefits?

• Good overall body stretch
• Self acceptance – feel better about yourself
• A more positive outlook
• Stress relief
• Time for you
• Aid to relaxation and better sleep
• Tips and techniques for simple exercises to do at home
• Simple yoga practices to build into your day
• Sense of clarity
• A feeling of wellbeing
• An opportunity for you to think about short and long term goals
• Meet new folk

What will you need?

• Your own Yoga Mat and blanket (please bring to the taster)
• Belt, Block and cushion. (Gillian will advise at the taster)
• DOLLOPS OF COMPASSION FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS

Cost?

Introductory Offer of 5 sessions for £25, ( Normally £30 for blocks of 5 sessions )

Email gilliandodd@blueyonder.co.uk to book your place.

Baby Massage allows some precious quiet time with baby. Classes are designed to enhance the bonding between care giver and child, aid the digestive system, improve sleeping patterns, decipher baby’s cues, relaxation and stress reduction, and stimulation of all baby’s internal systems.

Benefits of Massage (for babies, mums and dads):

• Infant-Parent attachment or “bonding”
• Relaxation
• Makes baby feel loved
• Promotes better sleep
• Facilitates body awareness
• Boosts immune system
• Sensory stimulation
• Improves skin condition
• Improves blood circulation
• Helps digestion
• Balances respiration
• Relief for teething pains
• Help waste elimination
• Helps build parents’ and baby’s self-esteem
• Helps you learn about your baby (their needs and desires)
• Relaxes parents
• Stimulates production of oxytocin

The classes are designed to enhance the bonding between care giver and child and not only promote Baby Massage, but look at reading babies cues, understanding your child, relaxation and stimulation.

A 5 week course is £40. Booking is essential as we only run in small numbers.

For info and to book your place emailrachelshappyyoga@gmail.com or call 07739811716.

Tiny Tempos is a fun filled music making class for under 5’s and their parents or carers.
The session involves singing, movement and exploring music in an inclusive space where we aim to develop children’s social, emotional, physical and musical skills as well as encouraging the acquisition of language and creativity. It is hoped that adults will join in and gain confidence in making music at home with their children.

£5 for adult and child drop in.
Additional £1.50 for siblings
Block bookings of 5, 10 or 12 sessions will receive a 10% discount.

To book your place please contact Carol Bowden on 07835409121 or email acorntreemusic@gmail.com

Our Vámonos Primary course is designed for children’s levels of ability in Spanish (if any). We have 7 levels of ability and our courses cover one unit each term.

Children will spend 12 weeks learning a new topic, after which children are assessed and it is determined whether children are ready to move to the next level. By the end of the term children will be completely confident in their ability to use the taught vocabulary and Received Y/N phrases. Each unit builds on the previous one, adding topic after topic to the children’s ‘CV’s of Spanish learning. Children repeatedly revise past topics in order to ensure that their memories are trained, stimulated and refreshed.

Our courses cover many different topics, including Animals, the Classroom, the Time, the Weather, the Body, Food, the Weather, the House, Hobbies, Clothes, Transport and many more, always including basics such as Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Numbers, the Alphabet, Feelings, classroom language, personal greetings and introductions and many more.

Suitable for children aged 4-7 years. Classes cost £7 per 1 hour session paid monthly.

To book please contact Lorna on 07760379733 or email info.southtyne@vamonos.co.uk