Where are our Prenatal and Postnatal women?
Introducing Our New Prenatal & Postnatal Series. Movement for Every Stage of Motherhood
Pregnancy and early motherhood are chapters marked by profound change — physically, emotionally, hormonally, and energetically. At Barre Series, we believe movement during this season is about staying connected to your body, building supportive strength, and creating moments of grounding in a time that can feel anything but still.
We’re proud to introduce two brand-new videos inside the Barre Series library that are now live!
Prenatal Standing Barre Part 1 #159
This 30-minute safe prenatal workout is designed to energise, strengthen, and support your body through movement. Standing for the full class, we’ll use a Pilates ring for a gentle warm-up with pliés and lunges, keeping the heart rate lifted within safe limits. Light hand weights will be added for upper-body strength while keeping the torso supported and stable. Expect continuous, low-impact sequences including tendus, curtsy lunges, and standing balance work that will leave your legs burning in the best way. We’ll close with stretches to lengthen and release.
Note: Please ensure you are signed off by your GP before starting.
Suitable for: Prenatal clients and anyone looking for a continuous, energising, low-impact workout.
Equipment: Pilates ring, light hand weights
Length: 30 minutes
Level: All levels
Focus: Full-body strength, endurance, and safe prenatal conditioning
Prenatal Floor Barre Part 2 #160
This 30-minute safe prenatal floor barre focuses on strength, stability, and energising movement from the mat. After medical clearance from your GP, join this full-body session that builds safely through controlled, low-impact exercises. You’ll target your abductors with clams, activate your hamstrings with Pilates kickbacks on all fours, and strengthen your upper body with tricep push-ups. The Pilates ring adds an extra challenge for arm strength and stabilisation, while tabletop extensions gently engage your core. Suitable for all trimesters and also for anyone (not pregnant) seeking a continuous, energising floor-based workout.
Note: Please ensure you are signed off by your GP before starting.
Suitable for: Prenatal clients and anyone looking for a continuous, energising, low-impact workout.
Equipment: Pilates ring, light hand weights
Length: 30 minutes
Level: All levels
Focus: Full-body strength, endurance, and safe prenatal conditioning
Prenatal Movement: What Expecting Moms Need Most
Pregnancy brings rapid shifts to posture, balance, ligament stability, and energy levels. The goal of prenatal exercise is not to “keep up” but to support the changing body with strength, mobility, and breath-led stability.
Why Barre Works So Well During Pregnancy
Barre blends low-impact strength work with mindful alignment, a combination that feels grounding, safe, and deeply strengthening throughout pregnancy. With intentional modifications, it helps maintain mobility, balance, and postural support without overloading the joints or core.
Key Prenatal Barre Principles
Safety First
Prenatal movement prioritises:
- Controlled, intentional exercises
- Avoiding deep flexions, high-impact jumping, and excessive twisting or lateral reaches
- Maintaining a neutral spine
- Supporting pelvic floor and deep core engagement
This keeps both mother and baby safe while allowing the body to stay strong.
Foundational Prenatal Barre Exercises
These are staple movements you’ll see woven into our new Prenatal and postnatal videos:
Four-Point Hover
A gentle way to engage the deep core and connect breath to movement without stressing the abdominal wall. Helps build shoulder, arm, and spinal stability.
Forearm Leg Extensions
Strengthens the glutes and hamstrings — key for supporting posture as the belly grows and lower-back tension increases.
Elbow Plank (Modified on knees)
A steady way to maintain core connection while avoiding strain or doming through the midline.
Pliés & Second Position Squats
With heels slightly apart to allow space through the pelvis and maintain safe alignment.
Relevés (Calf Raises)
Performed with control to support lower-leg strength, balance, and circulation, all especially valuable during pregnancy.
Movements We Avoid Prenatally (and Why)
Jumping
Too much impact on joints already softened by hormones such as relaxing.
Deep flexions or crunching
These increase abdominal pressure and can contribute to Diastasis Recti.
Lateral reaches or big twisting patterns
These destabilise the pelvis and can overstretch abdominal tissue.
Instead, we focus on breath, precision, and stability — allowing you to stay strong without strain.
Postnatal Movement: Rebuilding with Care
After birth, the body deserves compassion, patience, and a thoughtful return to strength. Postnatal movement is less about “bouncing back” and more about restoring function, stability, and confidence.
Our new Postnatal Core + Strength Restore session was designed exactly for this phase.
Understanding the Postpartum Body
Pregnancy and childbirth affect:
- Pelvic floor strength
- Deep core connection
- Posture and balance
- Energy and sleep
- Musculoskeletal alignment
Movement helps rebuild these systems — gently and progressively.
Postnatal Strength Priorities
1. Pelvic Floor Activation
Foundation before anything else.
2. Gentle Deep Core Reconnection
Not crunching — but breath and controlled engagement.
3. Full-Body Reconditioning
Strengthening back, glutes, and upper body to support daily demands.
4. Mind-Body Awareness
Postnatal exercise supports emotional well-being just as much as physical recovery.
Postnatal Barre for Diastasis Recti Recovery
Diastasis Recti (ab separation) is common postpartum. Barre offers a supportive environment for recovery because the movements are:
- Low-impact
- Alignment-focused
- Core-stabilising
- Gradual and progressive
Our postnatal class includes targeted sequences designed to rebuild core integrity without overloading healing abdominal tissue.
Mindfulness, Body Image & Support
Both pregnancy and postpartum carry emotional complexity, joy, fatigue, pride, vulnerability, uncertainty. Movement can become an anchor through these changes.
Mindfulness & Connection
Gentle breathwork, slow transitions, and intention-filled movement strengthen the mind-body relationship and help mothers reconnect with themselves.
Compassionate Body Image
Bodies shift — and that’s not only normal, it’s extraordinary. Our prenatal and postnatal programs encourage celebrating strength over aesthetics.
Support Systems
From healthcare providers to friends, partners, and our Barre Series community, having support is essential. No one moves through motherhood alone.
Your Journey, Supported at Every Stage
Our hope is that these new classes help you feel:
- Supported
- Strong
- Grounded
- Connected
- Empowered
Whether you’re expecting, newly postpartum, or easing back into movement months later, these videos are designed to meet you exactly where you are.
