We help women relieve & reduce stress, find relaxation, and create a space for connection with like-minded women.
We are here to support you on your beautiful journey into and through motherhood, helping you find your community as you transition into this new phase of your life.
Highly recommend. My 2-month-old daughter and I love attending the mums & bubs sessions. Learning moves that I can do with her at home is a plus. Good for the mind, body and soul.
Simone provides a beautiful nurturing space for you and your baby to practice pregnancy-safe yoga. A balance of relaxation, birth prep and more challenging postures and stretches. A great way to connect with other pregnant women in the community.
Join like-minded women in a safe and supportive environment as you collectively prepare for your journey into motherhood.
Be safely guided into nourishing, protective pregnancy postures while connecting with your baby in-utero.
Many health professionals recommend pregnancy yoga to support a woman physically and psychologically throughout her pregnancy.
Back pain during pregnancy? We feel you mumma! Growing Gracefully Yoga’s pregnancy classes help reduce pregnancy pains by strengthening and toning your entire body safely, helping to soothe your aching body as your baby grows and your centre of gravity changes. Be guided into nourishing and safe pregnancy postures that maintain alignment and improve posture, helping to relieve neck, hip and back pain during pregnancy. During pregnancy, our bodies release hormones that create more flexibility in our bodies to help prepare us for birth. However, this extra flexibility in joints, combined with carrying the additional weight of your growing baby, makes pregnant and postnatal mums more prone to injuries. Feel safe moving mindfully into postures that will not cause injury through overstretching or overextending. We encourage all students to listen to their bodies, as each body (and pregnancy) is different.
Do you have a fear of the unknown? Do you feel anxious, or are you experiencing insomnia? We hear you mumma! Psychologically, yoga helps to build a healthy balance between all aspects of the mind and body. Pregnancy yoga uses specific tools to promote relaxation and reduce anxiety while increasing your mental stamina in preparation for birth. Pregnancy yoga allows you to trust your inherent birthing wisdom so you may confidently birth your baby.
Using slower, more restorative movements during pregnancy, yoga stimulates our parasympathetic nervous system, or rest and digest system, in our bodies. Studies show pregnancy yoga helps to reduce stress and anxiety in women and also helps to slow your heart rate and breath while increasing blood flow to your vital organs.
This is achieved by giving you tools like meditation (dhyana), deep relaxation (Yoga Nidra) and breathing techniques (pranayama) that promote relaxation. It can also help to promote sleep! These tools can be used throughout pregnancy, particularly during heightened stress like labour and birth. There is also evidence that pregnancy yoga can reduce the need for pain relief during labour and the likelihood of delivery by an emergency caesarean section. How incredible is that?
Are you looking for unique, lasting friendships? We feel you, mumma! Connect with local like-minded women in a safe and supportive environment as you collectively prepare for your journey into motherhood. Simone’s classes are limited to 10 soon-to-be mums so that you can bond with your fellow mums in an intimate and caring environment.
Don’t have time or not feeling connected with your baby in-utero? Yoga is a beautiful way to intentionally connect with your baby. Pregnancy yoga classes give you time to focus on your pregnancy, which you may not have otherwise. Through specific techniques, such as visualisations and affirmations, you will have intentional time to bond with your baby before they arrive.
Pregnancy is the first time many women practice yoga. Simone’s classes are for everyone, regardless of your flexibility or birthing choices.
Join our community of empowering mums on a journey through motherhood together. Our postnatal yoga classes are designed to safely rebuild your strength and tone while boosting your energy levels. With guided meditation and breathing techniques, you’ll feel relaxed and centred, ready to take on the challenges of motherhood. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to bond with your baby, creating a lasting connection.
Our classes are always baby-friendly, so you can attend to your bub’s needs while caring for yourself. Invest in yourself and your baby, and join our community today.
Feeling like your body isn’t your own after giving birth? Yoga is a beautiful way to ease back into exercise and reconnect safely with your body after the marathon of pregnancy and childbirth. Connect with your new postnatal body safely and mindfully and be guided into specific postnatal postures designed to gently rebuild your strength and tone while boosting your energy levels.
Classes concentrate on safely strengthening your pelvic floor, abdomen and back, which have all worked hard to grow and birth your baby. There is also an emphasis on opening your upper back, shoulders, neck and arms, where many new mummas hold tension from holding, playing, feeding and picking up their child. By opening and breathing into these areas, we can release tension.
Are you struggling to find bonding time with your new baby? At home, it’s easy to be distracted by other children or the chores we ‘should’ be doing. By attending a Mums and Bubs yoga class, you are setting aside quality time with your baby where they have your full attention, and you can interact with them with intention through movement, sound, play and massage. Your bub’s needs always come first, whether feeding, changing, holding or nurturing them. These classes are specifically designed, so your baby is at the centre of the experience, enhancing the connection between mum and bub.
Babies love yoga classes too! Socialising helps the development and growth of babies’ brains and nervous systems while enhancing their immune systems. The classes offer babies sensory stimulation and help them learn to self-soothe and develop relaxation techniques for the future.
Wanting to find a group of mummas that understand what you are going through? Need some time out of the house (and your head)? Connecting with other mummas is empowering! You can collectively venture into and through motherhood together by joining a beautiful community of supportive new mums. We share, learn and support each other through regular connection, regardless of birthing, feeding or parenting decisions.
Are you struggling to adjust to the changes that come with motherhood? Learn meditation and breathing techniques (pranayama) to help relax and restore your nervous system, keeping you calm and centred. Relaxing your mind and body also promotes better sleep (because who doesn’t need more sleep?) Regular exercise, like yoga, is also an excellent way to increase serotonin levels, which is the hormone that contributes to overall happiness and well-being.
Learn tools and techniques to become active participants in your birth.
You will explore ways to breathe and move with the sensations in labour, so you feel empowered and excited to give birth and understand natural pain relief methods.
The tools and techniques for active birth.
Are you scared about labour and birth? We hear you, mumma! It is entirely normal to be a little scared about giving birth. Whether you have given birth before or are a first-time mumma, the fear of not knowing what will happen is real and can be overwhelming – and that is why this workshop was created in the first place!
Through this workshop you will learn:
For the best results, we suggest combining this once-off workshop with Simone’s pregnancy yoga classes.
Contact Simone if you would like to have a private class. Times and pricing vary.
I’m the proud mother of my beautiful daughter Grace. I’m also a yoga teacher passionate about supporting women on their journey into and through motherhood, from preconception to pregnancy and beyond.
My mission is to share the benefits of yoga with other women so they, too, can have an empowering experience, both at birth and beyond.
My mantra is to move slowly, safely and mindfully. I had Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) during pregnancy and postpartum recovery. SPD is a condition where the Pubis Symphysis Joint in the pelvis becomes too flexible and unstable, causing pelvic pain. SPD usually fades after birth, but it continues postpartum in some women like me. I managed the pain by listening to my body and only moving in ways that made me feel safe and supported, and that is what I ask my students to do too.
For me, yoga was essential while pregnant and since having my daughter. Physically, it helps to soothe my aching body while building strength and stamina for the birth and postpartum recovery marathon. More importantly, breathing practises, meditations, and visualisations calm my mind and soul. I listen to my intuition through yoga and slow down in a fast-paced world.
I have been a yoga student for many years, but I decided to complete my yoga teacher training in 2019. I have completed several prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher training to enhance my skills further.
I feel so grateful to have been born and bred on the Sunshine Coast and live in the beautiful hinterland town of Beerwah. I invite you to come to a class with me and discover the benefits of yoga for yourself.
For more information, please see Pregnancy Yoga.
For more information, please see Mums and Bubs.
Mums and bubs yoga classes are very different from regular yoga classes - they can be chaotic and messy but also a lot more fun!
Mums and bubs yoga classes are much more casual than regular yoga classes. Firstly, your baby’s needs always come first. So if you need to feed, change, play or cuddle bub in class, you can do this anytime - no need to ask.
Each week is different - some weeks, you may get almost a whole class in while bub sleeps on a blanket in front of you. On other weeks, you may spend the entire class feeding. Whatever happens, it doesn’t matter, as you both benefit from being in the class (and out of the house!)
If bub falls asleep, and you are comfortable leaving them to sleep on a blanket in front of your mat or your pram, if you choose, you can leave them and do the class on your own. Whatever works best for you and bub.
Also, if you are running late, please don’t sweat it! Babies will be babies.
Pregnancy yoga classes are designed for anybody, whether this is your first time practising yoga or you’re a seasoned yogi.
By attending each week, we start slowly and safely at the beginning of the course, building in intensity as we move from week to week, so we become stronger and better prepared for birth.
In your first class, expect a lot of concentration on your breath and connection time with your new community of soon-to-be-mummies.
No problem! Most women have never been to a yoga class before becoming pregnant. With this in mind, I have specifically designed classes so anyone can participate. We start out slow, connecting with our mind and body, building in intensity from week to week as we prepare for birth or postnatally as we recover. The pregnancy and postpartum periods are the perfect times to begin practising yoga.
From trimester two (week 14) onwards, and when you feel ready. A moving yoga practice is not advised in the early weeks of pregnancy.
From personal experience, I know the first trimester of pregnancy can be an anxious time, so I am delighted to be soon offering therapeutic yoga classes to women during their first trimester of yoga. Restorative yoga is a restful practice, focussing on slowing down and opening your body passively. The postures are held for much longer than other styles of yoga and are supported with props. By relaxing into poses with braces, we can achieve physical, mental and emotional relaxation, helping to relax the body, connect with our growing baby and reduce stress. Please sign up for our newsletter (link) to know when these restorative classes begin.
It’s never too late to start pregnancy yoga and experience the benefits of mindful movement as you prepare your body for birth.
Who isn’t? With this in mind, I have specifically designed these class blocks, so there is a small group (maximum 10) of like-minded women to connect with each week. By putting yourself out there, you are helping to build your own supportive community of local mums.
If you still feel uncomfortable about attending a group class, don't hesitate to contact Simone directly to organise a private session.
Mums and Bubs classes - All yoga mats and props will be provided, but please bring a blanket for bub to rest on, your nappy bag with a portable change mat, a few toys/teethers, and bottles of milk (if bottle feeding), and a water bottle for yourself.
For all other classes, please bring yourself and a water bottle. All yoga equipment, including a yoga mat, is provided, but if you prefer your own mat, please feel free to bring it.
Perhaps you are interested in a one-on-one class? We’re always happy to answer your questions or receive your comments about how we can improve our services. If you have a question, we recommend checking out the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page first, in case the answer is there.
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