About Me
Supporting women & birthing people to create time for themselves; to feel empowered and have calm and positive birth experiences.
About Me
Hello and thank you for visiting my website. I’m Helen and I am the founder of Amethyst Yoga and Birth. I live in Leicester with my husband and two children.
I qualified as a midwife in 2005 and I have worked in all areas of the maternity service, including as a consultant midwife for 6 years. I understand how difficult it can be to navigate the NHS maternity care system, and I have supported many women to make informed choices in their pregnancy and birth, including where those choices fall outside of the recommended guidelines. I am passionate about supporting women and birthing people to make informed decisions in their care; to feel respected and listened to.
I chose to train as a hypnobirthing instructor with The Calm Birth School, as their ethos matches my own values and beliefs – that women and birthing people should be provided with unbiased, evidenced-based information to make decisions that feel right for them. That birth can be a calm and positive experience, however and wherever birth happens. I believe all women and birthing people should have confidence in themselves, their choices and their bodies.
I am a women’s yoga therapist and wellness coach, having completed a 300-hour training with Yogabellies. My love for yoga started when I attended pregnancy yoga classes during my first pregnancy. I love how yoga supports me to keep calm and relaxed whilst also nurturing my physical and emotional wellbeing. I incorporate some simple yoga asanas (poses) into my hypnobirthing course to help you prepare your body for birth.
My Vision
Before the birth of my own two beautiful daughters, I was a busy professional woman in a senior position in the NHS. Following their birth, life became more challenging as I negotiated the juggle of being a working mum. In both scenarios, I didn’t prioritise self-care and my own wellbeing as much as I should have. It is my vision to support the women who come into this community to embrace all the changes that life brings throughout their lives, and to build a community of yoga loving women who support one another.
The completion of my hypnobirthing training taught me so much more than another profession. It equipped me with the tools and techniques for relaxation and stress management that I use in my everyday life now. I am confident in the ability of hypnobirthing to enable women to have a calm and positive birth experience. It is a priviledge to be able to equip women with tools they can continue to use throughout their lives which can help manage life’s stresses and strains.
My Classes
Location
Leicester & South Leicestershire, U.K.
Class Time
Hypnobirthing available now – Yoga coming soon