Nona Prenatal Yoga

Yoga, Education, & Emotional Support for Pregnancy and Beyond

Pregnancy brings both joy and uncertainty. This class helps you move through it with confidence, comfort, and connection.

You're not the only one feeling this way.

Pregnancy is filled with changes—physical shifts, emotional ups and downs, and a flood of new questions about birth and parenting. It’s common to feel both excitement and worry, confidence one moment and uncertainty the next. Having a supportive space to move your body, settle your mind, and connect with others who understand can make this time feel steadier and more manageable.

What this Class Offers

Tools for easing stress, anxiety, and fear
Practical skills for being with labor pain
Relief for common pregnancy discomforts
Confidence for birth and postpartum
Deep relaxation to restore your energy
Community with others who understand

Why Nona Prenatal Yoga?

I’ve supported parents for over 25 years as a childbirth educator, doula, doula trainer, and prenatal yoga instructor. Hundreds of families in Columbia have prepared for birth with this class. Many return in future pregnancies because the practices are so effective and supportive.

Inside each class

Yoga for every body and every stage of pregnancy
Mindful meditation & integrating mindfulness as a coping strategy
Childbirth education focused on being with pain, fear, anxiety
Group connection and peer support
Deep relaxation

This class complements any childbirth education program. For a more complete preparation, it pairs beautifully with the Mind-Body Birth Education Course.

In the Nona Prenatal Yoga & Support class parents will learn to embody strategies for managing pain, fear, and anxiety during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Group support includes meaningful discussions, childbirth education, and growing your parenting community.

Class Details

6-week session, once per week
Thursday evenings, 6–8:15 pm
Cozy home studio in central Columbia (Airbnb location)
$195 per session (includes online practice library)

📅 Next session: October 2 - November 6 This session is full! See you this winter. Dates TBA
🎉 Use code HAPPY25YEARS for 25% off

Explore our Comprehensive Birth Course

To compliment Nona Prenatal Yoga and include partners, consider our Nona Mind-Body Birth Education course. Most hospital-based classes are designed to prepare you for hospital protocol—not for the experience of giving birth. Parents often leave without the tools they need to navigate pain, communicate with providers, understand hospital policies, or receive meaningful support from their partner.

At Nona, we do things differently.

Our childbirth education is evidence-based, inclusive, and grounded in real-world experience. Developed by a licensed perinatal therapist and retired doula, Nona curriculums prepare you for all types of births—at home, in hospitals, and in birth centers.

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All the Essentials....

Education and Emotional Support with Yoga

Learn self-help techniques that can ease common emotional and physical adjustments associated with pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Emotional and Mental Preparation

Learn healthy ways to work with stress and anxiety before, during, and after labor
Learn to work with fears associated with labor, birth, and early parenting
Explore the emotional world of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
Honor the difficulties and celebrate the joys of pregnancy
Develop confidence for birth
Recognize birth as a rite of passage regardless of birth outcome

Physical Well-being and Pain Coping

Practice effective skills for being with pain
Embody skills known to help during labor and birth
Get relief from common discomforts of pregnancy

Connection and Support

Make supportive connections in your community
Have time and space to bond

Nona Yoga Details

Nona Prenatal Yoga & Support Class
Each class includes:

Prenatal yoga tailored for all bodies and all trimesters
Childbirth education focused on working with pain, fear, and anxiety
Group connection and support
Deep relaxation

This class is a meaningful complement to any childbirth education program, and especially pairs well with our Mind-Body Birth Education Course, which offers a more complete and comprehensive approach to birth preparation.

Schedule & Format
Nona Prenatal Yoga is offered three times per year in 6-week sessions.

Each session includes six 2-hour+ classes
Thursday evenings, 6:00–8:00/8:15 pm
Held at Erica’s cozy home studio (central Columbia Airbnb location)
$195 per session (includes access to the asynchronous online class for continued practice throughout your pregnancy)

New session starts:

October 2nd - November 6th This session is full! See you this winter. Dates TBA

Use code HAPPY25YEARS for 25% off