Prenatal Yoga Center — Local services in New York

I honestly don't know why there aren't thousands of reviews for PYC because Deb has truly created a wonderful space for expecting & postpartum moms. All of the instructors are very well educated about the needs of the pregnant body and each class is 90 minutes of yoga, education, and community time to connect & learn. She offers classes 7 days per week via live stream & recorded if you can't make that time (fits every schedule). The pregnant body is more prone to injury so it is important to have an instructor that knows how to keep you safe so that you have a healthy pregnancy & postpartum recovery. I love that all of the instructors are constantly seeking to learn & to share that information with us. Throughout the class, instructors will modify poses for your specific trimester & personal needs to keep you safe & help you find relief. Deb also has an incredible podcast Yoga, Birth, Babies that is a wealth of free information for the expecting mom. There are lots of prenatal yoga classes & podcasts available but this is the very best! It is worth every penny! I have the unlimited plan & practice 4+ days per week but am working up to a daily practice. Well not required, you will definitely benefit from a couple of simple props - yoga mat, 2 blocks, a firm bolster, & a blanket or large towel (I use hugger mugger tapas ultra mat & bolster & 2 manduka cork blocks). PYC has changed my life! I feel strength in my pregnant body both mentally & physically & I have a connection to community in a time when pregnant women are so isolated & experiencing pregnancy milestones alone. I am so grateful for Deb & the wonderful team at PYC and I give them my highest recommendation! If you have any questions just reach out to the studio, everyone is so welcoming, helpful, & responsive! I hope to see...

PYC is an absolute treasure!! I went to my first class at 26 weeks, felt it was a little early, went to another class at 30 weeks, and then started to really go regularly the following week. I am just over 37 weeks now and can tell prenatal yoga is helping me a great deal.

Deb is wonderful, so compassionate, knowledgeable, loving, and grounding. I try to go to her classes twice a week and I will continue until I deliver. I have also taken classes with Ellyn, Lital, and Jessica, all of which are wonderful in their own way and bring different approaches to the classes. Every time I flip over in bed, I think about Lital’s lesson on knees and how to use them to your advantage… such a gift!

I have also taken some prenatal classes at PYC, including the Comforting Touch (Yiska is a dream come true and taught my husband and other partners to aid comfort in the prenatal and birthing process!), Childbirth Education (Ceridwen was a dream come true, as well, and I wish I could hug her right this second!!), Newborn Care and Lactation (this one was helpful, offering good insight and assurance of the choices my husband and I have made, — natural / homeopathic / minimalist route — but not as engaging as the other two), and then we are set to take Infant Safety & CPR this weekend!

The community we have at PYC is so supportive, loving, exciting, and fun. Since it is an independent yoga studio, the clientele is of a similar mindset and all-around loving and tender with one another. I am looking forward to doing the postnatal and baby and me classes once this little nugget...

I attended in-person prenatal yoga from ~25 weeks until my due date, starting with 1 session per week, and ending with 3 sessions per week for the last 6 weeks or so. It was worth every penny! Class always starts with a group check-in, which creates such a strong community because you get to see the same folks every week and hear how they're doing and watch them progress. Then there's a meditation to get you "in the zone," followed by a thorough flow (vinyasa?), then a few minutes of pelvic floor work (also woven throughout the yoga), and ending with a longer restful meditation. During the 90 minutes, there is SO much birth and body education, it's like paying for a birth prep class! The instructors repeat a lot of the same principles class after class so it really sticks in your brain- I was able to use SO many of the tools from class during the unmedicated parts of my birth, including an epidural-free pushing phase. PYC is a super inclusive environment and supports birthing people of ALL journies, and I credit so much of my positive birth experience to the prep work I did with Deb, Victoria, and Hanna. I'm looking forward to coming back for postnatal yoga and hope to see some of the friends I've made...