For Modern Mothers: Empowering Women - Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood
Here to support, inform and inspire you through pregnancy, birth & motherhood. Do get in touch for more information or to book onto any of my services.
With no BS Antenatal & Hypnobirthing courses, award winning Pregnancy Yoga, Mum & Baby Yoga,Baby Massage,Fertility Yoga, Birth Trauma Support,my Podcast & supportive community. Empowering mothers and mothers-to-be with *award winning* Pregnancy Yoga classes and retreats, Hypnobirthing & complete no BS Antenatal Courses which inform and empower you for a calm, confident and positive pregnancy and birth. As well as online programs:
~ The Online Pregnancy Yoga Program
~ What You Need to Know About your Pelvic Floor
~ Surviving The Fourth Trimester & Beyond
My classes and courses help eliminate worries and fears you have about birth and fill you with confidence in your body to have a positive birth experience - whatever labour throws at you and however you choose to birth. And after baby arrives there are supportive Mum & Baby Yoga classes and Baby Massage Courses too, and my online Calm & Empowered Motherhood course too. On the journey to having a baby I have specialist expertise and training in Fertility Yoga and Fertility Coaching too. I am also a Birth Trauma support and recovery practitioner, and offer services to help you after a difficult previous birth, antenatal or postnatal experience or a birth injury. AND I am a life coach - helping women find more joy, contentment and happiness in their lives. By choosing my hypnobirthing course as your complete antenatal preparation you really understand:
- How your amazing body works to birth your baby
- The scientific connection between mind and body
- How to stay calm and in control no matter what happens
- How your birth partner can be your ultimate birth supporter, so you become a 'birthing dream' team. The techniques you learn on my course really are skills for life too, and you'll both take them forward into amazing journey of parenthood. I add in MUCH more than a 'standard' hypnobirthing or antenatal course too - active birth & movement, aromatherapy, yoga techniques and more. And do check out the NEW For Modern Mothers Podcast too (available on all podcast providers, Just search for 'For Modern Mothers'). Basically I'm insanely passionate about helping all mothers and birthing people take control of their bodys, their minds, their lives & their goals. And I love questions, so do let me know what your are! warmest wishes
Susan
Come and join a weekly class that is straight talking, non-judgmental, feel-good, uplifting and aimed at YOU the mother.
Because maternity leave is not just about the baby. It’s about Matrescence, about you as a woman, mother and human navigating this intense, visceral and wild period of your life.
Come and do something nourishing & nurturing fur yourself. You are important, please do not forget that ❤️
Booking places now for November & December
Gentle movement, calming breath work, good vibes & a hot cuppa too
See you there ☺️
Susan x
20/10/2025
A new billboard campaign has launched by and The Dad Shift declaring paternity leave a “motherf**cker”.
Because the UK’s paternity leave is the worst in Europe: two weeks at less than half the minimum wage, or nothing if you’re self employed.
Two weeks is nowhere near enough, particularly if you’ve had a C-section, which more than 40% of mums now do!!
A shocking statistic in itself. That’s for another post.
Doctors advise 6 weeks for (physical) recovery from a caesarean birth (its major abdominal surgery don’t forget - it’s easy to, as you get NO surgical follow up. FFS 😡) But with dads and non-birthing partners having to return to work after just two weeks (and in many cases less than that) mums are left to manage alone. They’re often not even able to lift their baby properly. 😢
More about the campaign…
We need everyone to know all the ways UK paternity leave is screwing over mums. So today,
and supporters will plaster social media with pictures of this sticker above C-section scars and other symbols of how the UK’s rubbish paternity leave screwed *them* over (check them out at ).
Plus, we’ve got a surprise coming to a couple of lucky billboards...stay tuned!
Help win better pat leave now. There’s a debate in Parliament this week about raising statutory maternity and paternity pay: email your MP and ask them to attend it (super easy to do using the link in bio.)
Susan x
19/10/2025
Homemade chocolates ready for this afternoons Slow Sunday Mini Retreat ☺️❤️🍫
18/10/2025
So much this 💪
Thank you
17/10/2025
This came up, yet again, at pregnancy yoga last night
Knowing your employment rights in pregnancy and once baby arrives is HUGELY important. As some employers are frankly clueless, and others actually break the law. Just ask
New research has shown that singing groups for new mums (that's NOT a baby music or baby singing group, but where mums sing 'normal' songs for themselves and baby happen to be with them. Not kids songs and nursery rhymes!) can lower the incidence of post natal depression. Postnatal depression is a common problem, affecting more than 1 in 10 women within a year of giving birth.
The researcher have theories as to why mums singing together works, but what I find really exciting is that I totally see these applying to my Mum & Baby Yoga classes too. Which is fantastic news ....
1) It's focussed on the MOTHER, not another class all about the baby. Because you are important too!
2) It helps with the social isolation of new motherhood, and gives a safe and supportive space each week.
3) The helps create connection and community with other new mothers, in a relaxed space. Creating your 'village' is so important - we are not supposed to do this mothering thing alone!
3) Down-regulating your nervous system. SInging does this, and so does yoga. Moving you from a stress response to a calmer response through breath work and repetitive movement.
So good to hear that there is research being done to support women at this hugely vulnerable time
New research suggests singing can be clinically effective at treating the symptoms and cost effective for the NHS.
15/10/2025
W A V E O F L I G H T
I lit my candle tonight at 7pm, and held so many of you in my heart.
Wishing I could hug you, hold your hand, be by your side as you navigate your grief.
More than one in four pregnancies end in loss.
We will carry them always.
❤️🕯️
Susan
14/10/2025
Pregnancy yoga is an absolute joy and honour to teach.
Always so grateful to receive such lovely feedback from the amazing women in my classes 🥰
It’s a brilliant way to connect to your body and your pregnancy, to meet other super friendly mothers to be, and to find ease in your body and calmness in your mind.
It is SUCH a special space to be in.
Booking now for November & December
Susan x
11/10/2025
10/10/2025
Wise words from an amazing woman ❤️
In crazy times, we must not give up hope. Our children deserve that
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For Modern Mothers - for a positive and empowered pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
Hello and welcome! For Modern Mothers is dedicated to helping you have a positive pregnancy, labour, birth and motherhood experience. Founded by me, Susan (hello!), I simply want to help you FEEL BETTER in both body and mind, by learning amazing skills and practical techniques which really support you on your journey to motherhood and beyond. I teach Hypnobirthing & Complete Antenatal courses (all the antenatal and birth prep you need) and Pregnancy Yoga classes, workshops, retreats and private lessons, Mum & Baby Yoga classes and Baby Massage, as well as being a Doula - in and around York. I have taught hundreds of women and couples to prepare to meet their babies - so you are in very safe and experienced hands. My approach is unbiased, fact based, no BS antenatal education, and includes a complete and unique mind and body approach.
COVID-19 UPDATE: ALL my course and classes WILL continue to run. They will be LIVESTREAMED, in person (just virtually via Zoom from my home to yours). Still hugely social, meet other local parents to be, still the best techniques to stay calm, strong and relaxed, you still get all your individual questions and queries answered.
Hypnobirthing & Complete Antenatal Courses and private lessons. My program informs and empowers you for a calm, confident, positive and empowered pregnancy and birth. Helping both you and your partner to become a real 'birthing dream team'. Eliminating any fears you have about your birth and filling you with confidence to have a positive birth experience - whatever labour throws at you and however you choose to birth.
By choosing the For Modern Mothers hypnobirthing course as your complete antenatal preparation you really understand:
- How your amazing body works to birth your baby
- The scientific connection between mind and body
- How to stay calm and in control no matter what happens
- How your birth partner can be your ultimate birth supporter, so you become a birthing dream team.
You’ll learn a whole ‘toolbox’ of techniques (breathing, visualisation, active birth and movement massage, self-hypnosis, anchors, mindfulness, meditations, deep relaxation, aromatherapy) on my course that really are skills for life too, and you'll both take them forward into amazing journey of parenthood. We’ll also look at yoga movement and postures to benefit you during labour and birth, learn how you can help position your baby, active birth and also look at planning for the post natal period too. It’s a holistic approach of mind and body and finding a connection to your deep intuition.
Every pregnancy and birth is different, and whilst I can't promise you that hypnobirthing will give you your perfect birth I can assure you it will make a positive difference. I can also let you know that by the end of the course you will be feeling calmer, more positive and more prepared for the rest of your pregnancy and your birth.
Do get in touch for more information or to book onto my group, 1 to 1 or refresher Hypnobirthing & Birth Preparation courses, and also my Pregnancy Yoga classes, Mum & Baby Yoga, and Baby Massage Courses. And I love questions about birth, so do let me know what yours are!
And for tips, wisdom and inspiration on a daily basis simply join our tribe by ‘liking’ my page and you’ll get regular For Modern Mothers goodness every day.
warmest wishes
Susan x
