Welcome to Yoga4Birth, the one-stop place for classes, workshops and therapies to support pregnancy, birth & beyond in a conscious and inspiring way!

Yoga4Birth offers workshops, guidance and support for this transitional stage of life, as well as yoga classes and complementary therapies for men, women and children of all ages. The classes and therapies are developed to give you a greater knowledge and conscious understanding of your body, and provide a time for you to relax and gain support.

Preparation for Labour & Birth

• Antenatal Yoga Classes
• Massage for Pregnancy
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Birth Preparation Workshops
• Doula Support for the woman and her partner during labour & birth

• Postnatal Yoga
• Baby Massage
• Yoga workshops (Scaravelli – hatha) for women and men
• Breastfeeding Support & Workshops
• Holistic Massage
• Craniosacral Therapy

Arlene’s work is not limited to working with clients who are pregnant.  She has been an alternative practitioner since 1987 and has treated people from all communities and walks of life using Holistic Therapeutic Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Counselling & Yoga. Please visit the appropriate page for more information:

• Craniosacral Therapy
• Holistic Therapeutic Massage
• Yoga Workshops
• Counselling

Yoga4Birth classes have been running in the North East of London since 1990.  Arlene Dunkley-Wood became an Active Birth teacher in Waltham Forest and Redbridge upon qualifying in 1993.  She has taught classes in Bethnal Green at Yoga Place, Stoke Newington at Yoga Home and Bodywise in Bethnal Green.  She now teaches at The United Reformed Church - Chingford; The Quaker Meeting House Wanstead and The Barkantine Birth Centre Isle of Dogs.  More recently in Walthamstow.