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Story by Jillian Austin
Photos by Tim Smith

elcoming a baby into the world is a joyous not to compare your world to the ‘highlight reel’ of our
time as new parents adjust to life with a little friends, families or social media stars, leaving us feeling
Wone. Along with the heartwarming inadequate or like our life is not enough.”
milestones — the first smile, giggle, or crawl — comes Philpott notes that this is even more true for new
lack of sleep, many questions and at times, feelings of parents who are less able to get out and socialize,
isolation. especially during the first year of a baby’s life.
More and more parents are taking part in postnatal “Having a community to see face to face regularly can
yoga, which enthusiasts say not only helped them get help combat feelings of depression and anxiety that are
back into shape physically, but also offered profound so prevalent during this postpartum period.”
emotional and social benefits. Philpott teaches “Baby and Me” yoga classes, which are
“It is so important to be a part of a community during geared toward babies between six weeks and
this time of tremendous change in their life,” said approximately one year of age. She says it is a great way
Shawna Philpott, founder of Brandon City Yoga. “We for moms to get back out into the community and into
often speak of all the joys of motherhood/becoming a a fitness routine.
new parent as this blissful time, but change is really, “Not only do we do exercises and stretches for baby,
really hard.” we use baby to help strengthen the body postpartum,”
As a society, Philpott says, we are spending less time she said. “Baby has a wonderful time spent in mom's
with friends and more time on social media “where arms and is tuckered out after class, so big naps
everything is filtered and nothing is real. It is impossible generally follow.”

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