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Top Centre: Yoga Instructor Tara Stokes share stories and just get to know
leads a Me and Mini Me yoga class.
one another… A lot of that comes
Above: Arleigh Andrushak lifts her son outside of the yoga, and it’s just a
Jackson along with other parents during a
Me and Mini Me yoga class. great way to build a support
group.”
Mental benefits to any yoga Deanna Clark joined a session at
practice can include improved Baby Bump, along with her seven-
concentration, mental stamina, month-old son Sawyer. She said it
focus and patience, Philpott was a great weekly outing in what
added. has been a long winter.
“Spiritually speaking, yoga can be “Everyone there is so supportive,
used as a tool to feel more we’re all in the exact same boat,”
connected to a source, or higher she said.
power, or yourself,” she said. “It is
in the eye of the beholder so it can “The bonding with your
used for any spiritual or religious
practice as a way of feeling more baby, it’s just so fun. And
peaceful.” I think it’s so important,
One of the biggest benefits is the even as young as they
social aspect — meeting with
other moms (and dads), sharing are, to see that their
stories and comparing notes. parents are active and
Tara Stokes teaches “Me and Mini
Me” yoga classes at Baby Bump in showing them a healthy
Brandon. lifestyle.”
“I know a lot of first-time moms.
It’s kind of a difference being at Brittany Donohoe, along with her
home with a baby, and not having daughter Blakely, would get to
Pictured: Laura Flikweert and her that adult interaction — a lot of class well before it started, just so
six-month-old daughter Haley. baby talk all day,” she said. “I they could have time to connect
always try and get the women to with other participants.

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