Welcome to the Yoga4Birth Website.

My name is Arlene Dunkley-Wood and this is my website. It has been designed to help you get the information you want easily without too much cross-referencing.

I am a qualified Active Birth Teacher with over 10 years experience and I am an associate member of both the Active Birth Centre and YogaBirth, the professional body of Childbirth Educators.

Most of the Childbirth Educators on these registers are also mothers, and are specialists in different areas relating to Pregnancy and Birth.

All teachers are qualified and have many years of experience with pregnant women and their birth partners.

My own background comes from bodywork, including 20 years as a qualified masseuse, dance training, Pilates teaching as well as massage and counselling practitioner.

I am constantly developing my own skill base and continuing to train.As a result I am now a Yoga Teacher (a member of the Association of Independent Yoga Practitioners (A.I.Y.P) since 2000, and I am a qualified and registered Cranio-sacral Therapist (CSTA) since 2005.” My life long training continues and I continue to do post graduate training. I work very closely with young babies and families.

I am also a doula. Doula is from the Greek word, which means "hand maiden". In essence I meet couples and help support them during their labour, birth and postnatal period. (See below)

I teach a number of classes and workshops in Chingford, Wanstead, Bow and Bethnal Green. These areas may not suit you, but you may be able to locate another teacher in your area by going to the relevant page link.