Bec is the founder of Om Births, a birth centered community offering online pre and post natal yoga, hypnobirthing, momma groups and more. We are excited to have her teaching at The Gentle Place.
Bec has been teaching Yoga classes since 2001, when she finished the teacher training course at OM Yoga Center under Cyndi Lee. Since then Bec has gone on to gain certifications in restorative yoga and her specialty, pre-natal and post-natal yoga.
Bec focuses on helping women develop strength, flexibility and confidence throughout their pregnancy and post-partum. Bec has studied prenatal and post natal yoga with Betsy Kase, Janice Clarfield, and Judith Lasater. Bec has also assisted Janice in training future pre-natal yoga teachers at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Wellness. In January of 2007, Bec completed Barbara Benagh’s 15 month course: The Art of Teaching Yoga. In April of 2017 Bec completed Kaia Yoga’s Meditation Teacher Training with David Nichtern.
Bec has also studied the Mongan Method of HypnoBirthing® and is a certified HypnoBirthing® childbirth educator. For more on this method of childbirthing involving deep relaxation and self-hypnosis please visit the section on HypnoBirthing®. Bec teaches both group and individual classes in HypnoBirthing® around the Boston area.
a also the author of a new book on Prenatal Yoga: The Om Births Approach. You can read about it, and order it HERE.
As a massage therapist, I often tell my clients to do Yoga as a way to maintain stress relief and flexibility between appointment. After too many times of hearing them say “I am not flexible enough” or “I feel to intimidated to take a yoga class”, I decided to become a yoga teacher to share my joy and passion for yoga with those who have felt it was inaccessible.
As the owner of the The Gentle Place Wellness Center, I was overjoyed when after my Yoga Teacher Training, a beautiful room opened up down the hall from my massage studios. Just large enough for 8 to 10 students, my dream was to create a safe haven for yoga student new and old to discover their own personal yoga practices.
Although our studio is closed due to Covid, I have begun to love teaching online, with a focus on gentle beginners yoga to give people the confidence and the tools to be safe in any yoga class. I am now also teaching a Vinyasa class and enjoy the variety, while still focusing on alignment and safety.
Welcome to Yoga @The Gentle Place…. Where we offer yoga for every body. Namaste’
Karen Fishman has been teaching muscle, Pilates, and Yoga classes at area gyms in the MetroWest since 2003.
She is certified as a Group Fitness Instructor by Fitness Resource Associates (FRA) and holds several fitness certifications from the American Aerobic Association International and International Sports Medicine Association (AAAI/ISMA). By day, Karen works as a Probation Monitor for the MA Dept. of Public Health.
When she’s not working, Karen enjoys spending time with her family and friends.