Julie Hurst
Founder of Herself Moms
Julie is a Certified Childbirth Educator and teaches Childbirth and New Parenting classes at Sutter Memorial.
She is a 200-RYT Certified Yoga Instructor, and offers Prenatal and Postpartum classes in Sacramento and Roseville. She has taught yoga at the Sutter Pregnagym and for UC Davis RN self care program.
The Prenatal Yoga classes help to prepare mom for labor and delivery featuring positions to use while in labor. The Postpartum Sculpt class helps Mom to build strength and stamina, targeting abdominal and back muscles, shoulder girdle, arms, thighs, and gluts!(bring your baby we have bouncers, swings and more)
Certified as an ACE Group Fitness Instructor she brings safety and cohesiveness to her classes and certified in Pilate's Mat 1 and 2 she offers a verity of methods to produce results! Its great fun!
“Julie is an awesome Yoga instructor. As her reputation grew throughout the Sacramento region, our yoga classes were packed. She does an exceptional job of incorporating positive positions that can be used during labor and preparing expectant moms emotionally and physically to handle labor and delivering. The Postpartum Yoga class is very popular as Julie has designed the class to incorporate Yoga with abdominal work and strength training with free weights. I have only heard rave reviews and everyone loves her classes.”
–Mary Asbuckian, Manager of Sutter PregnaGym and Childbirth Education
“Attending your prenatal classes during my pregnancy was such a positive, life affirming event for me. I felt you were extremely knowledgeable about Yoga as well as the myriad of issues I was having during my pregnancy. Add to that the wonderful support from the other moms and I found I was hooked! After having my baby, it was so nice to be in a class with other moms and to build new friendships, but most importantly, I was able to bring my son along with me. If he wouldn't have been able to go, I know I wouldn't have started exercising as quickly or as often as I do.”
–Janel Silva
“I had a C-section, but I found that I felt really great during the healing period. Had it not been for my participation in Prenatal Yoga, I know that my recovery would have been more difficult. Doing Postpartum Yoga was extremely important for me and my child. I found that Postpartum Yoga helped me emotionally and physically recover. I could not recommend Postpartum Yoga enough for meeting other moms who I have become great friends with.”
–Wendy Morgan
“Prenatal Yoga was an absolute joy when I was pregnant. Julie has created a class that is both educational and inspirational. I gained knowledge and skills, both mental and physical, that helped me have the labor and delivery I wanted. I would not have had the stamina and mental discipline to go without meds during my labor, something I had wanted to do. After I had my baby I could not wait to get back to Yoga! It was great to have a baby friendly place to go where I could meet other moms and get my body back in shape.”
–Cindy Passmore
“The Prenatal Yoga classes were one of the most important parts of my pregnancy. I could not have made it through my labor without the breathing techniques, positive birth positions and mental strength Julie’s class provided for me. She helps you prepare for birth by giving you tools to use before, during and after labor and delivery. No subject is too taboo for this class. All is shared and through the sharing, we all became stronger as we prepared for the birth of our babies.”
–Whitney Lofrano