Best 9 Yoga Teachers in Los Angeles for Postpartum Recovery in 2026
Published on: May 11, 2026
Last updated: May 12, 2026
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Jessica Jennings
75 / 100 pt
Strength
Jessica Jennings is the founder of Ma Yoga in Los Angeles, where she teaches alignment-based prenatal and postnatal yoga for women’s changing bodies and lives. Her philosophy centers on supporting new motherhood through simple, practical alignment cues, breath, and nurturing movement—especially when you’re dealing with aches, stress, or recovery. In a session, you can expect gentle, supportive guidance for rebuilding strength and easing discomfort, with room to check in and modify as needed in the comfort of your home. Her unique strength is creating calm, body-aware classes for postpartum healing, including mother-focused practices that support your return to movement with steady confidence.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Strong postnatal focus across site and bio (20 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: E-RYT 500, RPYT, 13 years (20 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Specific postpartum story (15 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: Multiple reviews, some postpartum-specific (10 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Briefly mentioned (7 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Mention of appointments (2 / 10 pt)
- Price: Not mentioned (1 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
ideal for new mothers in the months after birth who want gentle, alignment-based yoga that supports postpartum healing. Ideal for anyone navigating C-section recovery and rebuilding core and pelvic-floor strength with safe movement choices. Perfect for mothers who feel anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected and want a calmer nervous system through breath, movement, and check-ins. Great if you’re looking for a supportive way to return to movement while caring for baby and your body at the same time. Also a good fit for postpartum parents who prefer live online sessions from home.
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Heather Kampf
59 / 100 pt
Strength
Heather Kampf teaches Prenatal & Postnatal yoga from Los Angeles, blending vinyasa flow with focused alignment inspired by Iyengar and Ashtanga traditions. A dedicated mother of two, she brings a compassionate, community-minded approach to helping new mothers reconnect to their inner strength through breath and meditation. In a session, you can expect a calm, steady practice that meets your body where it is and builds strength, endurance, and steadiness for life after birth. Her distinctive postpartum emphasis includes pelvic-floor and core-focused movement patterns, plus a baby-friendly format through her Baby & Me and pre/postnatal classes.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Strong postnatal focus across site and bio (20 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: E-RYT 200, RYT 500, RPYT, 4 years (17 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Not mentioned (2 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: No reviews found (2 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Extensively mentioned (10 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Booking system available (7 / 10 pt)
- Price: Not mentioned (1 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
Ideal for new mothers in the postpartum months (especially those who want a steady re-entry to movement without pressure). It’s a great fit for people who want pelvic-floor–supporting work alongside strength and endurance as they rebuild comfort in their body. If you’re navigating low energy, stiffness, or anxiety after childbirth, Heather’s breath-and-mind approach helps you reset and feel steadier both on and off the mat. The baby-friendly nature of her pre/postnatal offerings can also suit caregivers who want to practice while including their little one.
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Ozzie Aziz
54 / 100 pt
Strength
Ozzie Aziz is a Los Angeles-area yoga teacher offering restorative, gentle postnatal yoga through her studio and online, with a focus on pre/postnatal care and pregnancy-to-parenthood wellness. Her approach blends mindful movement with whole-person support, shaped by her background in birth doula care and holistic wellness. In a session, you can expect soothing, alignment-oriented practices designed to help you feel steady again—whether you’re navigating early postpartum fatigue or rebuilding movement confidence. With English and Turkish instruction, Ozzie’s sessions are especially supportive for core rehabilitation and pelvic floor work, including C-section recovery awareness and diastasis-recti healing as you return to your body.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Strong postnatal focus across site and bio (15 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: E-RYT 500, RPYT, 9 years (17 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Not mentioned (0 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: No reviews found (0 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Briefly mentioned (7 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Booking system available (7 / 10 pt)
- Price (60min session): USD 108/h (8 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
New mothers in the postpartum window who want gentle guidance for getting back into movement with a restorative, alignment-oriented approach are a great fit for Ozzie Aziz. If you’re rebuilding pelvic floor strength and reconnecting with your core after birth (including diastasis-recti healing and C-section recovery awareness), these sessions are designed to support that return safely. You’ll also appreciate the calm, whole-body tone that pairs movement with postpartum emotional steadiness, reflecting Ozzie’s birth-doula-informed care. Ozzie’s English and Turkish support makes it easier to feel understood while you find your rhythm again after childbirth.
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Christie Cole
52 / 100 pt
Strength
Christine Cole teaches postpartum and postnatal yoga inspired by Vinyasa/Ashtanga-informed movement, with a focus on helping new families feel safe in their bodies in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Having walked the postpartum transition herself, her approach is grounded in gentle, body-aware sequencing that respects where your body is today. Expect nurturing private sessions that emphasize comfort, breath, and gradual return to strength—so movement feels supportive, not demanding. Her unique strength is combining calming practice with postpartum care awareness, including core rehabilitation work that can support diastasis recti healing and pelvic floor strengthening.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Strong postnatal focus across site and bio (20 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: RPYT, RYT 200, 5 years (15 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Some indication of parenthood (6 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: No reviews found (0 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Briefly mentioned (7 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Mention of appointments (3 / 10 pt)
- Price: Not mentioned (1 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
Ideal for new mothers in the postpartum months who want a gentle re-entry to movement with postpartum-aware pacing. If you’re recovering from a C-section and looking for a safer way to build confidence in core activation, these private sessions can help you focus on what feels steady and appropriate. It’s also a great fit for mothers who want pelvic floor strengthening and core rehab support, including attention to diastasis recti healing. Choose these sessions if you’d like a calm, supportive approach that honors the emotional and physical ups-and-downs of parenthood. If your body feels “not your own” right now, Christine’s practice emphasizes comfort, breath, and gradual strength-building.
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Mariam Sufi
44 / 100 pt
Strength
Mariam Sufi is a Los Angeles-based yoga teacher who leads hot, heated sessions with a special focus on postpartum and postnatal recovery. Her approach centers on core connection and stability as a foundation for both physical confidence and emotional calm after childbirth. In a private session, you can expect careful pacing, comfort-first alignment, and movement progressions that support safe return to activity while respecting your changing body. With an emphasis on core rehabilitation, pelvic floor awareness, and mindful re-entry to movement, she helps mothers feel stronger, steadier, and more like themselves again.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Clear postnatal offering (8 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: RPYT, E-RYT 200, 4 years (13 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Not mentioned (1 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: Several postpartum-related reviews (7 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Briefly mentioned (7 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Booking system available (7 / 10 pt)
- Price: Not mentioned (1 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
Ideal for new mothers in the postpartum months who want gentle, hot, core-centered support as they rebuild strength and confidence. Especially helpful for those navigating C-section recovery and looking for movement that prioritizes safety, comfort, and gradual progress. If you’re focused on pelvic floor rehabilitation and core work (including diastasis recti recovery), Mariam’s sessions emphasize stability and body awareness over rushing. It’s also a great fit for mothers who want stress relief and an encouraging space to reconnect with their body while adjusting to life with a baby.
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Nancy Poole
44 / 100 pt
Strength
Nancy Poole (Nance) is a Los Angeles–based yoga teacher whose postpartum/postnatal approach centers gentle Hatha-inspired movement and calming, therapeutic rhythms. After finding yoga as a form of healing, she builds classes around steadiness, self-healing, and a welcoming sense of community—especially during life transitions. In a session, you can expect supportive instruction that helps you re-learn how your body moves with care, using breath, mindful attention, and earth-friendly pacing. Her postpartum specialty emphasizes safe return to movement, C-section recovery awareness, pelvic floor rehabilitation, and core/core-abdominal support for diastasis recti healing, with options that can be baby-friendly during in-home practice.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Some postnatal mention (6 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: E-RYT 200, RPYT, YACEP, 4 years (13 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Not mentioned (0 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: No reviews found (0 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Extensively mentioned (10 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Booking system available (7 / 10 pt)
- Price (60min session): USD 88/h (8 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
If you’re a new parent in the postpartum months and you want a calmer, safer re-entry to movement, Nancy’s postpartum-informed sessions are a great fit. They’re especially ideal for those navigating C-section recovery awareness, pelvic floor rehabilitation, and rebuilding strength through gentle, mindful core support. You’ll appreciate her approach to mindfulness and nervous-system settling—well-suited for easing stress and restoring steadiness when sleep and routine feel unpredictable. Because she also offers online options, you can keep things comfortable and convenient as you begin again at your own pace.
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Mandalay Roberts
43 / 100 pt
Strength
Mandalay Roberts is a Los Angeles-based prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher who supports parents through the postpartum transition with a restorative, gentle approach. Her path into this work was sparked by a prenatal yoga moment and deepened through birth support, breath-centered education, and a passion for helping new families feel safe in their bodies again. A session with Mandalay emphasizes mindful breath, slow, supportive movement, and nervous-system soothing—so you can reconnect to your core and pelvic floor without pushing past your healing. Her signature strength is meeting mothers where they are physically and emotionally, with baby-friendly pacing that honors the realities of recovery.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Clear postnatal offering (13 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: RYT 200, RPYT, 9 years (15 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Not mentioned (0 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: No reviews found (0 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Briefly mentioned (7 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Booking system available (7 / 10 pt)
- Price: Not mentioned (1 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
Ideal for new mothers in the postpartum window who want gentle support as they return to movement. She’s a strong fit for people navigating pelvic floor changes, core rehabilitation, and the gradual rebuilding of stability after childbirth. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, tense, or unsure how to move safely again, Mandalay’s restorative, breath-led approach can help you settle and regain trust. Sessions are especially helpful when you want a calming, mother-and-baby-centered format that respects the day-to-day needs of postpartum life.
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Melanie Wachsman
42 / 100 pt
Strength
Melanie Wachsman teaches postpartum/postnatal yoga in Los Angeles, drawing on her experience as a birth and postpartum doula to guide the transition back to your body. Her approach blends mindful movement and breath with the practical confidence-building tools she supports during pregnancy and childbirth. In a session, you can expect gentle, recovery-aware practices that meet you where you are while helping you feel safer in core and pelvic alignment. Melanie’s unique strength is her real-world birth wisdom—so postpartum support feels both physically grounding and emotionally steady, with formats that can be made baby-friendly when needed.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Strong postnatal focus across site and bio (20 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: RYT 200, RPYT, 12 years (11 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Not mentioned (0 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: No reviews found (0 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Briefly mentioned (7 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Mention of appointments (3 / 10 pt)
- Price: Not mentioned (1 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
Ideal for new mothers in Los Angeles who want a yoga practice informed by birth and postpartum doula experience. If you’re navigating the weeks to months after delivery—especially after a C-section—you’ll appreciate recovery-aware movement and a steady, supportive teaching style. This is a good fit for mothers who want to strengthen pelvic floor and reconnect with their core in a gentle, mindful way, while reducing overwhelm through breath and movement. It’s also well-suited to parents looking for stress relief and emotional steadiness during the adjustment to parenthood, with sessions designed to be practical for real life with a baby.
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Sarah Sawyer
42 / 100 pt
Strength
Sarah Sawyer is a Los Angeles-based yoga teacher who leads flow, alignment-oriented, and restorative-style classes with a postnatal focus for new mothers. After coming to yoga as a way to reconnect with breath and body, she teaches with care and a grounded, health-minded approach to movement. In a private session, you can expect slow, supportive transitions, restorative options, and time to pause—so your practice feels steady and doable. Her warm, detail-oriented teaching is especially helpful when you’re ready to strengthen and rebuild gradually, including pelvic floor-aware and core-rehabilitation friendly movement patterns.
Scoring
- Postnatal Specialization: Some postnatal mention (5 / 20 pt)
- Qualifications & Experience: E-RYT 500, RPYT, 6 years (17 / 20 pt)
- Personal Postpartum Experience: Not mentioned (0 / 15 pt)
- Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: No reviews found (2 / 15 pt)
- 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: Extensively mentioned (10 / 10 pt)
- Availability: Booking system available (7 / 10 pt)
- Price: Not mentioned (1 / 10 pt)
Who it’s best for
ideal for new mothers (postpartum 3–9 months) who want a gentle way to return to movement with restorative support. Ideal for those navigating postpartum discomfort and looking for a slower, breath-led practice that emphasizes safe alignment. ideal for clients who prefer private or semi-private sessions so they can move with more attention and less pressure. ideal for post-birth core rehabilitation needs, including gradual support for diastasis recti–friendly strengthening and pelvic-floor-aware basics. Ideal for new parents who want stress relief and nervous-system calming through restorative, supported yoga shapes.
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