Best 5 Yoga Teachers in Vancouver for Postpartum Recovery in 2026
Published on: October 25, 2026
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Lori Lucas (Yoga with Lori Lucas)
59 / 100 pt
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Lori Lucas holds the strongest perinatal credentials we found in Metro Vancouver, registered as an E-RYT 200, RPYT and YACEP, and she is also the teacher several others in this guide learned from, having trained both Liza Hunwick and Alyssa Hansen. Her private sessions explicitly cover pre and postnatal work including pelvic floor, diastasis recti and biomechanics, at $125 plus GST for a single session or $575 for a package of six. She also runs a workshop written for mothers rather than teachers, Intelligent Postpartum Recovery for Pregnant and New Moms, covering the postpartum plan, when to return to exercise, C-section recovery and pelvic floor health, at $55 to $150 plus GST depending on group size. One practical caveat: she books by email request rather than publishing a class calendar, so you will need to write to her to find a time, and parts of her site have not been updated in a while.
Scoring
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Postpartum Specialization 12/20
postpartum workshop + postnatal privates, not in site navigation
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Qualifications & Experience 20/20
E-RYT 200, RPYT, YACEP, trains other teachers in postnatal yoga
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Personal Postpartum Experience 3/15
RPYT, deepest perinatal credentials in the city, no motherhood statement
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Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers 6/15
testimonials page, no named postpartum-specific reviews
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Price (60min) 5/10
$125+GST single, 3 + 6 session packages, all published
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1-on-1 Private Focus 10/10
privates are a top-level offering, cover postnatal, in person or Skype
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Booking Accessibility 3/10
email request only, no dates or calendar, some stale content
Who it’s best for
Mothers who want the most experienced perinatal teacher in the city and are comfortable arranging a time by email rather than booking online. Best if you have specific concerns such as diastasis recti or pelvic floor and want them addressed one-on-one rather than in a group room.
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Jen Bremner (The Motherhood Project)
56 / 100 pt
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The Motherhood Project is built entirely around mothers, which is unusual, and Jen Bremner runs Mom and Baby Power Hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:15 in South Surrey, with online classes also available. Pricing is clear at $25 plus GST for a drop-in and $110 or $190 for five or ten class passes. She teaches as an RYT 200 with additional certifications in Yin, Restorative and trauma-informed yoga, and the business also offers doula services and one-to-one personal training. The honest limitation for this guide is that her postpartum expertise sits mainly in her doula and fitness credentials rather than in perinatal yoga training specifically, and the class is a 45-minute power hour rather than a recovery-paced postnatal yoga class.
Scoring
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Postpartum Specialization 12/20
whole business mother-facing, but framed as fitness, not postnatal yoga
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Qualifications & Experience 3/20
RYT 200 + Yin, Restorative, trauma-informed, no prenatal hours or RPYT
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Personal Postpartum Experience 14/15
first person: recurrent loss, son born at 29 weeks, 10-wk NICU, PTSD, Mom of 3
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Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers 4/15
none extracted
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Price (60min) 10/10
$25 + GST drop-in + class passes, all published
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1-on-1 Private Focus 3/10
1-on-1 training by other staff, her doula 1-on-1 is not yoga
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Booking Accessibility 10/10
online booking, published schedule, Book a Class in nav
Who it’s best for
Mothers in South Surrey and the Ocean Park area who want a stronger, fitness-leaning session and like the idea of a space built only for mothers. Best if you are further along in recovery and cleared for more vigorous movement, rather than in the first gentle weeks.
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Liza Hunwick (Embrace Yoga & Wellness)
54 / 100 pt
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Liza Hunwick offers the most straightforwardly bookable postpartum class in Vancouver. Her Baby and Me Yoga runs Thursdays from 11:30 to 12:30 at Mount Pleasant Community Centre at $18 a class in a series or $20 as a drop-in, and the schedule is published forward into 2026, which is rarer than it should be. She trained at the Yandara Yoga Institute in 2012 and later with Lori Lucas, and she works as a doula alongside her teaching, so she can speak to the birth as well as the recovery. She also writes about her own birth in the first person, at home and in water, which is the kind of thing that tends to matter to mothers choosing a teacher.
Scoring
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Postpartum Specialization 12/20
Baby and Me page with live schedule, own site lists Yoga generally
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Qualifications & Experience 3/20
200hr Yandara (2012), later training with Lori Lucas, doula, no RPYT
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Personal Postpartum Experience 13/15
first person: home water birth with her own birth + postpartum doulas
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Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers 6/15
postpartum-specific student accounts, not all named
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Price (60min) 10/10
$18 series, $20 drop-in, published
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1-on-1 Private Focus 3/10
no private sessions mentioned on her site, group class only
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Booking Accessibility 7/10
weekly schedule with forward dates + drop-in
Who it’s best for
Mothers who want to start soon, nearby and affordably, with a teacher who is also a doula and can speak to birth as well as recovery. Best if you would rather bring your baby to a friendly group than book a private session, and if a published weekly time matters more to you than the deepest credential.
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Alyssa Hansen (Alyssa Hansen Yoga)
47 / 100 pt
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Alyssa Hansen puts postnatal work further forward on her site than anyone else in Metro Vancouver. Pre/Postnatal Yoga is the first thing you read on her homepage, it comes up again further down the page, and it sits in her services menu, where it is deliberately paired with one-on-one sessions in the same listing. That combination, private postnatal work as the headline service, is exactly what tends to serve mothers best in the early weeks. She completed her 200-hour training in 2010 and trained in perinatal work with Lori Lucas in 2018. She serves the Tri-Cities rather than central Vancouver, which is worth knowing if you are downtown. Pricing is not published, so you will need to ask.
Scoring
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Postpartum Specialization 20/20
Pre/Postnatal Yoga in homepage headline, section heading + services menu
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Qualifications & Experience 3/20
200hr (2010) + perinatal training with Lori Lucas (2018), no RPYT or hours
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Personal Postpartum Experience 6/15
growing a family, raising two young kids, no recovery account
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Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers 4/15
none found
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Price (60min) 1/10
not published, payments page has no rates
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1-on-1 Private Focus 10/10
one-on-one is a headline service, bundled with pre/postnatal
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Booking Accessibility 3/10
contact form only, no schedule or self-serve booking
Who it’s best for
Mothers in Port Moody, Coquitlam and the Tri-Cities who want private postnatal attention close to home rather than travelling into Vancouver. Best if one-on-one matters more to you than a published price, since you will need to enquire for rates.
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Lynda Sing (Lynda Sing Movement+Wellness)
41 / 100 pt
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Lynda Sing has the largest documented training total of anyone in this guide, even without a registry mark to summarise it: a 200-hour certification with Prana Yoga Teacher's College, a 500-hour with Zenyasa Yoga and Wellness Studio, 108 hours of anatomy study for yoga teachers with Jason Ray Brown, a named prenatal certification and 100 hours of therapeutic training. Parent and Baby Yoga has its own page in her site navigation, and the current cycle runs Tuesdays from 1:30 to 2:30 at Kitsilano Community Centre. She also offers one-to-one sessions as a dedicated part of her practice, which is less common among community-centre teachers here.
Scoring
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Postpartum Specialization 12/20
Parent and Baby Yoga has its own nav page + current dated cycle
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Qualifications & Experience 7/20
200hr + 500hr + 108hr anatomy + prenatal cert + 100hr therapeutic, states E-RYT 500, no RPYT
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Personal Postpartum Experience 3/15
prenatal + parent-and-baby teaching, no motherhood statement
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Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers 4/15
none found
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Price (60min) 1/10
not published, community centre registration
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1-on-1 Private Focus 7/10
One to One Sessions has its own nav page
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Booking Accessibility 7/10
dated cycle published, registration via community centre, no price
Who it’s best for
Mothers in Kitsilano who want depth of training without paying private rates, and who may want to move into one-to-one work later with the same teacher. Best if you value anatomy and therapeutic grounding and are comfortable registering through the community centre system.
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