Deb Flashenberg/ Prenatal Yoga Center

Deb Flashenberg, CD(DONA), LCCE, ERYT-500 - Director and Owner

About

Changing Lives One Birth At A Time Prenatal Yoga Center (PYC) is proud to be the first yoga studio in New York City exclusively dedicated to supporting new and expectant parents. For more than 23 years, we’ve guided thousands of families through the transformative journey of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. What sets PYC apart is our signature Three-Prong Approach. We foster community by creating supportive, inclusive spaces where pregnant and postpartum individuals connect and grow together. Our classes are infused with evidence-based childbirth education, helping students feel empowered and informed. We also use targeted yoga practices to prepare the body for labor and recovery, focusing on pelvic balance, soft tissue release, and nervous system regulation. PYC serves the perinatal community through prenatal and postnatal yoga, childbirth education, new parent workshops, and a comprehensive teacher training program available both online and in person. We are deeply committed to community outreach, including scholarships to support BIPOC birthworkers. As a values-driven organization, we prioritize education, internal growth, and inclusivity. Our aim is to create a welcoming and empowering space for every family we serve. Recommended by: “I have such fond memories of my experience at the Prenatal Yoga Center during my pregnancies with both my son and daughter. It is such a special time in a woman’s life, and to have the opportunity to share it with other women, in a calm yoga environment, is very comforting and inspiring. The staff is so knowledgeable and offers excellent advice, support and encouragement. I have recommended the classes to every pregnant woman I know! ” Julie Kent; Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre “I feel so fortunate to have found the Prenatal Yoga Center. The techniques and exercises in class really helped me manage the pain and be strong during labor. You are such a great instructor and such a beautiful person, Deb. Thank you so much for all of your support and for the peaceful energy you give all your students. ” Breann Carzano

Country

United States

City

New York City Metropolitan Area

Industry

Health, Wellness & Fitness

Skill

Wellness, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga, Prenatal Care, Therapeutic Massage, Babies, Pregnancy, Meditation, Holistic Health, Blogging, Childbirth, Fitness, Stress Management, Health Education, Stress, Prevention, Childbirth Education, Postnatal Yoga, Postpartum Care, New Mother Support

Experience

Deb Flashenberg, CD(DONA), LCCE, ERYT-500 - Director and Owner

Prenatal Yoga Center

2002-8 - Present · 24 yrs 2 mos

Debra is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music with a degree in Musical Theater. She has spent most of her life performing and was introduced to yoga through a choreographer in 1997. After several years as a yoga student, she decided to continue her education and became certified as a Bikram Yoga instructor. In 2001 Debra headed out to Seattle to study with renowned prenatal yoga teacher Colette Crawford, R.N., at the Seattle Holistic Center. Debra has received certification for Vinyasa Yoga from Shiva Rea as well as completed the OM Yoga advanced teacher training with Cyndi Lee in 2004. Debra has also studied the Maternal Fitness Method with Julie Tupler. Debra currently studies with Cyndi Lee, Genevieve Kapular, and Carrie Owerko. After being witness to several “typical” hospital births, Debra felt it was important to move beyond the yoga room and be present in the birthing room. In 2003, Debra attended her first birth as a DONA certified labor support doula. In that short period of time, Debra has attended about 100 births. She is continuously in awe of the beauty and brilliance of birth. In 2006, Debra received her certification as a Lamaze® Certified Childbirth Educator. In September of 2007, Debra completed a Midwife Assistant Program with Ina May Gaskin, Pamela Hunt and many of the other Farm Midwives at The Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee. Most recently, Debra had the incredible experience of helping one of her clients give birth on the bathroom floor. Luckily, the EMS arrived seconds before the baby did! Drawing on her experience as a prenatal yoga teacher, labor support doula and childbirth educator, Debra looks to establish a safe and effective class for pregnancy and beyond. Debra is the proud (and tired!) mother of her son Shay and daughter Sage.