Prenatal YOGA
Healthy Mommies make Healthy Babies!!
Pregnancy is a process of conscious creation & is a new journey of woman’s life. Then how nice it is to begin this journey with Yoga to enhance your overall wellbeing and growth of the baby. A woman who has looked after her health properly will reap the reward by having a healthy pregnancy and producing a healthy baby.
Six Vital Tools
Yoga offers six vital tools for pregnancy. When followed together, they work wonders & will allow the pregnant woman to integrate the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions. These are:
1. Easy Yogasanas
2. Pranayama
3. Bandhas
4. Meditation
5. Deep Relaxation
6. Diet
The Benefits of Prenatal Yoga
Soothes the discomforts of pregnancy, helps relieve backaches, increased relaxation and positive mental attitude, relieves stress & anxiety, builds endurance, increases lung capacity for better breathing, helps to reduce nausea, morning sickness and mood swings, relieves swelling of feet (edema) and cramp in legs. minimize surgical interferences (C-section, forceps or vacuum delivery), helps you manage pain better in labour and delivery, faster recovery after delivery, promotes optimum health of body and mind and most important baby grows in to a strong, healthy and balanced personality.
General precautions & Guidelines during pregnancy
Before you start with any kind of exercise, it is important to seek permission from your gynaecologist.
Get in touch with a trained Guru who can guide you on the exact asana or postures to use.
Do the practice in an airy room. Wear a loose comfortable dress.
Practice standing and balance poses near a wall for safety reasons to avoid losing your balance and risking injury.
Listen carefully to your body. If you feel any discomfort, stop. You will probably need to modify each pose to your body's physical changes.
You can divide the Yoga practices into certain groups and do them separately at different timings, e.g. meditative postures early in the morning and other active postures at any suitable time.
Avoid all compression of your abdomen. When practicing twisting poses, twist more from the shoulders and back to avoid putting any pressure on your abdomen.
During deep relaxation you can bend your knees or lie on your side with cushions under your neck, baby and between your legs.
Take water and bathroom breaks liberally. Trust your body-wisdom and have faith of the grace nature gifts us.
Stop all Asanas if there is any vaginal bleeding. Consult your doctor immediately.
Always take Prenatal Yoga Class one on one.