| Bikram Yoga was developed by a famous Indian Guru | | | | who is in the process of being developed and is in |
| by the name of Bikram Choudhury and it is based on | | | | need of everything that your human body can provide |
| using heat, humidity and twenty six poses to increase | | | | to increase this new life's chances of getting |
| flexibility and muscle strength. It is a great Yoga for | | | | everything in the right place in the right time-frame. |
| non-pregnant people but it is not safe for Mums-to-be. | | | | Mothers have to help their unborn and developing |
| The heat of the room which is usually around 95-105 | | | | babies by not doing anything like Bikram yoga to take |
| degrees centigrade, poses a serious risk of | | | | away any nutrients or fluids from this developing |
| dehydration to anyone but to a pregnant woman it is | | | | human life. |
| even more seriously dangerous. The sudden loss of | | | | However, if it is possible for you to study and practice |
| fluids from the body in combination with increased | | | | some of the breathing exercises associated with |
| body temperature, could make a pregnant female faint | | | | Bikram yoga without doing any of the strenuous |
| at best. Fainting is not something that I recommend. | | | | exercises in an over-heated room, these could be |
| When I was pregnant with my first child in Darwin, | | | | beneficial to both you and the baby. |
| Northern Territory Australia where it is a tropical | | | | But there are just as good breathing exercises |
| environment and the heat can be intense, I had the | | | | available in other yoga practices that you can do |
| misfortune to faint in a pizza shop one evening. It was | | | | safely and these would have to be the preferred |
| a tiled floor and I went down like a sack of potatoes. | | | | options at this time of your life. Besides, it is far more |
| Luckily, I landed on my back and by the time I came | | | | relaxing and enjoyable to be sitting in the shade of a |
| around again I was breathing normally but I had a big | | | | tree with a warm and gentle breeze softly blowing |
| bruise on my rump for weeks! And we all had to eat a | | | | around you while you take those deep breaths and |
| cold pizza that night! | | | | stretch those muscles and enjoy your baby's |
| Pregnancy calls for women to be a lot more careful | | | | movements as s/he tries to move with you. If this is |
| than normal simply because (a) you aren't your 'normal' | | | | done peacefully it can be a great time to bond with |
| self at this time due to changes in hormones and body | | | | your unborn child. There really is something very |
| size and (b) you are carrying another human being | | | | special about this time so just enjoy it. |