| Prenatal yoga can be an answer to the challenges of | | | | practice to make them safe and beneficial for you and |
| pregnancy, both for women new to yoga and for | | | | your baby. You will stretch, but the stretches are |
| those who've practiced before. As it goes through the | | | | modified: because the hormone relaxin is preparing |
| transformations that are part of bringing a baby into | | | | your body to give birth, your flexibility is different while |
| the world, your body may begin to seem a stranger to | | | | pregnant. Very deep stretches that could cause strain |
| you. Yoga helps you to exert control over how you | | | | are not advised. During your second and third |
| move and breathe. Your body feels better, stronger | | | | trimesters, you'll avoid poses that involve lying on your |
| yet more relaxed, and this strong and relaxed effect | | | | back in order to allow optimal blood flow to the uterus. |
| carries over to your mental state as well. | | | | Additional physical support to aid your |
| Good moods are enhanced by the practice of yoga, | | | | pregnancy-altered balance (such as, for instance, using |
| and you need good moods more than ever while | | | | a chair to help with standing poses) will allow you the |
| pregnant. What is more, the focus you gain from | | | | benefits of yoga without risking injury. |
| prenatal yoga, and the breathing and relaxation | | | | You should of course consult with your doctor before |
| techniques you derive from it, will be of help during | | | | undertaking any exercise regime during your |
| labor. They'll allow you to be and to feel more in | | | | pregnancy. But it is wise to go to the doctor informed, |
| charge of your body and mind during the stress of | | | | for not every doctor is familiar with the benefits of |
| delivering your baby. | | | | prenatal yoga. If you can describe the poses to your |
| The poses you'll be able to do will change even as | | | | doctor, explain that your body will endure no undue |
| your body changes. For this reason it is essential that | | | | stress, and that the physical and mental gains will help |
| you let your teacher know that you are pregnant, | | | | ease delivery, then even a doctor new to the idea of |
| even from the earliest stages. An experienced | | | | prenatal yoga is likely to support your choice. |
| teacher will have the skill to guide you in the practice | | | | For more yoga-related information, please visit Yoga |
| of safe prenatal yoga throughout your pregnancy. | | | | Practice Online. |
| Prenatal yoga practice adapts the poses of ordinary | | | | |