| Pregnancy is an all together different physiological as | | | | For pregnant women, basic yoga poses are |
| well as psychological experience for women and for | | | | suggested. Once they learn basic poses they are |
| particularly those who happen to be on the family way | | | | made to practice certain other asanas. Preferred yoga |
| for the first time. If you are pregnant, you are very | | | | asanas for women on family way are as follows: |
| likely to suffer from occasional depression. You will be | | | | Shavasana |
| in a state of subtle excitement almost all the time. It is | | | | This Yoga posture is also known as corpse pose. In |
| really difficult for you to keep yourself normal physically | | | | this posture you are simply made to lie as if you are |
| as well as mentally. That's when Prenatal Yoga | | | | dead. You are suggested to lie in a very motionless |
| comes handy to you. | | | | state. But you should continue breathing normally. |
| It adds to your physical as well psychological strength | | | | Padmasana |
| for a rather comfortable delivery. In addition to that if | | | | This posture requires you to sit while keeping your |
| you keep practicing yoga through out your pregnancy | | | | back completely erected in the sitting duration. You are |
| period, post delivery you are very likely to resume your | | | | also made to put your right leg on the left thigh and |
| normal activities at the earliest. | | | | vice versa. Putting legs on opposite thighs help |
| Prenatal Yoga is particularly helpful in later stage of | | | | strengthen your hips. |
| pregnancy. I would suggest all pregnant women to do | | | | Sukhasana |
| yoga exercises that would be of immense help in | | | | The asana demands you to keep a crouching posture |
| excess inflammation and pain in leg. This particular | | | | while sitting. This asana is of great assistance in |
| genre of yoga is aimed at strengthening legs, back | | | | preventing pregnancy related disorders. |
| muscles, limbs and pelvis. Once these body parts get | | | | Vajrasana |
| strengthened the level of pain that you experience | | | | This asana makes you fold your knees so that hips |
| while giving birth would be far less than the pain you | | | | could be easily postured on your heels. This is also a |
| would have experienced without yoga. | | | | sitting asana. You are also required to position your |
| But you must ensure that you learn prenatal yoga | | | | hands on knees. Your back should remain erect. |
| asanas from an experienced Yogi. If you have geared | | | | These are a few yoga postures that happen to be of |
| up to practice yoga for the first time, you shouldn't do | | | | great help for pregnant women. Breathing exercises of |
| exercises without acquainting yourself with all pros and | | | | yoga may prove helpful in pregnancy. So, do yoga for |
| cons of Yoga. | | | | a safer child birth. |