Prenatal Yoga For Mom-To- Be & Their Expectant Baby
A practice uniquely designed for pregnancy, Prenatal Yoga can help support moms-to- be emotionally and physically. With an emphasis on breathing, stamina, pelvic floor work, restorative poses, and core strength, Prenatal Yoga can help you become more resilient during and after pregnancy.
6 Amazing Physical and Emotional Benefits of Prenatal Yoga
You Could Have a Healthier Pregnancy
It’s probably not surprising that research has confirmed that a healthy mama is more likely to have a healthy baby
You’ll Connect More With Your Baby
Yoga helps you connect with your baby by imagining that “as you exhale, [you] sink your belly gently back towards the spine as though you are giving your baby a hug”
Your Important Muscle Groups Are Toned
Prenatal yoga “tones the physical body, especially the pelvic floor, hip, and abdominal core muscles, in preparation for the birthing process.
Your Body Gets More Support
During pregnancy the body experiences & an accelerated pace of change,” and thus needs help adjusting and compensating. & Prenatal practice is designed to support the changes that happen in a pregnant body.
You’re Better Prepared for Labor and Delivery
Meaning women can trust that their bodies will open” up to labor and birth. That to do away with the “fear-tension- pain cycle and to experience childbirth with minimal or no pain medication.
You’ll Make Friends With Like-Minded Mamas
One of the greatest benefits of prenatal yoga may be joining a community with other expectant moms. “The class becomes a pregnancy support group of sorts, where women connect with other women who are making the same choices and lifestyles changes
Postnatal Yoga For The New Mothers
YOGA offers continuity from pregnancy to the postnatal year, with certain sets of yogasanas and breathing exercises, uniquely suited to help you regain your core- strength, your figure and overall fitness after birth by restoring tone to the deep muscles of the pelvis and lower back. ‘Steps to postnatal recovery’ can be started at any time after birth.
Physical and Emotional Benefits of Postnatal or Postpartum Yoga
Community Connect
Connect with your peers about the challenges and joys of being a new mother.
Maintain spinal integrity
Relax in looses joints everywhere in the body, not just the pelvis.
Stretch those achy shoulders and back
Breastfeeding can cause the spine and shoulders to become rounded and sore.
Rebuild flexibility and muscle tone
Help your body handle the new demands of caring for your baby. Developing strength in abdominal and back muscles reduces postpartum back pain
Tone and stretch your upper body
Toning your arms can stave off soreness that comes from constantly picking up your child.
Cultivate patience
A newborn requires an intensive amount of energy. Stay with one breath at a time, one pose at a time. Cultivating connection on the mat can help new moms be connected through the long hours and days and months of a new baby’s life.