Prenatal Yoga

Prenatal Yoga

There are so many benefits that prenatal yoga offers, can prepare your mind, body, and spirit for motherhood.

Prenatal yoga is a type of yoga designed for pregnant women. Yoga is intended to create a balance between emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual dimensions. Prenatal yoga is about helping you prepare for childbirth by relaxing the body and focusing on safe techniques and poses in all stages of pregnancy.

Note: as each pregnancy varies, always consult with your doctor if it’s safe to practice yoga

Advantages of prenatal yoga:

1. Prepares for labor and delivery

Starting prenatal yoga in any trimester can help you better relax and stay positive once you go into labor. Meditation and breathing exercises have been shown to reduce pain and anxiety during labor. Being confident and building your coping abilities will also help you have aless painful labor experience.

2. Supports Your Changing Body

In pregnancy, the female body changes very fast and needs help adjusting and compensating. Prenatal yoga helps with the changes, gives all women healthy, safe ways to stretch their muscles and strengthen their bodies – their lower bodies in particular – to ease the process of supporting a growing belly.

3. Tones Important Muscle Groups

Prenatal yoga tones the physical body, especially the pelvic floor, hip, and abdominal core muscles, in preparation for the birthing process, A properly toned muscle has the right balance between length and strength. Building and maintaining muscle tone during pregnancy, with yoga poses like lunges and gentle backbends, can help minimize the aches and pains of those nine months, and are key in bringing your body back to a toned condition after delivery.

4. Promotes Connection With Your Baby

Even the act of going to a prenatal yoga class once (or more) each week is a gentle reminder to take the time out of busy work and home life to care for and bond with your growing baby. As your pregnancy progresses, your body’s different responses to yoga poses will be a reminder of other physical changes happening in your body. Yoga class will give you a great opportunity to spend time with your baby and to create a bond with them.

There are much more advantages that prenatal yoga offers, each woman can find their own and enjoy the pleasure that yoga provides to the body and mind.

Remember that SANA Yoga mats are perfect for the yoga practice 🙂

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