Prenatal Yoga Benefits
BENEFITS OF YOGA ....for Pregnancy and Delivery
Studies clearly show that women who exercise along with eating properly will have much greater chance for a successful healthy birth. So exercise throughout your pregnancy to train and prepare the body for the “big day”. No athlete would run a marathon without preparing the body properly. Labor is much like a marathon, the body and mind must be prepared and conditioned to make it to the finish line.
In turn, yoga can help give you with the tools for a smooth pregnancy and natural childbirth. Yoga guides you through a series of gentle stretches which help to tone the reproductive organs, pelvis, and the rest of your body to promote an easier childbirth. Yoga breathing exercises provide your baby with vital oxygen and the energy from that oxygen. If you practice yoga breathing you will be more fit and prepared for childbirth.
- Yoga postures promote supple pliable muscles while keeping joints more mobile
- Increases energy-it is in restricted and tight muscles where toxins store and cause a feeling of heaviness. Lack of movement and restrictive muscles leave you feeling dull and fatigued. It is through yoga movement that the flow of energy is released allowing you to feel energized.
- Postures oxygenate the body. Circulation depends greatly on the muscles in order for blood to flow through the body. If the muscles are tight it creates friction, the blood vessel running through it are constricted. Bringing more circulation to the body is key as it is essential not only for you but for the baby in your womb.
- Prevention- with yoga you not only exercise your physical body, through toning the uterus, strengthening muscles, increasing circulation and massaging internal organs, you also exercise your mind. Training the mind is more than half the reason tension is brought into the body, so it all starts with the mind and understanding the thoughts direct influence on the body.
- Complication such as hemorrhoids, fluid retention, varicose veins, and blood pressure are almost non existence when exercise is a part of a daily routine.
- By practicing yoga regularly you provide your muscles with “memory” Yoga postures are often done instinctively postures and you will do with greater ease, being agile and free to move without tension as a barrier. You will be able to surrender as your body moves actively through labor with powerful force.
- Alleviates common pregnancy discomforts such as sciatica, hip pain, cramps in legs, and headaches, and back pressure.
- Promotes aligned posture allowing your chest cavity to be more open and readily available to receive a increased lung capacity of 30%. More oxygen result is receiving greater clarity leading to a centered mind, relaxed body, and nutrients to your baby. Oxygen is your fuel.
Studies clearly show that women who exercise along with eating properly will have much greater chance for a successful healthy birth. So exercise throughout your pregnancy to train and prepare the body for the “big day”. No athlete would run a marathon without preparing the body properly. Labor is much like a marathon, the body and mind must be prepared and conditioned to make it to the finish line.
In turn, yoga can help give you with the tools for a smooth pregnancy and natural childbirth. Yoga guides you through a series of gentle stretches which help to tone the reproductive organs, pelvis, and the rest of your body to promote an easier childbirth. Yoga breathing exercises provide your baby with vital oxygen and the energy from that oxygen. If you practice yoga breathing you will be more fit and prepared for childbirth.
Why Exercise is so Huge for your success
I really recommend that women practice yoga as early on in pregnancy as possible and maintain it until the last trimester. Here are a few reasons why I believe it is so crucial. Exercise throughout pregnancy is key to not only alleviating common pregnancy discomforts but it literally conditions your body for labor. And talk about a speedy delivery as a result of exercising regularly. Plus the techniques taught in the course are extremely useful for Labor, delivery, and postpartum. The course is a workshop with 30-45 minutes of discussion where you will learn specific techniques for labor as well as participating in an hour yoga class specific to pregnancy. I like women to be able to have time to really practice the breathing and do the postures which as so amazing in getting your body ready. So the sooner the better for joining in on the class. Plus I encourage you to continue to come throughout your pregnancy to give your muscles and mind memory. It is also really nice to meet other pregnant mamas.
see ya soon, Jena Baird
