While the main purpose of doing yoga lies in becoming more aware of your own body and exploring the levels of flexibility, prenatal yoga involves an approach to the core work of the body that will help in providing support for the body on its upcoming changes and growth.
And when you are all set to begin the adventure, it is much more normal for your body to go on a roller coaster ride in terms of emotional, mental, and physical balance. Yoga, especially prenatal yoga focuses on helping a woman prepare for childbirth by well efficient relaxation techniques and poses for all stages of pregnancy.
Some of the yoga positions in regular yoga may include aversions, poses that include forward bends, and twists that can compress the belly. And prenatal yoga comes here for the rescue and is as cool and simple as a breeze for your body to adapt.
Continue reading to know the importance and benefits of prenatal yoga and when you can start doing it.
What is prenatal yoga?
Prenatal yoga is a gentle yoga practice that involves deep breathing, mental centring, and minimal stretching that supports and complements the demands of the pregnant body.
When should I start doing prenatal yoga?
“85% of expecting women believe that yoga has been beneficial both during pregnancy and labour.”
Prenatal yoga can be done throughout the pregnancy under the supervision of your instructor. And the best time to start doing prenatal yoga is ideally the second trimester.
While you can still enjoy doing some simple poses during the first trimester, we recommend you to start during the second trimester as you’d have finally bid goodbye to the morning sickness and the other early symptoms.
Benefits of prenatal yoga during pregnancy
A woman’s body experiences change at an accelerated pace during pregnancy, and prenatal yoga helps the body deal with the changes in a much easier way.
Deep and mindful breathing helps in relaxing and loosening the muscles. The best part of prenatal yoga is that it helps the woman stay calm and composed during labour preventing them to go rounds in the fear-tension-pain cycle.
With the help of guided and deep meditation, prenatal yoga helps in developing a bond with your baby as the pregnancy progresses.
While the hormones go haywire in the body, prenatal yoga plays an important role in reducing stress, and anxiety and protects the woman from prenatal depression.
Lower back pain, nausea, and sudden cramps may feel like complimentary gifts for a pregnant woman. And prenatal yoga acts just like a saviour to help them cope with pregnancy-related pains.
The bottom line is
Pregnancy is a beautiful journey towards a land of adventure and indeed a trip to meet your forever favourite person. And prenatal yoga helps you ease the stress you carry throughout with evidence-based techniques and methods.
Though it has numerous benefits on the overall health of the pregnant woman, we also highly recommend you to consult your gynecologists' and a certified trainer on yoga before you start!
If you are looking for the right time to kickstart your prenatal yoga journey, the time is now.
PS: We are also here to guide you with a free consultation call with our certified yoga expert to begin your journey. Reach us now to book a call!
