Yoga For Pregnancy

If you like Yoga or would like to start, I highly reccommend this book. I've been doing beginners Yoga for almost year and now that we're working on getting pregnant, I didn't want to stop. This book uses a lot of poses that I'm already doing and I have no more pain in my lower back and neck. This will make it easier to do my Yoga routine once I get that belly!

I got this for my first pregnancy...I didn't know anything about yoga and really wanted to be fit and have a natural childbirth. I had read that learning how to relax your muscles during labor helps it be more efficient and less painful so I did the yoga as faithfully as I could. I found that if I concentrated I could make areas of my body that were tense relax while doing the yoga poses on this dvd and afterwards I felt so good. When I was in labor (I had the baby without any meds!) I used those skills that I learned as I breathed and concentrated on relaxing each muscle when I wanted to tense them up. It was amazing. After the baby I have done regular yoga workouts. Anyway, this particular dvd is nice because it doesn't move too fast - you have enough time to concentrate and get the pose right. You are encouraged to do your best but not hurt yourself. As you learn the routines it becomes almost like a friend - you pop the dvd in and know that at the end of your workout you will feel so much better. I felt so much stronger by the end of my pregnancy and didn't have a lot of the pains that other women complain of. I am expecting again and couldn't find the dvd anywhere so I just ordered it again and can't wait to get started - and stay strong throughout my pregnancy. As my midwife told me, you can be healthy but not fit - which doesn't do as much for you in the long term or your baby - it's so worth it to be healthy AND fit. This is a simple way to gain strength instead of "letting it all go" and having to work so much harder afterwards! :-)