Pregnancy is a period of change. During yoga practice, yoga’s unique way allow you to recognize and integrate these changes into strength and relaxation.
Practicing yoga in pregnancy relieves back pain, arthritis, shortness of breath, heartburn, and many other symptoms that accompany the woman in these important months. The practice should be adapted to pregnancy and prepare the woman for childbirth. It is important that the practice includes a deep understanding of breathing and the connection between movement and breathing in the daily life. This is an opportunity to understand the connection between posture and breathing, between respiration and pelvic floor muscles, which are important in letting go of childbirth and of course strengthening them after birth.
Practicing yoga allows you to become deeply familiar with the body’s own rhythms. Understanding the proper posture when the abdomen grows, the softening joints that affect posture and movement. The entire body is expanding. The woman’s listening to herself requires daily observation and attention, as she may experience feelings she has not encountered in the past: excitement and anticipation, fears about the most significant change in life, discomfort, physical pain and more. By practicing breathing, the practitioner learns to understand and accept the changes that accompany this important period.
A woman who practices yoga during pregnancy can use it during labor when the postures and movements allow the pelvis to release and give birth to progress. Using full yoga breathing allows the mother to help herself and her baby during childbirth. She learns to overcome stress related to pregnancy and can ease the pain of childbirth.
Proper movement, appropriate breathing, which changes with the advanced labor, helps the woman in the process of delivery. When a woman practices yoga in pregnancy, the poses will be used naturally during childbirth, without thinking about it. The muscles flex, the elbows move more freely and perform better. Breathing, which naturally shortens in pregnancy, can be deeper and more fluid. It prolongs and its use during each practice allows it to be more effective during labor. Postnatal practice will help the woman to strengthen her body and adjust more quickly to the significant and exciting change in her life and thus be able to be free to have special relationship with her baby.
