Prenatal yoga is actually a very good exercise for your entire pregnancy, barring your health care provider making an exception.
Most women can handle yoga throughout their pregnancy though; just be sure to keep it safe:
Follow a professional prenatal yoga instructor.
Don’t attempt anything nutty - no inverted poses, upside down anything, or a posture that requires you to lie on your belly. Use common sense and you’ll be fine.
If you’d like to try a pose that you normally shouldn’t during pregnancy ask your instructor if there might be a way to modify the pose with a chair.
When I was pregnant, I read that any spinal twists were a bad idea also. And since doctors recommend not sleeping on your back when pregnant, I also modified savasana so that I laid on my side.
I was able to keep practicing until about the 7th month, always modifying to make room for the belly. Some people can do it longer, just depends on how you feel.
I am a prenatal yoga instructor and believe that pregnancy is an exceptional time for a woman to develop a yoga practice. Not only is it great for overall health and body awareness, it also brings mom and growing baby together, bonding them in a unique way.
throughout their pregnancy though; just be sure to keep it safe:
Comment added June 26th, 2008 at 9:14 am
When I was pregnant, I read that any spinal twists were a bad idea also. And since doctors recommend not sleeping on your back when pregnant, I also modified savasana so that I laid on my side.
I was able to keep practicing until about the 7th month, always modifying to make room for the belly. Some people can do it longer, just depends on how you feel.
Comment added June 26th, 2008 at 10:28 am
If your family has a Wii you could get Wii fit…that actually has Yoga, it’s crazy (Then maybe you can get your husband or kids to do it with you)!
Adam
http://adam-finch.eachday.com
Comment added August 1st, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I am a prenatal yoga instructor and believe that pregnancy is an exceptional time for a woman to develop a yoga practice. Not only is it great for overall health and body awareness, it also brings mom and growing baby together, bonding them in a unique way.
For Los Angeles prenatal yoga, email belledaniellemarie@gmail.com.