How
yoga leads to a healthy pregnancy and recovery
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1. Increases your energy
Practicing yoga gets the blood flowing.
Like all exercise, doing yoga regularly provides us with an energy boost short
term and long-term. It energizes and revitalizes both our bodies and
spirits.
2. Helps you sleep better
Yoga helps you sleep better by relaxing
both your mind and body. A regular yoga practice helps people fall asleep
faster, stay asleep longer and improved the overall quality of their rest.
The focus on breathing, the calm
atmosphere of the studio, and the stretching and relaxation can really help
clear your mind and relax your body. Yoga is about being in the present moment.
The hustle of your life is put on hold while you practice. That break from the
bustle can help with anxiety about health, birth, or anything else there is to
do or worry about.
4. Relieves aches and pains
Yoga is an amazing way to stretch and
loosen up tight muscles. It reduces joint pain, muscle stiffness, and overall
physical discomfort while greatly improving your flexibility, range of motion,
and muscle strength. Yoga is a great way to reduce lower back pain and it can
also decrease nausea, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches and shortness of
breath.
5. Teaches you to breathe
A yoga class is the perfect place to
practice breath awareness and rhythm. Breath control is an invaluable asset for
pain management in labor and birth. It is also the perfect stress-relieving
tool in everyday situations.
6. Prepares your body for childbirth
Practicing yoga improves flexibility,
range of motion and strength - all which are important in labour and delivery.
Yoga can help bring flexibility and comfort into the hips, range of motion into
all of your joints, and strength into your entire body.
7. Builds strength
Yoga is an entire full body workout and
makes you strong all over. Specific poses are incorporated into the
practice to strengthen your legs (to help carry the extra pregnancy weight) and
strengthen your arms (for carrying baby around afterwards).
8. Bonds you with baby
Yoga gives expectant moms a chance to
connect with the experience of being pregnant and bond with their babies. It’s
easy to lose that connection as you rush through the day - prenatal yoga
creates the space in your life to truly relax and connect, forming a loving
bond even before birth.
9. Encourages confidence
Pregnancy is filled with so many
physical changes and new feelings. Sometimes these changes can create feelings
of unease with your body (why can't I remember things anymore? Why is this part
of my body feeling this way??) Realizing the true power of your own body in a
room full of other powerful and beautiful pregnant women can be great positive
reinforcement. A regular yoga practice will give you a clear mind and the
inspiration and courage to be constantly expanding and improving your life.
10. Makes you happy :)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...that relaxing yet rejuvenating
feeling you experience as your roll up your mat and head back out into world
after finishing a great yoga class. Yoga gets the blood flowing and warms up
the body, and the deep belly breathing practiced in yoga activates the
parasympathetic nervous system to produce a calming, relaxing and happy effect.
Overall, yoga is an amazing and easy way to enhance your mood, your confidence
and overall sense of well-being.
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