Are you pregnant but want to keep fit? Then yoga could be what you are looking for. Research suggests that prenatal yoga is safe and can have many benefits for pregnant women and their babies.
Yoga can help women get through their pregnancy with minimal discomfort. It also helps the birth and post-delivery stages. Posture is also improved by yoga and this can help ease back problems, which are common in pregnant women.
And yoga continues to have benefits after pregnancy, too. Postnatal yoga, which can be started about six weeks after the birth, strengthens abdominal muscles and your pelvic floor. It also helps you to get back to your pre-pregnancy shape faster.
- Knees below hips, back straight.
- Hands under shoulders and neck aligned.
- While you exhale push the ground away.
- While you inhale go back to the center.
- Arch your back towards the ceiling.
- Gradually nake your movements bigger.
- Use a blanket to support your joints.
- If your wrists hurt fold your mat.
- Or use your fists instead of your palm.
Benefits:
- Opens the chest allowing you more space to breathe fully into the whole lungs and chest
- Keeps your back in alignment protecting the lumbar area often weakened and sore for postnatal mums
- Strengthens the back
- Promotes core strength and balance
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