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.
- Step one foot forward in a comfortable pose.
- Feet spaced apart.
- Whilst exhaling, push your hands forward.
- Bending your front knee.
- Inhale ond move back.
- Straighten your front leg.
- Keeping your back heel flat.
- Pull your arms back making tight fists.
- Repeat three times.
- Bring your arms up into prayer position, stay 3 breaths.
- Repeat the sequence on the other side.
Benefits:
- Reinforces core muscles and stretches calves.
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