Pre & post natal yoga tips

Pre natal Yoga tips:

• Respect your limitations and listen to your body.
• Breathing exercises are calming and keep you focused during labour.
• Cease practising a pose when it no longer feels good.
• Discomfort is okay but pain is not.
• Always make room for your blossoming bump.
• Make full use of modifications or even props to explore a pose.
• Isolate your pelvic floor and strengthen it through exercise.
• Be determined but open to the unknown possibilities of birth.
• Avoid deep squatting after 35 weeks.
• Only perform open twists - twisting away rather than towards - or gentle twists concentrating on the upper spine.

• After giving birth, return to yoga with your Doctor's approval, especially if you've had a C-section.
• Return to pelvic floor exercises.
• Be mindful of your alignment.
• Concentrate on gradually strengthening your abdominal wall.
• Realise your body will take time to restore itself to its original form. Some women do lose their girlish figure for more womanly curves.
• Perform lots of shoulder openers to relieve the new stresses of carrying or feeding an infant.
• Make time for breath awareness and relaxation to aid in the new demands of motherhood.
• Use post natal yoga classes as a support environment for new mums experiencing similar physical and emotional changes.
• Apply the practice of mindfulness developed during yoga to your parenting.
• Use breathing techniques to find a moment of peace and reconnect with yourself especially on
  demanding days.

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