24 August 2008

Pregnancy Yoga

Pregnancy yoga, obviously meant for pregnant women is not only for physical health. It gives good support emotionally and at spiritual levels as well. The physical exercises practiced during pregnancy yoga are planned to make your muscles more flexible keeping in mind the labor at the time of birth. The exercises are so powerful that they take care of the changes taking place in your body. Women who have not tried pregnancy yoga often feel discomfort because of their disability of not being able to do certain things that they had been doing earlier. Anxiety, tiredness, backache, headache, etc. are few of the problems that the pregnant women suffer from. Pregnancy yoga is one of the best cures to these problems, especially because you can remain away from consuming unwanted medicines unnecessarily.

The relaxation and breathing techniques learnt at the time of pregnancy yoga helps a lot during labor and birth. It makes the experience of your motherhood more pleasant. In addition to the breathing techniques, stretching into different postures generates flexibility and power in your body in such a way that you become more aware of your body.

During the phase of pregnancy the body of women undergoes many changes physically and this brings in lot of changes in her emotions as well. Practicing pregnancy yoga helps to adapt to these changes gradually and smoothly. It gives time and space to get connected back to ones own self in this fast working world.

The breathing exercise is used rhythmically to get a regular and natural flow. Inhaling and exhaling the breathe with keeping eyes closed allows you to focus into your inner self. Your own inner feelings become the center of focus.

The techniques of visualization learnt during pregnancy yoga help you to connect to our own thoughts and images in the memory. The way your body reacts to the happenings of the real world, the same way the mind reacts to your thoughts in your memory while visualizing. Once this process starts on a conscious basis you are able to avoid and neglect the negative thoughts and start remembering the positive things in your mind. Positive thoughts make positive impact on the experience at the time of labor and birth.

If you happen to meet other women in the similar stages of their lives, in the pregnancy yoga classes, sharing each other’s experiences will also help you and them. The yoga teacher also helps to create a friendly environment that supports the progress towards your motherhood and the motherhood of all the women that come together.

Because of the changes that take place during pregnancy, the women are required to being changes in their priority and life style. By attending the pregnancy yoga classes, the knowledge you gain about precan help you towards a gradual and effortless change over. There is a new life inside you. You are able to enjoy and get connect to it thru deep breathe. This also tunes your body as per your needs and the needs of the miracle happening in your body.