Yoga for Pregnant People

How time flies. You're leaving the nauseousness of first trimester, and your provider has given you the clear to get back to most of your normal activities. In your new body, running that mile you used to run just doesn't feel the same a before, because now you are running for two.

Friends are becoming estranged because they simply aren't going through what you are. And your partner, bless their heart, is doing their very best to stay involved but just doesn't get it. Pregnancy can feel like a solitary confinement at times. Prenatal yoga invites you to a place to move your body, prepare for birth, and meet experienced professionals, and like bodies with like experiences.

Yes we know yoga is movement sis. Very good! Then you also know it is very easy to fall into the comforts of being pregnant. Eating comfort foods, instead of foods for nutrition, is very common. Becoming a couch potato is also very common. In your second trimester, usually, you will get a clear from your provider that you are able to move again. Along with of energy that will encourage you to want to move. Movement will help boost your mood, and stimulate your happy hormones. This is good for booth you and babys development and later milk production.

Yoga will then push you to do the movements that prep the body for an optimal birthing experience. Birth times of people who have practiced Prenatal yoga have been shorter than those who do not. This is because through your prenatal yoga journey your are opening hips, practicing breathing technique, and have become intuitively familiar with both your body and baby.

Lastly, Prenatal Yoga is one of the only circumstances that you will find yourself mixed in with other like bodies while you are pregnant. Not only is it satisfying to finally be around people who are experiencing what you are, your Prenatal instructor has experience in the field and has seen and worked with many pregnant bodies. This may be the personal touch you are missing when you visit your busy provider's office. You are now able to make long lasting connection with people on the same journey with you at the same time. Many times these relationships spill into your parenthood journey as well. Prenatal yoga then becomes the gateway to your new community

If you are seeking a prenatal class, we have both a virtual option and one on one option. Visit davillageguru.com and book your sessions today!

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