YOGA
Practicing yoga while pregnant is one of
the best ways to keep your body feeling
good and your mind in balance. If you’ve
never practiced yoga before, start with
prenatal yoga only. However, if you’ve been
practicing yoga for awhile, you should be
able to continue your regular yoga practice
with a few modifications.
When you’re pregnant, parts of your body
hurt that you didn’t even know existed.
Weird aches and pains pop up out of nowhere and your growing belly can make
finding comfortable positions nearly impossible.
Cathy Louise Broda certainly felt the pregnancy pains, especially the second time
around when she was carrying twins.
Thankfully, Broda has been doing yoga for
23 years and has honed her practice specifically for pregnant women.
Broda recommends starting by sitting and
doing three head rolls to the right and then
left. You may be tempted to rush through
this part, but don’t -- few things feel as
good and relieve as much tension during
pregnancy as a slow, deep head roll.
Remember to stay off your belly when practicing Yoga poses.