Pregnancy Health Yoga by Tara Lee

Author:Tara Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Pregnancy Health Yoga
ISBN: 9781848990814
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishing
Published: 2013-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

Learning to breathe deeply when facing stressful situations or feeling anxious can help you to dissolve physical and emotional tension. By practising Savasana (see pages 84–5) and Child’s Pose (see pages 80–81) throughout pregnancy, your body will instinctively enter a state of relaxation when you come into these poses in labour.

And remember … learn how to nap! This skill will be invaluable in the early months with a newborn.

Birth Story …

“The most profound effect of restorative yoga was that it enabled me to embrace without fear the prospect of giving birth. Through yoga I learned to listen to my body and trust its capabilities. My first labour was scheduled to be a home birth, but as the labour dragged on and my cervix wouldn’t fully dilate, eventually I transferred to hospital and my son was delivered by forceps. But I never felt that the birthing experience was ‘taken away’ from me. Throughout I was able to stay present – at each juncture accepting what was or wasn’t happening – and make the necessary choices to deliver my baby safely. Three years later when I had my daughter it was completely different. Again I planned for a home birth, but this time things moved on a lot more quickly and consequently the experience was much more intense. What saw me through was a complete focus on the breath and on the present moment. The few instances when it nearly felt overwhelming – when my response could have turned into panic – my mind took me beyond thoughts of ‘How long will this go on? What if I can’t take it any longer?’ In those moments, completely committing to coming back to the breath, to riding the surges or contractions one at a time, was what saw me through. My daughter was born at home in our bed and it was amazing to experience this completely natural yet miraculous event. I relied on the physical strength as well as the strength of mind, the focus, that I had built up during my yoga practice.” Tanja

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