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The Benefits of Prenatal Yoga
The regular practice of yoga is one of the best gifts you can give yourself and your baby. Yoga can help you cope with the demands and stresses placed on your body as your pregnancy progresses. Yoga has been around for about 5,000 years and has moved into the mainstream as people discover its many benefits. For mothers-to-be, yoga is an ideal way to prepare for birth and labor. It promotes fitness and flexibility, tones the pelvic area, increases circulation, works the cardiovascular system, helps with breath control and balances mind/body energies.
To assist with your practice of yoga, we recommend a few guidelines:
- Wait at least an hour after eating before you practice. If you need a snack, eat something light. Drink enough water to ensure you are well-hydrated.
- Relax into each pose. No straining or forcing! Even the simplest poses can be deceptively effective and beneficial.
- Make adjustments for comfort, especially as your pregnancy progresses. Add pillows, lean your back against a wall for balance, sit on a firm cushion or in a chair if it is easier.
- Rest between postures. Feel yourself releasing tension. When getting up from a back-lying position turn to your left or right side first and slowly return to a seated or kneeling position. Never get up quickly.
- Concentrate on full, deep breaths. This helps quiet the mind.
- Think joyful thoughts, keeping a warm and open heart. You will share this positive energy with your baby and you'll both benefit from it.
Win These Prizes
This week, we're giving away the following prizes. If you haven't=20 entered our sweepstakes, do it already!
(NOTE: If you've already entered, you're automatically eligible for every bimonthly giveaway.)
Bag assortment from Fleurville.
Retail value: $700.
Subscription
to FitPregnancy magazine.
Retail value: $12.97.
DVD
box set from Laugh and Learn.
Retail value: $90.
The
Prenatal Yoga Deck from Chronicle
Books. Retail value: $14.95.
A box of 12 Bellybars. Retail
value $30.
Congratulations to Sandra Harman of Gilbert, SC! Sandra won our sixth round of prizes (including a $250 high chair from Svan)!
Every two weeks, we're giving away high-end prizes for pregnant women and new mothers. If you've already entered the sweepstakes, you're automatically eligible for each bimonthly giveaway. A new winner will be announced every two weeks until January 2007 in this e-newsletter—so spread the word and invite other expecting or new moms to join in!
Additionally,
every two weeks, you’ll receive Bellybytes®,
this parenting e-newsletter, filled with helpful tips on
parenting, nutrition
and pregnancy and special information about our featured
prizes.
No purchase necessary—a purchase won't increase odds of winning. One entry per person. Duplicate entries will be deleted.
Birth Meditation
Sit or lie in any comfortable position. Inhale and exhale deeply a few times. Focus on one of the following affirmations:
- Giving birth is a normal, healthy event.
- I am preparing my body and my mind in the best ways possible.
- I trust in the wisdom of my body and the course of my labor.
- All is well, and I give thanks.
