Benefits of Pregnancy Yoga
Yoga has profound benefits for the mind, body, and soul. Practicing prenatal yoga during pregnancy is a wonderful way to nurture your physical and emotional wellbeing whilst preparing you for birth.
Prepare for birth. Practising pregnancy yoga regularly allows you to build up a toolkit of movements, positions, and breathing exercises that can be used before and during birth.
Relieve common ailments, aches, and pains. Backache, heartburn, headaches, sleeplessness, leg cramps, swelling, carpal tunnel, sciatica, and more. Pregnancy yoga can offer antenatal support and relief from these common ailments.
Relax. Did you know that a 20 minute guided relaxation could be as beneficial as 3-4hours of sleep? Each of our LushTums pregnancy yoga classes conclude with a 20minute guided relaxation so you can get some vital time to feel relaxed, refreshed, and restored.
Build Strength. Our pregnancy yoga classes support you to build both physical and mental strength. Retaining a good level of fitness and physical strength will support you during labour as well as aid your postpartum recovery. Mentally, our classes help you to build the emotional strength and resilience that will support you through pregnancy, birth, and motherhood.
Improve Posture. It can be easy to forget the importance of good posture while we are living our day-to-day lives. Hours at a desk, sitting on the sofa, and now… pregnancy - it is more important than ever to be mindful of our posture! Our classes can help develop better posture within the practice as well as afterward to make sure we are supporting our spines and bodies.
Connect with Baby. Pregnancy can go by in a whirl of chaos! From finishing up work before maternity leave ,to preparing the nursery, to baby-proofing the house, sometimes we need a moment of calm in the week to check in with ourselves and connect with baby.
Meet other Mamas. Joining a pregnancy yoga class means joining a community of expectant mothers just like you. It can be reassuring to hear from others embarking on a similar journey. Additionally, joining our classes means you have the option to access a WhatsApp group where you can connect with other mamas near you and share more about your pregnancy journeys.
No yoga experience required. Whether you have never stepped foot on a yoga mat or are a seasoned yogi, pregnancy yoga is suitable for every expectant mother. You can always get in touch with your teacher beforehand who will happily make adjustments to the class to suit your level.
