| Do you know how to breathe properly? Before your | | | | to do your workout at home. |
| prenatal yoga workout, you will be taught how to | | | | The major part of your prenatal yoga workout is going |
| breathe through a technique called ujjayi. It requires you | | | | to consist of learning how to breathe because it is said |
| to breathe very slowly and deeply through your nose, | | | | that if you can learn to think of breathing in three parts, |
| completely filling the lower abdomen, middle abdomen | | | | the lower abdomen, middle abdomen and the chest, |
| and chest, before releasing your breath completely | | | | and if you can learn to only take three to four breaths |
| through the nose again. By learning the breathing | | | | in a minute then you will be in the state of meditation. |
| technique first you will see that this is going to cut | | | | You will learn about breathing through one nostril or the |
| down on a lot of stress before and after delivery of | | | | other and what the right one means and what the left |
| your baby. This breathing technique will help you during | | | | nostril means. You will also learn sitting positions and |
| stressful situations even when you go home after | | | | what each one means to your body. |
| delivery of your baby and when dealing with matters | | | | Your prenatal yoga workout is going to be gentle on |
| of life forever. | | | | your body and baby but so good for your soul. You |
| During your prenatal yoga workout you will wear loose | | | | will learn not to lay flat to do exercises but to use a |
| fitting clothes for ease, and bare feet to keep balance | | | | pillow under your right hip so as not to limit blood flow |
| and avoid slipping. These yoga exercises will not begin | | | | through a major vein called the vena cava to your |
| until you are in your second and third trimester. Just let | | | | uterus and baby. This is very important even if you are |
| your baby have a great 12 weeks of growing with | | | | one who doesn't get dizzy and thinks this position will |
| you going easy on yourself before beginning the yoga | | | | not affect you. It may. With the deep breathing which |
| exercises. Usually you will do your workout in class at | | | | will relax and take away stress and make your labor |
| least 3 times a week and if you have to miss or just | | | | much easier, you are on your way to a safe delivery |
| can not be there your instructor can give you or | | | | for mother and baby. |
| advise which yoga videos you can view and be able | | | | |