Pregnancy Health Yoga: Your Essential Guide for Bump, Birth and Beyond
Two leaders in pregnancy yoga share useful yoga techniques to guide expectant mothers from bump to birth and beyond
 
Authoritative yet thoroughly accessible, this user-friendly book provides yoga techniques for pregnancy and beyond, helping expectant mothers to deal with all the physical and emotional changes you experience along the way.
 
Authors Tara Lee and Mary Attwood—both leaders in the field—explain the important fundamentals of pregnancy yoga, such as:
 
• Using breathwork to relax your body and reduce stress
• Guided meditations and visualizations to help you feel calm and positive
• Illustrated step-by-step routines to energize you and relieve muscle tension and pain
• Beneficial postures for a range of common pregnancy-related conditions, including back pain, breathlessness, and swollen ankles
• Advice on preparing for labor and childbirth
• Post-natal exercises to get you back in shape and energized as a new mother
 
Most importantly, Tara and Mary emphasize how every woman can take charge of her whole self to ensure a happy and healthy pregnancy and birth. The foreword by internationally celebrated Dr Gowri Motha, creator of the Gentle Birth Method, reinforces the message that pregnancy and childbirth is a positive experience to cherish and enjoy.
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Pregnancy Health Yoga: Your Essential Guide for Bump, Birth and Beyond
Two leaders in pregnancy yoga share useful yoga techniques to guide expectant mothers from bump to birth and beyond
 
Authoritative yet thoroughly accessible, this user-friendly book provides yoga techniques for pregnancy and beyond, helping expectant mothers to deal with all the physical and emotional changes you experience along the way.
 
Authors Tara Lee and Mary Attwood—both leaders in the field—explain the important fundamentals of pregnancy yoga, such as:
 
• Using breathwork to relax your body and reduce stress
• Guided meditations and visualizations to help you feel calm and positive
• Illustrated step-by-step routines to energize you and relieve muscle tension and pain
• Beneficial postures for a range of common pregnancy-related conditions, including back pain, breathlessness, and swollen ankles
• Advice on preparing for labor and childbirth
• Post-natal exercises to get you back in shape and energized as a new mother
 
Most importantly, Tara and Mary emphasize how every woman can take charge of her whole self to ensure a happy and healthy pregnancy and birth. The foreword by internationally celebrated Dr Gowri Motha, creator of the Gentle Birth Method, reinforces the message that pregnancy and childbirth is a positive experience to cherish and enjoy.
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Pregnancy Health Yoga: Your Essential Guide for Bump, Birth and Beyond

Pregnancy Health Yoga: Your Essential Guide for Bump, Birth and Beyond

Pregnancy Health Yoga: Your Essential Guide for Bump, Birth and Beyond

Pregnancy Health Yoga: Your Essential Guide for Bump, Birth and Beyond

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Overview

Two leaders in pregnancy yoga share useful yoga techniques to guide expectant mothers from bump to birth and beyond
 
Authoritative yet thoroughly accessible, this user-friendly book provides yoga techniques for pregnancy and beyond, helping expectant mothers to deal with all the physical and emotional changes you experience along the way.
 
Authors Tara Lee and Mary Attwood—both leaders in the field—explain the important fundamentals of pregnancy yoga, such as:
 
• Using breathwork to relax your body and reduce stress
• Guided meditations and visualizations to help you feel calm and positive
• Illustrated step-by-step routines to energize you and relieve muscle tension and pain
• Beneficial postures for a range of common pregnancy-related conditions, including back pain, breathlessness, and swollen ankles
• Advice on preparing for labor and childbirth
• Post-natal exercises to get you back in shape and energized as a new mother
 
Most importantly, Tara and Mary emphasize how every woman can take charge of her whole self to ensure a happy and healthy pregnancy and birth. The foreword by internationally celebrated Dr Gowri Motha, creator of the Gentle Birth Method, reinforces the message that pregnancy and childbirth is a positive experience to cherish and enjoy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781848991262
Publisher: Watkins Media
Publication date: 01/01/2012
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 19 MB
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About the Author

Tara Lee is the UK's leading pregnancy yoga teacher, and teaches at London's The Life Centre. She is a trained doula (labor coach) and has been featured in many publications, including The Sunday Times and DK's 15-Minute Gentle Yoga.

Mary Attwood, who devised the pregnancy yoga DVDs, was business manager for The Life Centre and helped to establish the Alchemy Centre, London.

Table of Contents

Foreword Dr Gowri Motha 6

Introduction Tara Lee 8

Chapter 1 Breathing and Visualization 12

Affirmations 14

The Power of the Breath 16

Pranayama 18

Chapter 2 Creating Space 26

Affirmations 28

The Need for Space 30

Meditation for Creating Space in the Mind 32

Correct Seated Posture 34

Exercises for Creating Space 35

Chapter 3 Strength and Stamina 42

Affirmations 44

Feeling Strong and Energetic 46

Exercises for Strength and Stamina 48

Chapter 4 Relax and Restore 70

Affirmations 72

Learning to Let Go 74

Exercises for Getting Comfortable 76

Goddess Meditation 82

Savasana 84

Chapter 5 Common Ailments and Conditions 86

Affirmations 88

Looking after Yourself 90

Exercises for: Backache 92

Breathlessness 94

Morning Sickness and Nausea 95

Breech Baby 96

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 98

Groin Pain and Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction 100

Heartburn 104

Sciatica 106

Lower Leg Problems 107

Chapter 6 Labour and Childbirth 110

Affirmations 112

Preparing for Birth 114

Exercises for Labour and Birth 117

Chapter 7 Getting Back in Shape 124

Affirmations 126

After the Birth of Your Baby 128

Exercises for Getting Back in Shape 132

Index 142

Using the DVD 144

Acknowledgments 144

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