Pregnancy is often described as the good times are very impressive. But in fact, the majority of expectant mothers through pregnancy admitted with a pile of complaints. Easily tired, nausea, vomiting, depression due to the crisis of confidence. If you are also experiencing the same thing, never say die first. Many ways to cope with complaints during pregnancy. One of them is by doing yoga.
Yoga is the art movement of body and breath of India. For pregnant women, this movement is not only beneficial for physical fitness and spiritual, but also facilitate the birth process later. With yoga, pregnant mothers are helped to feel relaxed, have a high self-control and more confident. Because at its core, yoga aims to increase awareness.
So, the whole system of yoga, without exception, are expected to affect the balance of mental, emotional, intellectual, physical and human. Because it involves a holistic (whole system) is, then the whole movement of yoga is useful for the mother's mental, which would effect until well into the fetus.
But, despite a lot of benefits, pregnant women can not haphazardly. To do yoga, the mother must also consider the condition itself. When comfortable doing it, go ahead.
Many expectant mothers who admitted yoga, yoga helps reduce back and leg pain, muscle cramps or pain, and swelling due to fluid retention. At least yoga can overcome leg cramps, back pain and strengthen the body for the birth process. So, why not try it?
Recreation for Baby
The benefits of yoga for pregnant women , health promotion and increase energy for mother and child, provide greater control over the body, and also an ideal way to prepare your body for pregnancy and helps build a strong bond between mother and child.
Yoga helps strengthen your spine and push your lower back that extends to the bottom that allows the uterus in the pelvis arched safe. In this way, the infant teacher anymore weight on hips and legs than on her lower back.
When the mother doing yoga, the baby seemed to relax, feel the position of the different in the womb. Massaging effect of stretching in the womb also helps the flow of oxygen and nutrition to the baby.
How to do that? There are four movements of yoga are safe for pregnant women, namely tedasana (palm tree) is done while standing, which is done by bhadrasana relaxed position, vajrasana (thunder) is done while sitting with her legs bent and used as the base, and shavashana (body postures ) is done while lying down.
But also there are some things that must be considered for pregnant women:
- Do the movements up to the heel to the wall or use the bench as a support. This is to help you avoid the risk of losing balance hurt you or the baby.
- When bent, bend from the hips, not from the back. Maintain as much distance between the breast bone and pubic bone. This will help to breathe easier.
- If you need to bend while you are in a sitting position, place a towel around your foot and hold both ends. Bend forward from your hips and lift your chest to your abdomen to avoid stress.
If you feel any discomfort, stop immediately. Maybe you need to adapt every movement of the physical changes your body. Try!
