Prenatal Yoga DVD

September 01, 2008

Preparing for childbirth is one of the most wonderful experiences that you can ever have in your life. Getting your mind and your body ready to bring a new life into the world is both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. To help prepare both your mind and body for this amazing experience is important not only to you but to your baby and anyone else who is sharing in this experience with you.

One of the best ways to prepare your mind and body for the birth of your child is through a prenatal yoga DVD. The exercises can help you prepare your body for childbirth while the breathing and meditation can help you prepare your mind.

Getting proper exercise while you are pregnant is great for helping you keep your body in shape so that the physical strain of childbirth can be easier for you. A prenatal yoga DVD with proper exercises and stretching techniques is a great way to keep your body toned and limber while you are pregnant. Prenatal yoga can also help you ease the aches and pains that come with pregnancy.

Another great thing about getting a prenatal yoga DVD is that it will also teach you breathing techniques. Learning to control and calm your breath is great for helping you through childbirth. Breathing properly during this process can make a huge difference in how you handle the pain that comes during childbirth. It can help you control and react to it better.

What you can do physically changes with each trimester. Because of that, it is vital that you get a prenatal yoga DVD that offers different exercises for every trimester. What is easy in the first trimester may be impossible or unsafe by the time you get to your third trimester. A good prenatal yoga DVD will take that into account and will show you the proper techniques for where you are at in your pregnancy.

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Exercise Yoga during Pregnancy: Warrior Pose for Opening Hips (also Exercise for Reducing Hips)

February 04, 2010

Warrior pose is safe to exercise during third trimester and is great for opening hips during pregnancy and for reducing hips when not pregnant. Visit http://www.Steadyhealth.com/videos for more info.

Duration : 0:1:39

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Living Room Yoga Prenatal Workout by Eva Barash. The first 5 minutes

February 04, 2010

http://www.livingroomyoga.co.uk

Living Room Yoga - Prenatal Workout Ease Tension, Stay Fit and Enjoy Your Pregnancy

In the privacy of your living room, enjoy letting go of the external world as you focus on yourself and on the baby growing within you.

Yoga is an amazing and effective way to stay fit during your pregnancy, prepare your body for delivery, and help you to connect with your body and your baby.

Duration : 0:4:57

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Yoga

February 04, 2010

http://www.MyYogaOnline.com The emphasis in this hatha class is on asanas involving twisting postures and movements. Twists release tension in the spine and increase shoulder and hip mobility, thus help to create structural balance. Twists stretch and open back muscles, and in this way are great for relieving backaches. Twists rejuvenate and revitalize internal organs and glands, keeping these important systems of the body healthy and balanced. Yoga Postures include: Navasana , Sukhasana.

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Duration : 0:10:0

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Vinyasa Flow Yoga DVD Preview with Seane Corne

February 04, 2010

Filmed live to capture the intimacy and detail of one-to-one instruction, Vinyasa Flow Yoga is an experience to reconnect you to your personal sense of Spirit and strengthen mind and heart, as well as your body. More: http://www.gaiam.com/category/media-library/yoga-dvds.do .

Duration : 0:2:52

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Hot Yoga Challenge

February 04, 2010

Zuzana challenges you to beat her in this exercise.

Duration : 0:1:25

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How to use yoga ball for pregnancy and labor by Penni Thorpe

January 31, 2010

In talking about using the ball I will refer to gravity. When the cervix and baby are being pulled by gravity, this is gravity plus, when the torso is parallel to the floor or bed this is gravity neutral. There is also a position called breaking position when you are on your knees and your head is lower propped up by two fists stacked on top of each other, this is gravity negative and is used to break from pushing before you get to 10 cms.

How do you use the ball in labor?

If you are sitting on the ball it is important that your legs are open wide and your feet are on the outside edge of the ball(the same width as if you were sitting backwards on a chair or backwards on the toilet). This helps keep your pelvic outlet wide. Because you are sitting on the ball the inside of your pelvis can relax because it is not working to hold you up like when you stand.

You can make hip circles as we already talked about. You can also do pelvic tilts and release (this moves the babys head between pubic bone and tailbone) and can help the baby wiggle down onto the cervix. Tipping the hips side to side shifts weight on the sit bones and this helps the baby wiggle down if they seem to be stuck on one side of the pelvis or other. I have had many students say they spend the last two weeks before their due date and lots of time in labor just moving their pelvis around until they feel what feels like the whole of the babys top of the head on the cervix.

You can bring the ball about a foot out in front of you and on your knees, hold onto opposite elbows and place arms and maybe chest on the ball for a variation of cat so that baby is gravity neutral. Or if you want to be gravity plus you can bring the ball right up to you and drape yourself over it with your big toes together and sitting back on your heels (in a upraised pose of a child). It is very comforting to just rock side to side and it is a gentle way to move the baby from sit bone to sit bone letting them slowly wiggle down.

You can squat with the support of the ball, either in front of you or behind you. If you squat with the ball behind you place the ball up against the bed or a wall and then get your sacrum on it, this helps you to get really straight in your back with lots of support and helps stretch out the perineum and get the babys head moving down. It also is easier on the shins and the ankles!

Some women talk about bouncing on the ball during labor. That wouldnt be comfortable for me, but if it works for you use it! Light bouncing is very comforting to a newborn tho and a great place to nurse a colicky baby, especially in the kitchen with lights off and the kitchen fan going!

You can also have your birth partner sit on the ball and you squat with the ball at your back and your arms draped over the partner. You can also do cat leaning on your partner while they sit on the ball or even pose of a child and then can gently rock you. Here your partner could stroke your neck or stroke your bare skin with the back of their fingernails (this releases endorphins-the feel good hormones)…if it doesnt feel good, dont do it!

Notice when you play with the cat or pose of a child positions with your birthing partner sitting on the ball that this rocks you differently than when you drape yourself on the ball. Some people will find this more relaxing. See what feels comfortable for you. Play around with this before labor, so you know what works for you. Trust that what makes you feel good in your pregnancy will help you relax during labor so your body can do the work it is trying to do.

Duration : 0:6:7

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Mommy and Me DVD, Mom & Baby Fitness Video, Yoga DVDs, Dance

January 31, 2010

http://www.mommyandmeworkout.com - Mommy and Me DVD, Mommy & Me Workout Video, Mommy and Me Dance, Mommy and Me Yoga, Fitness Classes, Workout DVD for Moms, Mom and Baby Lessons at Home, Dance DVD for Baby and Mommy, Prenatal, Postnatal Exercise, Post Pregnancy Exercise Fitness

Duration : 0:1:11

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Abs Yoga Workout for Beginners

January 31, 2010

Here is a revolutionary way to use powerful yoga poses designed to give you a firmer, more supple stomach in Abs Yoga for Beginners. The full DVD version can be purchased at http://www.gaiam.com/product/media-library/yoga-dvds/yoga-for-beginners/abs+yoga+for+beginners+dvd.do . Your video guide is acclaimed yoga teacher, Rodney Yee.

Duration : 0:4:55

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Ashtanga Yoga DVD Set by Gaiam

January 31, 2010

With these companion programs you’ll soon feel how high-energy Ashtanga sculpts lean muscle, elevates your heart rate and cleanses your body of toxins — all while deepening your personal insight and leading you to greater strength and peace within. More: http://www.gaiam.com/product/yoga-studio/yoga-instructors/nicki-doane/ashtanga+yoga+introductory+poses+dvd.do

Duration : 0:4:29

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