Blog | Full Circle Yoga Studio in Kansas City

10 Ways to Prepare for Labor

September 26, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Full Circle Yoga KC offers prenatal classes that mamas at all stages can practice and build their physical and emotional strength in preparation for their birthing journey. Here are 10 ways to prepare for labor:

Discover the power of pregnancy yoga
Practice visualization
Educate yourself about labor, birth, and postpartum options
Write a birth plan
Enjoy a date with your partner at partner prenatal yoga
Find a doula you and your partner connect with
Eat Well
Fill your tank with words of affirmation
Walk….a lot!
More pregnancy yoga

Yoga Tip of the Day

September 25, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Keep

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Full Circle Yoga in Overland Park was founded in 2017 by yoga teacher Jenny Hellman focusing on wellness in the early stages of family life from prenatal to early parenthood and the older adult years. Full Circle Yoga KC is an Overland Yoga Studio specializing in Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga and Chair Yoga for seniors.

Yoga For Kids: Reduce Stress

September 22, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Yoga for Kids….it’s just simple fun while getting all the benefits at the same time! When kids practice yoga it allows them to learn life long healthy habits of tapping into their body, mind, and especially breath.

Yoga For Kids

Yoga teaches kids how to find calmness, focus, balance and relax the body. Stress impacts us both emotionally and physically. When children have the outlet of yoga it can reduce stress through movement and focusing our thoughts and breath. It’s a coping mechanism that teaches mindfulness. While yoga can reduce stress, it has many more benefits such as helping kids build body awareness, promote fitness in a non-physical or non-competitive environment.

Kids yoga helps navigate life’s challenges with a little more ease!

Postpartum Body Issues

September 20, 2017 by Full Circle KC

This is one of many posts to come on postpartum issues. I recently listened to a Podcast on The Longest Shortest Time. You can listen to it here:

EPISODE #28: The Missing Chapter to Ina May’s Guide

This is a great Podcast to listen to prior to giving birth, to prepare for your birth and postpartum. This Podcast speaks to those who might not of had the birth experience they had planned and experience a sense of failure. It’s a message of non judgement about the varieties of birthing journeys women experience.

3 Chair Yoga Poses

September 19, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Yoga is for everyone! Those that may not be able to stand for long or feel more confident and balanced in a chair can do many of the same poses in a chair rather than on a mat. Here are three chair yoga poses that can be done in a chair that offer the same benefit as if on a mat.

Chair Yoga Poses:

Cat/cow- Improves posture and balance. Opens the chest to allow for more oxygen to feed the body. Strengthens and stretches the neck and spine. A calming and stress release pose.

Warrior I – Strengthens shoulder, arm and back muscles. Tones abdominal and core muscles which can help reduce low back pain.

Pigeon – This pose opens the hip joint, lengthens the hip flexor, stretches the gluteal, thigh, and piriformis muscles. This is a wonderful pose to reduce sciatic and low back pain. Additionally, it’s a pose that releases stress that is often not noticed until holding pigeon. This pose should be modified for someone with a hip replacement.