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Yoga Tip Of The Day

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Yoga Tip of the Day…..practice self-care before your little one arrives!! Promoting your own wellness through self-care before baby arrives will help you maintain this important practice when life is busy.  Prenatal Yoga or Pregnancy yoga is a perfect way to begin self care; giving you an opportunity to wind down, quiet the mind, care for your body physically, mentally, and spiritually.

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Full Circle Yoga KC offers prenatal yoga classes that support a mother’s pregnancy journey. In our prenatal classes we practice mindfulness in breathing, bring awareness to our changing bodies, and offer movement for a full body workout.

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Pregnancy Yoga: Kansas City

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What is Prenatal Yoga or Pregnancy Yoga? Practicing prenatal yoga is one of the best ways to keep fit during pregnancy because it incorporates, movement, breath, and awareness. All of three of these aspects are needed during a mother’s birthing journey.

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Medical experts at the Mayo Clinic have even touted prenatal yoga as “a multifaceted approach to exercise that encourages stretching, mental centering and focused breathing.”

Prenatal yoga offers multiple benefits:

  • Keep you feeling good and your mind in balance through a full body workout
  • Create mindfulness around breathing in preparation for labor and delivery
  • Minimize discomfort of pregnancy through various prenatal yoga poses
  • Learn poses that can help move labor and delivery along
  • Meet other moms-to-be for a sense of community and sisterhood
  • Reduce the risk of gestational diabetes
  • Offers and opportunity for self care during pregnancy

Full Circle Yoga KC offers prenatal yoga classes that support a mother’s pregnancy journey. In our prenatal classes we practice mindfulness in breathing, bring awareness to our changing bodies, and offer movement for a full body workout.

Some Prenatal Yoga poses that are helpful include:

  •  cat/cow- helps alleviate lower back pain by dropping baby forward. This is also a wonderful pose during early labor.
  • Squat- alleviates hip discomfort and opens and strengthens hips in preparation for birth
  • Goddess-works the pelvic floor
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Prenatal Yoga Aaaahhh’s

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Prenatal Yoga at Full circle Yoga KC practices being noisy in preparation for birth! So many women, (including myself) are afraid of making noise, or vocalizing during birth.  During my first birthing journey with my daughter I clinched my jaw when I would breath and when it came time to push, I pushed with a clinched jaw.  As a result I broke several capillaries while pushing and made labor and delivery a little more difficult for myself.

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During my second pregnancy 5 years ago, I became certified in Prenatal Yoga where I learned the power of breath and vocalization.  I remember it feeling awkward and a little embarrassing when we practiced during training, but then came time for my second birth, and what a difference it made!! As a result my second labor involved a lot of Aaaahh’s to support deep and long breathing, the opening and relaxation of my pelvis, and served as a productive pain management tool when the waves of contractions became more intense.

Professionals such as Ina May Gaskin, Robert Bradley, Barbara Harper, and Maria Iorillo have all spoke of the powerful connection between an open throat and opening of the throat of the uterus, the cervix.

At Full Circle Yoga KC, we practice vocalizations such as Aaaahh’s and horse lips to help you understand productive breath, eliminate fear and create confidence for your birthing journey.

 

 

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  • Prenatal, Postpartum, & Family-Centered Yoga Classes
  • 7830 State Line Rd. Suite 100, Prairie Village, KS 66208
  • (816) 536-4771 fullcircleyogakc@gmail.com