Table of contents:
- 1. Helping the body to stay healthy, strong, and active
- 2. Learn better breathing techniques
- 3. Helps improve body balance and reduce back pain
- 4. Train yourself and prepare the hip area for childbirth
- 5. Help relaxation and train yourself to rest easier
- 6. Forge a deep bond with the baby
- 7. Outreach with other pregnant women
There are so many benefits that you can get from practicing prenatal yoga or pregnancy yoga, but make sure if this is your first time practicing yoga and feel exhausted when trying it, don't forget to take a break between your exercises. There is no need to rush when practicing, because in practicing yoga the most important thing is that you feel comfortable and relaxed during and after practicing, so that the benefits of yoga during pregnancy will be felt.
What are the main benefits of prenatal yoga? See the following description.
1. Helping the body to stay healthy, strong, and active
During pregnancy, your body undergoes drastic changes, both physically, hormonal and emotionally. Hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, prolactin, relaxin and oxytocin increase sharply and change your body. Practicing prenatal yoga can help you consistently adapt to the changes in your body.
Over the course of 9 months, your lower body areas will carry heavier loads as your baby grows. There are many yoga exercises that will help you stay healthy and strong, and at the same time help you relax through your pregnancy.
2. Learn better breathing techniques
Why is breathing technique so important when you are two? Practicing breathing techniques will have a good effect not only physically but mentally as well. During pregnancy, often the hormonal changes that occur not only affect you physically but also create emotions or mood You go up and down for no reason. Or, you may feel excessively worried and sometimes confuse your partner.
If you can breathe better, this can help you control your emotions during pregnancy. With prenatal yoga, practicing breathing techniques will also improve the quality of your breath and maximize the oxygen intake you share with your baby during pregnancy.
Not only that, in the process of having a baby, good breathing will help you reduce or control the pain during the contraction process. The term I often use: "Breath is the best friend of childbirth"
3. Helps improve body balance and reduce back pain
Common problems that are often experienced by pregnant women are loss of body balance, and the growth of the baby in the womb which also often results in prolonged back pain. There are many prenatal yoga movements that will help with circulation, exercise balance, and help stretch your waist muscles.
4. Train yourself and prepare the hip area for childbirth
Many of the postures in prenatal yoga are intended to help prepare the muscles in the hip area to be more flexible and flexible for childbirth. Several postures like squat or squat, usually practiced repeatedly to help open the hip area and pelvis.
Not only physical exercise, there is often a combination of mental preparation, for example practicing ways of combining breath with posture and controlling pain during the contraction process. This is of course very useful in preparation for normal childbirth.
5. Help relaxation and train yourself to rest easier
During pregnancy, you usually have a tendency to feel anxious all the time. Intuition as a mother-to-be makes you unable to stop thinking about your baby's development, preparation for childbirth, or even as easy as choosing nutritious foods to be a worry. In addition to making you anxious and uncomfortable, this feeling of anxiety can often cause you to have trouble sleeping. Not only anxiety, when you enter the third trimester of your pregnancy, the difficulty of choosing a sleeping position can also be a major cause of insomnia.
Practicing prenatal yoga regularly can play a big role in helping you calm down and relax more when you feel anxious. You can also get rid of insomnia by practicing relaxation poses or savasana who is usually practiced at the end of a yoga class while listening to music that is usually played in a yoga class
6. Forge a deep bond with the baby
When practicing yoga for pregnancy, there are many movements that make the baby feel comfortable, and often the instructor teaches you ways to communicate with the baby, for example rubbing the stomach before starting yoga and asking you to tell your baby that you and the baby will move together. This will make you feel more comfortable when practicing and also make you more accustomed to communicating with your baby.
7. Outreach with other pregnant women
Coming specifically to the studio and practicing prenatal yoga can be used as a place to socialize with other pregnant women. Not only exchanging information about body changes, you can also exchange information about hospitals, obstetricians, and even the right type of baby diaper to buy for your baby. You can create groups in the app online messaging and can continue with regular meetings outside the classroom. Stay healthy and active while you make new friends.
