Beginner's Guide to Prenatal Yoga

Many expectant mothers use yoga to balance and exercise the body. Learn pre-natal yoga in this video yoga lesson.

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Deal with bodily changes
Relieve stress
Strengthen legs & back
Check with doctor
Avoid extreme poses

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. My name is Cindy Mastry, and in this clip we are going to discuss the beginner's guide to prenatal yoga. There is no better example of yoga than creating a new life force energy and having a baby, a perfect example of union and in action. When you have a baby, your body is going through tremendous hormonal, postural, physical changes, and yoga can help you deal with those changes by helping you relax, release stress, and prepare your body for the changes that are about to happen, strengthening your legs, strengthening your back for the big change that your life is about to face. You want to make sure to check with your doctor before you begin any prenatal practice. You want to make sure that you do not do any extreme poses, no extreme twist, no extreme back-bending, no extreme forward-bending, but keeping your body toned. And doing a lot of the poses can help you for when that moment of birth actually happens. So remember, your body is going to go through a lot of changes. Yoga can help you deal with the stress, check with your doctor and that is the perfect example of union. Namaste.

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