Recently, there seems to be a trend for pregnant women to rush to the Yoga class and hence the Prenatal Yoga classes grow like the mushrooms after the rain! This phenomena is even happenning within hospitals and clinics. What worries me, being a Yoga Practitioner for so many years, among those which I had unfortunatley seen women going through miscarriages due to Yoga, are lack of awareness about potential hazards among those women. With what we now know about contraindications for postures during each trimester, you ahve to seriously ask yourself about the following: Should a pregnant woman be practicing Yoga, without the guidance of a qualified Prenatal Yoga instructor? How can a Yoga teacher expect to address yoru needs and then customize the lesson plan for you specifically?
I have a student called Zhang, who is a working mother. She often feels tensed as she has too much on her plate. At the end of each day, she always compalins to me that she is totally drained and frazzled. She gets irritated over insignificant things and has intense emotional outbursts. Most of the times, she fails to meet the demands of her job or her family.
There are times that she just cannot sleep at night. She does not have any appetite, and yet she feels exhausted all the time.
Does that sound familiar to you? Are you experiencing that too right now?
Yes, Zhang is under stress and so are you!
A lot of people who are under stress do not know what the effects of stress are and how it feels.
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I sincerely hope that you are an exception, but if you are not, do not worry as help is here right now!
I tell you that there are some ley stress indicators that you have to be aware of: Irritability and nervousness, sleep disorders, poor concentration and low memory retention, anger and tantrums, anti social behavior which sometimes bordering on the violent, alcohol or drug abuse and emotional outbursts.
If you suffer from any of the above mentioned, you have to be extremely cautious as constant stress will trigger physical ailments. The Plank (or it is called sometimes High Chaturanga) posture is a good precursor to more challenging arm balances postures. Expert yoga teacher would advise healthy students to do this to redirect their stress energy somewhere else by practising this pose!
Yoga for stress relief is popular not just a Hindu ritual but also a proven way to stay fit and healthy. If only it were that easy to package Yoga and everybody could be a teacher! Yet, there are some teachers out there do not know what they are talking about. They tell you to do Yoga pose but never realise that some of the pose may do more harm to you.
Ashtanga is sometimes called, Raja Yoga, which is one of the nine main Indian Yoga styles. When the pelvis is centered and aligned with gravity, there is a feeling of stamina and vitality within the posture, making the Chair posture vibrant and challenging.
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