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?
Pregnancy is an all together different physiological as well as psychological experience for women and for particularly those who happen to be on the family way for the first time. This will cause tremendous stress if not handled carefully! As far as prenatal Yoga classes are concerned, a lot of Yoga teachers do not put up a Prenatal Yoga warning sign on the entrance. This can be fatal to pregnant women! I am not kidding.
Prenatal Yoga classes are specifically designed for the safety of pregnant Yoga students. You should not not learn Yoga from a teacher who has no Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga teacher training.
See, for example Forward Bend posture is only for students who are in good health and who are not pregnant; the fold should be guided by the breath, while elongating the spine. By doing this, the waistline will gently draw in to a point, while the heart draws toward the toes. Even for students who are in good health, this is quite challenging. Can you imagine a pregnant woman doing this?
When she tries to do neck rolls, with the head tilted back, it can grind the cervical vertebrae against each other, i fnot careful, causing premature wear.
Thus, this is really not suitable for you if you are pregnant! Also, this is not suggested for Yoga students of any age, especially middle age and up.
You mightbe do it as a warm up exercise in a slow movement, but it is still not acceptable.
Any neck movements should be performed only after gentle isometric exercises for the neck.
You should combine Pranayama with these isometric exercises for maximum benefits. Lunge posture in Sun Salutations: The knee should be right above the ankle during this posture. When the knee is more forward than the ankle, this can cause premature wear of soft tissue within the knee joint. The only exception to this is when the back knee is on the floor, as this takes pressure off the forward knee. However, if you have an existing knee ailment, or is prone to knee problems, the knee should stay directly above the ankle and not beyond it.
This may even be considered very risky by some!
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