There are numerous benefits from prenatal yoga. In addition to its many physical benefits, prenatal yoga helps women through the evolutionary process of pregnancy by offering the opportunity to enjoy a supportive community, inward reflection, a healthy physical and emotional outlet, and holistic preparation for birth.

Benefits may include:

1. • increased overall strength, flexibility & well-being
   

2. • stretching and toning of muscles and soft tissue
   

3. • stimulation of organ systems
   

4. • increased circulation of blood and oxygen
   

5. • increased respiratory health
   

6. • reduction of low back pain & sciatica
   

7. • reduction of general body aches & fatigue
   

8. • healthy spinal alignment
   

9. • reduction of joint swelling & inflammation
   

10. • improved digestion
    

11. • toning the pelvic floor for a healthy birth and recovery
    

12. • improved emotional well-being
    

13. • anxiety relief
    

14. • relaxation and pain management
    

15. • empowerment
    

16. • tension relief
    

17. • encouragement of vocalization (after all, OM is the sound of creation)
    

Check out one of our I.P.Y. Yoga Mama sequences, below.

Mama Yoga Sequence                                                                                                                                                            

Model: Tataya Radtke with baby Munay

Props needed: Chair, blanket, bolster, block, strap

ONCE YOU HAVE LEARNED TO TONE YOUR PELVIC FLOOR, OR PERINEUM, WITH THE KEGEL EXERCISES (BELOW) BE SURE TO MAINTAIN THIS PELVIC STABILITY THROUGHOUT EVERY EXERCISE.

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