The Yoga of Pregnancy Week by Week: Connect with Your Unborn Child through the Mind, Body and Breath
Language: English
Pages: 160
ISBN: 1844095932
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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you are too. I feel a sense of lightness in my belly. How does it feel for you? Staying for five breaths, I mindfully repeat this week’s affirmation: I am sensitive to my needs and the needs of my growing baby. Reflection This week I was sensitive to my world around me and the world of you inside me, uniting with you in a practice through all of our senses. NAMASTÉ WEEK 20 A Loving Touch The complex nature of my growing baby’s skin is perfecting itself for my loving touch.
avoiding very bitter, spicy or strong-tasting food. Resisting the temptation of eating for two, I remind myself that what is healthy for me is healthy for you. Sharing with you all the goodness from my diet ensures that your placenta remains rich in nutrients and minerals to support you through these final stages of your development. This week is dedicated to your eyes; the most complex and powerful sense. Up until now they have been carefully crafted under closed eyelids, but as your sensory
each other, preparing my growing baby to become a conscious being of the world. I will become a witness to my thoughts and simply allow them to pass by in the presence of mindfulness. The architecture of your brain continues to develop, with new hills and valleys, grooves and ridges, its previous smooth appearance slowly disappearing. The dynamics of your nervous system are rapidly becoming more refined, with the fatty protective layer of myelin continuing to cloak your billions of nerve
and personal items I may need for your special day, along with positive thoughts and qualities of courage, faith, patience and acceptance. BENEFITS: These Pelvic Rotations can be used during early labor to help keep me active during the surges and encourage you to move down the birth canal, aiding an easier delivery. I can rest in Child’s Pose in between surges, offering me respite and an opportunity to gather strength and resilience ready for the rising of the next surge. CAUTIONS: If I have
playing, moving and breathing, floating in the buoyancy of your own oceanic world Asana for the Week Cat Sequence For this pose I will need a yoga mat. This pose is suitable for all stages of my pregnancy. I come onto all fours into a tabletop position. My hands are underneath my shoulders, the creases of my wrists are parallel to the front edges of my yoga mat and my knees are slightly wider than my hips (a). I inhale and direct my breath all the way down to you. Through my exhalation