Benefits of practising postnatal yoga

After having completed the huge pregnancy term and achieving the biggest task of successful delivery and postnatal care routine, life starts coming to normal for the new moms. However, with the difference of having their angel besides them. So, now along with managing the baby centric routine and running other errands, such moms needs to take some time out for themselves and their vulnerable body to get the old strength and vigour back. 

Best way to do so is by joining some pregnancy yoga classes. There you will find tutors who have expertise in managing both pre and postnatal yoga. The benefits of joining yoga are numerous, few of which are listed below.

• Increase in strength and stamina:

Yoga is a great way to introduce the body to movements and exercises after pregnancy. It helps in improving the flexibility of the body and vitalize the pelvis floor muscle by gently pushing the body to mobility. 

• Getting into shape:

Various exercises and postures in yoga will help you getting your posture perfect by strengthening the back and shoulders. Moreover, it also gradually get you to regain or come close to the old shape.

• Intensify mother baby bond:

Mother does yoga with baby lying beside. It enhances the bonding between them as baby gets entertained and feels to be a part of yoga and slowly can be incorporated into doing it as well.

• Relaxation of mind and body: 

With various breathing techniques, yoga can work on relaxing and tranquilizing your mind and body. You get better sleep and start the new day with freshness and energy.

• Social need:

After spending and thinking entire day only about baby, you get some change by mingling with other people who sail in the same boat as you. It’s a great way to make new friends and share a few tips.

Don’t shy away in joining a yoga class post-delivery. Enjoy your ‘Me’ time and boost the confidence and regain your energies. Trust me it’s worth every penny……

Importance Of Postnatal Care

Motherhood is the biggest gift God gives to a woman. It comes with its baggage of challenges and hardships but just one smile of the baby and tenderness of its touch has the power to rejuvenate mother to the core. Many women join online yoga for pregnancy to keep their body flexible, to prepare for child birth and labour etc.

However, after delivery they devote their whole attention to babies and become a dotted mum. But what they forget is, postnatal care is as much important as prenatal care. It is important for them to take care of themselves as much as the baby. One of the best ways in this regard is to resume your yoga class. Join it, even if you have to start afresh. 

Yoga helps in the relaxation of mind as well as body. A lot of emotional and mental stress increases for a mother after the baby is born. Yoga has many different poses and meditation techniques which are helps you relax your mind, fill you with positivity and restore your energies utilized in child care. This way you can welcome the day to day challenges faced in raising the baby with a new energy every day. 

Yoga helps you get the strength required in holding and feeding the baby as well. Joining an online yoga class is the best option for postnatal mothers. There are various poses to address different issues. For instance, for loss of stamina, warrior pose or virabhadra asana is taught, for fatigue, legs to the wall pose or viparita karani asana is taught or for aching neck and shoulders, cow face pose or gomukhasana is taught. Other than that there are various asanas for babies too, which can be gently on them.

All the poses of yoga definitely helps mothers not only just after child birth but for the whole life and should be continued for as long as possible.