Yoga Teacher Training - Pre-natal Yoga Module
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Dec-09-2011
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Yoga is a wonderful activity for pregnant women and as part of our Yoga Alliance Yoga teacher course we cover this in the pre-natal yoga module.
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Yoga is a wonderful activity for pregnant women and as part of our Yoga Alliance Yoga teacher course we cover this in the pre-natal yoga module.
It helps to keep the yoga student focused, with stretching muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, arteries and veins induces calmness and keeps all the joints flexible during their pregnancy. It also helps women to prepare for labour and the challenges of parenthood. When I teach yoga to pregnant women, I always modify the postures as the pregnancy progresses and as my student’s belly becomes larger. Pregnant women have also demonstrated that they feel much stronger and more “alive” after they became pregnant. There are of course still some essential precautions that must be taken while performing prenatal yoga, especially when it comes to twists. It is very easy to modify twists to ensure that the core is not twisted.
I teach Yoga teacher training courses in the UK and for prenatal yoga I use less vigorous and less difficult moves for those students who have never done yoga before. For the more experienced yoginis they continue to work with strong yoga postures that they like. It is the perfect time to get mum/baby in tune with the body and provide good vibrations, calm vibrations to both mum and baby.
During my many years as a instructor, as well as more recently as a yoga teacher training UK, I have picked up and noticed that stretching, strengthening and balancing exercises and more importantly paired with relaxation techniques, reduces soreness and improve both movement and one’s gripping ability.
I don’t recommend poses that stretch abdominal muscles, neither do I recommend deep twists of the spine. Pregnancy hormones can make connective tissues more susceptible to strains, even those students who are capable of wider range. The key is to guide the mother and allow her to listen to her body. All women are much more in tune with their bodies and especially when they are pregnant. I always guide them but allow them to work within their comfortable limits.
After the first three months, the work really begins to build strength in the back, legs and arms. Almost all the standing postures provide excellent opportunity. When doing reversed poses, students stand alongside a wall, if their balance is challenged and to reduce your risk of a fall.
Yoga students are always reminded that If they don't feel safe doing inverted poses, don’t do them at all, and I find substitutes for them.
Forward bends are always from your hips, protecting the back back. Keeping the spine as straight as possible. Legs are always kept hip-width apart. Again the yoga student will be advised to use a wall to help with support and balance.
Breathing (pranayama) sequences are essential at the end of a yoga session and we include these in our yoga teacher training courses. Not only does the pranayama allow better breathing pattern but it also enables both the student and the yoga teacher to observe and see how the session has worked for the mother.
Relaxation is always done in a recovery posture, using several blocks to support the recovery posture. The last 10 to 12 minutes is always a good time to observe and make changes if required.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Yoga Teacher Training - Pre-natal Yoga Module_116865.aspx
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Author Resource :
Sam Rao yoga's Yoga teacher training courses are conducted in UK. It helps you to become a yoga instructor. For more information regarding yoga teacher training UK, please feel free to contact Sam at Sam Rao Yoga.
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Health and Fitness
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Yoga
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