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Garbhakranti Pregnancy Yoga How does Yoga help me in pregnancy? With yoga, I can combat stress & anxiety during pregnancy. Yoga helps me gain victory over my mind and attitude and gain a healthy body. During pregnancy, physical as well as mental fitness is required, with which I can bear the strain of pregnancy and delivery. The good thing is that, Yoga is concerned with mental health as well as physical health. If my heart, lungs and muscles are in good condition, If I know correct breathing techniques , if I am mentally and physically relaxed , my dream baby will grow well , I will have a much easier and safer delivery and hence much faster recovery . Yoga will help me in this.Yoga helps me condition the specific areas and group of muscles needed for a healthy pregnancy & delivery.Yoga strengthens my body so that my dream baby grows well.During pregnancy, unique changes take place as the uterus [body organ where my dream baby resides for nine months of pregnancy] expands to about twenty times its usual size.Due to this, there is upwards and backwards displacement of my bowel loops. This leads to a feeling of heaviness of body.Fear factor and some apprehensions make the mind stressful during pregnancy.To combat all these situations, Ayurveda has given a key to success for pregnant women called Yoga. Yogasana are one of the parts of Yoga: Brahma Muhurta is the best time for meditation or Yogasana or doing work.The mind is fresh after a good night’s sleep, the atmosphere as well as the mind are serene & pure.There is Satva Guna inside the person as well as in the atmosphere.The best time to do Yogasana & meditation is Brahma Muhurta but if it is not possible then it should be done in the morning hours / evening hours. I should get up early in the morning & if possible before sunriseOnly if it is not possible to do Yogasana in the morning, then they can be done in the evening.Yogasana should always be done on an empty stomach.After getting up in the morning, first basic cleansing of the body like defecation [ passing stools ] , urination etc should be done.After that, I will brush my teeth.Then I will take bath with warm water.After bath, I will pray to Almighty.Yogasana should preferably be done after Pranayama . I should put a carpet on the floor to do Yogasana. Yogasana should not be done sitting directly on the floor. There should be a time gap of minimum 4 hours after eating to do Yogasana. Generally 4 hours is the time taken for stomach emptying hence this time should be minimum 4 hours. I should not eat/ drink water while doing Yogasana. Attire / clothes during Yogasana: The attire/ dress used while doing Yogasana should be loose & comfortable. The attire / dress should not be skin fit/ tight fitting. Place of Yogasana: The place should be calm & quite as far as possible.If it is not possible to have a calm & quite place, then that should not stop one from doing Yogasana / meditation. Yogasana/ meditation themselves give calmness to body & mind.
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