Guest guest Posted May 27, 2003 Report Share Posted May 27, 2003 Just curious: Are you still doing all the postures, or are you leaving out some asanas? Are you still doing twists? Are you modifying anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 I am also 32 weeks pregnant and I am definitely slowing down. Here's how I have done it. 1st trimester I didn't let myself get too heated up since that can cause miscarriage and having already suffered one last year didn't want to risk it. 2nd trimester I did just about everything but deep twists and I spread my legs apart for deep forward bends, and I did inversions, backbends, pinche mayurasana, etc, basically most of primary and some of intermediate. I stopped putting my legs behind my head as intuitively it didn't feel right for my body and instead concentrated on hip openers. Now that I'm getting quite large out front I can't get much of a forward fold so my practice is quite mellow at this point. Also my midwife wanted me to stop inversions so the cord doesn't wrap around the baby's neck at 8 weeks prior to my due date. And no more laying on my back so instead of finishing poses I am doing restorative work. Hope that helps. I personally feel that if a pose was easy for you non pregnant you may continue it, but if it is a strain, you may not want to do it during pregnancy. Basically I think just as long as you listen to your body you should be OK. That is how they have supported me at my studio. Good luck! ______________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 hi there - i'm not doing every posture and of course must modify some. also i don't do vinyasas between every pose, only every other pose. i don't do full half bound lotus forward bend as my heel would hit my belly; rather i just do standing tree pose instead. sitting forward bends have to be done with my feet slightly apart. janu c is out as again the heel gets in the way. marichyasana b is modified; marichyasana c and d are dropped and substituted with a modified twist that doesn't crunch the abdomen. just this week i dropped supta kurmasana ... there's just no room! the rolling embryo is modified and upward facing full forward bend is tough but i give it a shot. all the finishing asanas must be slighly modified to accomdate a belly. u pregnant? --- asawrt wrote: > > Just curious: Are you still doing all the postures, > or are you leaving out > some asanas? Are you still doing twists? Are you > modifying anything? > > > Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook. http://calendar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 Hey, there! No, I'm not currently pregnant. But I am a woman who practices Ashtanga regularly. And I've often wondered how pregnancy, and motherhood, will change my practice in the future. I believe other pregnant woman have posted similar questions on this board in the past. Try doing a search in the archives. Also, as you may already know, there's an Ashtanga discussion group on the EZBoard site. (Go to ezboard.com, they type in the word "yoga" to get a list of all the yoga-related discussion groups there. The Ashtanga site will be listed. Then just click it.) I know pregnancy-related questions have come up there, too. Finally, there's another discussion group called Moving Into Stillness, which can also be found on the EZBoard site. Most of the folks there practice styles of Hatha yoga other than Ashtanga. But very many of the posters there are certified yoga teachers, and mothers, who might be able to give you some good information. Hope this helps. Good luck to you and your growing family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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