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Hi, this is my first post. I am trying to get info on the safety of kundalini

yoga practice during pregnancy. I am 6 mos. pregnant and am considering

waiting til after delivery to start. Any suggestions on where and when to

start would be helpful. FOr now, I have ordered a yoga for pregnancy video,as

I do not want to put anyone else at risk.

Thanks for your insight.

Caroline

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Sat Nam Caroline!

 

> I am trying to get info on the safety of kundalini

> yoga practice during pregnancy. I am 6 mos. pregnant

 

I guess the video you ordered is Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa's 'Baby and Mom

Pre-Natal Yoga' - if not, you could also try this one. Gurmukh K.Khalsa has

a wide experience in teaching yoga for expectant moms and children. I am

sure everything in the video will help. However, you might consider talking

to your doctor first.

 

Something that will definitely help are breathing exercises, especially the

calming ones (such as left nostril breathing, deep long breathing, alternate

nostril breathing) and meditations such as Shabd Kriya or Kirtan Kriya. You

can find details about these on www.kundaliniyoga.org and most KY books. If

you are going to take pre-natal preparation courses, probably your doctor

will tell you how important breathing is for both you and your baby. I would

very much recommend starting on breathing exercises right away (however, not

the energizing ones like the breath of fire). Hope this helps.

 

Blessings to you and your baby!

 

Satsang Kaur

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HI there and Happy New Year...I very much appreciate your helpful comments. I

was wondering about how my emotional state during pregnancy would affect the

baby. Is there anything to read about this subject? I have been very

depressed, and though I know all the steps to correct this, such as yoga and

not isolating, I still question the bond that is forming, and thought maybe

some more info would help. Blessings to you and yours.

Caroline

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Dear Caroline,

 

Just to add. No navel exercises after 3 months of pregnacy, but you do need

to do breathing, abdominal strengthings and keep active as you can. The

videos will help.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur

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Sat Nam Caroline,

 

One more thing. Chant divine chants to the baby. Everything you do and say

during this time is imprinted in the baby's psyche. Chanting Guru Ram Das

is a wonderful gift to the child.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur

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Dear Caroline,

 

I was wondering about how my emotional state during pregnancy would affect

the baby. Is there anything to read about this subject? I have been very

> depressed, and though I know all the steps to correct this, such as yoga

and not isolating, I still question the bond that is forming, and thought

maybe

> some more info would help.

 

We chant to reasure ourselves and the baby. Talk to it and assure this soul

that you love it, welcome it and will give it love in its new home. Explain

that the depression is hormonal and not a reflection of your love for it.

Souls understand. It is amazing.

 

Many blessisngs,

 

Gururattan Kaur

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In a message dated 01/02/2001 6:46:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Kundaliniyoga writes:

 

<< Any suggestions on where and when to

start would be helpful. >>

 

Caroline......

Congratulations on your pregnancy! As the mother of two beautiful children,

I can tell you that you are entering a wonderful, if somewhat stressful,

<smile> time in your life.

While you are waiting for your video to arrive, I would suggest that you

check out:

www.socalbirth.org/shelly/yoga.htm

This is a wonderful site that I have recommended to two of my students in the

past year that found they were pregnant; we even did a couple of the sets in

class, as a whole, even those of us who were not pregnant. Good luck!

Happiness and Health to you and your little one!

Sat Nam.

Devta Kaur

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Hello! I am brand new to this list and glad to have found it! I

will post my introduction separately, but I just had to pipe in

here. I have practiced kundalini yoga through two pregnancies and

definately found it to be helpful, if not essential for me.

 

It is good to be careful about what exercises you practice when

pregnant. I thought the video previously mentioned was great, and I

don't usually get into videos (we don't even have a tv!).

 

On the depression topic, I thought I would share that my last

pregnancy was much more challenging than the first. I had a feeling

akin to depression, but more like a gray cloud hanging over me all

the time. I learned that it wasn't something I was meant to break

out of, that rather it was that my body was really giving its all to

create that body and the cloud was a way of sort of dampering my

usual energy down in order to dedicate it to baby making. Yoga can

be really great for getting in touch with ourselves and really

finding out what the problem is and helping us to understand it and

deal with it.

 

Oh, walking is also highly recommended for pregnancy.

 

Well, I have to go and make dinner!!

 

Love Always,

littlebird Leslie

aka Guru Chiter Kaur

 

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