Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Greetings all, I have been practicing bound lotus kriya for two years plus a couple months, and have recently found out that I am pregnant. I am wondering if anyone has instructions for continuing bound lotus kriya during pregnancy. Is it safe, and are there modifications that should be made? Obviously I will not be able to put my forehead to the ground in the later months. What can I do then to continue my practice? I am hoping to at least reach my goal of 1000 days. This will occur in August, when I am eight months pregnant. Thank you, Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Sat Nam Anna, Regarding Bound Lotus Kriya - One can even teach this is "GENTLE" yoga class, as all we are doing is maintaining an internal alignment and simply "leaning" in the right direction. Keep your internal alignment constant, if you lose it, you are pushing too hard. I hold a physical posture that I can maintain, without any great "pain", for 20 min. Work deeply within your spine and keep your heart open to receive the blessings of the pose and the healing it offers to you without attachment to the "perfection" of the posture. With regard to pregnancy, I'd leave that up to what you are experiencing in your body. As you noted, you will obviously have to modify how far forward you are going to bend. Make sure to use pillows/cushions/bolsters to support your forehead, increasing the height as time goes on. Have you been doing it with Snatam's "Re Man...." chant? Congratulations on your steadiness, Dharam Singh Millis, MA Note to other folks: You can REALLY injure your ligaments and tendons if you push its have worked with people who have injured themselves trying to do it (including myself trying to do a full lotus). Don't push it!!! Ligaments do not heal as easily as muscles....be cool yogis. anna_carmel wrote: >Greetings all, > >I have been practicing bound lotus kriya for two years plus a couple >months, and have recently found out that I am pregnant. I am >wondering if anyone has instructions for continuing bound lotus kriya >during pregnancy. Is it safe, and are there modifications that should >be made? Obviously I will not be able to put my forehead to the >ground in the later months. What can I do then to continue my >practice? I am hoping to at least reach my goal of 1000 days. This >will occur in August, when I am eight months pregnant. > >Thank you, > >Anna > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 I did it safely throughout mine, but I was advised by GuruPrem Singh, a posture master,not to do it post-natal because your ligaments are soft and can easily get out of alignment and overstretched. I was doing it a while before he told me to stop a while. I didn't have any problems but I'm super flexible. Still, I did stop. Har Kaur Kundaliniyoga, "anna_carmel" <anna_carmel wrote: > > Greetings all, > > I have been practicing bound lotus kriya for two years plus a couple > months, and have recently found out that I am pregnant. I am > wondering if anyone has instructions for continuing bound lotus kriya > during pregnancy. Is it safe, and are there modifications that should > be made? Obviously I will not be able to put my forehead to the > ground in the later months. What can I do then to continue my > practice? I am hoping to at least reach my goal of 1000 days. This > will occur in August, when I am eight months pregnant. > > Thank you, > > Anna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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