Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Hi everyone, I'm having some trouble finding precise information on the effects of yoga on deficiency type infertility. Most of what I find on the net mentions " stress relief " or helping with endometriosis related infertility but my patient is Yin/Yang deficiency type. She was anovulatory and amenstrual for several years and her gynecologist says she as a thin endometrium. She's been trying to conceive for 6 years. Through the use of acupuncture and herbal tonification, she now has a BBT which reflects proper hormonal shifts for the last 2 or 3 months but still fails to fall pregnant. She is an Iyengar yoga instructor and teaches 3 or 4 classes a week. She's not aware of any contraindicated postures for implantation, only that she should " take it easy and do restorative things " . Seems to me that postures which help with labor and delivery would be contraindicated as well as back bends or maybe all yoga. Another teacher I talked to says not to do any yoga until the 13th week of pregnancy but I can't find an authoritative source--which is what it will take to get this girl to quit her jobs for a few months. Does anyone have experience with deficiency type infertility, yoga, and implantation/first trimester recommendations? Your help would be most appreciated! Thanks, Shanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 iyengar yoga instructors have an excellent network among knowledgeable practitioners. they have a rigorous certification process. as a 15y yogini of the iyengar style, i would say she has the resources available to her to answer this one reliably. i would put your mind at ease: this patient is qualified to seek out her own answers on this issue. kb On 9/25/07, shannahickle <shannahickle wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm having some trouble finding precise information on the effects of > yoga on deficiency type infertility. Most of what I find on the net > mentions " stress relief " or helping with endometriosis related > infertility but my patient is Yin/Yang deficiency type. She was > anovulatory and amenstrual for several years and her gynecologist > says she as a thin endometrium. She's been trying to conceive for 6 > years. Through the use of acupuncture and herbal tonification, she > now has a BBT which reflects proper hormonal shifts for the last 2 or > 3 months but still fails to fall pregnant. She is an Iyengar yoga > instructor and teaches 3 or 4 classes a week. She's not aware of any > contraindicated postures for implantation, only that she should " take > it easy and do restorative things " . Seems to me that postures which > help with labor and delivery would be contraindicated as well as back > bends or maybe all yoga. Another teacher I talked to says not to do > any yoga until the 13th week of pregnancy but I can't find an > authoritative source--which is what it will take to get this girl to > quit her jobs for a few months. Does anyone have experience with > deficiency type infertility, yoga, and implantation/first trimester > recommendations? Your help would be most appreciated! > > Thanks, Shanna > > > -- Kath Bartlett, LAc, MS, BA UCLA Oriental Medicine Experienced, Dedicated, Effective Asheville Center For 70 Woodfin Place, Suite West Wing Two Asheville, NC 28801 828.258.2777 kbartlett www.AcupunctureAsheville.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 though I can not point you in the direction of studies per se, I am a yoga instructor as well and can say that inversions might not be a good thing in this case, just as when menstruating or pregnant. Iyengar generally does not follow this application, though most other styles do. Kundalini Yoga would support her in a very positive way. 3HO does have a yoga research society and you or her might find some valuable info there. I myself have never looked at it, but you might find the link on their website (www.3ho.org) sami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 point of clarification: iyengar does say no inversions while menstruating. there are books on acupuncture and pregnancy. the one i'm thinking of may be in the iyengar style. try toolsforyoga.com . there's a link to this on my website (bottom of the resources page). kath On 9/25/07, Sami Rank LAc <herbsnacupnxr wrote: > > though I can not point you in the direction of studies per se, I am a > yoga instructor as well and can say that inversions might not be a > good thing in this case, just as when menstruating or pregnant. > Iyengar generally does not follow this application, though most other > styles do. Kundalini Yoga would support her in a very positive way. > 3HO does have a yoga research society and you or her might find some > valuable info there. I myself have never looked at it, but you might > find the link on their website (www.3ho.org) > sami > > > -- Kath Bartlett, LAc, MS, BA UCLA Oriental Medicine Experienced, Dedicated, Effective Asheville Center For 70 Woodfin Place, Suite West Wing Two Asheville, NC 28801 828.258.2777 kbartlett www.AcupunctureAsheville.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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