Why Prenatal Yoga?

Pregnancy…. what an amazing time to connect the mind, body and spirit through yoga.  My yoga practice started prior to my pregnancy, but grew in amazing ways through my pregnancy, postnatally and as a mother.  My practice teaches me daily how to be the best mother, partner, sister, daughter, and friend I can be, every day.  Everything is related, everything overlaps.  The mindfulness we practice on our mats, carry’s into every aspect of our lives.

Through yoga, we learn breath, balance, calm, surrender, stress management…. The list of the amazing attributes we learn from stepping on our mats goes on, and on.  Yoga is so much more than a downward facing dog, or a warrior posture, it’s hard to put words around the benefit until you experience it for yourself.  Being challenged both physically and mentally, allowing the mind to fully clear from what doesn’t serve us, and then basking in the bliss of savasna, the final resting posture where you get to lay, completely relaxed, and absorb everything good you gave to yourself.  Truly there is nothing like this.

Trust your yoga instructor, like you trust your birth professionals.  I have studied prenatal yoga since 2005.  My prenatal study has been with Corepower Yoga, Yoga Fit, and the Mamaste Yoga programs, along with extensive self study.  In addition to my formal Yoga training, I completed Birth Doula training, and was honored to attend the births of some my students.

In 2010 I began teaching other teachers how to teach Prenatal Yoga, after writing the JenYoga Prenatal Teacher Training Program.  The Prenatal Practice is very different from a usual yoga class, there are many modifications from a regular class, seek out a class that fosters your pregnancy in all of it’s amazing stages, with someone you trust!!

I teach Prenatal Yoga classes and workshops at The Om Collective in South Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Check the schedule page for current class offerings.

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Amazing Prenatal Yoga Benefits