| Pregnancy Yoga DVDs have become extremely | | | | of a good prenatal yoga teacher's training. This is |
| popular all over the world for their convenience and | | | | because the body of every pregnant woman is |
| ease of use. A pregnant woman has very specific | | | | different, and modifications to the mainstream postures |
| needs and prenatal yoga DVDs must cover all of | | | | will have to be made to suit her needs. The expectant |
| them. Not only will she need to prepare her body for | | | | mother should be properly taught how to modify any |
| the experience of childbirth, but she must also find a | | | | existing yoga routine to suit her changing needs during |
| system of practice and belief that will tide her through | | | | pregnancy. This may mean a cessation in the practice |
| the tremendous change in lifestyle having a child brings. | | | | of any postures involving inversion, compression of the |
| As such, a prenatal yoga DVD must focus on both the | | | | abdomen, or the restriction of normal breath. |
| body and the mind. | | | | As stated earlier, expectant mothers need support for |
| Teaching prenatal fitness involves a few challenges | | | | both their bodies and minds. A good teacher of |
| that no other exercise form will face. One of the | | | | pregnancy yoga will be able develop routines that take |
| biggest of these is having to operate within a very | | | | into account the physical requirements as a woman's |
| short time frame. Luckily yoga as an exercise form | | | | body changes. |
| has some of the best insights into the nature of | | | | The mental preparation involved is extremely important |
| movement and the human body. Women usually start | | | | for expectant mothers; therefore it is helpful if a |
| the prenatal poses and routines just about when the | | | | pregnancy or prenatal yoga DVD also involves some |
| first trimester is over thus giving the yoga teacher a | | | | introspection, meditation and reflection to benefit the |
| window of six months, at most, to work with. Prenatal | | | | expectant mother with her often heightened sense of |
| yoga DVDs needs to emphasize overcoming the | | | | awareness due to the bringing forth of new life. |
| challenges of limited time and of working with people | | | | Prenatal yoga DVDs can draw from a combination of |
| whose bodies are growing unfamiliar to them. | | | | all the extant styles of yoga, instead of limiting itself to |
| Remember if you're the pregnant one, you're going to | | | | a particular range of postures. There are specialists in |
| have to gauge your own limits which can change from | | | | pregnancy and prenatal yoga and those are the ones |
| day to day. | | | | that often offer the best instruction. |
| An in depth understanding of anatomy is a crucial part | | | | |