Prenatal yoga offers important benefits for mothers-to-be, both physically and mentally. Physically, practicing this form of exercise can help a mother increase her strength, balance, and flexibility, especially in the hip region. Mentally, yoga encourages its practitioners to find relaxation through breathing techniques. Let's take a look at four specific benefits yoga offers.
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Monday, 21 January 2013
What Is Hot Yoga? What Are the Benefits?
Yoga is not your typical workout. Unlike other forms of exercise that would have you running, jumping and getting all your muscles worked up, yoga is low-impact and it focuses more on connecting the mind, body and spirit to achieve unique poses that positively benefit your overall health and wellbeing. There are now more than 100 kinds of yoga, all of which provide wondrous benefits for the health.
Monday, 25 June 2012
How Yoga Benefits Pregnant Women?
Prenatal yoga has been shown to lead to a healthy pregnancy by many researchers as regular yoga sessions have been reported to relieve the low back pain associated with pregnancy, and relieve the irritation of the sciatic nerve. Some yoga postures stimulate the pituitary gland to increase the production of prolactin, which is a hormone that aids in the production of milk in breast feeding mothers.
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