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Yoga Works Great For Pregnancy

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Yoga Works Great For Pregnancy

Yoga an ancient practice that enables one to bring mind, body and soul aligned with the Creator. Yoga for women has been very popular since they play the role of working mother and wife. Being a successful woman involves constantly balancing between jobs, education, and family. Yoga is a successful way for women to heal their bodies and minds. It can help them deal well with stressful situations and to maintain a positive attitude. An effective tool for good and healthy physical well-being, yoga brings much fruit and harmony to a woman during her months of pregnancy.


A time when life is blossoming within a woman, regular practice of certain yoga exercises, meditation and breathing techniques will ensure that she is totally fit both in mind, body and spirit, thereby will be able to influence her unborn child who is connected to her emotionally and spiritually.


A combination of yoga postures (mudras), breathing exercises (pranayama) and relaxation techniques, will not only aid the pregnant woman, but will enhance her body with vital energy, physical flexibility and agility. Practicing yoga helps a pregnant woman by creating a positive, serene outlook and giving her a relaxed attitude. The repetition of certain sounds calms the mind and aids development of the unborn child brain.


Practicing Yoga during pregnancy will strengthen the muscles and make the woman body more agile which will aid her during delivery. Exercises for pregnant woman would generally involve strengthening the abdominal region to assist the carriage of the fetus and aid proper development.


A strong spine and back is necessary for general flexibility, toning and the healthy functioning of the nervous system. During pregnancy a woman shoulder stoops due to the extra weight. By practicing yoga regularly she will be able to carry the extra weight without stressing her spine and thereby reduce strain.


Pregnant woman experience strong feelings of nausea , lethargy and loss of appetite. Through shatkarmas, a cleansing technique for the body the intensity of this condition can be lessened. Another practice is Yoga nidra, a powerful practice to be used during pregnancy, which involves a progressive system of deep relaxation using visualization techniques.


Here the woman can imagine her child with a healthy body, a good character and a lively and creative disposition. Ideally yoga must be practiced by both parents to make them an appropriate host for their child. A good spiritual, physical and mental well-being of both the parents will draw positive effects on the child to be born.

Kevin Pederson can guide you on the working principles behind Yoga which focuses on the benefits of Yoga techniques intended to produce a positive state of mind in us. Yoga is an effective tool for good and healthy physical well-being to a woman during her months of pregnancy.

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Find a Great Yoga Teacher: 5 Questions You Must Ask to Find a Qualified Yoga Teacher

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Find a Great Yoga Teacher: 5 Questions You Must Ask to Find a Qualified Yoga Teacher

Yoga provides great stress relief and other health benefits. The Mayo Clinic recommends yoga for stress management and relaxation, and medical journal articles have proven yoga’s effectiveness in treating serious medical conditions such as arthritis, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, depression and multiple sclerosis.

How do you make sure that you get the great stress relief and other benefits of yoga? Easy! Ask any yoga teacher the questions listed below. If the teacher’s answers closely match the ideal answers, you have found a great teacher.

QUESTION 1: DO YOU PRACTICE YOGA NOW?

IDEAL ANSWER 1: YES, I PRACTICE YOGA EVERY DAY.

If you wanted to learn to ride a bicycle, would you take lessons from someone who wrote a book about bicycles but had never actually ridden a bike? Only if you wanted to find the quickest way to fall off the bicycle! No amount of reading or theoretical knowledge will enable you to understand how to ride a bicycle. Sooner or later you have to get on the bike. The same is true of yoga. Only someone who is currently practicing yoga can safely and effectively teach you how to do yoga.

QUESTION 2: ARE YOU CURRENTLY TAKING LESSONS WITH A YOGA TEACHER?

IDEAL ANSWER: YES, I STUDY WITH A QUALIFIED TEACHER IN A RECOGNIZED YOGA TEACHING STYLE.

Even your yoga teacher needs a yoga teacher. Why? Yoga is a process, and there is always more to learn. Everyone learns more about yoga by getting feedback from a great teacher. You want your yoga teacher to be aware of the latest discoveries on how to teach yoga. The best way for your teacher to do this is to take lessons with another yoga teacher.

QUESTION 3: WHAT TYPE OF YOGA DO YOU TEACH, AND HOW DID THAT STYLE OF TEACHING YOGA DEVELOP?

IDEAL ANSWER: I TEACH “Y” STYLE OF YOGA WHICH HAS EXISTED FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

If a yoga teaching style has existed for at least 10 years, the teachers in that system know the best ways to teach and the pitfalls to be avoided. In addition, if a situation comes up that your teacher does not know how to handle, your teacher will be able to ask a more experienced teacher in that teaching style for advice.

QUESTION 4: WHAT TYPE OF YOGA TEACHER TRAINING HAVE YOU HAD?

IDEAL ANSWER: I HAVE COMPLETED (OR AM CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN) A 500 HOUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES CLASSES, EXAMS, AND APPRENTICE TEACHING.

Suppose a pipe burst in your house and sent a fountain of water gushing through your kitchen. Uh-oh, you need a plumber! There are two plumbers in your neighborhood: Plumber Smith and Plumber Jones. Plumber Smith used to be an electrician but took a one weekend plumber certification course and is now a plumber. Plumber Jones enrolled in a year long plumbing certification course at a special plumber training school, passed the plumbing certification exam, and apprenticed for one year under a master plumber. Which plumber would you choose?

Since yoga can have an enormous impact on your health, shouldn’t you take as much care in choosing a yoga teacher as you would in choosing a plumber? Your yoga teacher should be enrolled in or have completed a yoga teacher training course that lasts at least one year, and includes classes on how to do yoga, classes on how to teach yoga, apprentice teaching under a certified and experienced teacher, and certification exams.

One of the most comprehensive yoga teacher training programs in existence is the Iyengar Yoga Teacher Certification Program. If you are new to yoga, or suffer from a disease or injury, I strongly recommend that you seek out a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher.

QUESTION 5: DOES YOUR YOGA TEACHER HAVE A KIND AND EMPATHETIC HEART?

IDEAL ANSWER: YES.

Only you can determine if the answer to this question is yes.

A kind yoga teacher really cares about his or her students.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that a teacher is quiet or a pushover. A teacher may speak loudly because your attention has wandered off and he or she is trying to get your attention back. A kind yoga teacher will carefully watch what you are doing, and guide you into doing yoga more correctly. Find a great yoga teacher, follow his or her instructions, and the health and stress relief benefits of yoga will be yours!

Get a coupon for a free yoga class or find a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher at http://www.funnypath.com. Deborah Rummelhart is author of “Where Are My Ankles? How Iyengar Yoga Rescued Me From Stress Fear and a Very Bad Back,” which hilariously describes her experiences receiving the benefits of yoga.

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Maya – Illusion Reality or Truth

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What is Maya?

Most often the Sanskrit word ‘maya’ is translated as ‘illusion’.

This is correct in a certain way because part of the Sanskrit root meaning of maya is ‘illusion’ yet the problem with limiting the translation to ‘illusion’ is that when folks apply the definition they most often do it from within the realm of maya. This leads to all sorts of negative conclusions that are also ‘maya’.

In the past I’ve shared the distinction between what may be called ‘reality’ and ‘Truth’. An example is fear; the sensations arising as fear are true yet the mental based reasons for fear may be completely false. A situation that illustrates this is the fact most people’s greatest fear is public speaking yet public speaking itself is not the source of the sensations that arise, rather it is the person’s mental response to the situation.

In the same way it is clear that negative conclusions like ‘it is all illusion’ are false when these are mental responses that are generated by your thinking mind as an interpretation of what ‘illusion’ means – that is maya.

The Sanskrit the root meaning of maya comes from a common source that means both ‘illusion’ and ‘measure’. In this light when you accidentially hit your shin against the sharp corner of a coffee table there is not the false conclusion that ‘it is all illusion’ rather ‘hitting your shin off a sharp corner is ‘lived’ as the truth of what arises in that situation (any mental representation of this event is maya).

Maya is the ability to acquire and use knowledge as the action of your thinking mind. When you see things through what you already know then your knowledge is a ‘veil’ or filter that alters what you see.

In this light maya is your thinking mind that is functionally very useful for naming things and making distinctions. This means that although maya as your mental representation is illusion it is also a very effective and real means of measuring things and working with them symbolically. An example is language as language is an obviously tremendously useful and effective means of speaking about things that are not necessarily true at present yet you can use language to make a plan that is aligned with truth.

Maya and Truth are like the weather – alive.

Yoga Nidra and the Law of Attraction Action

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Yoga Nidra includes what is popularly known as the Law of Attraction. The distinction is that Yoga Nidra has been effectively using this principle by another name for thousands of years to help you set and achieve your goals.

In Yoga Nidra practice the Law of Attraction is your resolution and your intention.

You set your resolution with your conscious mind before you start a the actual relaxation process. It is quite simple as you simply resolve to allow your conscious mind to relax and yet remain aware. In short you are saying that you will be relaxed yet alert.

The best way to understand your intention and therefore the application of the Law of Attraction is to understand functioning as per the relationship between what is called your conscious mind and your subconscious mind. The relationship is like that of a captain of a ship and its crew where your conscious mind is the captain and your subconscious mind is your body as your ship and its activities is your crew.

In the analogy of captain and crew the role of your conscious mind is to set your intention like a captain giving directions to your crew and ship. Then the most important step for your conscious mind (the captain) is to relax and let the crew and ship do as directed.

The inability for the conscious mind as captain is why most people are not able to use the Law of Attraction and the principle behind it effectively. The solution for this huge problem is the relaxation practice of Yoga Nidra.

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