By Veronica Beltran

Prenatal yoga

TYH: Prenatal yoga, the benefits for mom’s expecting

Aug 6, 2019 | 1:58 PM

Although a baby is still far in the future for me, it might not be for you and here’s something that might help you with your pregnancy.

Prenatal yoga. We headed over to Chinook Yoga who offer prenatal yoga classes to expectant mothers, along with a follow up class aimed at ensuring emotions and mental health, post pregnancy stay healthy.

I had the chance to speak with both Carla Wainwright, one of the owners of Chinook Yoga and Denise Marshall, Studio Manager and they spoke to me about the benefits an expectant mother might see.

“Her(expectant mother’s) pregnancy is easier, she has fewer aches and pains. And her body, she just feels more energized, feels emotionally more aligned and it also leads to easier delivery and recovery because women have these tools and techniques that they can use, that they learnt in prenatal class and then the recoveries are so much faster,” said Wainwright. Some of the tools women will walk away with include: breath work for labour, meditation techniques to help with challenges of labour and poses to help with dilation.

As for when a pregnant woman might want to join prenatal yoga, “the best time to start prenatal yoga is in the second trimester,” said Wainwright. She mentions that rest is really important in pregnancy in general, but especially in that first trimester where the risk of miscarriage is high.

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Marshall explains that it is equally as important to offer postpartum classes to new mothers, to help with nerves, anxiety and mental health, “Coming in to do Baby and Me yoga offers them that connection back to their bodies, getting into their breath work, offering them ways that they can can help with anxiety, nervousness and with sleep.” She mentions that the class can sometimes be more of a support group, helping moms figure out why it is they are feeling the way they are and showing them that they are not alone in the journey.