Yoga Journal and Lamaze present: Yoga for your pregnancy
- Face the physical and emotional changes of your body with focus and grace
- Offers insight, knowledge and meditation techniques
- Features practices for both energy and relaxation
- Includes bonus birthing-room yoga and postnatal practices
- Yoga can be safely practiced throughout your pregnancy
Product Description A regular prenatal yoga practice as taught in Yoga for Your Pregnancy can give you the energy to enjoy your pregnancy, the serenity to build a deeper intimacy with your body, and the ability to be present for the miracle of birth. Prenatal yoga can ease the discomforts of pregnancy, such as moodiness, shortness of breath, swollen ankles, nausea, indigestion and insomnia; and help you prepare for the rigors and mysteries of labor. On each video: PART 1: ENERGIZING & STRENGTHE
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Review by littlebopeep for Yoga Journal and Lamaze present: Yoga for your pregnancy
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I was excited about this new DVD from Yoga Journal but was very disappointed. While nicely produced and with a very pleasant instructor, I found this routine to be way too basic for me, a regular yoga practitioner. It would be great for someone who has never done any yoga before.
There is too much time spent explaining each pose, and not enough actually holding the pose. There were also a couple of things that did not seem right to me at all, such as bouncing one’s legs up and down in Baddha Konanasana (Cobbler’s pose). This is a very short routine, with a paucity of asanas represented. I wish there were more good prenatal yoga tape options available. But over this one I’d recommend the one by Shiva Rea. It flows much better and feels more like a real prenatal yoga class. After the YJ tape, I felt more like I had been to a basic stretching class, and not even a very good, thorough one.
Review by Amy Clark Kleinpeter for Yoga Journal and Lamaze present: Yoga for your pregnancy
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Before doing pre-natal yoga, I had such stiffness from sciatica that by about 18 weeks into my pregnancy, I had quit walking. Doing yoga really helped me so now I am 33 weeks and still moving fine. I would recommend it for all pregnant women, no matter what pains or stiffness you may have, if any.
I must be honest and tell you I am writing this review w/ a bias — Krysten teaches the pre-natal class I go to 2x a week so I knew I would love this DVD before I bought it. That being said — this really is the best pre-natal yoga DVD. Before I started going to Krysten’s class, I had 2 other pre-natal yoga DVD’s and this one is so much better because it is not just “regular yoga that happens to be safe for a pregnant woman” but it focuses on yoga positions and breathing practices that a pregnant woman really needs. For example, there are a lot of hip-opening positions which are great for relieving common pregnancy pains like sciatica.
The program is shorter then I would like, so I just hit pause a lot and hold the position for a bit longer. I love that the DVD is divided into chapters for energizing and relaxing. Often I just do the relaxing session before bed and that is perfect for stretching and calming my tense, sore, 7-month pregnant body before bed.
Also — as “extras” there are breathing techniques and birthing positions and an interview/conversation between a Lamaze expert and the instructor. I do the breathing techniques almost every time I do the DVD and the interview was very calming and helpful too.
Review by Pregnant Yogini for Yoga Journal and Lamaze present: Yoga for your pregnancy
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I admit, I am biased toward Yoga Journal products because I think they are just simply among some of the most comprehensive, safest and easiest to understand out there. But, I searched high and low for the perfect prenatal yoga video, looking at all sorts of options, and came back to this one every time.
This DVD is just great, spiritual yet not New Agey at all and very, very relaxing. I particularly like the breathing technique section and I’ve always wondered about yoga techniques I could use in the delivery room. It’s all in there.
My only whine is that I am used to a 90-minute practice. So, this video is a little short for me right now in my first tri-mester. But, as I get bigger, I’m expecting that 30 minutes will be more than adequate.
Review by a NM reader for Yoga Journal and Lamaze present: Yoga for your pregnancy
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I bought this video around 24 weeks when I started needed a little variety (had been using Shiva Rea’s video). This video is a little less contemplative, and tends to involve more motion, and less holding of poses. There have been days when I craved one approach over another, so I recommend getting both videos. (Although neither one would be likely to satisfy a yoga purist or someone looking to really sweat). Despite the names of the segments – “relaxing” and “energizing” – I found both appropriate for morning or bedtime use and just picked the one that I had time for or that contained a stretch I really needed. I enjoyed the segment that described how to use these now-familiar motions during labor and delivery. I am still using this video in my 38th week and have not become sick of the instructor’s voice or the music, in fact I still smile every time she says “…and this should feel really, REALLY good.” Oh yeah!!
Postnatal note: After five weeks of nursing and carrying around a new baby, my shoulders, neck and lower back felt like they’d never be the same again. I had forgotten this video has a postnatal segment, but popped it in thinking that the prenatal routine might be helpful. The postnatal routine is short and has too much yakking at the start of it, but the stretches really hit the spot. There is a little ab work also. Very good video – I am recommending it even more highly now.
Review by EAS for Yoga Journal and Lamaze present: Yoga for your pregnancy
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Let’s get one thing out of the way. I have a good amount of experience at yoga. In fact, I am still working out with other pre-natal DVDs as well as taking classes at our local yoga studio. For whatever reason, the range and speed of motion was unclear in this video and as a result, I pulled my intercostal muscle. As anyone who has ever pulled this muscle can attest, I takes several weeks to heal. My slow recovery has mounted my anger towards this video. The exercise that I was doing when it happened was the one where you place your hands on your shoulders and very swiftly twist from side to side. I have done variations of this stretch, but never at this speed and intensity. It seems totally unecessary and unsafe. BE CAREFUL!