Yoga for Pregnant Women-A Practical Approach
Babita Roy *
Department of Prasuti Tantra and Stree Roga, Parul Institute of Ayurved, Vadodara,Gujarat, India.
V. Asokan *
Department of Prasuti Tantra and Stree Roga, Parul Institute of Ayurved, Vadodara,Gujarat, India.
Karishma U. Pathan
Department of Prasuti Tantra and Stree Roga, Parul Institute of Ayurved, Vadodara,Gujarat, India.
. Sonam
Department of Prasuti Tantra and Stree Roga, Parul Institute of Ayurved, Vadodara,Gujarat, India.
K. Manjula
Department of Samhita and Siddhanta, Parul Institute of Ayurveda and Research, PU, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Pregnancy is a very special time in women’s life and yoga provides the opportunity and tools to optimize the enjoyment of this miraculous period. Nature has given a great responsibility i.e., pregnancy to human body. Many couples become parents without much preparation for this important responsibility. Yoga in pregnancy is multidimensional; physical, mental, emotional and intellectual preparation to answer the challenges faced by a pregnant woman [1]. Yoga requires a mindful coordination of body movement and breath with a focus on self-awareness. The challenges of pregnancy are revealed by the state of happiness and stress while yoga is a skill to calm down the mind and relax the body. Pregnancy in a woman is a condition in which woman changes both from inside as well as outside. maternal prenatal anxiety is negatively associated with prelabour self-efficacy for child-birth and labour pain.
Keywords: Ayurveda, asanas, birth weight, pregnancy, pranayama, stress, yoga