Essential Prenatal Yoga Poses
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Prenatal Yoga: An Introduction
Yoga poses can help you manage morning sickness in your first trimester-and make labor easier when it's time to give birth. Discover the benefits of prenatal yoga.
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Sideways Swing
This simple move can help you improve digestion and tone the muscles along the sides of your abdomen.
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Child's Pose
The child's pose may help ease morning sickness and allow you to relax and de-stress-so add it to your daily routine from your first trimester on.
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Supported Bound Ankle Pose
Use this pose to help alleviate the shortness of breath that can come due to the increase in progesterone levels during first trimester-or the growth of your baby in the third trimester.
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Extended Side Angle Pose
This helps strengthen your legs and manage any leg swelling that can happen during the second semester.
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Dog and Cat Poses
Performing these moves can help alleviate back pain and manage the hormonal changes that come during the second trimester.
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Extended Triangle Pose
Try this move in the second trimester to help build leg strength and improve your balance.
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Seated Ankle-to-Knee Pose
This simple move helps alleviate the hip pain that can come in later pregnancy.
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Seated Forward Bend
This third trimester bend helps open your pelvis and relieve the lower back pain that comes in the third trimester.
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Warrior 2 Pose
This leg-strengthening move is important in the third trimester, when it can help you manage your contractions and focus during labor.
