The majority of my pregnancy has not been about sharing too much. This is my first pregnancy so obviously everything was new to me. I felt a strong need to stay inside a bit more. I allowed my yoga podcast to take a bit of a back seat as my body, my heart, my mind slowly morphed into motherhood preparation 🙂
I think God did some great thinking having us HAVE to allow the baby to grow for 9 MONTHS!!! It’s the beginning of patience I tell you. I cannot tell you how many times I just wanted her out! Not out of discomfort or pregnancy aches and pains, but simply because I just wanted to hold her already!!! Big lesson for me, big lesson.
I’ve gotten to a point where my pregnancy is a bigger part of my body. I had been blessed by having a pretty seamless pregnancy. She grew slowly. I haven’t really gained that much weight. There have been changes, but as they happen so very slowly, I was able to align with the shifts and make choices that would support my weight gain. It’s now, at the 8th month that I ‘feel’ absolutely PREGNANT 😀 I have to move slower, mind my steps, move around a lot more as being in one position for too long does not feel good, and I am getting all sort of achies and shifties all throughout my hips and belly. I particularly dislike getting in and out of cars. Oh lordy if the cars are short cars…Tough I tell you.
So, I share with you now, my prenatal yoga practice. I speak with you as if you were with me, telling you the why of what I do. It all happens organically. I did not plan on a specific practice. I just followed my own instincts, focusing on my baby girl and what feels good in my body. I am not in any way saying that all pregnant women should feel good doing what I do, or that THIS is the way to practice. I’m sharing to have you be with me and perhaps share some of my insights with you that I have learned 🙂 I would love to start a conversation, both with pregnant yoginis, wanna be pregnant yoginis, or just plain ‘ol yoginis that want to deepen their understanding of their female body (possibly even having gone through this already)
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Great, great, great… Elsie!!!
I’m not pregnant, but I do sit all day, like you, working on a computer. Do you have a beginners level class with exercises to do for the office potatoes among us?
xoxoxo
Inge.
What a fantastic idea! and I have gotten some requests for just that 😉 I have a feeling that might be my next endeavor. I’ll be thinking about it!!!
Elsie, you are beautiful mama and Woman! I enjoy all your podcasts. I have two children and teach prenatal yoga in northern california. It is a wonderful experience to be around a group/tribe of pregnant women. Is this your first baby? Life changes with children………sometimes sitting meditation has to come well before or after asana if baby needs food. 😉
If you ever want to chat, please contact me. Love and blessings. Om Namah Shivaya.
thank you Moni! I’m so taking you up in the chat deal! and I don’t doubt I’ll me doing more meditating that asana-ing 😀 Thanks for sharing!