All women with no exception whatsoever are anxious about childbirth right from the time they conceive. Sometimes this is because of the horror stories they have heard from friends or seen on TV. However, it need not be that way. Yoga for would-be-mothers reduces the incidence of pain and discomfort to a very large extent.
How to Get the Best of Both Worlds
Yoga works on some specific principles, while doctors and medicine work on another. Both however, have it at their heart to provide you with a pain-free pregnancy and delivery. Medicines usually cut down the characteristic pains with the help of extra vitamins (calcium especially) and fetus-friendly pain killers. Yoga on the other hand will anesthetize through hundreds-of-year-old tried and tested techniques and principles on which yoga is still funnyctioning today.
The good news is that one need not exist without the other. One can have the intervention of both the doctor (for closer re-assurance) and the yoga instructor for the most pain-killing efficient postures and exercises at the time of delivery and before that as well. The medical benefits being already known, the following would throw a light on the benefits of prenatal yoga:
1. You can start with prenatal yoga today - even if you do not have a yoga studio anywhere close by, with the help of an excellent video or DVD. Start today as every moment is precious.
2. Feel free to use whatever props keep you comfortable and capable of doing the prescribed activities. Prenatal yoga movements will become easier with each passing day.
3. Take great care that you do not overstretch in your over-enthusiasm to do better, lest you harm yourself
4. All the prenatal yoga exercises can be done with around-the-house props such as beanbags, cushions, chairs, blankets, pillows, and so on. Do exactly as the prenatal yoga pose says you should. If you find that it is too uncomfortable, immediately inform your instructor and doctor.
5. In case you are among those women who have developed terrible back pain during pregnancy, you may ask the yoga instructor to include in the list for prenatal yoga a few back-strengthening exercises as well.
6. If you are practicing aqua yoga, check that the water should be at least waist deep and pre-heated. Ideally all the practice should be done in swimming pools.
7. Keep the doctor involved in the whole prenatal yoga routine, lest anything would trigger the premature arrival of the baby.
As a commitment to yourself, you have diligently practiced yoga these last few months. Routinely you would wear you yoga attire, pack up your yoga mat and excitedly participate in a 45 minute session on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Even though it has been strenuous at times and you have work up quite a sweat, you have enjoyed the full range of benefits that practicing yoga has offered.
Following each session you would return home, bathe, enjoy a relaxing meal and clean your yoga equipment. As part of the cleaning routine your yoga mat would be washed down with soap and water and allowed to dry thoroughly.
Then, after one of your yoga sessions, a fellow yoga enthusiast started talking about a new yoga mat spray that they were using to clean their yoga mat. You found out that this spray would not only clean your mat but would help in the meditative aspects of your yoga regimen.
Cleaning the Mat
A yoga mat is that padding that comes between you and the hard surface that you are conducting your yoga exercises upon. This cushion often is utilized in public settings and is therefore susceptible to various microorganisms that exist upon the floor and in a public setting. Some of these microorganisms could include bacteria, funnygus and various types of viruses. Added to the mix is the perspiration that flows from the yoga enthusiast who is performing yoga exercises.
Often, many individuals simply wipe down their yoga mat with soap and water. However, this process does not necessarily kill all of the harmful microorganisms that may be lurking on the mat. The solution is the use of a yoga mat spray.
A yoga mat spray will eradicate these undesirable elements because the ingredients of the spray often contain elements that are natural decontaminants. Some of these natural decontaminants may be a seed extract processed from grapefruit and tea tree oil. With most yoga mat sprays, the ingredients are strictly environmentally friendly and are easy to use. Generally, there are no additives or preservatives used in their manufacturing.
Cleansing the Mind
Not only will a quality yoga mat spray decontaminate your exercise equipment, but will also leave behind a soothing aroma. This aromatherapy effect can include such fragrances as lavender or eucalyptus and will aid in the meditative state that one tries to achieve through their yoga exercises.
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