The first pre- and postnatal book geared specifically to experienced yoga practitioners—from an established author, with contributions from the leaders in the field. You've been practicing yoga for years. It is a part of the way you live, move, and breathe. And then . . . you get pregnant. Pregnancy can throw any woman a curve ball. Even established and experienced yoga practitioners will likely find that their body, mind, and practice are challenged during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. This book is the yoga practitioner's companion through this period, offering practical advice, step-by-step asana sequences, pranayama practices, and meditation techniques, all of which are designed to help new mothers connect more deeply to their experience and prepare for their journey—physically, mentally, and spiritually. Grounded in both ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge, Yoga Mama covers each trimester, labor and birth, and the postpartum years. The beautifully photographed sequences include modifications and suggestions to accommodate a growing belly and to address the concerns or challenges that may arise during this time. Holistic and ayurvedic medicine perspectives help women understand what is happening in their bodies at every juncture, and personal stories connect them to pregnant women everywhere. Through practice, self-reflection, and learning how to let go, yoga gives us the opportunity to be an active, informed participant in the birthing of our baby and a healthy, happy parent. Yoga Mama is the perfect companion for the experienced yoga practitioner during her pregnancy and on into motherhood. This pre- and postnatal book offers practical advice and inspiration, asana sequences, pranayama practices, and meditation techniques, all of which speak to and help new mothers connect more deeply to their experience and prepare for their journey--physically, mentally, and spiritually. Grounded in ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge, the book covers each trimester, labor and birth, and the postpartum years. It includes: • Flowing sequences that emphasize self-awareness and promote strength, flexibility, and balance • Modifications that accommodate a pregnant woman's growing belly, recalibrate her balance, and honor fluctuations in her energy levels • Mini sequences for specific trimester challenges: morning sickness, fatigue, anxiety, low-back issues, etc. • Asana, pranayama, and meditation practices designed to deeply connect mother and baby from the beginning of pregnancy through the postpartum years • A dedicated section on the pelvic floor to encourage women to let go and prepare for labor and birth • Special breathing techniques for labor that encourage natural childbirth • Deeper practices and ancient teachings that can help women tap into their strength and create a prenatal and birthing experience that is empowering and unique • Postpartum advice and sequences designed to help knit things back together, address postpartum challenges, and offer tips for bonding, nursing, self-care, and nutrition • Information (from a Western holistic and ayurvedic perspective) on what is happening in the body at every juncture--prenatal, labor and birth, and postpartum • Personal advice and stories from a wide array of pre- and postnatal experts With contributions from: • Elena Brower: founder and director of Virayoga in New York City, prenatal teacher for YogaGlo.com, and author of Art of Attention • Stephanie Snyder: teacher in San Francisco, pre- and postnatal teacher for YogaGlo.com • Jane Austin: pre- and postnatal yoga teacher, midwife, childbirth educator, and director of Mama Tree prenatal teacher training programs in San Francisco • Margi Young: OM yoga teacher in New York and San Francisco • De West: pre- and postnatal yoga teacher and childbirth educator in Boulder • Dustienne Miller: certified physical therapist and Kripalu yoga teacher in Boston • Kate Hanley: OM yoga teacher, mind-body coach, and author of The 28 Days Lighter Diet • Melissa Billie Williams: pre- and postnatal teacher and director of Yoga Junction studio in Louisville, Colorado

Pregnancy is an extraordinary time of transformation and a profound rite of passage that requires special care and guidance. The complementary tools and practices of Ayurveda and yoga have been used together for thousands of years to support a healthy body, balanced mind, and higher consciousness. With Yoga Mama, Yoga Baby, Margo Shapiro Bachman brings readers the first book to show how these "sister sciences" can support the miraculous journey of pregnancy. This thoroughly detailed guidebook shares practical and easy-to-apply teachings and information to help women experience pregnancy with radiant health and abundant joy, including: The basics of Ayurveda, yoga, diet, and lifestyle—cornerstone principles, basic terms and concepts, essential self-assessments, and more • Month-by-month exercises and practices, including meditation, mantra, breathwork, asana, journaling, and massage • Practical tips to encourage natural labor and delivery • Guidance on staying healthy and happy in the precious first postpartum weeks with baby For women everywhere, Yoga Mama, Yoga Baby is an indispensable resource for treasuring every moment of pregnancy and blessing the mother and child with health, happiness, consciousness, and love.

Let's face it: Being a mom is hard, and it takes a ton of energy! In Secrets of an Energized Mama, The Yoga Mom Keya Williams reveals a secret energy source that will make you a more focused, patient and even more productive mom. Here's a hint: It's been hiding inside of you all along. Keya's approach to motherhood is rooted in yogic principles of self-care and mindfulness. In this book, she provides practical applications that will fit right into your busy mom planner. Her step-by-step guide to energizing your life includes: -Simple yogic breathing exercises to boost energy immediately -Energized Mama Jedi Mind Hacks to manage stress and promote inner peace -Mindfulness tools for Mommy stress relief -Yoga poses for relaxation and how to fit them into your busy day You don't have to be a yogini, have the perfect pair of yoga pants, or even have ever practiced yoga to use this book. Keya breaks down her three-part formula into very easy, practical tips that only require a few minutes, a quiet space (the closet will do in a pinch) and your mind. This book will give you the tools of self-care that will allow you to take care of yourself, even in the realistic chaos of your everyday mom life. Written like a heartfelt email from your very best mom friend, Secrets of an Energized Mama, is down-to-earth, honest and funny. No matter what phase of motherhood you're in, you do have the power within you to become the peaceful, patient and energized mama of your dreams.

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With a strong emphasis on "easy" and "safe," this book will walk you through eighteen of the most useful poses to help make your pregnancy smoother, happier, and less stressful. In addition to the physical benefits, an easy prenatal yoga practice provides invaluable spiritual rewards and emotional resources that will help you create a deeper feeling of connection with your unborn child.Benefits of Prenatal Yoga include:* Help ease the aches and pains of pregnancy* Reduce your stress * Calm your nerves and help you sleep better* Make your labor and delivery go more smoothly* Strengthen your pelvic floor muscles* Help you get back in shape faster after delivery* Increase your strength* Help you balance betterYoga Mama offers detailed explanations to help you understand the changes your body is undergoing, as well as help you alleviate the aches and pains you're likely to experience during pregnancy. And there's another benefit-some of the same poses and breathing techniques you'll learn can help prepare you for a more effortless labor.If you have an ongoing yoga practice, Yoga Mama takes your body's changes into account, making adaptations to existing poses and introducing new ones, to help you safely and effectively continue practicing throughout your pregnancy. Even if you're entirely new to yoga, this book will show you how to establish a satisfying practice routine that will benefit you long after you deliver.In addition to advice and instruction on the physical aspects of prenatal yoga, Yoga Mama offers you empowering affirmations and visualizations that will help you create a nourishing environment for both you and your unborn child.

'Beautiful, useful, tender.' - British Vogue 'Gorgeous' - The Green Parent 'More than just a yoga manual' – Harper's Bazaar A beautiful and nurturing yoga guide for new mothers. Motherhood is the most important job in the world, and it's also the most demanding. It calls upon your every resource – mental, physical, spiritual – and while it is frequently a source of unmatched joy, it is also often depleting like nothing else. Naomi Annand shows you how yoga can help you navigate its emotional highs and lows, how to tap into the creativity of motherhood and also how to nurture yourself so that you might nurture others. Using breath-led sequences and simple two-minute life hacks, this beautiful practical companion teaches you how to soothe rattled nervous systems and uplift tired bodies whatever your age and whatever your experience.

A unique way to see and process the motherhood experience through the lens of yoga, Whole Mama Yoga covers all phases and stages of becoming and being a mother or birth parent—offering a way to extend yoga’s gifts and tools for all who parent. . Women are drawn to yoga for its physical benefits, its ability to induce calm and presence, and its offering of spiritual depth. Whole Mama Yoga offers a way to extend yoga’s gifts into the motherhood experience and offers guidance that eases not just physical discomforts but existential ones. Many moms and birth parents balance boundless love and boredom, overwhelming joy and moments of isolation, self-confidence and self-doubt. Yoga provides an opportunity to practice the much needed body love and self-connection many parents need. Accessible to new yoga students, advanced yoga practitioners, and yoga teachers alike, Whole Mama Yoga is for parents with children of all ages. It is for those just thinking about beginning a family, those in the early stages of pregnancy, those getting close to labor and delivery, and for those new moms, who often feel harried and overwhelmed. This is a book to reference as children grow, change, and become little (and big) people. With yoga poses at the core of the text, yogi moms and instructors Alexandra DeSiato and Lauren Sacks offer helpful information in movement offerings that meet all moms and birth parents where they are. Organzied into sections titled Relate, Move, Reflect, Wisdom, and Breathe, Whole Mama Yoga provides breathing techniques, suggestions for meditation and mantra, inspiring tidbits of yoga philosophy, funny and uplifting stories from yoga-moms, and journal prompts that allow readers to reflect on their own experience of parenthood.