Crunch - Yoga Mama: Prenatal Yoga

Pros: postures provide stretching, relaxation and peace needed in pregnancy
Cons: little long - but I was looking for something about 20 min for the mornings

During my second pregnancy I often used Yoga Zone's Postures for Pregnancy. It certainly helped alleviate aches, pains, and I believe helped me during labor. Since that time (6 yrs ago), I have become more active in yoga - usually practicing 20 ...

Pros: not too strenuous but a good workout, not too spiritual
Cons: it's a home video and requires discipline to actually do it!

I tried a few prenatal yoga tapes. I used to attend yoga classes, before becoming pregnant, and would have continued into my pregnancy except that I moved to an area where I could not find any classes offered. So I bought some tapes.

I liked...

Pros: Gets the endorphins flowing.
Cons: Not strenuous.

The workout is easy to follow, and I always felt great after I finished. It's about an hour long. It is not strenuous at all. I did the workout through the ninth month.

Pros: Gentle, gives variations of exercises, Good for all stages of pregnancy
Cons: Discipline to do it

I used to attend yoga classes, before becoming pregnant and decided that I wanted to do yoga daily in the comfort of my own home.

I went to Baby's R US and bought this DVD based on the information on the back of the DVD.

I liked the Yoga Mama DVD very much for a number of reasons:

-The workout is short (45 minutes)
-You can modify it to your own pace
-The tape is more workout based and centers you on your baby and your body - not too spritual
-There is a wide variety of Women at different stages of their pregnancies in the background, they are at various fitness stages also
-Each pose has modifications available to make it less strenuous.

I agree with the other reviewer that it felt that this workout was extremely gentle. I too had the sensation that I would not get much benefit from it at all. However, I too felt like I had done some great stretching and moving.



Recommended: YES