Yoga for Pregnancy

by Lekos, Leslie; Westgate, Megan

• ISBN13: 9781629143620
• ISBN10: 1629143626
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-01-27
• Publisher: Skyhorse Pub Co Inc

Summary

The physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of yoga are invaluable during the profound journey of pregnancy. From increased strength and balance to a deeper feeling of connection with the life growing inside you, prenatal yoga will help you feel your best during this sacred time.

Yoga for Pregnancy offers detailed, precise instruction for over a hundred yoga poses to support you during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Accompanying sequences focus on a range of applications, from quick daily practices to poses for common pregnancy ailments. Woven throughout the book, you'll find resources to help prepare you for an empowered labor. Filled with modifications, tips, and abundant illustrations, this is an indispensable text for both beginners and advanced practitioners alike.

Going beyond physical posture practice, Yoga for Pregnancy also includes guidance on meditation, visualization, devotional chanting, nutrition, herbal remedies, and other tools to inspire and nourish you and your baby.

Author Biography

Leslie Lekos is a certified yoga teacher, birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, owner of Wildroot Botanicals, and proud mother of two young sons, Kosta and Salish. She has a deep passion for supporting and empowering women to trust their innate inner wisdom through pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. She lives with her family in the mountains outside of Bellingham, Washington.

Megan Westgate has been practicing yoga for fifteen years. As the founding director of the Non-GMO Project, she relies on yoga to maintain an openhearted, optimistic view in the face of whatever challenges and opportunities each day brings. Her first child, son Robin Wilder, was born during the writing of this book. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.