So, I had never taken yoga before, and was pretty wary of what seemed the sort of exercise that inspired freakish levels of devotion and cult-like adherence to unnecessarily imposed restrictions. However, after finding information online and then meeting the woman who started this studio - the Prenatal Yoga Center - at the NYC Baby Show, I decided to give it a chance. And now I am a total convert! At least to prenatal yoga.
Between the fact that each class opens with mindfulness meditation focused on deep breathing/connecting to your physical body, and that most of the instructors are brilliant at suggestions about pregnancy body pains, discomfort and even diet, its been a godsend! Especially when you spend most of your day sitting at a desk hunched over a computer and books.
I can't talk it up enough and suggest it to pretty much every pregnant woman I talk to. In a world where we're constantly busy, told being a mother is not something that should cause any difference in your ability to work/live/be a super-functional super-woman, its really nice to be in a place where everyone acknowledges that what's happening to you is unusual and requires adjustments. Because this IS a freakin' bizzaro world experience and as I write this baby girl is kicking me like crazy!!
So now, without the freaky avoidance of comforts and without cutting out the meat, cheese and other animal parts we humans have been ingesting for the past ten thousand years, I have in fact become a yoga convert. At least, prenatal yoga's hippy comforting form.
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