I’ve never had major pains or physical imbalances even now on my 40th week, all thanks to Pilates and Yoga.<\/p>\n
I must make this disclaimer and reminder though: Before you start any workout especially when you’re pregnant, please consult your doctor\/ health care provider first. And, if you don’t really do yoga, please do at least a few sessions with a professional instructor first before practicing on your own. Here we go!<\/p>\n 1.BADDHA KONASANA (Bound Angle\/ Butterfly Pose\/ Diamond Pose) \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Instructions and more information HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 2. UPAVISTHA KONASANA (Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend)<\/strong> Instructions and more infomation HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 3 and 4. BITILASANA \/ MARJARYASANA (Cow-Cat Pose\/ Pelvic Tilts) Instructions and more information HERE<\/a><\/strong> and HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 5 and 6. WARRIOR POSES (Virabhadrasasa I, II)<\/strong> Instructions and more information HERE<\/a><\/strong> and HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 7. BAHLAHSANNA (Child’s Pose)<\/strong> Instructions and more information HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 8. VRIKSHAHSANNA (Tree Pose)<\/strong> Instructions and more information HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 9. ADHOMUKHASVANA (Downward-Facing Dog) Instructions and more information HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 10. MALASANA <\/strong>(Yoga Squat\/ Wide Squat) <\/p>\n Instructions and more information HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n ——————————————————————————<\/p>\n NOTES:<\/strong> OTHER SOURCES FOR PRE-NATAL POSES:<\/strong><\/p>\n Now that my pregnancy is about to come to an end, I’m sharing the pre-natal yoga poses I practiced during the latter part of my pregnancy (maybe on the 6th month onwards). I am sharing them with you because I believe they greatly helped me in keeping my balance and mobility (and sanity). Stretching really helps a lot! And believe me, the more hip-opening exercises you do, the less pain you’ll feel on your lower back and hip area. I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[183,177,176,182,181,52,178,179,180],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pregnancy","tag-fitness","tag-pre-natal-yoga","tag-pre-natal-yoga-poses","tag-pregnancy-exercise","tag-workoute","tag-yoga","tag-yoga-for-back-pain","tag-yoga-for-pregnant","tag-yoga-poses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2300,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/2300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n<\/strong>photo from yogajournal.com<\/em>
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\nphoto from lovemyyoga.com<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.lovemyyoga.com\/images\/Warrior1.jpg\")
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\nphoto from everydayhealth.com<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/images.agoramedia.com\/EHBlogImages\/everyday-fitness\/2014\/08\/Tree-p50.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>photo from yogatouchmethod.com <\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/yogatouchmethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Martia_-053.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>photo from movingstillnesspersonalfitness.com<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.brigiddineen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Garland_Pose.jpg\")
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\n* I do the poses for about 30-60 seconds per pose. If I’m in the mood, I hold it longer.
\n* I do the first pose (Baddha Konasana\/ Butterfly Pose\/ Diamond) as often as possible throughout the day – while sitting on the bed and working, while watching TV, etc. To stretch some more, I slowly bend my head forward (towards the floor).
\n* Pose number 2 (Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend) is the hardest one for me, especially when I bend my head forward. But the stretch feels sooooo good!
\n* I do the last pose (Malasana aka Wide\/Yoga Squat) for 5 minutes everyday.<\/p>\n![\"cover-yogaposetwo\"](\"http:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/COVER-YOGAPOSETWO.jpg\")
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