Pre Natal Yoga – Pay Attention To Your Breath

Understanding the power of your breath is important in any pre natal yoga practice. The proper flow of breath is vital to truly experiencing yoga. In some practices of yoga, breath is seen as the expression of life.

One thing that most practices of yoga have in common is the focus on breath and the vital role it plays. Learning to breathe consciously is an important part of pre natal yoga. It can help you fully realize the benefits that yoga can give you and your unborn baby. This will require you to become more aware of how you breathe. This means being aware of how you inhale and how you exhale. Do you breathe slowly or quickly?

In many yoga practices, a session will start with a focus on breathing. Deeply inhaling and exhaling fully can help you focus and release tension and stress. Inhaling into your core, your abdomen area, is how many pre natal yoga DVDs will start. Some will start with you holding your hand over your heart and over your baby while you breathe in and out slowly. Calming your breathe in this way can help you release the tension and stress from your day. It can also get you focused and ready to fully engage in your yoga practice.

Once you start doing the exercises in the pre natal yoga DVD or class, you will also often be instructed to focus on your breathing or to pay attention to your breath. Doing this helps you fully integrate the practice so that it becomes more than just physical exercise, it also becomes a way to quiet your mind. That can be especially important when you are pregnant. This focus on breath and breathing can help you release the worries that sometimes come with pregnancy. I know that I was often worried about the safety of my baby and worried about making sure that I was doing the right things.

Learning to quiet your mind and body through proper breathing can have benefits beyond simply your pre natal yoga practice. It can help you in many other areas of life as well. It can help you release stress at work. When you find yourself getting stressed out, simply take a few minutes to breathe. You can do the same thing when you run into stress in any area of your life: dealing with difficult people, waiting in line, dealing with traffic.  Simply take the time to breathe properly and relax.