Instructional DVD starring Shiva Rea
Practice Level: for all three trimesters
Yoga Style: gentle yoga
Recommended Props: yoga mat, yoga strap, blanket

About this Video
The best thing about this prenatal yoga program is that there is a model for each trimester. Instructor Shiva Rea demonstrates each of the stretches and exercises for the first trimester, and two pregnant women show modifications for the second and third trimesters (they're even dressed in different colors for easy reference). This removes the self-doubt home-exercisers often have about the safety of certain moves--especially in that cumbersome final stage of pregnancy.

• Using gentle voice-over instruction, Rea and her assistants take viewers through a half hour of meditational stretches using blocks and chairs for support.
• She follows that up with 16 minutes of floor work: lunge pose, bridge pose, child's pose, plank pose--all with the necessary adjustments.
• She winds things up with a four-minute guided relaxation on her back--the traditional position--with the second-trimester woman on her side and the third on her side with one leg up on a chair.

By including the different adaptations, Rea has made a program with the flexibility to carry an expectant mom through her entire pregnancy--and beyond, if she wishes.

Pregnancy is a most important time for a woman to maintain her physical strength and stamina and PRENATAL YOGA is a perfect way to keep in shape. These gentle exercises are clearly detailed by instructor Shiva Rea according to Yoga Journal's Prenatal Yoga guidelines. Maintain the energy and stamina which will be needed in the delivery room along with the concentration that comes with the practice of yoga. Different techniques are applicable to each trimester of pregnancy and this fifty minute video is geared for every level of yoga practitioner.

Highlights of the Prenatal program

• Calming meditation and deep breathing
• Gentle workout with seated poses, standing poses and floor work

Bonus Program This DVD also includes a Postnatal Yoga program.
The most trusted postnatal yoga practice anywhere, Postnatal Yoga is designed to be both safe after childbirth and focused on muscles used in labor, delivery and caring for baby.

Reconnect with your strength, your energy and your pre-pregnancy shape and lifestyle. Based on Shiva's own experiences with post-delivery,new motherhood and working with new moms of all ages and levels of physical ability.

Highlights of the Postnatal program

• Regain strength and flexibility, with special attention to muscles stressed during childbirth
• Relax muscles overworked by tending to baby, ease the stress of sleep loss
• Learn and get stronger at your own pace with a progressive three-part practice

Language: English
Region: Region 1 (US & Canada Only)
Number of Discs: 1 DVD, playing 60 minutes Prenatal, plus 60 minutes Postnatal
ASIN# B0000BYNMH
ISBN# 1-592501-58-3
Release Date: 2007
On the Cover: cover pictures may vary