| I would suggest you definitely seek someone out certified in preggy yoga. Or more formally, Prenatal yoga.
What feels right and OK to us can harm a fetus. Bikram already bends in a manner that does not make space necessarily in the body, but more "bends like a string of pearls" which if you notice, actually grind on each other if there are no knots (space) between the pearls.
The heat can mess you up in you end up with anything like preclampsia. You don't want to elevate your blood pressure unnecessarily, which is something Bikram can do. You would want to be moving in a manner that helps you with recovery after delivery, too.
All these things a certified, trained preggy yoga teacher can help you with. Bikram doesn't (at least most recently) throw in pregnancy as one of the many claims to a health. For good reason: the liability is horrendous.
I would back off on the heat and the way Bikram uses the spine until after your done nursing and the Relaxin is out of your body. It's not a yoga method that espouses safety and these teachers may not be aware of the effect it has on the joints and ligaments. Do what's best for the baby and get someone qualified. You go to an obstetrician, right? Why do less with your entire body?
Let me quote Bikram to the winning teacher trainee in one of the very first teacher training sessions he held: "They'll either get it or they won't."
What you don't know could harm you and your baby. Give yourselves the best.
And congrats on your baby!
Christine |
birkram for pregnat women
