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Top 10 Safe & Best Pregnancy Yoga poses and their benefits


Top 10 Safe & Best Pregnancy Yoga poses and their benefits

Yoga is a safe and excellent exercise for a pregnant woman. Yoga helps in providing relief during pregnancy and prepares the body for labor and delivery. Yoga plays an important role to stay fit during pregnancy. Here is the list of the Top 10 Safe & Best Pregnancy Yoga poses and their benefits.


Best Pregnancy Yoga poses with benefits

Yoga is an excellent exercise for a pregnant woman to ease childbirth. Here are some of the Best Pregnancy Yoga poses with benefits that a pregnant woman can do to relieve their stress and for body relaxation. 


1. Bound Angle Pose (Baddha Konasana) during   pregnancy

Take a deep breath while you're doing Bound Angle Pose. This pose is excellent for relieving lower back pressure. This yoga posture helps in stretching the muscles of the groin. It is also helpful in getting relief from the pain which is caused by uterine weight during pregnancy. It helps to relieve anxiety, fatigue, and mild depression. This yoga pose is helpful to ease childbirth. It also stimulates abdominal organs, prostate gland, and ovaries.



Tips to do Bound Angle Pose (Baddha Konasana) during  pregnancy




2. Reclined Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana) during pregnancy

Reclined Bound Angle Pose increases blood circulation in the lower abdomen. It is also helpful in stretching the groin. This pose helps in opening up the pelvic region. There are many other benefits of this yoga pose such as hip and chest opening. It also provides lower back relaxation during pregnancy. This yoga pose relieves stress in the body by relaxing the internal organs of the body. This pose is one of the great poses to relax the mind and the body during pregnancy. It regulates blood pressured tones the kidneys and also helps in improving poor bladder control. This pose stimulates the heart and also improves blood circulation. 


Tips to do Reclined Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana) during pregnancy






3. Goddess Pose (Utkata Konasana) during pregnancy

Goddess Pose is also known as Fierce Angle Pose. It is a wide-leg squat pose that you can do with or without the support of a wall for balance. This pose is helpful in strengthening the legs and pelvic floor thus hip opening. The best thing about this pose is that it is easy to perform and also an excellent practice for women to strengthen and widen their uterus during pregnancy. This pose is helpful to relieve stress and energizes the body. This yoga pose is helpful to strengthen the thigh and lower back muscles. This pose also corrects the postural defects and helps to broaden the chest. 



Tips to do Goddess Pose (Utkata Konasana) during pregnancy






4. Cat-Cow Pose (Marjaryasana-Bitilasana) during pregnancy

Cat-Cow Pose is helpful in strengthening and relaxing the lower back. This pose is also beneficial for improving circulation. It also stretches the muscles and increases suppleness along the spine. Cat-Cow Poses help in strengthening the lower back and abdominal muscles. This yoga pose is also very helpful in reducing hip and lower back pain which are very common problems during pregnancy. It stretches the muscles of hips, abdomen, chest, and lungs. This pose also increases the flexibility of the neck, shoulders, and spine. This pose also helps in respiration. 


Tips to do Cat-Cow Pose (Marjaryasana-Bitilasana) during pregnancy






5. Easy Pose Meditation (Sukhasana) during pregnancy

To practice this pose you can sit in any comfortable position. You have to inhale and exhale deeply. This pose is helpful in relaxing the muscles and reducing blood pressure. Easy Pose Meditation is a great pose to focus on your breathing and body relaxation. Easy pose is a simple hip-opening yoga pose that stretches the knees and ankles. This pose also strengthens the lower back. Easy pose is basically a calming pose that is used for meditation and breathing exercises to relax the body and relieving stress. 



Tips to do Easy Pose Meditation (Sukhasana) during pregnancy






6. Lotus Pose (Padmasana) during pregnancy

Lotus Pose calms the brain. It stretches knees, feet, and ankles. This pose is helpful in stimulating the bladder, pelvis, and abdomen. It stretches the hip-flexor and groin area. Lotus Pose stimulates the nerves and tissues of the pelvis, spine, abdomen, and bladder. This yoga pose helps to ease childbirth. This pose also helps to keep joints and ligaments flexible. It keeps the spine straight and also helps to develop good posture. It is one of the best yoga poses to strengthen the pelvic region which helps a pregnant woman during childbirth. Lotus pose also reduces the common digestion problems such as constipation and improves digestion during pregnancy.



Tips to do Lotus Pose (Padmasana) during pregnancy





7. Warrior One Pose (Virabhadrasana I) during pregnancy

Warrior One Pose is helpful in stretching hip-flexor. This pose strengthens the muscles of the legs and shoulders. It also stretches the calves and groin area. This yoga pose strengthens and tones the arms, legs, core, and lower back. It stimulates and strengthens the abdominal organs and also helps in improving digestion. This pose helps in improving circulation and respiration. It increases stamina and relieves the stress from the shoulders. This pose stretches the chest, lungs, and groin area. 



Tips to do Warrior One Pose (Virabhadrasana I) during pregnancy






8. Extended Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) during pregnancy

Extended Triangle Pose is helpful in relieving backache. This pose is helpful in reducing stiffness in the neck and tone pelvic floor. It also helps in improving the digestion of a pregnant woman and also helps to get relieved from the heartburn problem. This yoga pose opens the groin area and stretches hips, calves, hamstring, and spine. It stimulates the abdominal organs and helps in improving digestion. This pose strengthens feet, legs, and ankles. 



Tips to do Extended Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) during pregnancy






9. Seated Side Bend Pose (Parsva Sukhasana) during pregnancy

Seated Side Bend Pose is helpful to get relief from back pain which is a common problem during pregnancy. This pose is one of the best yoga poses to relieve lower back pain which is very common during pregnancy. This yoga pose soothes the neck, shoulders, and back. This yoga posture is helpful in relieving stress and anxiety. This pose relaxes the body and mind. 




Tips to do Seated Side Bend Pose (Parsva Sukhasana) during pregnancy





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10. Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana) during pregnancy

Bridge Pose is helpful in opening up the hips. This pose stretches the neck, spine, and chest. It also strengthens the legs. This pose is also helpful to calm the brain and also relieves stress. Supported bridge pose is an ideal pose to strengthens the leg and arm muscles during pregnancy. This yoga pose loosens the hip muscles to ease childbirth. Bridge pose stimulates the abdominal organs thus improves digestion. It also helps to regulate metabolism. This pose also helps in relieving stress and mild depression. It also improves blood circulation.



Tips to do Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana) during pregnancy


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