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Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Videos
Practice Prenatal Vinyasa and Postnatal Vinyasa Yoga in the comfort of your home. Available in DVD and download formats.
Trainings and Workshops
Prenatal Yoga and Doula trainings are held throughout the year, all over the world. Check our schedule for course and location details.
Dolphin Circle
Find a prenatal yoga teacher or doula in your part of the world. Our teachers and doulas go through rigorous and comprehensive trainings.
Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Videos
Practice Prenatal Vinyasa and Postnatal Vinyasa Yoga in the comfort of your home. Available in DVD and download formats.
Trainings and Workshops
Prenatal Yoga and Doula trainings are held throughout the year, all over the world. Check our schedule for course and location details.
Dolphin Circle
Find a prenatal yoga teacher or doula in your part of the world. Our teachers and doulas go through rigorous and comprehensive trainings.
Upcoming Teacher Trainings
Due to Covid-19, we have had to postpone all of our live Prenatal trainings to date. Please know that it is our great desire to get back on the road and offer a training for you to attend. We are, however, working very hard on an online training that we hope to offer in the early fall. Please sign up for our mailing list if you would like to receive more details when we have them. Thank you, Jennifer
Dolphin Method Blog
The Best Time to Start a Prenatal Yoga Practice
Exercising While Pregnant Everyone agrees that staying active and exercising while pregnant is the best way to maintain a woman’s health and fitness and prepare her for the often strenuous and challenging rigors of childbirth, but starting a prenatal exercise program...
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Postnatal Exercise Precautions [Diastasis Recti / Abdominal Separation]
Diastasis Recti is the separation of the Rectus Abdominis muscles (also known as the 6 pack muscles). It is very important that a postpartum woman not do any abdominal exercises until she has checked her rectus abdominis muscles for diastasis!
If she strengthens the muscles too much while they are separated they may not come back together effectively.
Why practice Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga?
Vinyasa yoga is the linking of body movement and breath, and more than that, it is the continuous movement of energy through the body. The movement of the body and the breath are one, connected, continuously flowing and synchronized. When a practitioner learns to link their breath and movement they create an energy which powerfully connects them to their own being.
Relieve Tail bone (coccyx) Pain During Pregnancy
Q: Any suggestions for relieving tail bone pain? My coccyx curves sideways and is really acting up now that I am pregnant. A: Tailbone pain unfortunately is not uncommon. There are several things that can help to ease it. Sitting on a birth or exercise ball can be...
Women who practice yoga during pregnancy may have a lower risk of preterm labor
From: Fitpregnancy.com Magazine – Oct/Nov 2005 Women who practice yoga during pregnancy may have a lower risk of preterm labor, according to research in Bangalore, India. This preliminary study of 335 women compared expectant moms who did yoga for an hour per day with...
Prenatal Yoga Advice: What should I be aware of or not do?
Is there anything in prenatal yoga you need to beware of or not do? There are many styles of prenatal yoga just as there are many styles of regular yoga. Not every style is suited to every body. People who were very active or practiced more vigorous styles of yoga...