Prenatal Yoga & Exercise

I want to be as healthy and toned as can be going into labor and naturally the best way to make that happen is through prenatal yoga and exercise. I feel fortunate that I have no car and walk 15 minutes back and forth to work each day. I'm also thankful that my walk to work is uphill half way for added benefit. Walking is wonderful, but not enough, so I started looking for a prenatal yoga class. I found one, but this being Switzerland, I can only afford to go once a week! Enter the Prenatal Yoga DVD. Thanks to Amazon, I now have three prenatal exercise DVDs. One yoga, one pilates and one "workout" whatever that means.

photo from amazon.com

Today I tried out the Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga with Elena Brower and I really enjoyed it. It's about thirty minutes long and provides a nice, relaxing and just challenging enough yoga sequence. Afterward, I felt refreshed and limber and more open. I will definitely get a lot of use out of this DVD during my pregnancy, and then afterward, I am happy to know I'll have the Postnatal sequence to help my body back to strength following delivery. Over the next couple of weeks, I'll report back on the other two DVDs. I guess not being able to afford the yoga class more often isn't so bad after all!