The emotional scars of miscarriage can remain long after the body has healed. This is why yoga, with its holistic, mind-body approach, can be a wonderful support for a woman in healing both her body and her emotions after this distressing event.

Yoga may be safely practiced, with some modifications, a short time after the event. While the woman is still bleeding, she will need to practice only very gentle restorative postures such as supta baddha konasana (reclining coblers posture: see figure #1) and supported child pose (see figure #2).   She may find it helpful to relieve abdominal pain and congestion by placing a heat-pack or hot-water bottle on her abdomen in supine postures like supta baddha konasana (see figure #1), and on her sacrum, in the supported child posture (see figure #2.

Conceiving consciously allows you to prepare yourself and your partner more fully for your journey through pregnancy, birth and parenting. You are able to create optimal conditions to bring new life into your body and into the world.

Bliss Baby Teacher and co-creator of Tantric Mama, Rosie Matheson, shares her 6 tips for conscious conception. 

Some thoughts on practising supine yoga postures during pregnancy..

It has generally been understood that it’s not appropriate for a pregnant yoga student to practice any supine positions (ie: lying on her back) for a prolonged period of time, after the 14^th week of her pregnancy.   It’s a given in our prenatal yoga teacher training courses that we recommend you have your pregnant students lie on their side for savasana (supine relaxation practice) or,  that they adopt an  inclined supported position such as the ‘armchair/ queen’ posture.   The same goes for any normally-supine, pranayama (breathing) practices.  

Pregnancy is the perfect time to indulge in some all important self-love. Whether it’s soaking in the tub, getting a massage, or practising restorative yoga, you’ll not only revive your energy and spirits, but you can also feel good about the fact that your baby-in-utero will also be reaping the benefits!

These days it’s fairly well known that stress may adversely affect the development of a foetus. It’s not surprising then that many doctors and midwives routinely recommend yoga to their antenatal patients.

I just LOVE working with amazing women who are as passionate as I am about yoga for women’s health.  That’s why I’ve pulled together an exceptional team of women’s health specialists for the upcoming 100 hour Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training in beautiful Byron Bay in June.

The idea is that in this fully residential 10-day course, you’ll have the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in all things yoga and mummy-related.  You’ll get to soak up the knowledge and experience of a rich and diverse faculty of course teachers providing you with all-important and comprehensive background information in this specialized area of women’s health.