Trying to balance career and pregnancy. Trying to balance nutrition and cravings. Trying to balance, well, yourself from tipping over…Balance can be especially elusive during pregnancy. But you can find support for all these typical challenges in an Isis Maternity prenatal yoga class.

In Isis’s safe and nurturing environment, a practice of gentle stretches, movements and postures can help to strengthen and tone your changing body, while breathing and relaxation techniques can release your tension and fatigue. Added benefits: mindfulness, confidence, trust in your body, and a community of wonderful mothers-to-be. All this, we hope, can help you achieve balance. Here’s a pose to get you started:

Mountain Pose
Mountain pose is the basis for all of yoga’s standing poses and helps one work to feel strong and stable.

Stand with your feet parallel, the insides of your feet touching and your toes facing forward. Try to spread your toes apart and center your weight over your feet. Stand up tall while imagining that you are being held up and lifted as a marionette puppet on strings, and simultaneously dropping your tail bone and feeling grounded. Concentrate on your breath and standing tall  — The Mountain.

Because Momma, your pregnancy is just the beginning of striving to find balance as a woman and a mom.

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