Françoise Barbira Freedman
Synopsis
Water is a medium especially suited to pregnant women and wonderfully suited to those who have just given birth. It is therapeutic and supportive, allowing you to stretch and breathe far beyond your capabilities on dry land. Yoga is a centuries’ old practice that promotes balance, energy, deep breathing and relaxation. The therapeutic and buoyant effect of water is combined with energizing and harmonizing effects of yoga provide the optimum workout for you and your baby. Françoise Barbira Freedman has taken classic yoga postures and adapted them to practice in the water. Swimming is often recommended in pregnancy, but the author has taken this further, modifying the strokes so that they provide better alignment and breathing capabilities. Whether you are a swimmer or non-swimmer, with most poses adaptable for use in the shallow or deep end, the result is an inspiring book of exercises. Aqua Yoga begins with yoga poses and swimming techniques for pregnancy designed to open the pelvis, deep breathing and ease aches and pains. Floating relaxations convey you into an anxiety-free state. If you aim to have a water birth, Aqua Yoga suggests exercises to help reduce the pain of labour, to ease the birth and open your pelvis in preparation for delivery. Finally, energizing exercises close up your pelvis, tone your body and strengthen your abdominal muscles. All the exercises are presented in sequences that are short, simple, effective and safe. Delightful colour photographs clearly illustrate the positions and techniques.
Product Details
- Paperback 96 pages (January 30, 2004)
- Publisher: Southwater
- Language: English
- ISBN: 1842159372