Eight stroke breathing exercise - for daily preparation of your nervous system for birth

This short breathing exercise will help you prepare for birth. It's best to set a fixed window of time to cultivate your daily practice and anchor your resource for birth. We are big fans of daily practice, as it also builds your mental strength as a positive side effect.

• Breathing correctly for the opening phase of birth, building resources for the most intense phase, increasing oxygen levels in the body, calming the mind, training self-awareness (including your awareness of the baby).
• Daily practice, with variations for the beginning

Yoga is a great tool for supporting women in such transformative and vulnerable stages of life as pregnancy and postpartum recovery, including bonding, breastfeeding, etc. Similar to other types of childbirth classes, pregnancy yoga is a multi-faceted exercise approach that promotes stretching, mental centering and focused breathing. Research suggests that pregnancy yoga is safe and can have many benefits for pregnant women and their babies.