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Focused Fitness: Yoga for mums
By Maria Muennich on 17/10/2007 10:55:28
So everybody from Madonna to your dentist is doing it, but what's so great about yoga and how is it particularly helpful to mums?
Why use yoga for exercise?Try and get past the trendiness and celebrity-bandwagon-jumping of modern yoga for a second and you'll be able to appreciate why the ancient Indian form of spiritual and physical exercise has become so wildly popular. First
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New Mum - the importance of 'me time'
By Maria Muennich on 04/09/2007 08:57:50
If you want to provide the best support for the rest of your family, you need to make sure you get time to look after yourself
and even breaths that draw in plenty of oxygen and use the exhale to consciously relax and breathe out any stresses and worries. Yoga and meditation Yoga and meditation both harness the power of breathing for stimulation, relaxation and calm. Yoga has
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Active birthing
By Maria Muennich on 20/08/2010 03:30:02
It's becoming increasingly popular, but what exactly is an active birth and how can you get one?
Centre which specialises in yoga during pregnancy and birth, massage and water birth. 2) Prepping your body for labourRegular gentle exercise will help keep your body in good shape for the physical demands of labour. Walking and swimming will keep you
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32 weeks pregnant - getting there!
By Maria Muennich on 19/08/2008 14:35:40
56 days to go until the due date and you may be ready to take things a little easier
you carry around, and how. To ease backache try a warm bath to soothe your joints or stretching or antenatal yoga or other stretching exercises to help keep you supple. Around this time of pregnancy it's also quite common for women to experience
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Pregnancy month-by-month: Third Trimester
By Maria Muennich on 29/03/2009 01:58:16
What you can expect and what you need to prepare for over these months
giving up altogether. Low impact exercise such as swimming, walking, water aerobics or yoga are all within the comfort zone of most pregnant women. If you're one of the very few still out there running, feeling good and enjoying it, then great
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Relax! 10 ways to de-stress when you're pregnant
By Maria Muennich on 05/06/2008 01:40:55
Physical challenges, pregnancy discomforts and inevitable life-changes can all make for stress when you're pregnant, here's ideas for relaxing and avoiding the stress in the first place
in pregnancy. Swimming is great, as is pregnancy yoga, which should cover relaxation techniques and breathing that may later come in handy during labour. Find out more about why and how to exercise in pregnancy here. 3. Fresh air and sunshine - While you
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Review: Natal Hypnotherapy Birth preparation CD
By Maria Muennich on 24/08/2006 01:20:31
Self-hypnosis for the labour room delivers more than we expected
can draw upon to aid relaxation and boost positivity during labour.A smooth and beguiling voice invites you to mentally relax before talking you through mental approaches to the challenges of labour against a background of sea-shore, yoga
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Five easy ways to boost energy in pregnancy
By Maria Muennich on 17/08/2009 01:13:01
Making another human being can put quite a strain on the system so here are some simple pick-me-ups to help keep you going and maybe even put a spring in your step
and perk up your body and it's important that you don't over-do it when pregnant. Walking, swimming and pregnancy yoga are all great ways of exercising during pregnancy, for other ideas see here. Try and get thirty minutes of gentle exercise every day
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Winter health tips
By Maria Muennich on 30/10/2010 13:15:41
Keeping your family healthy and happy through the bleaker, virus-rampant months
before you go to bed. Make time to fit in some form of relaxation into your day, or at least week, if you can combine this relaxation with light exercise (such as swimming, tai chi, yoga, relaxing walk) then you kill two birds with one stone. Keep a
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38 weeks pregnant and counting
By Maria Muennich on 30/05/2011 01:33:28
Your due date is 14 days away and you're probably ready for it all to be over. But be prepared to wait a little yet
doctor has specifically recommended against exercising) getting some gentle exercise is very beneficial to your over-laden body and will keep you on better physical form for the birth. An easy walk in the fresh air, swimming, yoga or similar stretches
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