Yoga & pregnant women
In a nutshell:
Being pregnant and doing yoga:
Yes!!! Any activity is good for you. The "danger" for pregnant women is not having enough physical activity.
"Precautions
No belly compression
Lie on your side from the 24th week onwards
Don't go for joint maximums
Relaxine" to be investigated
Open question to discuss with gynecologists: what about the change in position of the child, which I refuse to call a fetus, which is not a nice word. "A breech birth threat...
Menstruating and doing yoga
Zero problems
But there's so much noise
I suggest simply saying "it's up to you" and playing the "do according to your energy level" card. This might be a good time to try a less "attacking" practice".
so that you don't spend your time trying to get the underlying message across... And that, yes, sometimes it's good to be quieter...
Getting your period, doing inversions and getting endometriosis
Same comment as above, but in addition, asking for the opinion of gynecologists, gathered by students, is a dream come true...
Context
Always interesting: the Canadians: Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.
Prescription d'activité physique et sportive Pendant la grossesse et en post-partum, un document qui établit la scène générale, qui liste clairement les pourquoi une activité physique et fait des recommandations... Point de départ pour parler du yoga et femmes enceintes. Here
X-PAA for pregnant women. Medical evaluation of fitness for physical activity. A fascinating form on questions to ask pregnant women. Here
Pregnant women and beyond
Resource approved by Nore-Dine! Perfect: "Sequencing sessions for women according to their physiological state": here
If I don't believe too much (or too little) in sequences, the background explanations are very enlightening! My kind of guy...
Session presentation
Presentation that repeats the first 2 documents and adds an excerpt from pharma critique on endometriosis... Here
