Do You Do Yoga?

My practice has changed dramatically in the past three months. What I haven’t mentioned yet on this site is that I am 12 weeks pregnant!

As a result, my approach to my yoga practice has changed dramatically. Actually, with the fatigue in the first trimester, I backed off of any strong asana and did a lot of exploration closer to the Earth. As I enter the second trimester, I am hoping to regain energy so I can focus on building strength and stability.

I am consulting with a friend and amazing teacher, Clare, who has worked with pregnant women for years. She has helped me consider some of the physiological issues that I’ll be facing throughout and how to best adapt asana to serve them. Shortly, we will meet again to discuss how best to develop meditation and pranayama to serve my needs and prepare me for impending motherhood.

I am so grateful to have the tools of my yoga practice at my disposal right now. I feel like I am much more in tune with my body than I would have been 10 years ago. I think I even felt the little life in my belly fluttering the other day!

The changes are coming exponentially, and it makes a wonderful challenge to keep balance when the changes from one day to the next are so apparent. I swear that my belly just seemed to have popped out of my pants yesterday. It wasn’t so obvious before that. I’m sure this will be a continuing theme of this blog for the next six months, at least. I am looking forward to observing this incredible journey.