Pilates & Yoga for Pregnancy - DVDs Videos & Books

Prenatal Yoga

Deepen and enhance the most profound time in a woman's life with the gentle and easy-to-follow techniques of Prenatal Yoga. Long-time yoga teacher Shiva Rea guides this unique series of stretches and strength-building exercises that help increase energy and stamina, and develop concentration to assist during labor and delivery.
This unique workout includes three levels of modification appropriate for each trimester. Any level practitioner can begin to experience a radiant pregnancy with this yoga workout.

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Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga

Both during and after pregnancy, yoga is a perfect way to firm your body, build strength and gain flexibility.

These two yoga practices are also a wonderful way to maintain emotional balance and reduce stress during the
exciting and often hectic times surrounding the birth of a child.

DVD - 69min

Prenatal Yoga

by Tamsenne Grogan

Pre-natal Yoga is a beautiful visual presentation of how the Hatha Yoga tradition can enhance the experience of pregnancy for the expectant mother and develop strength and well being in both mother and child.

Tamsenne Grogan’s focussed commentary reflects her long experience as a yoga teacher and her personal understanding of pregnancy and motherhood. Mary Salem’s accomplished mastery of the gently dynamic postures is both evident and inspirational.

An introduction that clearly outlines the benefits of Hatha Yoga practise for the pregnant woman and explains how to prepare herself for practise including tips on how to look after herself during her practise.

• A warm up program that can also be used in isolation for days when time is limited or when energy is lagging.

• A main program that caters for beginners through to more experienced practitioners. This program provides options that enable those with any level of experience to access all of the poses.

• A restorative program that can be used in isolation when energy is low or that can be incorporated into your regular practise.

• A baby meditation in the form of a guided visualisation that can be used at any time. This meditation guides the mother in connecting with her baby and aids her in the emotional and psychological preparation for birth.

• A guided relaxation to calm the mind and ease tension.

Yoga for Mums 'n' Bubs

by Katie Brown Both

Babies are natural Yogis and Mum-of-three, Katie Brown is celebrating th is with the launch of her new DVD - Yoga for Mums 'n' Bubs.

Katie, who runs Yoga Babes, is the NSW state rep for infant massage Aust ralia and a pre & post-natal yoga specialist. She has spent the past 8 y ears developing babe yoga techniques which are part of her new DVD. She says: 'Babies Love interaction with their Mothers & family. They als o love to have fun, to move & to learn. Baby yoga is a natural progressi on from infant massage'.

The routines involve guiding your babu in a series of moves which help t hem learn about movement, spatial awareness & coordination. The excercis ed alsp aid your babys' digestion, circulation & muscle tone as well as promoting restful sleep.

BABY YOGA IS JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR MUM AS IT IS FOR BUB.

DVD - 65min

Great Expectations - Lisa Westlake

Great Expectations is a specific program, suitable for all stages of pregnancy and early motherhood. The focus is on appropriate, effective exercise with extra care given to vulnerable areas such as you lower back.

This unique pre-natal exercise video uses the fitball to provide low impact alternatives and facilitate muscle strengthening, including particularly important areas such as the pelvic floor and deep abdominals.

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Prenatal Pilates on the Ball

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Learn exercises and tips from Master Instructor Trainer PJ O'Clair on how to support your changing body and build upper body strength using the versatile Stability Ball™ and Flex-Band® so you look and feel your fittest.

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Bliss from Within - Prenatal Yoga with Zoe

By practicing yoga during pregnancy you help open and strengthen your body, relieve various aches and pains and improve your sleep. Yoga also helps you to bond more deeply with your unborn baby.

The DVD contains two 45 minute yoga programmes, one focuses on hip and groin opening with leg lengthening and strengthening while the other focuses on chest and shoulder opening and releasing. Then there are also helpful and informative sections on positions and massage for labour, pelvic floor techniques and partner assisted yoga, along with breathing techniques, baby bonding visualisations and home props suggestions.

Zoë, who 25 weeks pregnant with her fourth baby at the time of filming, presents the program. She is joined by Noleen, who is 22 weeks pregnant and Delvine who is 32 weeks. Throughout both of the specially designed yoga programs, modifications are demonstrated by the three women to account for people of all levels of flexibility and stages of pregnancy.

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Safe Yoga For Mothers To Be

Yoga modified to be used during pregnancy is one of the best ways to prepare youself for labour and childbirth. It will increase your energy, improve your circulation, open up the pelvis, and help your baby find the best possible position for birth.

Most of all it will provide you with all the confidence you need so when you go into labour you remain calm and in control. You'll be able to focus inward on the movement of the baby, let go of fear, and experience the joy of childbirth.

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10 Minute Solution - Prenatal Pilates

These workouts are designed to help you stay fit and healthy throughout your pregnancy.
Pilates for buns & thighs
Standing pilates
Core Pilates
Pilates for flexibility
Total body pilates with a bonus postnatal segment to get a flat belly fast!

DVD 67min

Prenatal Pilates on the Mat

STOTT PILATES® can keep you physically active- even during your pregnancy! These gentle exercises on the mat are done in comfortable positions that lengthen tight muscles and strengthen the abs for quicker post-natal recovery*.
*Please consult your doctor before starting an exercise program.

Required equipment: Exercise Mat

Covers 30 exercises
Difficulty level: 1

DVD 66min I Workout 32min

Postnatal Pilates

Regain your pre-pregnancy shape with this Post-Natal STOTT PILATES® routine! If it's been four to six weeks since you gave birth, these conditioning exercises will help to reactivate and gradually strengthen the deep stabilizing muscles of your body and boost your energy level.

Required equipment: Exercise Mat and 2lb Toning Ball™s
Covers 21 exercises
Difficulty level: 1

DVD 72min I Workout 36min

Inner Light - Riley Lee CD

To the Zen monks the "Shakuhachi Flute" is a spiritual instrument because it calms the body and the mind.

This meditative piece of music will relax anyone who listens to it especially Mothers-To-Be and their baby. It'll keep you connected through movement and sound, day or night, whenever the music is played.

Use it during labor and you'll be able to focus inward on the movement of the baby. Your baby will feel secure hearing the familiar, soothing sound and together you will let go of fear and experience the joy of childbirth.

Play it after baby is born. Baby will remember the gentle rocking motion of your tummy before birth and fall asleep feeling safe, secure and loved.

This is the soundtrack underscoring the above DVD Safe Yoga For Mothers To Be.

PreggiBellies

Suitable for women of all fitness levels from pre-pregnancy to delivery, this exercise program for pregnancy utilises mediBall for an all round cardiovascular and strength workout.

DVD - Approx 60minutes.

Prenatal Pilates on Equipment

Using different equipment like the Cadillac, Chair and V2 Max Plus Reformer, learn exercises and tips on how to help expectant moms prepare for childbirth by minimizing discomfort and maximizing mobility to prevent injury.

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Postnatal Yoga - Shiva Rea

Postnatal Yoga is designed to support you in recovery from the physical, emotional and spiritual stresses of giving birth, and to empower your daily life as the mother of a newborn.

Includes Three Progressive Sequences: Center your awareness as you rebuild pelvic muscles and abdominals. Strengthen abs and lower back, open hips and stabilize spine and Maintain balance while creating power in legs and lower body

DVD- Approx 60minutes

Calm Om Yoga - Mother & Baby

A yoga sequence designed for mother & baby. The perfect DVD for any new or expectant mother. Calm Om Yoga details a safe, effective, and easy-to-follow yoga practice designed especially for new mothers and their babies. It shows ways for you to regain strength and flexibility and to bond with your baby in an enjoyable way.

Now that pregnancy is over you can get back into shape and enjoy close, meaningful interaction with your baby. Calm Om Yoga teaches you a dynamic and nurturing yoga practice that you can do with your child, anytime and anywhere.

Features
Full mother & baby sequence
 Shortened mother & baby session
 Just for mums
 Just for baby
 Guided relaxation

DVD - Approx 90minutes

Baby Bliss - Yoga & Massage

Yoga and massage for newborns to 18 months

As a mother of four and a teacher of baby yoga for many years I have found that yoga has helped my children as much as me to thrive. Baby yoga is a particularly beautiful way to bond and spend time with a young baby and can be started as young as newborn.
The benefits of Baby yoga are endless and it is great for parents, grandparents and carers alike. With stimulating eye contact baby yoga helps nurture a greater responsiveness and deeper bonding between carer and baby, whilst on a physiological level it is stimulating all the systems within the baby’s body simultaneously. The digestive system is stimulated to relive colic and wind, the respiratory system is stimulated to aid lung development and breathing, muscles and joints are mobilized to activate and strengthen the baby’s muscles and tissues and by relaxing the baby a more quality sleep can be achieved. All of this helps to establish a healthy foundation for your baby’s body and mind but Baby yoga also helps the parent or carer to feel more confident and involved with the child.

Baby yoga is wonderful for all carers and it can also be particularly helpful if your baby has been separated from you at birth in the hospital and you feel you missed out on that early bonding time. It can also be very helpful to mothers suffering from post natal depression as it offers a guided activity to do with a creature who is otherwise really too young to do much more than sleep, feed or cry!!!

Included within the DVD are three sequences.
1. Baby yoga : 12 minutes
2. Baby yoga and Massage : 20 minutes
3. Playtime yoga for more active older babies : 10 minutes

Baby massage - Dr. Alan Heath and Nicki Bainbridge

Baby Massage offers parents and caretakers safe and easy-to-learn massage techniques that reinforce bonding and all-around wellbeing.

Step-by-step pictures show simple methods to soothe fretful babies, help them to get to sleep, and ease the pain of common ailments such as colic, and teething. Massage has been proven to enhance babies' and toddlers' brain development, encouraging brighter, happier children--and this beautifully illustrated guide makes it abundantly clear how easy it is to learn how.

Organic Cotton Baby Blanket

High quality Organic Cotton Interlock Baby Blanket.

With an enduring softness that betters with each washing,

Colour: Natural. Machine wash.

110cm L x 110cm W.

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