Prenatal Yoga

I finally signed up for Prenata Yoga yesterday and took my first class at www.GoldenBridge.com. It is a very spacious, zen like, yoga Mecca that most of the hippie/hipsters attend. 

To be honest I am more of a power yoga person, my idea of a workout involves some type of perspiration! But I walked in with an open mind and with the great thoughts of the good service I was going to give to my baby boy. Anyways, I walked in with my yoga mat, found a spot on the floor and joined five other expecting mothers. The yoga instructor was a very soft spoken woman with a hipnotic, relaxing voice. She said that she was going to put us through a series of exercises to prepare us to mentally work through pain. Initially when we went through these exercises, and I thought no problem! Then we were doing this upper body swimming motion for 5 minutes and I was dying! As we were going through the motion she highly discouraged us from epidurals, etc. but if we needed it it was ok. I have a feeling that contractions hurt more than those exercises, but I bought a 10 class series card anyway ......so I will have time to think about her thoughts, past birthing experiences and the non use of drugs. .......eventhough I am kind of set on it. 

Class was pretty challenging at 22weeks as we continued I was hoping we would have to do any hokey .....then she made us hold hands and talk to our partner(another expecting mother) about what we feared and what we were thankful for. Suprisingly I was ok. Then......we had to Chant ....Now, I always giggle when I have to chant or sing a song about the sunshine within you......but I didn't.   I must be becoming a softy and I actually felt wonderful! So I will be taking again next week! Yeah!!! Namaste.