Turn your focus inward, connect with your growing child, and make your pregnancy the most wonderful and memorable time of  your life …

Pregnancy is such a unique and wonderful time of life, and the yoga classes and training videos in this program will help you enjoy the changes in your body and prepare physically, emotionally, and spiritually for your new life ahead.

Whether you’re new to yoga or even if you’ve practiced for years, you’ll learn new practices and insights to help you find a purposeful connection with your own body and your child.

The Practices:

• Introduction
• Birthing Breath
• Pelvic Exercises
• 1st Trimester
• 2nd Trimester
• 3rd Trimester

The Yoga of Pregnancy DVD  by Mel Campbell is available now!

Here is a sample sequence of yoga exercises suitable for the first trimester of pregnancy taken from Mel Campbell’s book ‘The Yoga of Pregnancy’ (Findhorn Press 2012).

1. * Abdominal Breathing
2. ** Anjaneyasana – Crescent Moon
3. *** Uttanasana – Standing Forward Fold
4. ** Vrksasana – Tree Pose
5. **** Utkata Konasana Flow – The Goddess Flow
6. ***** Parivrtta Sukhasana – Revolved Easy Twist
7. Supported Reclining Pose

* If you feel any discomfort in your lower back, or too much of a deep stretch in your abdominal area, practice the first stage only

** Avoid this pose if you have pelvic girdle discomfort

*** If you have any lower back discomfort keep your knees bent (3c)

**** If you have pelvic girdle discomfort take a narrower stance

***** If you have pelvic girdle discomfort practice this pose sitting on your heels with your knees together with a cushion between your sitting bones and heels to bridge any gaps

1b heart opener pose – first trimester

1b heart opener pose – first trimester

2a anjaneyasana crescent moon – first trimester

2b anjaneyasana crescent moon – first trimester

3a uttanasana standing forward bend – first trimester

3b uttanasana standing forward bend – first trimester

3c uttanasana standing forward bend – first trimester

3d uttanasana standing forward bend – first trimester

4a vrksasana tree pose – first trimester

4b vrksasana tree pose – first trimester

5a utkata konasana the goddess flow – first trimester

5b utkata konasana the goddess flow – first trimester

5c utkata konasana the goddess flow – first trimester

6 parivrtta sukhasana revolved easy twist – first trimester

7 supported reclining pose – first trimester

Here is a sample sequence of yoga exercises suitable for the third trimester of pregnancy taken from Mel Campbell’s book ‘The Yoga of Pregnancy’ (Findhorn Press 2012).

1. Baddha Konasana – Bound Angle Pose (Practice a Breath for Labour)
2. * Seated Namaste Flow
3. ** Tabletop Pelvic Rotations – Standing Forward Fold
4. ** Balasana – Child’s Pose
5. Savasana – Relaxation and Visualization

* Do this practice sitting on your heels with your knees together placing a cushion between your sitting bones and your heels to bridge any gaps if you suffer from pelvic girdle discomfort

** Use a birthing ball or the seat of a chair to rest your arms and head on if you suffer from pelvic girdle discomfort

*** Avoid these poses if you suffer from pelvic girdle discomfort

1. Baddha Konasana – Bound Angle Pose

2a Seated Namaste Flow – third trimester

2b Seated Namaste Flow – third trimester

2c Seated Namaste Flow – third trimester

3a Tabletop Pelvic Rotations – third trimester

3b Tabletop Pelvic Rotations – third trimester

3c Tabletop Pelvic Rotations – third trimester

4 Balasana – child’s pose – third trimester

5 Savasana – third trimester