Yoga in your First Trimester

Your pregnancy can be a beautiful, special time, providing an opportunity to turn inward and get in touch with yourself and the baby you are carrying. In a short period of time, the body goes through a great transformation, getting ready for birth. We offer two types of Prenatal Yoga classes that will support you during your pregnancy. If you are new to yoga, we advise you to wait until your second trimester before joining a (prenatal) yoga class. If you already had a regular yoga practice before getting pregnant and wish to practice during the first 3 months of pregnancy, please make sure to talk to your teacher and listen extra carefully to your body.

Prenatal Yoga

A gentle class that focuses on relaxation and letting go. Soft stretching and light strengthening combined with calm breathing will help to relieve tension that accumulates during pregnancy as the body goes through a lot of change. It helps train the breath, body, and mind to relax.

Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga

An empowering class that will help you to create strength and stamina needed during this transformative time. By moving with your breath in a modified vinyasa flow, you’ll greatly increase your ability to connect with your inner strength in preparation of childbirth. The class always ends with deep relaxation.

Other yoga styles during Pregnancy

It is possible to practice other styles of yoga during pregnancy, but please always let the teacher know that you are pregnant before the class starts. When practising in a regular class please be mindful and avoid deep twisting, deep backbends, pressure on the belly, engaging the core muscles too much, breath retention and inversions. Being pregnant is a transformative and natural state in a woman’s life. Your body is changing every day so it is an especially important time to listen and connect with your body, letting your body and heart guide you through your practice.

Benefits of Prenatal Yoga

• Helps avoiding cramps and liquid stagnation
• Strengthens and releases different group muscles
• Positively affects the baby’s position in the womb
• Massages the abdomen, stimulates digestion and reduces nausea
• Uplifts the level of energy
• Helps reaching tranquility and calms the nervous system
• Releases tensions in the lower part of the body, cervix and the birth canal
• Makes the pelvis bowl elastic and supple

Practical info:

Language: English Type: 60 min / 75 min / 90 min classes Location: Delight Yoga, all studios Price: €20 Delight Single Class | Also available with an Introduction Card, Delight Class Card or Delight Membership.See all pricing. For OneFit & ClassPass members we have very limited spots available.