Srivatsa Ramaswami's series of articles on Antenatal Yoga, part 1 of 3
Article 1 India Review Nov 1980
See next post for Article 2
Download as a pdf from Paul Harvey's excellent resource page
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Article 1 India Review Nov 1980
See next post for Article 2
Download as a pdf from Paul Harvey's excellent resource page
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6 comments:
As always, a treasure. Thanks for your ongoing generosity. Always amazing to me how you ferret out these resources.
Thank you Sharon. The second and third article to come over the weekend. I Find theses interesting particularly because Ramaswami's wife was an MD, in gynaecology I believe, and probably still practicing at the time he wrote them (1980's). I always wonder at the discussions over the breakfast table between the scientist and the Yogi.
Your blog really is a wealth of resources, I agree with Sharonha and thank you for your ongoing generosity.
From personal experience, I don't believe that asana practice during pregnancy is as black ad white as these articles set out. For example sirsana and savangasana wouldn't be good in the later stages of pregnancy for women who develop pregnancy related high blood pressure; also may not be advisable to do inversions late in pregnancy depending on the position of the placenta. For me, doing the "konasana's" would have been pure torture for my lower back as is curved more and more during pregnancy and these asana's would aggrevate lower back pain .. maybe with a good Iyengar teacher and lots of props I would have managed just ok!
I practiced the ashtanga third series (and sometimes second) with my teacher's blessing. As pregnancy progresses the way one does the asanas changes significantly - for example towards the end of my pregnancy the arm balances in third really hit the upper abdominals, which turned out to be extremely useful for pushing the baby out easily! Obviously this does not mean I would recommend anyone who is pregnant do this kind of practice it would depend on a number of things (duration of practice, mental approach to practice, pregnancy complications etc..).
I did consult with a number of obstetricians to get their view if it was ok to do this kind of practice; the consensus amongst them where that I was not going to hurt the baby doing yoga, the only risk (as always) was injury to myself!
Thank you little yogini, was hoping somebody would chime in with some pwrsonal experience i know many keep practicing 'till quite late in their pregnancy. I felt comfortable posting these as Ramaswami's wife is an MD but as you say nothing is black and white in such matters. I have another Article to post in the series, I'll do it tomorrow as i love todays post. Thanks again for the input.
Nice! Definitely needed that read this morning. I may have to incorporate some of those poses in my practice since it's becoming skimpy as I get further in my pregnancy.
You always have such great information that you post. I am glad I found your blog more and more each day :)
Thank you Brianna, actually had you in mind when i posted these as i remembered you saying your practice was suffering a little as a result of your pregnancy.
I'm sure you've googled Ashtanga pregnancy, there's a lot out there, this one came to mind
http://ashtanganews.com/2006/06/06/ashtanga-during-pregnancy-one-ashtangis-experience/
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