Customer Reviews

The Prenatal Yoga Deck: 50 Poses and Meditations

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What drew me to this "book" was the unique deck-of-cards format. It is much easier to use than a full sized book. However, you also get much less information than a book, so I recommend using the Prenatal Yoga deck in conjunction with a good prenatal yoga book, or in addition to one's previous yoga experience. The Prenatal Yoga deck presents the information (poses, breathing, meditations) in a clear, simple way. The poses are quite gentle but effective, and the suggested routines are short, which I found perfect for before-work sessions in the morning. You can of course create longer routines from the 25 or so poses included in the deck. I especially liked the suggested meditative phrase for each pose. The poses all indicate in which trimesters they are safe, and include modifications for later on in the pregnancy.

This deck was a true gift. I travel quite a bit with work and this compact box travels with me. You can do the routines they have clearly outlined for goals such as flexibility, relaxation or energy, etc. You can also mix them up and make a routine of your own. The pictures and directions are easy to follow. What a joy!

I loved this Yoga deck. The pictures and directions were easy to follow, and the cards are very well organized. It was easy to customize a routine based on my trimester, and how much free time I had. I can't say enough about the excellent poses. I was able to stay very flexible throughout my pregnancy, and I felt fantastic. Additionally, the meditation phrases helped me to stay positive and truly enjoy the miracle of pregnancy! I highly recommend this Yoga Deck; it had such a positive impact on my pregnancy. A must have.

I love this deck! I am a certified childbirth educator and this prenatal yoga deck is one of my favorite resources for my classes. Almost every pose has specific pregnancy or labor/birth related benefits. I put together a series of 6-8 poses from the deck that I use as an opening exercise in my classes--people often learn better by actually *doing* something and practicing the yoga poses together allows experiential practice of pelvic floor exercises, pelvic rocks, tailor sitting, optimal fetal positioning exercises, etc. instead of just me talking! Also, I emphasize to my students that birth happens in your BODY--we will spend a lot of time talking and sharing information, but birth doesn't happen in your mind, it happens in your body. People today spend much of their time "living in their heads" and many of us do not feel comfortable with, or at home in, our bodies. So, practicing the poses from this deck in class helps couples out of their heads and into their bodies and begins a process of feeling comfortable with moving and using their bodies in positive ways--I hope this helps develop a trust and confidence that will then contribute to a smooth and peaceful birth process.

The deck also includes several nice, short meditations that serve as a nice closing exercise either for the whole class, or for the exercise portion of class.

I forgot one more nice feature! Each pose has a positive birth affirmation that goes with it--I love these, because I feel like they help plant positive seeds of confidence and trust in the wisdom of women's bodies and of the beauty of birth.

To conclude, I love this deck and I strongly recommend it for other childbirth educators!

I had never done yoga before trying this, and found this deck to be both simple to understand and very relaxing. You can choose the complexity and length of your workout with different combinations of cards (if you went straight through the whole deck it would take more than 2 hours). It's small enough to take with you even to the hospital, and the breathing and relaxation techniques are very helpful for preparing for labor. Of all the pregnancy exercises I have tried this is by far the most rewarding, and I intend to continue it even after I am no longer pregnant.

The prenatal yoga deck is a real find. I had already owned several DVDs when I came across Miller's deck, but decided to purchase it anyway. I am glad I did. At about eight months, I could barely move and the deck enabled me to stretch at my own pace. Now that my baby has moved and I have more space, I still use the deck just about every night so I can continue my practice at my level. I highly recommend this product, and plan to purchase it for my friends who became pregnant in the future.

I own the Yoga Deck and Yoga Deck II and love them both! For my pregnancy, I wanted to make sure I am doing safe poses, and modifying them as necessary for pregnancy.

Only about half of the cards (if that many) are actually poses. I was disappointed by this- the rest of the cards are meditations and breathing techniques which are handy, but I was hoping for more pose options. Most of the poses in the cards are very simple- excellent for a beginner but I feel like they do not help an intermediate person as much, except that what's in here I assume are all safe for pregnancy. The cards do offer modification tips for different stages of pregnancy, which I appreciate! Also the mantras listed with each pose are all pregnancy related.

Overall these cards are helpful and I'm glad I purchased them.

Good idea for prenatal exercise but drawings were somewhat difficult to follow. Also a lot of cards are off limits for 3rd trimester, which was when I bought the deck. Would get it again, but just soomer

I just wish it came with a keyring that opens so you can still put the cards in any order you wish. It's wasy for me to lose a card, but the instructions are clear and I enjoyed the cards.

This deck is great to take around with you, and especially to regular yoga classes where they might do some poses that you need to avoid while pregnant. Just take out a card and do one of those instead! I did notice however that they left out a lot pre-natal yoga poses that I know you can do safely and have seen on prenatal yoga DVD's. Wish that had more variety to add to the deck.