Customer Reviews

Yoga for Pregnancy

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This book is full of photos and detailed and clear descriptions of the moves. I plan to use the book a great deal and work the moves into my yoga routine. Even so, I'm not sure that it would be enough for someone who has no yoga experience. Also, I was looking for recommendations about other yoga moves I'm more familiar with (eg, "Don't do the cobra" "the cat is great for pregnant women") and it wasn't there.

I highly recommend this book to women 14 weeks pregnant and on. I actually took yoga classes with Francoise in Cambridge, UK during my second pregnancy. The preparation was exquisite and prepared me and baby for a glorious childbirth experience. The book is well organized and easy to read so that you can prepare for a natural birth as it is meant to be. No one can predict a birth experience, but this book helps to take the experience into your own hands and avoid medical intervention.

I have been practicing vinyassa/flow and anusara yoga for quite a while now. I am in my first trimester and am desparate for a book that tells me what yoga poses are safe and what are not, and what modifications I can make to yoga poses when I am in class. I find this book totally not helpful - after going through two-thirds of the book I am still clueless what poses are safe... the exercises in the book are way too gentle and somewhat boring - most are just breathing in various positions. OK if someone is just starting yoga but it doesn't do it for someone who wants to continue a more physical practice.