03/07/2023
This week's pose of the week is Cat Pose, or Marjaryasana. I love this simple, warm-up pose as it can be done by anyone, including pregnant women. It is a great way to target the middle and lower back and neck, and helps to lengthen and improve the flexibility in the spine.
To come into the pose, place your hands underneath your shoulders and your knees underneath your hips in all fours pose. It is important to remain aligned to prevent injury and create support by the natural stacking of your bones. From here, link your breath to your movements. On your inhale, if you are not pregnant, you can come into a Cow Pose. However, if you are pregnant, please come into a neutral spine on the inhale instead. On the exhale, c-curve or round your spine to the sky. Your head and tailbone should be reaching for the earth as your middle back reaches to the sky.
If you have pain in your wrists, you can modify by making a fist instead of having flat hands. Alternatively, you can always place a blanket under the wrists for extra support. If you have pain in your knees, you can also place a blanket under the knees.
If you would like to learn more about yoga philosophy, I invite you to attend one of my classes. I love to weave yoga philosophy in as I guide you into safe and nurturing prenatal and postnatal poses. I am a trained and qualified prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor and it would be an honour to be a part of your journey into and through motherhood. Book now for the last pregnancy class before I take a break - https://www.kindredfolknatureplay.com/bookings?utm_source=fb_page&utm_medium=Growing+Gracefully+Yoga&utm_campaign=publer
