Sri Harita takes a deep breath as she settles down on a slightly elevated mat on the floor and slowly bends sideways to ease into the yoga pose. After a couple of seconds, she gets back into her meditative posture and focuses on her breathing exercises. A first time expectant mother in her second trimester, Harita adopted yoga in her life decades ago and is one of the many women in the city who are eager to practice the modified version of this ancient exercise technique for prenatal mothers. “While I have been a regular yoga practitioner, it isn’t easy to be as much self motivated during pregnancy, a phase which tends to make one easily tired and sloppy. Yoga gives you a kick when you are practising in a group,” says the young entrepreneur, who runs a premium washing and dry cleaning service along with her cousin in the city. She was one of the women in the city’s first demo class on prenatal yoga at Starlite Wellness Centre, which is starting regular weekly classes from this Saturday. Toting colourful yoga mats and wearing snappy outfits that show off beautiful baby bumps and healthy pregnant bodies, a group of women took the first classes at the centre.
The awareness for prenatal yoga is growing in the city with many pregnant women seeking out yoga teachers for expert guidance. For a long time, however, there were no dedicated classes or workshops for prenatal yoga in the city. To address this issue, Anjali Dange, the founder of the wellness centre in association with yoga trainer Mahua Deb have started prenatal yoga classes every Saturday.
With several celebrity figures like Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty and Kareena Kapoor endorsing yoga during pre and post pregnancy phase, it has helped to spread the word on the benefits of prenatal yoga that include better sleep, improved blood circulation, lower stress, and easier labour and delivery. Read more
The awareness for prenatal yoga is growing in the city with many pregnant women seeking out yoga teachers for expert guidance. For a long time, however, there were no dedicated classes or workshops for prenatal yoga in the city. To address this issue, Anjali Dange, the founder of the wellness centre in association with yoga trainer Mahua Deb have started prenatal yoga classes every Saturday.
With several celebrity figures like Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty and Kareena Kapoor endorsing yoga during pre and post pregnancy phase, it has helped to spread the word on the benefits of prenatal yoga that include better sleep, improved blood circulation, lower stress, and easier labour and delivery. Read more