PRENATAL YOGA

WORKSHOP
DAY 5

CENTRE FOR YOGA STUDIES NEPAL

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES OF CYS NEPAL PRENATAL YOGA WORKSHOP

• PARTICIPANTS TO ESTABLISH A PERSPECTIVE ON PREGNANCY

• PARTICIPANTS TO BE AWARE OF DIFFERENT PREGNANCY STAGES
• PARTICIPANTS TO ESTABLISH YOGA PROTOCOL DURING PREGNANCY
• PARTICIPANTS TO UNDERSTAND GENERAL CONTRAINDICATIONS
• PARTICIPANTS TO UNDERSTAND PREGNANCY CHALLENGES
• PARTICIPANTS TO EXPLORE THE BENEFITS OF YOGA PROTOCOL
• PARTICIPANTS TO BE AWARDED WITH WORKSHOP CERTIFICATION
PROTOCOL BASIS
RESOURCES

• DR. SAMANTHAKAMANI NARENDRAN: (IAYT, SVYASA BANGALORE)

• DR. GAYATRI SHARMA : (ALL WORLD GAYATRI PARIWAR, HARIDWAR INDIA)
• ACYTER, ADVANCED CENTRE FOR YOGA THERAPY, EDUCATION & RESEARCH,
JIPMER, INDIA

• DR PAMELA J REIS (THESIS)

• CHEROKEE WOMENS HEALTH SPECIALIST’S : GUIDE TO THE MIRACLE OF
MOTHERHOOD

• DR. ANANDA B BHAVANANI

• BOOKS AND GUIDES ON PRENATAL YOGA
DAY 5
WORKSHOP OUTLINE

1. THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

2. CHALLENGES AND COMPLICATIONS DURING 3RD TRIMESTER

3. YOGA PROTOCOL THIRD TRIMESTER: PRACTICE

THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
INTRODUCTION

• OFTEN ALSO REFERRED AS FINAL STRETCH OR HOME STRETCH

• EXTENDS FROM 28 WEEKS TILL BIRTH OF THE BABY
• FETAL DEVELOPMENT: BRAIN COMPLEXIETY, SENSORY
DEVELOPMENT, SIZE & WEIGHT, SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, LIMBS
STRENGTH, LUNG DEVELOPMENT, GI, IS, CEPHALIC PRESENTATION,
HAIRS & NAILS, STARTLE REFLEX, SLEEP AND WAKE CYCLES
THIRD TRIMESTER
CONTINUED…

• PHYSICAL CHANGES: BELLY EXPANSION, BACK PAIN, SHORTNESS OF

BREATH, FREQUENT URINATION, WEIGHT GAIN, SWELLING

• EMOTIONAL CHANGES: NESTING INSTINCT AND ANTICIPATION

ANXIETY

• SELF CARE: CHECKUPS, REST AND SLEEP, HYDRATION, NUTRITION,

PRENATAL YOGA, PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISE, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT,
BIRTH PREPERATION
MEDICAL TESTS DURING THIRD TRIMESTER
FOLLOWUPS= 2W UNTIL 36 WKS, WEEKLY AFTER

• 28W- FH & FHR ASSESSMENT, BLOOD TEST FOR GD, ANEMIA, SYPHILIS,
RHOGAM, TDAP/DPT(diptheria, pertusis, tetanus)VACC(12WP), FETAL KICK
COUNTS

• 30-34W- FH & FHR ASSESSMENT, US FOR GROWTH

• 36W- FH & FHR ASSESSMENT, GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL VAGINAL CULTURE,
BLOOD TESTS FOR ANEMIA AND HIV, CERVICAL/CERVIX EXAMINATION
CHALLENGES AND COMPLICATIONS
RISE IN HORMONES AFTER 32 WEEKS

• OXYTOCIN- UTERINE CONTRACTIONS, FALSE LABOR ALRAM, LACTATION

• ESTROGEN- SWELLING
• PROGESTERONE- CONSTIPATION
• OTHER CONCERNS
• GESTATIONAL DIABETES
• FETAL GROWTH - COUNTS
• BLADDER DYSFUNCTION
CHALLENGES AND COMPLICATIONS
THIRD TRIMESTER

• PREECLAMPSIA
A HYPERTENSIVE DISORDER- HBP AND PROTEIN IN URINE, HEADACHE,
ABDOMINAL PAIN IN RIGHT UPPER ABDOMEN, DOUBLE VISION, DIM VISION

Gestational Hypertension<300mg

Mild preeclampsia-300mg to 2000mg

Severe preeclampsia> 2000mg

YOGA PROTOCOL 3RD TRIMESTER
SETTING THE STANDARDS UNTIL WEEK 37/38 & > BREATHING ONLY

• FOLLOW: JAPA, FAITH AND DEVOTION, PRAYERS

• AVOID: ACUTE EXTREME BENDS, DYNAMIC ASANAS, KAPALBHATI,
ASANAS ON STOMACH, DIFFICULT ASANAS

• FOLLOW: THIRD TRIMESTER STANDARD PROTOCOL

YOGA PROTOCOL 3RD TRIMESTER
SETTING THE STANDARDS: CONT…..

• FOLLOW BASICS & FOLLOW ASANAS GENTLY, ASANAS INCLUDE

BADDHAKONASANA, COW STATIC POSE WITH TONGUE OUT AND
BREATHING, PRASARITA PADOTTANASNA WITH WALL SUPPORT,
SUPPORTED UPAVISHTA KONASANA, VAJRASANA, DANDASANA, GODDESS
POSE, MALASANA, ARDHA PARSVOTTANSANA

• INCLUDE: ASHWINI MUDRA, MOOLA BANDHA

• CLOSE WITH: RELAXATION, NADI SODHAN, BHRAMARI, SAVASAN ON LEFT
SIDE

• AFTER PRACTICE: FIND QUIETNESS, POSITIVE VISUALIZATION MEDTN OR

MUSIC MEDTN OR PREGNANCY AFFIRMATION MEDTN
WELL DONE!!!
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.