Can i do handstands while pregnant

She posted pictures o herself doing handstands at 40 weeks. Everybody was like "he'll move further up that way! If you can do it pre pregnancy, you can probably safely do it while pregnant. I can't do a handstand not pregnant so props to you lmao. Haha I asked because there were handstand push ups programmed in my workout and I wasn't sure. I went for it and was fine! I was definitely doing them pre-baby. This blog post isn't to say "do handstands while pregnant" - it's to explore where and when and for whom it's safe.

Honestly, it isn't the most preggo-friendly exercise, but it might be right for some women for all of, or some of their pregnancy. Is it safe to be upside down while pregnant? One does not simply fall on one's belly if one practices handstands regularly.

One learns how to fall and you fall in a very predictable way. Again, don't try to learn this skill in pregnancy because you probably WILL fall If you want to. Again, if you don't want to do inversions for any reason at that time of the month, you shouldn't. It will not increase risk of miscarriage. On that note you can do exercise in general during your first trimester.

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Join me on Instagram for more pregnancy and postpartum fun and myth-busting. Doing yoga asanas under "normal circumstances" differs from doing it while someone is ill or pregnant. The Ananda Yoga Teacher Training course gave some very sound advice about this. Ananda Yoga's emphasis is on experiencing bliss, and on the classical spiritual approach of yoga. Thus in Ananda Yoga Teacher Training you get the basic knowledge about what is safe to do with your body during times like this.

I remember a big discussion about this topic in Yoga International — I remember the story from one yoga teacher and her explanation that she did inversions even when she was 8 months in pregnancy and she did not have any problems.

And besides that, she thinks that she had an easy birth because she did Sarvangasana. So you can get many explanations for "pro and con" but for me the usual safe and sound advice, basic principle, or even LAW, is: listen to your body because every body has its own intelligence.

Be careful but still be open for messages from your body cells who are also an expression of the Divine.

One day it is good to do inversions, but who can say that the next day your body and mind will like it? After some deep practice and experience you develop the inner feeling what is right for your body in your case also for your little baby and what not. Give more emphasis on yoga nidra conscious relaxation and pranayama, especially with those you can harmonize your nervous system like Nadi Shodhanam pranayama — alternate nostril breathing and do not do so much stimulated pranayama like Kapalabhati pranayama.