How to Get Back to Yoga After Baby

We often hear from postpartum moms that their yoga practice just doesn’t feel the same.

Maybe they’re not feeling confident. Maybe the yoga practice they’re doing feels too fast, too long, or too exhausting. Maybe it’s that their own bodies feel foreign to them. Or maybe it’s that yoga just isn’t feeling as enjoyable.

In today’s episode we’re digging into all of that and more, focusing on the 6 most-asked questions about getting back into yoga after having a baby, and how to adjust your practice so that it works for where you are right now.

Here, we also talk about the unexpected benefits of yoga, from instilling confidence to unlocking ENERGY stored up in our bodies – energy you might not have even known you had as a new mom!

In this episode you’ll hear about:

• The 6 most-asked questions about getting back to yoga after having a baby
• How yoga can allow us to unlock NEW ENERGY stored in our bodies and actually help regulate the body’s natural sleep patterns
• What postures to NOT do in postpartum, plus the best (and worst) yoga poses if you’re breastfeeding
• The importance of breath and gentle movement in restarting your practice, and using yoga to manage diastasis recti or the postpartum pooch
• The power of yoga against self-sabotage and negative thoughts and its ability to enhance mental fitness
• Making yoga DOABLE by cultivating a home practice so there are fewer barriers (childcare, studio timetables) to getting on your mat

Resources & Links

Learn more about Nicole and Kendra on their website, or follow @devotedmamas on Instagram for pregnancy and postpartum coaching and inspiration.

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Too many moms spend years feeling frustrated at the speed of their postpartum recovery. The real program: these moms haven’t yet figured out which phase of postpartum recovery they’re in. Take our postpartum pelvic floor and core strength quiz to find out where you are on your path to full recovery.

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