Prenatal Yoga with Annie

Frequently asked questions 🤣

Need quick relief for low back discomfort. Try this ~

Holding on to a chair, counter top or pressing into a wall, step back until your arms are straight and your feet are under your hips. Walk your feet apart to a comfortable distance and hold, or rock gently side to side. As always.....breathe

Yes! You can benefit from chiropractic care during pregnancy!

Pregnancy doesn’t have to mean back pain, hip pressure, or sleepless nights. 🚫 Prenatal chiropractic care helps align your body, ease tension, and support a smoother pregnancy—all with gentle, specialized adjustments. Your body’s changing. Dr. Erica is here to support it.

This month the focus is on Hummingbird Breath or Bhramari Pranayama.

(Disclaimer: it has nothing to do with a hummingbird feeder helmet!)
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🌞 Morning magic, stillness, and nature’s gentle whispers. 🌿 There’s something extraordinary about sitting quietly in the morning sunlight, feeling the warmth on your skin as the world awakens around you. Wearing the HummViewer, I become part of the scene—hummingbirds flitting inches from my face, their wings humming a soft rhythm of life. Nearby, a chipmunk scurries, pausing to inspect me, its tiny movements blending with the flow of nature. Moments like these are a meditation, a chance to pause, breathe, and connect with something greater than ourselves. Let the stillness speak, and let the world come to you. 🕊️ www.hummviewer.com #HummingbirdMagic #HummViewer #NatureMeditation #Stillness #MorningLight #ChipmunkFriends #BirdWatchingJoy

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“Why do I need prenatal yoga?” You may ask. A class focused on you may help you find comfort in your body as it changes. We also practice some pretty cool laboring positions in every class.

This Sunday, 4/14/24 at 10:45 Dragonfly Yoga Studio

L A B O R M O V E S


One of the great things about prenatal yoga is that it serves as both a support in pregnancy and as a deep preparation for the journey of birth.


Exploring movements that can be helpful in labor is one aspect of this. Here are some shapes that are useful in the early to active labor stages.


Your body will guide you to what you need to do but it’s always useful to have a few ideas to try out. The main things to think about are:
✨ Am I as comfortable as I can be in this position? (think padding knees etc)
✨ Can my pelvis and hips move freely?
✨ Can I find rhythmic movement (swaying or circling) if that feels good to me?


If you’re using a birth ball make sure you’re on the right size ball for your height - this means your knees will be at the level of your hips or a little lower.


If you are 5’4” or under - 55cm ball
If you are 5’4” - 5’10” - 65cm ball
If you are over 5’10”- 75cm ball

We talk about this in every prenatal yoga class!

Is it true that pregnant folks should NOT lay on their back? NO! That’s not true. Let’s take a moment and bust that myth right now. I’ve had many students come into class concerned that they woke up on their back and therefore hurt their baby. Fortunately, the body is quite smart and will let you know if there’s a problem. The idea of not laying on your back comes from trying to avoid Vena Cava syndrome. This is when the weight of your baby can put pressure on the vena cava, restricting the blood flow to your heart. Most people feel nauseated, light headed, or generally unwell when this happens. This is your body letting you know you should move! That said, we want to consider fetal positioning. Long periods of time on your back can encourage baby to move more towards your spine. But for most people, by the time they hit the third trimester, it’s not very comfortable to be flat on your back anyway. So again; nature has a way of taking care of itself! Come to our IN PERSON or ONLINE prenatal yoga classes to learn more about the amazing ways your body supports you during pregnancy and birth! Link in bio to sign up! #prenatal #prenatalyoga #pregnancy #pregnancyyoga #pregnantyogi #pregnant #pregnantyoga #prenatalyogateacher #prenatalyogateachertraining #childbirth #childbirtheducation #doula #birthing #birthingpositions #onlineyoga

✨Do you want to make your prenatal yoga practice a bit easier and accessible? Embrace yoga props! I once had a teacher trainer who said she was taught to teach without props so people can push themselves to get better and more flexible. So, I asked her to grab a sweater and shove it in her shirt like a pregnant belly and then try to do a typical vinyasa practice. Needless to say, she quickly saw the value in yoga props! By simply adding blocks under your hands, they become extensions of your arms and makes it more accessible to come up and down from the mat. We can also use blocks for restorative poses, to sit on to take lower back rounding away and to support standing poses. Given all their value, why would you not want to use yoga props in your practice! Come check out our ONLINE and IN PERSON Prenatal and Postnatal yoga classes to see how we use our yoga props! Link in bio for our class schedule. Drop a ❤️ if you love your yoga props! #pelvicfloormuscles #prenatal #prenatalyoga #prenatalyogateacher #prenatalyogateachertraining #pregnancy #postnatal #postnatalyoga #postnatalyogateacher #postnatalyogateachertraining #onlineyoga #onlineyogateachertraining #postnatalfitness #pregnant #pregnantyoga #pregnantyogi #pregnancy #pregnancyyoga #pregnancyfitness #prenatal #prenatalyoga #prenatalyogateacher #prenatalyogateachertraining #onlineyoga #nycyoga #chidlbirth #childbirtheducation #doula #midwife #firsttimemom #firsttimemum