I am not a Yoga teacher. Ive only attended about 3 Yoga classes although my gym offers Yoga classes. So, why am I writing about Yoga when I know nothing about it? I am curious thats my nature. And through the years, this curiosity has helped me develop a career as a freelance graphic designer and writer. And it is through a very weird type of Yoga (my own type, or whatever I thought was Yoga at that point in time) that helped me swim ashore when I was teetering between drowning in the sea of depression after giving birth to my sons. Both times, I was hit badly and constantly turned to the bottle for a solution. The bottle never will be a solution and yet, I hoped it would be. Yoga and the soon-to-be-mother Theres all this hype about Yoga that I didnt fully understand before whats all this clamor about Yoga for pregnancy' Whats the big deal? You have a big belly, retch half the time, have a sudden liking for pickle and have to wear your husbands clothing... you need Yoga to help you deal with all that? But of course, I only began the understand the benefits of Yoga as a mother when I started going for the classes, read about them in books, magazines and websites. This amazing method can help mothers regain their physical strength and sends them into a journey of self-discovery and improvement. Instead of helping you deal with others, in Yoga, everything starts from within. Therefore, to solve a problem, you have to go inside. And inside a mother, its always a battle zoneand its tumultuous half the time. Pizza or no pizza? Sex or no sex tonight? What kind of mother will I be? Will I sprain my own childs fingers when I try to put his/her clothes on? With the kind of bizarre thinking (and hormones) going on inside our mind and our body, mothers often have a difficulty finding peace. Your doctor will tell you time and time again that although nutrition is important, finding peace, quiet and calm in yourself and in your life is just important for an expectant mother. Yoga for the regular mother Considering the fact that Yoga can help bring calm into calamity, its obviously a good choice for you to try out Yoga if youre thinking of starting an exercise program. Better yet, join a gymwhich is what I did. I used to scoff at people who join gyms and judging from the loud dance music, I remember thinking to myself Yikesgym is just a sorry excuse for a disco. Instead of serving peanuts, they serve fruit mixes. Instead of alcohol, they serve bottled water. But everyones trying to get into a social thing in the gym. Its a social club! And as a mother, I dont have the time to join a social club. But I was wrong. As soon as I gave the 10-day free classes trial, I was hooked. No makeup, no dressup (oh, the younger gym-goers still dress up to the nines and apply mascara for gym) and no pretense. I go to the gym and attend the Yoga class to sweat to end up looking ugly but feeling damn good! Mothers can open up their minds and free up their hearts after Yoga Yoga has this tranquilizing effect on people that can hardly be explained with words. It has to be felt. Its like youre striking those poses, stretching those muscles and bending over backwardsand all this while, your mind is opening up and all impure thoughts are just flying out of it. Yoga can be like taking out the trash. And this can be good for the whole family, especially the kids, as well. After a session of uninterrupted Yoga, youll feel renewed. Even a grumpy, sleeping, tired and beaten-out mother will have more energy to spend time with the kids. Instead of feeling disgruntled and trapped, a mother can use Yoga to actually find an opening, a release that helps relax, not only the body, but the mind as well. I dont know about youbut I am going for more classes because I have seen the benefits. Yoga can do a whole lot for the ordinary non-married kidless people.imagine what it can do for a mother. |
