If you believe that exercising during pregnancy is not required, you could be wrong.
Exercising is very essential for the mother as well as the baby's health.
Yes of course you cannot indulge in high impact exercises like aerobics, but definitely low impact exercises like Yoga are good for you.
Yogic postures and exercises are good for your body systems and also beneficial for the baby too.
Yogic practices advise several breathing techniques called Pranayama techniques, which are very good for the body, mind and soul.
There are several methods like Ujaayini and Sheetali pranayama techniques that has beneficial effect on the mind as well as body.
Breathing techniques are primary focus of Pranayama exercises in Yoga.
You will be able to learn the techniques of right breathing by watching any Yoga Videos.
They demonstrate the correct posture of the body, breathing technique and the resultant effect on the relaxation of the body and calming of the mind.
This helps you prepare for the childbirth too.
With advancing pregnancy, your body begins to grow and is fraught with aches and pains.
Yoga is ideal method to build body flexibility with the stretching exercises.
You will learn to stretch, tense and relax all the muscles of the body and thereby feel relaxed and energetic too.
Stretching exercises and yoga postures are especially effective in relieving the pain and tension in your back, legs, feet as well as waist.
Overall it increases the body flexibility and removes stiffness too.
Part of the Yogic exercises is devoted to relaxation and meditation.
In most videos you will find a session devoted to these techniques.
These parts of the relaxation exercises are highly beneficial for pregnant mother and babies.
Using Yogic exercises you can relax the body and interiorise your mind where you are able to shut off from the external world and focus on any one object or watch your baby and enjoy the moments of silence.