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Prenatal Yoga
Doing yoga during pregnancy will help you develop strength, endurance, flexibility, improved posture, core strength and breath control – all things that will prove invaluable as your pregnancy progresses. Even if you’ve been doing yoga on your own, your body is going through such major changes that a prenatal yoga class is structured to help you pay attention to the unique challenges of this time. During pregnancy, your body begins to secrete a hormone called relaxin. This hormone doesn’t exactly quell one’s nerves or reduce stress but it does relax muscles, tendons and ligaments. All muscles attach to bones via tendons which transmit... [Read Complete Article]
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