Ashley, I can’t agree with you more about the “for” part! Yes, yoga is yoga. Maybe that is why I instinctively preferred calling my course “the yoga of creative writing” , instead of “yoga for creative writing?” Hmm. I don’t know. As for yoga during pregnancy, the best thing this time has taught me is to listen to my body and avoid pushing myself into a pose that didn’t feel right. Before pregnancy I had way more ego. During pregnancy I had to consider another human being growing inside me, so I was “forced” to be kind to myself. Ahimsa and Satya have become an inseparable part of my practice. Much more important than an impressive yoga pose. But, I still laugh at my practice of controlled breath for giving birth. When the time came, I howled like an animal! :) good luck during this adventure!
😂 I’m also a screamer in labor. The nurses actually told me in my first birth to direct the energy down and not out because I was making so much noise, lol. It’s a freeing, primal process though, so I don’t care. Whatever gets the baby out haha. I love that ahimsa and satya have become a core part of your practice.
Ashley, I can’t agree with you more about the “for” part! Yes, yoga is yoga. Maybe that is why I instinctively preferred calling my course “the yoga of creative writing” , instead of “yoga for creative writing?” Hmm. I don’t know. As for yoga during pregnancy, the best thing this time has taught me is to listen to my body and avoid pushing myself into a pose that didn’t feel right. Before pregnancy I had way more ego. During pregnancy I had to consider another human being growing inside me, so I was “forced” to be kind to myself. Ahimsa and Satya have become an inseparable part of my practice. Much more important than an impressive yoga pose. But, I still laugh at my practice of controlled breath for giving birth. When the time came, I howled like an animal! :) good luck during this adventure!
😂 I’m also a screamer in labor. The nurses actually told me in my first birth to direct the energy down and not out because I was making so much noise, lol. It’s a freeing, primal process though, so I don’t care. Whatever gets the baby out haha. I love that ahimsa and satya have become a core part of your practice.