Abstract

YOGA IN PREGNANCY FOR BETTER PROGENY

Dr. Shrutika Kamble*, Dr. Subhash Marlewar and Dr. Surekha Dewaikar

Abstract

Health is defined by WHO is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and body with healthy mind and sprituality and not merely absence of disease or deformity. During pregnancy women undergoes physical, mental, emotional changes. These changes are challenge of pregnancy. These challenges are revealed by happiness state, stress and yoga which helps to calm down and overcome these challenges. Yoga helps pregnant women to get positive attitude and confident to go through the process of labour. Different aasanas and breathing practices helps pregnant women to minimize the complications of pregnancy like pregnancy induced hypertension, intrauterine growth retardation, preterm delivery. Yoga provides great range of activity to unborn child and mother in various ways. For most of the women labour is a Time of fear and agony thus yoga helps women to go through this changes.

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