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Yoga in Pregnancy
PREGNANT WOMEN BENEFIT FROM NEW YOGA GUIDELINES
Many women find that yoga is of tremendous benefit during pregnancy and labour.
Yoga Scotland trainee teachers are given an introduction to teaching pregnant
women, and there are post-diploma training courses for those who wish to
specialize. But now for the first time, Yoga Scotland and YogaBirth have jointly
issued new guidelines to help all yoga teachers make sure that pregnant women
practice yoga safely and enjoyably.
The guidelines were drawn up by practising yoga teacher and midwife Judy
Cameron, who also trains yoga teachers for the British Wheel of Yoga and is
Course Director for YogaBirth. Judy consulted midwives, doctors,
physiotherapists, osteopaths and yoga teachers. She said, “The guidelines are
evidence based and don’t rely on personal whim or hearsay. We feel that for the
first time we have guidelines that make sense and are accessible to both
pregnant women and yoga teachers. As with any set of guidelines, they will be
reviewed annually in light of new research and evidence.”
The guidelines can be seen on Yoga Scotland’s website. Yoga Scotland Chair,
Jenni Connaughton said, “We hope our yoga teachers, both those running dedicated
pregnancy yoga classes and those who have a small number of pregnant women
attending their general classes will find the new guidelines helpful. Yoga
Scotland plans to include regular updates on yoga for pregnancy and postbirth in
its programme of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for teachers."
Yoga Scotland is recognised by Sportscotland as the Governing Body for Yoga in
the country and has a network of around 300 qualified, registered and insured
teachers www.yogascotland.org.uk
YogaBirth is an association of professionally trained teachers of antenatal and
postnatal yoga and childbirth education.
www.yogabirth.org.
If there are any questions about the new guidelines, the YogaBirth Education
Committee would welcome them via Judy Cameron
(judycameron@yogabirth.plus.com
) or Kay Millar, YogaBirth
Senior Tutor (Kay.Millar@virgin.net
).
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