3rd Trimester Prenatal Yoga Warm Up Tips

Video Transcript

"So in this clip, Katie and I are going to show you a nice warm up for women who are in their third trimester of pregnancy. So sitting in Siddhasana, or Soft Cross Legged Easy Pose, go ahead and sit up nice and tall. Reaching through the crown of the head. Go ahead and drop the right hand to the mat. And then inhale as you start to slide the right hand away from you, bending the elbow, drawing the shoulder away from the ear, you're going to raise the left arm over top. So see if you can relax the left hip, so that the left hip reaches for the ground at the same time that you reach through the left fingertips. And draw that right shoulder down away from the ear. So breathing into that left side waist, letting it be long. Allowing the space between the ribs and the hips to lengthen. And then inhaling coming back up to your center, reaching back up through that left hand. And then go ahead and move it to the other side. So drawing the left hand to the floor or the mat. And as you start to slide it away from you, draw the right arm up over the side. Try to draw that left shoulder down away from the ear. Allow the right hip to soften towards the mat. And open the right arm pit or shoulder towards the ceiling. And breath into the space between the ribs and the hips. And take a few breaths there. When you're ready to come out on the inhale, reach that right arm back up and come back up through center relaxed. Both hands, the knees. And roll the shoulders down and back. Wonderful. That's it."