Prenatal Yoga in the Third Trimester

Prenatal Yoga in the Third Trimester is more important and a valuable experience as the fetus has grown big enough to feel and understand more feelings and attitudes of the would-be-mother.



As the third trimester progresses, Pregnancy Yoga just might begin to feel a little tougher. Just like climbing stairs, tying shoes laces, or changing sides in bed.

Those who could practice Yoga with some energy and vitality in the second trimester can give themselves the leeway to ease up now. All Yoga poses that squeeze the belly must necessarily be avoided.



Be increasingly vigilant and careful as the due date approaches. Then again there is hardly any reason to stop practicing Pregnancy Yoga. So long as you feel up to it, go ahead!

New Students

Some mums find they only have time to take up Pregnancy Yoga once they’ve got their maternity leave. In this case, you can still derive some of the benefits of Pregnancy Yoga stretches with gentle practice. Just make sure your Yoga instructor knows exactly how many moths have gone and how many before you’re due. He / she should, more than anyone else see that you take it easy – this is hardly the time to overdo things.

Advanced Students

By now these are accustomed to listening to their bodies and respect what it tells them. Keep doing this and you will derive more and more benefits of a Pregnancy Yoga practice right up to the end of pregnancy. You can do Pregnancy Yoga Sun Salutations so long as you feel comfortable doing them.

Recommended Poses

Hip openers such as

1. Ardha Chandrasana
2. Baddha Konasana
3. Knee to Ankle
4. Pigeon
5. Triangle
6. Warrior II

These give you the flexibility that go to making childbirth easier.

Even more than preparing you physically, Pregnancy Yoga gives you mental preparedness. It will help prepare you mentally for childbirth, by teaching you to listen to your body and be prepared without fear or trepidation. The best way is to concentrate on your breath. Take long deep inhalations through your nostrils and exhalations through your mouth.