Stretch for Two With 8 Free Prenatal Yoga Videos

Pregnancy can be a glowing time…but it can also be incredibly uncomfortable. All that stretching and growing can throw ligaments and your center of gravity off. Finding ways to get exercise can be challenging, not every expecting parent feels up to running a 5K or lifting weights. Enter prenatal yoga.

From teaching breathing techniques to providing opportunities for bump-friendly stretching, prenatal yoga is about as perfect a form of exercise as you can get while working out for two. In addition to building strength and flexibility and relieving stress, a steady practice of prenatal yoga can help your body prepare for labour. 

Ready to downward dog in your living room? Here are eight online prenatal workout videos you do at home—for free! Just remember to consult your doctor before you start any new forms of exercise while pregnant, and to check in as your pregnancy progresses. 

First Trimester Hormones Prenatal Yoga Video 

This easy-to-follow 30-minute prenatal yoga workout video has the first-trimester mother in mind. It focuses on deep breathing and standing poses to help focus on the hormonal changes that can make the first trimester so uncomfortable. You will learn how to stretch safely and how to focus on breathing. 

Quick Prenatal Yoga Video 

If you are looking to try a first-trimester-focused prenatal yoga workout but you do not have time (or energy) to get through a full 30-minute routine then this might be the workout for you. This workout works primarily on hips and ends with a relaxing meditation sequence.

Prenatal Yoga for Morning Sickness