Sara Hollidays Prenatal Yoga Second Trimester DVD
Feel and look great in the middle of your journey to motherhood as you exercise with fitness and health teacher Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: Second Trimester DVD. Renowned fitness teacher and licensed Marriage-Family Therapist Sara Holliday has drawn upon her extensive training in teaching yoga to design a prenatal yoga class specifically designed for your second trimester. During the second trimester, many expectant mothers are adjusting to their newly changing bodies and images of themselves due to intermediate pregnancy. In this revolutionary prenatal yoga class, Sara Holliday helps guide moms-to-be with safe and effective postures and poses that help decrease common pains and discomfort caused by pregnancy, increase muscle tone and strength, improve flexibility, and provide for an overall feeling of well-being. Sara Holliday’s yoga class helps women take time to nurture themselves and strike a balance between their busy lives while connecting with their babies inside. Safe and gentle exercise during pregnancy may lead to an increased sense of well-being. Taking the time to do prenatal yoga can help pregnant moms stay fit, feel good about their changing bodies, prepare for a smoother labor and delivery experience, and make it easier to shed pregnancy pounds after the baby is born. Prenatal Yoga may have the following benefits. This 35 minute yoga class is specifically designed for the second trimester of pregnancy. The class provides expectant mothers with healthy and gentle exercise during the middle of pregnancy. It allows busy moms-to-be to fit in exercise at their convenience without being tied down to class schedules. The class helps maintain strength and stamina while increasing muscle tone, strength, and flexibility. It eases common pregnancy aches and pains, decreases stress and muscle tension, and teaches pregnant women calming deep breathing techniques. The class helps busy moms-to-be nurture themselves during pregnancy, creates a deeper
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars LOVE this prenatal yoga workout!
Generally I am not a huge yoga person and I only do it every once in a while (less than once a month)! However after receiving this prenatal yoga video I can tell such a difference in the way I feel! The video takes me thru a range of motions and stretches that helps to strengthen my body for the drug free natural childbirth I am preparing for. In the next couple of weeks I WILL be ordering the third trimester dvd as well. Some people are bothered by the lack of yoga music but it doesn’t bother me at all.
4 Stars Good Short Video
I tried this video for the first time in my 23rd week after having not exercised consistently for several months. I’m not new to yoga but this video was challenging and just the right length. Although I would have enjoyed more ambiance(calming music, interesting scenery), I felt very good and stretched out afterward. Most importantly, I felt like I got my money’s worth.
5 Stars Instant help for my hip pain
At age 41 and in my 2nd pregnancy, I started experiencing severe hip pain at just 15 weeks. Scary. Walking made it worse, and the yoga videos I swore by during pregnancy #1 (Shiva Rea and Kristen Eykel) just didn’t help. Sara Holliday’s 2nd trimester video provided significant relief on the first time through. (It’s rare for me to even get the hang of a yoga video on the first viewing, but I was about 90% successful in following Sara.) My other prenatal yoga videos are focused on flexibility and balance. Sara’s is all about strength and movement. Lots of squats and lunges plus some excellent stretching through the shoulders and upper back. It will take me a while to build the strength to keep up with her completely but it feels like a good, healthy challenge. You will need yoga blocks, although I was able to get by for a few days by substituting two small accent pillows. The lack of background music was a bit startling at first but I think it actually may help me tolerate this video a bit longer. I was also a bit put off by the need to buy another video for third trimester, but then again, who can stand the same routine over and over for 6 months? I am very very enthusiastic about this yoga video and can definitely see myself continuing to use it after my pregnancy.
5 Stars Great second trimester workout!
Great workout, but some days a little too much to handle.
She goes at a brisk pace. Have your Mat, Blankets, and Blocks ready – you will use them. Also, dress lightly – this one tends to work up a bit of a sweat.
3 Stars Too Slow for Someone with Yoga Experience
I had been practicing both Vinyasa and Slow Flow for about a year before becoming pregnant and this DVD was simply too slow paced for me. I didn’t really feel like I got a good workout. I also didn’t really like the fact that there was no music at all in the background. I have since purchased the Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga by Jennifer Wolfe and absolutely love it. It’s much more aligned for someone who has yoga experience.
