7 Most Effective Yoga Poses to Enhance Fertility

Fertility yoga is vital for women looking forward to destressing and boosting their fertility. Research shows that the stress-relieving properties of fertility yoga have helped a lot of women fall pregnant.

New studies suggest that women whose saliva has high alpha-amylase levels, an enzyme that indicates stress level, take 29% longer to get pregnant than those with less. Here are the seven most effective yoga poses to enhance fertility.

Lotus Pose

Lotus Pose is an effortless posture that impacts the balance of hormones within the body. It plays a significant role in propelling energy to the pelvic area. To attain this posture, you need to follow below steps;

• You need to sit straight on the floor while keeping your legs crossed

• Ensure that the backside of your arms is well placed on the knees

• Then, touch the tips of the index fingers with the tips of your thumbs

• Then, try breathing in and out for about 5 minutes to complete one rep.

Bee Breath

Bee Breath is an excellent posture for the stress-relief. A calm state of mind increases the chances of getting pregnant to a remarkable extent.

Here are steps to exercising with this posture;

• Sit straight with the eyes closed.

• Place the index fingers on the cartilage of your ears

• Then inhale deeply while pressing the cartilage as you exhale

• Continue pressing the cartilage in and out as you exhale with a humming sound

• Repeat the whole procedure about 6-7 times with a perfect breathing pattern

Pelvic Lift Pose

Pelvic Lift Pose increases the levels of the blood circulation within the pelvic region. The muscles will become stronger and relax from frequent tensions if the yoga posture is repeated severally.

Here is the procedure for the Pelvic Lift Pose;

• While lying on the ground, keep the arms on both sides of the body with legs resting on the floor.

• Extend the neck a bit and the take deep breath concurrently

• Lift the pelvis as high as possible slowly, then hold on for sometime

• Inhale for about three times slowly and deeply

• Then, start lowering the pelvis gradually to get back to the normal position.

Cobra Pose

Cobra Pose offers extensive fertility benefits through balancing the reproductive hormones, facilitating the implantation process through stimulating mucus secretion, and boosting the blood supply to the reproductive organs.

Here are the steps for the Cobra Pose;

• Lie facing down, keeping the feet hip-width apart

• Keep your hands adjacent to the body

• Place the palms by the ribs and press them against the floor while lifting the head and the chest upwards. 

• Face upwards and hold that position for some time

• Then slowly return to the previous position and relax

Seated Forward Fold 

Seated Forward Fold helps exercise the hamstrings, lower back, and hips. Below are the steps for the Seated Forward Fold;

• Sit straight with the legs stretched out and the toes fixed towards you.

• Inhale and stretch both the arms above the head

• Exhale and then bend forward at the hip, touching the sides of your feet with the arms, ensuring that you keep the spine erect.

• Breath steadily as you move forward the legs for each exhalation

• Stay in that position for about one to two minutes, then inhale deeply

Shoulder Stand

Shoulder Stand stimulates the thyroid gland. It also helps keep the mind calm and relieves the stress levels in the body.

Here are the steps for the Shoulder Stand;

• Lie with your back on the ground and the legs stretched out

• Keep the arms on both sides of your body with the palms facing up

• Then, raise your legs up to form a 90-degree angle, press the palms into the floor and then lift your waist.

• Bring the legs forward and keep them vertical to the ground

• Hold that position for about one and half minutes, then gradually lower the legs and back.

Butterfly Pose

This pose facilitates the floor of the blood to the pelvic region while helping to keep calm the body. Here is the procedure for the Butterfly Pose;

• Sit on the floor, keeping your spine erect.

• Stretch out the legs while ensuring that the feet touch each other

• Pull your legs towards the body gradually while making sure that the back is straight and the feet are in touch with each other

• Place the hands on the feet and keep the eyes closed, then breathe deeply for about 5 minutes

Conclusion

You can seek a professional yoga trainer to take you through these poses rightly to ensure that you don’t get any injury. With all these poses practiced effectively, your levels of pregnancy will go up. Do one at a time as you can’t manage it all within a day.

Author Bio:

Emma Coffinet is a blogger and academic writer who works with a tech company that provides tools for success in college. She is a passionate writer and has always worked with the idea to make her clients happy and make them return to her for more work. Her hobbies include traveling and reading all kinds of books.