Butterfly Exercise During Pregnancy

During your pregnancy, there’s no doubt that you’ll be going through a lot of emotional and physical upheavals. Yoga which is an ancient practice of mindfulness to make you stay physically and mentally healthy also fills your mind with positivity and keeps you relaxed.

Out of the many pregnancy-friendly yoga poses, butterfly exercise is also known as Baddhakonasana, medically advised during your pregnancy. This is a simple yoga form, which acts on the inner thighs, hips, and groins, thus reducing your pregnancy discomforts – like cramps and pain in muscles.

There are more than just the above-mentioned benefits of butterfly exercise during pregnancy.

Therefore the benefits of butterfly exercise during pregnancy are:

• The severity of pelvic pain undoubtedly impacts your daily activities and mental health. Including butterfly yogasana at least for 1 hour every week is surely going to strengthen pelvic health during pregnancy. Strong pelvic muscles support your unborn baby.

• Practicing mindfulness through butterfly exercise during pregnancy rejuvenates your body and mind and reduces your stress and anxiety.

• Constipation and heartburn are natural during pregnancy therefore practicing this yogasana can aid your digestion.

• Improves your metabolism and blood circulation.

• It’s also not unnatural for you to gain weight during pregnancy so this yogasana helps you acquire balance during your pregnancy.

• This exercise helps your fluid retention capacity.

• Eases your bowel movements.

However, you need take a few precautions while doing this exercise:

• Don’t do this exercise if you have placenta previa.

• Choose a well-ventilated place while doing this exercise.

• Do this exercise in the early morning.

• Wear comfy clothes.

• Warm-up before doing this exercise.

Do this exercise by sitting padmasana (the lotus pose), position yourself in a way that your soles touch your feet, pull your feet as much as possible, straighten your spine and breathe in and out. Pregnancy is a beautiful phase of your time and the butterfly pose is supposed to be the most gentle pose. Incorporate this exercise in your pregnancy exercise routine to gain pregnancy benefits.

Enjoy your pregnancy and have a healthy baby.