Keep calm, enjoy pregnancy and prepare for birth with yoga

‘Yoga & Breathing for Pregnancy & Birth’ is an enticing visual guide to specialised yoga and breathing practices for the mum to be.

Written and illustrated by yoga teacher and graphic designer, Susannah Dean Ramponi, in association with YogaBirth, an international association of professional yoga and childbirth educators, the book helps prepare women in body and mind for the birth of their baby.

Yoga is one of the safest, most beneficial forms of exercise a woman can enjoy during pregnancy. The practices described in Yoga & Breathing for Pregnancy & Birth are specifically designed and adapted for the 2nd and 3rd trimester to help alleviate many common pregnancy ailments, from backache to anxiety. Simple watch points highlight modifications and poses for labour.

The section on optimal fetal positioning helps women understand how they can use their body to help their baby into a good position to be born. Active birth positions along with traditional yoga poses are featured throughout the book, along with the ‘yoga stages of labour’.

Powerful breathing techniques such as Dandelion Breathing and Birth-Day Breathing help bring a sense of calm, focus and trust to labour. Women who learn these techniques, and the midwives who support them, recognise their value. Learning about pregnancy and birth from a yoga perspective empowers women with the knowledge of just how important their body and their breathing can be for pregnancy, labour and birth.

Enhancing your pregnancy and birth with yoga and breathing has just got easier. This accessible book, with over 200 flowing and elegant illustrations, makes reading this beautiful book feel almost like doing yoga.

‘It made a HUGE HUGE difference – the breathing works wonders!’
Leeza Minns: mum to be

‘Lovingly crafted. This will serve as the perfect introduction to YogaBirth’
Judy Cameron: Midwife – Antenatal Education Co-ordinator & YogaBirth Course Director

‘A beautiful book: the yoga and breathing are made accessible with simple directions and illustrations. This is a wonderful way to create health and peace of mind throughout pregnancy, and to prepare for labour and birthing’ Jill Benjoya Miller: Active Birth & YogaBirth Chairwoman & Teacher

Author Bio
Susannah’s interest in yoga developed at art college in the 1980s, she has been drawing and practising ever since. She holds a BA Hons and an M/Des in Graphic Design, and started training as a yoga teacher in 2003. Had it not been for pregnancy and breastfeeding she would have trained earlier. Her fascination with both yoga and design led her to build up a stack of illustrations which are featured throughout the book – the inspiration was to make a book that was so enjoyable to use that reading it would feel like doing yoga.

Yogabirth Bio
This book is written in association with YogaBirth. This is the association of professionally trained teachers of pregnancy yoga, childbirth education and leading experts in the field. Their unique formula has been developed over 30 years and stems from the active birth movement of the 1970’s. Lolly Stirk, the co- founder of YogaBirth, was a pioneer of the Active Birth movement along with Janet Balaskas. YogaBirth brings commitment, community and experience to the world of yoga and pregnancy. www.yogabirth.org

Press Kit
‘Yoga and breathing for pregnancy and birth’ sample pages can be viewed here. To request your complimentary copy please email with your name, publication, and postal address to: susannah@theyoga.co.uk

Photos

   

© Susannah Dean 2012
The above images are low res.
High res photos can also be downloaded.

Book Details
title: Yoga and breathing for pregnancy and birth
isbn: 9781471628351
publisher name: Purna Publishing
publication date: 11th May 2012
launch date: 9th June 2012
price: £9.99
purchase from: lulu.com, theyoga.co.uk, amazon.co.uk (pending)

Contact Information
Susannah Dean Ramponi
Purna Publishing
4 Ferryhills Road, North Queensferry, Fife, KY11 1HE
01383 413121
susannah@theyoga.co.uk
www.theyoga.co.uk

For immediate release