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Home » Bend, Breathe, Conceive – a fertility yoga DVD review

Bend, Breathe, Conceive – a fertility yoga DVD review

October 8, 2010 //  by Donielle Baker

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bend, breathe, conceive Years ago I began taking yoga classes at the gym in the University I worked for and wondered why it took me so long! It’s a gentle, wonderful exercise form that leaves your body not only feeling stronger, but limber, relaxed, and refreshed.

One of the biggest hold outs I had in doing yoga was this thought that it was ‘new age-y’ or not in line with my own spiritual beliefs. What I’ve found is that the breathing and chanting are to focus your mind on something else, allowing your body to fully relax. Very much unlike reading a book or watching T.V. while on the treadmill!

Exercise is also really important for women looking to conceive, helping you prepare your body for carrying a baby. Yoga is especially beneficial in that it helps to increase blood flow to the reproductive organs, can help balance hormones, strengthen the thyroid, and regulate the menstrual cycle. It also helps to relax the body and reduce the effects that daily stress has on your body.

Recently, I’ve been trying out the DVD “Bend, Breathe, Conceive” (available on Amazon) by Dr. Anna Davis, Ph.D., RYT.  I’d actually been doing some searching for a good yoga DVD as I was in the process of becoming overwhelmed and stressed out this past summer, so I asked if I could review it. It seemed to me that it would help me right where I was at; wanting to get physical exercise, lower stress, and relax my body.

I was rather impressed by the thoroughness of this DVD. She begins by explaining how yoga helps to support and increase fertility, how daily anxieties can cause stress hormones that disrupt the normal functioning of our reproductive organs, leads you through how to breathe correctly, and covers the equipment you’ll need.

The actual practice section of the DVD is an hour-long which has been difficult for me to find the time each day, but is easily done a couple of times per week even with a busy schedule. The poses are easy to do, the backdrop gorgeous, and the entire DVD is calming in nature. Actually, before I ever practice with the DVD, I tend to just watch it first. Call it lazy if you will… I call it research! But even just watching her through the entire practice I felt much calmer and I noticed my breathing was deeper and rhythmic, even without focusing on it. Which leads me to one of my favorite parts of this yoga DVD – you can hear an audible breathe as she’s leading you through poses! I tend to forget when and how to breathe, so having an audible (but not annoying or overly loud) breathe in the background I was able to control my breathing.

You can watch a short trailer on the Bend, Breathe, Conceive website to get a better idea of the yoga practice if you’re interested in the DVD, as well as read about the studies done on yoga and infertility.

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Donielle Baker

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I believe women can learn how to heal their bodies & balance their hormones through natural methods. An advocate for natural health, I have a passion for nourishing/real food nutrition and natural living. My personal background includes both infertility and miscarriage and I started Natural Fertility and Wellness in 2008 in order to share all of the information I found helpful in my journey to heal from PCOS and overcome infertility.
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  1. Kate @ Modern Alternative Mama

    October 9, 2010 at 1:48 pm

    Interesting! My dad did yoga in his early 40s, so I knew about it even then (I was very young). Haven’t ever tried it. Not currently flexible, lol. But maybe it’s worth a shot! I’d have to get over the silly feeling I have when working along with the TV though. 🙂

  2. Amy Lynne

    October 10, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    I think yoga just may be what I need right now. Thanks for the review, I will be checking out this DVD!

  3. Janelle

    February 7, 2013 at 12:04 am

    I don’t really know that much about Yoga, but I have avoided it because of my beliefs. There is an interesting video titled “Yoga Uncoiled,” that is worth a watch. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but the video explains that there’s an inseparable connection between the Hindu belief system and the poses done in Yoga. If you ever get a free moment (which I know as a mom is hard to find!) it’d be interesting to hear your thoughts on the video.

    • donielle

      February 7, 2013 at 4:03 pm

      @Janelle, I too used to avoid yoga because I thought it went against my Christian beliefs. And I think that if anyone has doubts about any alternative therapy, then they can easily find something else of use to them. 🙂 I have done my own research and don’t feel that way anymore, but understand if someone does. I believe that if I am filled with the Holy Spirit that no other spirits can enter. As with anything, Christians need to make sure that nothing becomes a “religion” to them, which I see happening with every form of medicine or exercise, and that they choose their teachers well.

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