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We muscle with aquagym
Physical activity is beneficial for pregnancy and childbirth. However, it is not always easy to move around in space when the belly is rounding. The solution to build muscle gently and prepare your body for childbirth? Work in the water.
Supervised by a midwife and a lifeguard, the aquagym sessions act on the muscles and joints without ever straining. No risk of muscle aches! Everything is done gently and the muscular effort is adapted to the capacities of each one: warm-up to start, muscular exercises then, then work of the breath and relaxation to finish.
Goodbye back pain and heavy legs! The perineum is not forgotten, which allows future mothers not only to become aware of it, but also to tone it to prevent it from sagging.
We relax with aquatic yoga
Still little known in France, aqua-yoga, which combines the principles and movements of yoga and adapts them to the aquatic environment, is an original preparation particularly suitable for expectant mothers. No previous experience is necessary to practice the exercises. Very simple movements prepare the body for birth and facilitate contact with the baby, all in a climate of well-being and serenity. So over to you the “water turtle” or the “tree posture”!
— Aquayoga : Élisabeth school basin, 11, av. Paul Appell, 75014 Paris.
– Yaquatic yoga : Association Mouvance, 7 rue Barthélemy, 92120 Montrouge.
Phone. : 01 47 35 93 21 and 09 53 09 93 21..
We float lightly
In the water, the free body of its clothes is lightened. The movements are facilitated and better perceived by the mother-to-be. No gravity effect! We float without difficulty with a feeling of lightness much more important than in the air. Water neutralizes the force of gravity which acts on our joints and also helps to maintain our balance (the famous Archimedes principle!). Carried by this environment, the future mother perceives her body differently: pleasure, harmony and balance are fully felt.
We get a massage with the watsu
Also called aquatic shiatsu, watsu, this new method of relaxation (contraction of the word water and the word shiatsu) is open to expectant mothers. Twenty minutes is enough, but the session can last over an hour if the mother lets go completely. The future mother is lying in water at 34 ° C, supported under the neck by the therapist. The practitioner gently stretches and mobilizes the joints, then he exerts pressure on the acupuncture points as in shiatsu. The impression is surprising: you are rocked and quickly in a state of intense relaxation which allows you to release your deepest emotions.
Aquatic shiatsu: La-Baule-les-Pins thalassotherapy center. Phone. : 02 40 11 33 11.
International Watsu Federation :
We breathe deeply
What these methods have in common: work on breathing and breathing. Not only does it allow you to relax, let go and release tension, but it is also essential for good control of expulsive efforts. Thanks to this training, you will learn, for example, to exhale much longer, to take a deeper breath afterwards, and to better manage the delicate stage of expulsion.
You don’t need to know how to swim and you can enjoy it throughout your pregnancy
These disciplines are for everyone, even those who cannot swim. The sessions take place in shallow water and you always have your footing. Unless otherwise advised by the gynecologist, you can take part in it throughout the pregnancy.