We are limited in what medication we can take during pregnancy, so we look to yoga to provide some ways to alleviate the various aches and pains that we experience. 

In this 1min tutorial I will teac...

Namaste, beautiful mamas!

If you've been curious to see what a MTRNL Prenatal Yoga class is like, then take a look at the recording from this week that I uploaded onto Youtube.

There's no fancy prod...

Swollen, sore feet? Insomnia? Tired in the afternoon? Digestion slowing way down? Or feeling just fine, but want to do something restorative that might result in you feeling your first baby kicks? :-)...

Looking for a simple way to reduce lower back and hip pain?

Whether your babe is in your belly or on your hip, give the 'hip check' practice a go for a week and see what happens in your body.

This 1...

It may not be your tailbone specifically. Maybe it's your entire lower back. Maybe the space behind your hips. There are many reasons why it may be hurting, and there are quite a few poses we can do t...

Has it occurred to you that every time you pick up your baby you could be strengthening your core? Has it occurred to you that every time you pick up your baby you could be damaging your lower back?

As your belly grows during pregnancy, or as you visualize it shrinking after you've had your baby, it is very tempting to do 'ab crunches' and look for all kinds of core workouts that promise you a fl...

Calm mama =  calm baby.

I will show you how to set up for a "seated wide-legged forward fold" modified for pregnancy. We spent the entire prenatal yoga class today working with an Ikea chair as our p...

Many of the poses we do in MTRNL prenatal yoga classes are awesome for relieving the aches and pains of pregnancy (some of which you won't know you had until they're gone after awesome poses like this...

Frog pose is an awesome posture to give baby extra room to get into a comfortable (and maybe more optimal position) for birth.

Here's a quick tutorial on how to do it at home: