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The Pregnancy Yoga Plan
Creating The Yoga Doc has been a work of love many years in the creation, combining a mission to deliver evidence based information to women throughout their reproductive journey and beyond with over 20 yeas of witnessing the benefits yoga brings, in both myself and others.
With the purpose of sharing this longstanding experience, I have created my 4-pillar plan - a pregnancy yoga course which goes above and beyond just yoga in pregnancy, to provide you with the essential tools to have your most empowered birth experience.
If you’re ready to dive a bit deeper after watching these free shorter videos and want to know how you can benefit from what I’ve learnt over my past 2 decades of extensive academic study and experiential learning in both healthcare and yoga, then my Prenatal Yoga Plan is for you.
This is a 4-pillar approach, which has been designed to provide you with so much more than just yoga. The goal is to give you the essential components I believe will lead you to a positive and empowered pregnancy and birth.
Head on over to my website to access your 7-day free trial and to find out more.
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EASE: 20 minute Postnatal/Beginner Yoga | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 5553 ปีที่แล้ว
There will be some specifically designed postnatal classes coming very soon, but in the meantime I thought I'd pop up this gentle beginner class which could be used in the postnatal period. I would advise you to skip the chaturanga poses (which are basically a push up) and use the modified (knees down) version, unless you have been given the all clear by a women's health physiotherapist and hav...
Welcome To The Yoga Doc | Quick Introduction
มุมมอง 1.9K3 ปีที่แล้ว
I'm Leah, the Yoga Doc. I qualified as a doctor in 2008 and currently work in the NHS specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. After practising yoga for almost 20 years and supporting countless women through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period, I came to the realisation that I could offer a unique skillset by combining my experience in and commitment to women’s health with a passion fo...
FLOW: 20 Minute Pregnancy Yoga | Desk Hunch Fix | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 6133 ปีที่แล้ว
This is your follow up, part 2 practice for opening up your chest and hips if you're spending long periods sat at your desk. Make sure you warm up before getting started, the EASE practice that goes with this sequence would be the perfect combo. Yoga in pregnancy offers fantastic benefits to your health and wellbeing. It can help with strength and toning and help prevent excessive weight gain i...
EASE: 20 Minute Pregnancy Yoga | Desk Hunch Relief | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 7994 ปีที่แล้ว
If you've been working at home during the pandemic, which if you work in a public facing role, you likely will be, you may have noticed the 'Desk Hunch' sneaking in. Spending hours at a time in a fixed seated position, can cause tension through the shoulders, neck and may affect your lower back and hamstrings. This EASE sequence is the first of two practices, designed to help work out those pes...
FLOW: 20 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Part 2 - Preparation for Birth | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 1.2K4 ปีที่แล้ว
As you come towards the end of your pregnancy you may be keen to give things a helping hand to move your baby in alignment for birth. When your body goes in to labour will depend on multiple factors, but the biomechanics of the way your baby is positioned can play a big part. This is the second part of a two part Preparation for Birth class. This follows on from the corresponding ease sequence ...
BREATHE: 5 minute Pranayama | Sitali & Sitkari cooling breath for pregnancy | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 2.2K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Pranayama can be a really great tool to not only still the mind, but help us in staying cool. In this video, we look at the cooling breath technique of Sitali and Sitkari. In the Ayurverdic practices, you will normally be categorised as having one of 3 types of constitution or 'doshas', we all tend to be a combination of one of these 3 types in varying degrees. These are: kapha (earth), vata (a...
EASE: 15 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Part 1 - Preparation For Birth | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 3K4 ปีที่แล้ว
As you come towards the end of your pregnancy you may be keen to give things a helping hand to move your baby in to alignment for birth. When your body actually goes in to labour will be dependent on multiple factors, but the biomechanics of the way your baby is positioned can play a big part. This is the first part of a two part Preparation for Birth class. This first part focuses on creating ...
BREATHE: 3 minute Pregnancy Yoga | How to Breathe In Yoga | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 3044 ปีที่แล้ว
🤔 A video on ‘how to breathe’ may seem like an odd thing to write about. After all we’ve kind of been doing this all our lives, without any special instruction!⁣ ⁣ 🌬 When we practice yoga, there’s an importance placed on how we breathe and you may have heard teacher’s referring to it in class.⁣ ⁣ 🧘🏽‍♀️ I’ve had quite a few DM’s in the last month or so asking me about this. I imagine that this i...
FLOW: Full Length Class | Side Body + Hips | 60 minutes Pregnancy Yoga | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 1.3K4 ปีที่แล้ว
If you’re pregnant and stuck at home, chances are you’ve been doing a lot of sitting recently. I’m a big advocate of movement in pregnancy, which is backed by evidence in terms of the improved outcomes it offers. I’m really excited to share with you my first hour length class, which includes some guided breathing and your full savasana at the end. I filmed this for The Birth Collective's free h...
EASE: 30 minute pregnancy yoga | Pelvic Girdle Pain | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 32K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Pelvic girdle pain, sometimes known as SPD [symphysis pubis dysfunction] is extremely common affecting 20% of pregnancies and is something that I'm asked about a lot as both an obstetrician and a yoga teacher. It can be an incredibly debilitating condition that plagues so many mums to be. ⁣ The pelvic girdle is essentially a big ring of bone, made of 3 bones the two ilium and the sacrum, which ...
FLOW: 30 minute pregnancy yoga | Align your baby for birth | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 3.3K4 ปีที่แล้ว
This is a slightly longer video than normal and does not require a warm up as it can be done as a stand alone class. Due to our sedentary lifestyles, where we spend a lot of our day seated our babies naturally may fall in to a back to back position. An occipito-posterior or back to back position is not the best position to deliver in and can cause labours to be prolonged and more uncomfortable....
EASE: 15 minute pregnancy yoga | Early morning mover | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 4.7K5 ปีที่แล้ว
If you're anything like me, you don't naturally spring out of bed in the morning and might find yourself a bit creaky and stiff. This short practice is what I do most mornings (or a variation). It's designed to start your day right and get things moving and you'll likely feel more focussed and calm too. As with all the ease videos this could be tagged on as a warm up to a more energetic flow cl...
Welcome to the yoga doc | How to use this channel | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 1.2K5 ปีที่แล้ว
I'm Leah, the Yoga Doc. I qualified as a doctor in 2008 and currently work in the NHS specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. After practising yoga for almost 20 years and supporting countless women through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period, I came to the realisation that I could offer a unique skillset by combining my experience in and commitment to women’s health with a passion fo...
FLOW: 20 minute pregnancy yoga | Part 2 - strength for stability | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 6015 ปีที่แล้ว
PART 2 PROPS: block or brick This is the first of a set of videos I filmed whilst on some more yoga teacher training in Thailand (I know, it's a hard life!). Welcome back to the second part of a two part class on strength for stability. It's quite an energetic flow and builds on part one of this series by strengthening through the side of the body, building up to a more challenging balance pose...
EASE: 20 minute pregnancy yoga | Part 1 - Strength for stability | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 9335 ปีที่แล้ว
EASE: 20 minute pregnancy yoga | Part 1 - Strength for stability | The Yoga Doc
FLOW: 20 minute pregnancy yoga | energising sunset vinyasa | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 8205 ปีที่แล้ว
FLOW: 20 minute pregnancy yoga | energising sunset vinyasa | The Yoga Doc
EASE: 15 minute pregnancy yoga | sunrise wake up | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 1.6K5 ปีที่แล้ว
EASE: 15 minute pregnancy yoga | sunrise wake up | The Yoga Doc
FLOW: 20 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Gentle Chest Opening | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 9865 ปีที่แล้ว
FLOW: 20 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Gentle Chest Opening | The Yoga Doc
EASE: 10 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Outer hip and thigh release | The Yoga Doc
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EASE: 10 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Outer hip and thigh release | The Yoga Doc
FLOW: 10 minute pregnancy yoga | Hips and Hamstrings | The Yoga Doc
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FLOW: 10 minute pregnancy yoga | Hips and Hamstrings | The Yoga Doc
EASE: 10 minute pregnancy yoga | Thighs and Glutes | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 4775 ปีที่แล้ว
EASE: 10 minute pregnancy yoga | Thighs and Glutes | The Yoga Doc
FLOW: 15 minute pregnancy yoga | Part 2 Hip opening | The Yoga Doc
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FLOW: 15 minute pregnancy yoga | Part 2 Hip opening | The Yoga Doc
EASE: 10 minute pregnancy yoga | Part 1 - hip opening | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 6425 ปีที่แล้ว
EASE: 10 minute pregnancy yoga | Part 1 - hip opening | The Yoga Doc
FLOW: 20 minute pregnancy yoga | Strength and balance | The Yoga Doc
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FLOW: 20 minute pregnancy yoga | Strength and balance | The Yoga Doc
FLOW: 15 minute pregnancy yoga | Shoulders and thighs | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 3425 ปีที่แล้ว
FLOW: 15 minute pregnancy yoga | Shoulders and thighs | The Yoga Doc
BREATHE: 5 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Pranayama - Brahma mudra | The Yoga Doc
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BREATHE: 5 minute Pregnancy Yoga | Pranayama - Brahma mudra | The Yoga Doc
BREATHE: 5 minute Pregnancy yoga | Pranayama - Anuloma Valoma | The Yoga Doc
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BREATHE: 5 minute Pregnancy yoga | Pranayama - Anuloma Valoma | The Yoga Doc
BREATHE: 5 minute pregnancy yoga | pranayama - Golden thread breath | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 1.2K6 ปีที่แล้ว
BREATHE: 5 minute pregnancy yoga | pranayama - Golden thread breath | The Yoga Doc
FLOW: 10 minute pregnancy Yoga | Lower body strengthening | The Yoga Doc
มุมมอง 3506 ปีที่แล้ว
FLOW: 10 minute pregnancy Yoga | Lower body strengthening | The Yoga Doc

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  • @dawntxx
    @dawntxx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I read or saw somewhere they advised pregnant women not to do any lying down or twisted moves, but when I tried this yoga practice, I could feel my hip and pelvic are thanking me! It feels sooooo good!

  • @JoshuaLesage
    @JoshuaLesage 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I agree with so many of the comments here. If you are experiencing extensive pelvic pain or are in your third trimester, this video is not suitable and even aggravating to the condition.

  • @biancafarr3440
    @biancafarr3440 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As someone who has done yoga throughout my pregnancy (and prior) can confirm this is definitely not all appropriate for the end of the third trimester when bump is huge and babies head is engaged. Actually cackling at some of these poses and can’t believe I even continued to try. Swinging your leg up and into a lunge like that 😂 where is bump to go? Feel like I could have injured myself attempting it. Also, 15 minutes laying on your back? When bab is big it instinctively feels like a bad idea. I think a few disclaimers could be helpful. 😅

  • @RevivePrescribedMeditation
    @RevivePrescribedMeditation 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just found this for the first time today at 34 weeks as I’m starting to get PGP. I’ll be following more of your videos from now on. Thank you!

  • @ellers482
    @ellers482 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We hear about this pain with ladies in pregnancy. Is there anybody out there who gets the pains after menopause? Can this yoga practice help with SPD in this later stage of life?

  • @twojecudownezycie
    @twojecudownezycie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I did 10 minutes and couldn't breathe anymore. I believe exercises are great and they look good but for me it was incredibly uncomfortable :( I can't lay down on my back for straight 15 minutes without discomfort or heartburn. Sorry.

  • @chelseavaldiconza2104
    @chelseavaldiconza2104 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really wanted to like this practice! But a lot of these poses are really difficult third trimester and I don’t think consider the movement limitations of a belly.

  • @staceyskerritt8495
    @staceyskerritt8495 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's has taken me to reach 24 weeks before discovering your page... I heard you talk on the 'The Birth-ed Podcast'. I wanted to share this because you haven't came up via social media channels amongst wading through many online pregnancy yoga channels. I love your content, approach and your background is comforting and supportive. A real gift, thank you!

  • @waitepu4296
    @waitepu4296 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was really nervous for this practice and then, it hurt like I thought it would lol but I took it easy and finished the video. I realised my left side hurts way more than my right and in the end, I felt really good. So thank you!

  • @hennamustafa642
    @hennamustafa642 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, I have done this practice 5/6 times now. As Im limited in my physical activity, I still want to keep my pelvic floor strong and also bee able keep moving in the house for the last part of my pregnancy. I really like this practice I can do that without making my pain worse, also feel good after, is it possible to post more of PGP friendly yoga practices? Thank you

  • @ALeila1690
    @ALeila1690 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just did this and feel great! The pain is so much less now. I walked a bit too long a few days ago and ended up barely being able to stand up or walk. Had to rest for 3 days for the worst pain to pass before doing this. I'm 20 weeks pregnant and had no issue with the poses. Thank you!!

  • @thelifeoflynn22
    @thelifeoflynn22 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this class, it was exactly what I needed today 🙏

  • @karinr7588
    @karinr7588 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful to have a class focused on pelvic pain, thanks for sharing! Just a bit confused with the breathing/pelvic tensioning/releasing. In all the prenatal classes I attended I learnt to release the pelvic muscles while exhaling to follow the natural connection of breathing and diaphragm/pelvic muscles

    • @sarapaisley
      @sarapaisley 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My PT told me that the type of breathing recommended in this video can cause pelvic dysfunction. The general advice is that the pelvic floor should be tightened during exhale and released during inhale.

  • @jodorning6084
    @jodorning6084 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's good - but frustrating when the video gets interrupted with adverts! Sound quality is tinny.

  • @mareneg
    @mareneg ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad I found these videos. Thank you!

  • @nataliekmartin
    @nataliekmartin ปีที่แล้ว

    35 weeks pregnant and this was just too much time on the back. as yoga teacher myself it was fine to put myself in alternatives but it would have been nice to have some given, as I ended up stopping halfway.

  • @jodorning6084
    @jodorning6084 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this video! 27 weeks and it was challenging but my body feels great now. The pigeon pose was difficult with my big belly.

  • @balamurugand6699
    @balamurugand6699 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is best video for more details.❤😊 Thanks a lot

  • @EmmaJanik
    @EmmaJanik ปีที่แล้ว

    Too long on the back for me, constantly getting dizzy. You could have done most of the exercises not the back which would make more sense for pregnancy.

  • @RhiannonBrittain
    @RhiannonBrittain ปีที่แล้ว

    I gave myself awful pelvic girdle pain and back pain after going for too long of a walk and I couldn't move for days. I then found this video and it has been absolutely amazing! It releases all the tension in my back and realigns my hips. Have done it 3 times in the last 10 days. I am 38 weeks pregnant so I used the extra props to help me and just rolled over if I felt uncomfortable on my back. No other video has helped like this one - thank you!

  • @joyboardman7579
    @joyboardman7579 ปีที่แล้ว

    Propping up on a few pillows helped a lot with the dizzy feeling

  • @briannabates2120
    @briannabates2120 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too excruciatingly painful to do this at 35 weeks. 😣 I have severe SPD.

  • @natalia1045
    @natalia1045 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wished this would be helpful but the first 3/4 on my back made me so dizzy and then the last segment I found very painful and impossible to do :( this is my third pregnancy with SPD and it’s a struggle. Can’t find anything that would actually help. And I am seeing pelvic floor therapist and physiotherapist twice a week 😢

  • @kendallwilson2798
    @kendallwilson2798 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This routine is not good for someone who cannot breathe while pregnant on their back or has SPD. The instructor does not take care to pregnant women with these issues.

  • @aislingv8236
    @aislingv8236 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have pelvic girdle and back pain 28 weeks pregnant with twins, and unfortunately I did not find this video at helpful. It is really not possible/ recommended for pregnant women to lie flat on the back for so long. I had to stop after 5 mins.

  • @Get-Peachy
    @Get-Peachy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 33 weeks pregnant, and just want to say this is the best yoga stretch routine I have found for PGP and SPD!! The exercises are not too advanced for me personally and I'm happy to spend the 10-15mins on my back to relieve the symptoms as I think I have spent longer on the midwife's/hospital bed being scanned to be honest lol! Thank you, I've done this about 5-6 times now and can't get enough of it!

  • @sharonbarshinger6088
    @sharonbarshinger6088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was awesome. Thank you so much. I am 36 weeks and have been struggling with a lot of pain and the practice felt wonderful for it.

  • @spiralorchid8879
    @spiralorchid8879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loving your classes!

  • @YogaNurture
    @YogaNurture 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, this felt great! Thank you for this chest opener. I was feeling like a brick all around, but this has really gotten me loosened up. Thank you!

  • @always_rayray_
    @always_rayray_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s usually hard for me to follow yoga classes on TH-cam (I’m new to it) but this was super easy to follow. I’ve had pelvic pain for a month and nothing has helped so I thought I’d look up some prenatal yoga to help it and I felt so much better after doing it just once! Thank you so much

  • @chloehallowell8318
    @chloehallowell8318 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dissapointed that almost all of this practice is spent on your back? I have been told by my midwives not to lay on my back so this "pregnancy" yoga was not really accesible for me.

  • @Trinitea333
    @Trinitea333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had to stop early. Being on my back and pregnant is not a good feeling. I could barely get up after

  • @roxyuritescu9085
    @roxyuritescu9085 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely and your voice is so soothing xx

  • @ellieeeeee06
    @ellieeeeee06 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this safe to do everyday :) ? 19 weeks pregnant and I seem to stiffen up throughout the day

  • @rachelbradbury8599
    @rachelbradbury8599 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found this much too intense for 3rd trimester /impossible to do some of the poses with a big bump!

  • @Anatomusic
    @Anatomusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great session! Feel a lot of relief after it, including the unexpected bonus of my spine, which cracked quite a bit as we worked through the sequence - thank you :))))

  • @jessicahills6684
    @jessicahills6684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not easy bringing crossed legs up over a pregnant belly. Is this meant for late pregnancy?

  • @daniellanahmiasscruggs5081
    @daniellanahmiasscruggs5081 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had such bad pain I could barely walk around, and after doing this and icing my back, it feels as good as new. The pain was awful and I am so glad I found this now when I'm just in my 21st week.

  • @anniebell5065
    @anniebell5065 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unbelievable! My pelvic pain has started around 27-30 weeks in my last two pregnancies. This time I started this video right away and it has saved me! Thank you!

  • @kateforester4104
    @kateforester4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've got horrible SI Joint pain & tried the video today prepared to stop part way, but didn't need to and am now feeling a bit better. Will try & do this daily, while I wait impatiently for my physio referral! Thank you x

  • @lollover2972
    @lollover2972 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Couldn't make it past the first 6 minutes...too much moving in ways that it made my pbs feel worse :/

  • @binodpokharel4674
    @binodpokharel4674 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Namaste Yogi

  • @jweiler444
    @jweiler444 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This made me feel so much relief in my body, thank you!

    • @TheYogaDoc
      @TheYogaDoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're so welcome! So glad it helped x

  • @martynadegn
    @martynadegn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A great class! Started doing the class in my first trimester as I was experiencing pelvic girdle pain. Am now in my third trimester, still continue to do the class, and my pelvis feels great.

    • @TheYogaDoc
      @TheYogaDoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's so great to hear, so glad it's helped x

  • @lea.hallon406
    @lea.hallon406 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Leah! I have been feeling a bit off the past weekend so I did one of your EASE practices and this short one here. A gentle start for the week ahead. :)

  • @CheyennefromTaos
    @CheyennefromTaos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    BEWARE !!! The Yoga Doc is Mark Weinberger, a felon fraudster. Look him up online. Don’t give ur money to his programs. HE HAS HARMED SO MANY PPL.

  • @CheyennefromTaos
    @CheyennefromTaos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    BEWARE !!! The Yoga Doc is Mark Weinberger, a felon fraudster. Look him up online. Don’t give ur money to his programs. HE HAS HARMED SO MANY PPL.

  • @jackieluzoro818
    @jackieluzoro818 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sad that I only just discovered this at 38 weeks and could have been more comfortable earlier! Feeling instantly better and have saved the video to come back to. People are commenting that the exercises aren't appropriate for third trimester and I wanted to point out that I didn't find that at all, although I feel huge and awkward. Can only agree that everyone should listen to their own bodies, but certainly no need to write this off if you're further along. Thank you!!

    • @TheYogaDoc
      @TheYogaDoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and so glad you found it useful. This is why I make these videos and so lovely to hear it helped you. Good luck with the last bit of your pregnancy x

  • @danielrego4682
    @danielrego4682 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing yoga girl 👏🙏🏻

  • @masoommoitra941
    @masoommoitra941 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lifesaver during pregnancy- really resolves my pelvic girdle pain when everything else fails- THANK YOU!

    • @TheYogaDoc
      @TheYogaDoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah so lovely to hear. I'm really glad you find this helpful.