Yoga and Fertility: A Journey to Health and Healing - Paperback

by Jill Mahrlig E-Ryt Petigara (Author), Lynn E-Ryt Jensen (Author), Carol Med Knoph (Foreword by)

Whether you are trying to conceive naturally or with the help of assisted reproductive technology (ART), yoga can help enhance your fertility and smooth the path to parenthood. This specialized Yoga for Fertility practice improves circulation and energy flow, balances hormone levels, and tones your reproductive organs. Jill Petigara and Lynn Jensen, who have lead fertility workshops for years, have seen many women successfully begin families and they know how to harness the power of yoga for your benefit. With plenty of photos and clear descriptions, they demonstrate optimal poses for fertility enhancement in every stage of your cycle. Routines are simple but effective for yoginis of all levels of experience.

Yoga for Fertility will help you:

• Redirect blocked energy to improve blood flow to the reproductive center
• Reduce stress with breathing practices, visualization, and affirmation
• Modify yoga classes when you√?re trying to conceive
• Incorporate fertility-enhancing lifestyle approaches and natural fertility treatments
• Use yoga to improve the success of either natural cycles or assisted reproductive technology cycles, including in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Author Biography

Jill Petigara is an Anusara-inspired yoga teacher and a member of the Yoga Alliance. Her classes draw from several different traditions including Iyengar, Vinyasa, and Anusara Yoga. Jill has taught yoga in a variety of settings including schools, studios, nursing homes, and corporate fitness facilities. She is a certified elementary school teacher, and has experience teaching yoga to children and teens. She hosts a tele-seminar Yoga for Fertility for RESOLVE the national infertility association
Lynn Jensen, RYT, MBA, offers Yoga for Fertility classes, workshops, retreats and private instruction in Seattle and Bellevue. The classes are designed for women or couples who are currently trying to conceive, either naturally or through assisted reproductive treatment programs. To date, Lynn's classes have helped over a thousand women and couples on their journey to parenthood.
In addition to teaching Yoga for Fertility and all levels of Hatha Yoga, Lynn coteaches the Mind/Body program at the Northwest Center for Reproductive Sciences in Kirkland, and the Pacific Northwest Fertility clinic in Seattle. In 2006, she developed and taught the yoga curriculum for a University of Washington study, funded by the National Institute of Health, researching the effect of yoga on hot flashes.