Yoga for Fertility Care Class

Class Description

This semi-private yoga class holistically fosters fertility, promotes well-being, and supports preconception on your family planning or formation journey – lifestyle improvement preparation, preserving your fertility, egg or sperm retrieval or freezing, trying to conceive, IVF and other fertility treatments, embryo freezing, treatment recovery, embryo transfer, or waiting periods – using the 8 limbs of yoga. This class also supports monthly menstruation. Yoga for fertility over 6 weeks was shown to reduce anxiety by 20%. (Jasani, 2016) Class Benefits • Reduces stress and cortisol levels naturally by engaging the parasympathetic nervous system, which may boost egg quantity or quality and implantation • Promotes circulation to reproductive organs and reduces discomfort from treatment side effects through safe yoga postures and dynamic movement • Aids in maintaining physical strength, mobility, energy, and focus on and off the mat • Eases tension and reduces anxiety by providing a supportive community nurturing fertility, creating a comprehensive experience that promotes physical and emotional well-being • For those with ovaries: Excludes inversions, twists, or high-impact pelvic movement so you can maintain practice while reducing risk of exercise-induced ovarian torsion Class includes yogic tools such as fellowship (sangha), yamas (restraints), niyamas (observances), asana (posture), pranayama (breath, life force), pratyahara (sense withdrawal), dharana (concentration), and dhyana (meditation). Preparation • Wear comfortable clothes, layers if you run cold • Bring a yoga mat, water bottle • Ground floor studio, bathroom, lounge • Register ahead, memberships available, drop-ins welcome Who Should Attend? This preconception class is open to all sexes, genders, and levels of experience with yoga. This class can be beneficial to students seeking to, • Foster long-term health by decreasing the accumlulation of stress & balancing hormone levels well in advance of fertility needs trying to conceive, egg freezing, fertilization, or transfer • Practice in community whether forming family naturally or with the help of science • Benefit from yoga before, during, and after egg retrieval or embryo transfer procedures • Support monthly cycles, menstruation, pelvic floor tone, surrogacy, adoption process If you are pregnant, please book private prenatal sessions with Rowena instead of attending this class.