Breathwork for Pregnancy: How to Find Calm Through the Four Trimesters

By: Carolyn Cowan

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Synopsis: Inhale, exhale, relief. Find calm and release stress during pregnancy with the mindful practice of breathwork and stretching.The journey to becoming a parent can be one filled with joy and excitement, but also apprehension, anxiety, and overwhelm. In this gentle and empathetic guide, psychotherapist and breathwork teacher Carolyn Cowan will show you how to use conscious breathing to ease stress and worry and relieve physical discomforts like morning sickness, body aches, and insomnia. With step-by-step breathwork exercises and yoga stretches and guidance on creating your own breathwork practice, Breathwork for Pregnancy will help you feel more calm, connected, and comfortable through the four trimesters.Breathwork for Pregnancy includes: 20+ guided breathwork exercises for every pregnancy symptom. Breaths for anxiety relief, stress release, mental clarity, nausea relief, better sleep, postpartum recovery, and more.Complementary yoga stretches. Enhance your breathwork practice—and relieve aches and pains.Beginner-friendly guidance. From how to start learning breaths to how to build up and maintain your breathwork practice.Practical advice for each trimester. So you know which breaths and stretches will be most helpful at each stage of your pregnancy and postpartum journey.A primer on the stress response. Understanding your vagus nerve and stress system will lead to a better understanding of how breathwork can help.