Are there yoga poses that shouldn’t be done while trying to conceive?
A. We recommend no deep twisting for several months before and during the time you are trying to conceive. However, open face twists are fine. We think of this as a time to make space for the life we are trying to create, literally and figuratively and deep twists tend to squeeze the reproductive organs. We recommend modifying anything that feels like it is squashing or compressing any of your organs. This is not hard science but came from our own experiences – yours might be different and each person is encouraged to find their own middle ground. For us, this became a time of slowing down and working on a subtler level, making our practices gentler. We cut way down on the poses that we felt sapped our energy such as jump backs and “chaturangas.” Always, but even more so during the time we were trying to conceive, we wanted our yoga practice to be supporting and nurturing, building our energy for our upcoming pregnancy and eventual childbirth.
