The Yoga rules

By Esther Woolfson

Today I will give a little insight on being a mom and doing yoga exercise.

I am a mom of a 10 month old daughter. When I first became a mom I thought this isn't hard, I can exercise when I want to. I have come to find that being a mom and doing yoga is hard. So if you are a mom and do yoga cherish all the time you get for this wonderful relaxing exercise.

Why yoga is so hard to do as a mom.

I will give you a little insight into mom hood. This section is called the day in the life of a yoga mom.

The first thing I do is get up and feed my daughter breast milk which will take up to an hour sometimes. Then you put her down to play and try and eat breakfast. You warm up your cereal and then comes the waaaaa. Oh no she needs attention. What is it now a diaper change, some more milk, solid food, a hug, or some attention. Okay you figure out what the demand is,take care of the problem. Now I can go back to my cereal. So now you decide you have to do her laundry before you run out of bibs for her meals. By the time that is done you should go get dressed. Here comes the cry again. Oh she must be hungry now. So you feed her solid food and put her down. Okay now I can go take a shower. This is the most peaceful part of the day ALONE TIME. You step out of the shower and hear waaaa oh now time to nurse again for another hour. Okay now that this is over it is time to clean all the breakfast dishes. Start to clean dishes and hear waaaa oh she needs her diaper changed. You change her diaper then put her down to play again. No I don't want to sit here. Hm mm what could it be oh I know put her on the floor in the kitchen to play with plastic containers while I do the dishes. She loves that as long as I play with her at the same time. Now the dishes are done. Okay maybe now I can do some yoga. You set her down and guess what hungry again. So you feed her solid food. Okay now you put her down to play and she does. Oh good I can do some yoga now. Hurry up get dressed and ready for it. Now you start the exercise. Halfway through it you hear waaaa. Oh no she needs to be nursed again. So now you nurse her. Look at the time after you nursed her oh now it is time for making dinner. In the end the yoga never gets finished.

I love yoga because it takes away all the pain of lifting and bending as a mom. The back exercise is the best.

For new moms there is mom and baby yoga. This is great for you and your baby. The classes are good for you and your baby until you run out of time to go to it. Or the baby starts to yell and move a lot in the class. Usually this is when it is hard to control the baby so yoga class is not worth it for you anymore.

Every city should have a baby and mama yoga class. Benefits of baby mama yoga are: The baby gets to do the class with you,

You get to lose weight and feel good.

Other attributes are meeting other mothers and seeing all the funny things that go on in the class.

Being a mom takes a lot of time so if you don't get a chance to do yoga, nurse your baby. You will be exercising by feeding and lose weight. In ending, Sometimes you do get time to do the yoga so never give up. Just a shout out to all yoga teachers who are also moms, kudos to you. What a hard and rewarding job you have.

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