The 5 Best Yoga Poses for Fertility

Get introduced to some of the most effective yoga and pranayama postures for the period of trying for conceiving.

Continuous attempts at conceiving are not met with immediate success in all cases and there are a number of factors to blame for this, from leading a stressful life to lack of enough personal time in a super-busy schedule. While medical advice and assistance are obviously imperative in these matters, you can also give your fertility a boost by following a dedicated practice of selected yoga sequences.

Performing certain yoga postures is effective for massaging the hormonal glands into action while also bolstering up the ovaries and uterus. On the level of the mind, yoga is calming and resilience-building. The meditative aspect of the yogic exercise keeps the fight-or-flight anxiety syndrome away, thus maxing up your mind-body peace and chances of conception.

Here goes 5 best yoga poses to enhance fertility:

Bee Breath or Bhramari Pranayama

It is no secret how psychological stress can become a roadblock in conception. The more your mind is occupied and filled with negative energies, lesser will be your body’s capacity to form another life inside of you. To diminish stress levels, yoga emphasizes upon pranayama involving deep reaching diaphragmatic breath, usher in all-overcoming peace.

The Bhramari Pranayama especially works for de-stressing the key reproductive organs—

Be seated in Padmasana with your eyes closed. Touch the cartilage of your ears with your index fingers. Breathe in slow and deep till the base of your abdomen. Hold on for a microsecond and breathe out. Press down slightly on the ears as you exhale and also sound a low hum as the air goes out.

Respire in this method at least 6-7 times.

Seated Forward Fold or Paschimottanasana

The Seated Forward Fold is great for exerting pressure gently in your ovaries and uterus, vitalizing these organs and also relieving your mind-body state of anxiety symptoms. The asana is recommended also for exercising the outer muscular fold of the hamstrings, lower back, and hips, thus increasing agility and core strength necessary for blossoming another life within.

Outstretch your legs and flex your toes as you sit with your spine erect. Raise both arms overhead as you breathe in. Bend to the front when you exhale, folding at the hips. Contact the side of your feet with your arms when you have folded forward. But be cautious to keep your spine straight and firm.

Breathe lots, deep, and strong. Hold the posture when you have fully bent down to your toes. Keep at it for 1-2 minutes, and come back up and stretch your arms out when reaching the seated posture.

Reclining Bound Angle or Supta Baddha Konasana

The posture is powerful for working out the inner thighs and groin. The soothing massage affected by this posture can relax menstrual cramps and bloating. At the same time, the posture works for lapsing into a passive and calm state of mind, concentrating all the will and good energy required to make the amazing gift of another life come about.

Don’t forget to prop your back with a cushion and tune in to some relaxing music as the happy vibes come floating in your space with this one—

Lower your back floor-ward with the support of your hands. Lie half-supported by a cushion as your neck rests comfortingly. Fold up your knees, the soles should be touching the ground. In absolute ease, allow your knees to open to the sides as the soles of your feet come closer, touching each other. Now, bring your arms to your sides with the palms facing up.

Take a slow, relaxing pattern to breathe and continue like this for as long as you need to gather your thoughts and feel complete.

Shoulder Stand or Sarvangasana

Did you know, an ill-functioning thyroid gland can really affect your chances of conceiving? To ensure the proper working of this part of the endocrine, Sarvangasana works great—

Lie. Back to the ground. Stretch your limbs out, keeping the arms to the sides and palms facing up. Make 90-degree legs up, pressing down the palms rigidly to the floor and slowly lift your waist up.

Keep the support going in your palms, hold your waist and uphold your legs forming that 90-degree now to the floor. Keep going at this for one and a half minute. Now, lower down your body, resting parallel to the floor.

Legs Up the Wall or Viparita Karani

It is observed that doing this asana post-intercourse works for keeping the sperm closer to the uterus, maximizing the chances of fertilization—

Lay on your back and raise your legs against a wall as you breathe in. Hold for 20 minutes.

Wrap up the session of yoga poses for fertility with a restful savasana and get up filled with freshness and optimism.