These are all very important parts of a strong yoga practice, so one can see
how routine adjustments are beneficial to practice.
Not exact matches
The first few weeks were an
adjustment, she concedes, but after she settled in to the NextKids
routine, popping over to visit her daughter replaced the regular coffee breaks she would take at a traditional office (and eliminates time spent guiltily wondering
how her kids were doing).
These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose
how and when to include children (who are making their own
adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family
routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.
As with all these
routines,
adjustments can and should be made, but hopefully this has given you, the reader, some ideas on
how to begin designing or tweaking your existing
routine to improve your strength and power.
As I've been contemplating a new year and some
adjustments I'm hoping to make in my daily
routine, I've been thinking about
how busy we have all become with so many opportunities to do whatever we want in life.