Moms, Mats and Manuscripts

S3E8 - Prenatal yoga: our honest experiences, challenges and lessons


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In this intimate, honest episode, we (two moms and yoga teachers) open up about how yoga supported us through pregnancy, labour, and postpartum - not just in the physical sense, but in how we learned to listen to ourselves, surrender, roar, and recover.

We reflect on:
 🧘‍♀️ How our prenatal yoga routines shifted across trimesters
 🔁 What we’d definitely do again and what we wish we had done differently
🌀 How yoga helped us stay intuitive, present, and calm during pregnancy
🗣️ The tools that actually made a difference in labour: breath, sound, focus, trust (and toe stands)
🦁 Tapping into our inner lioness: letting go of control and being unapologetic
💔 How postpartum cracked us open and how yoga tools helped us cope
💬 Why yoga off the mat (awareness, self-trust, and gentleness) matters more than the perfect pose or a full hour spent on your mat

This isn’t a how-to guide, it’s a conversation full of real stories, small wisdoms, and embodied experience. If you’re pregnant, postpartum, or simply curious about how yoga can meet you through the wild transitions of motherhood, this one’s for you.

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Moms, Mats and ManuscriptsBy Ivna Ivanković & Ksenia Volkova Tomaz