Celebrities Love Prenatal Yoga

More and more, prenatal yoga is becoming the workout of choice among celebrity moms and moms-to-be. Celebrities including Drew Barrymore, Gisele Bundchen, Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mila Kunis turn to prenatal yoga as an important way to stay fit and healthy while showing off their baby bumps.

Prenatal yoga is a gentle but effective method of exercise, stretching, and relaxation this is suitable for pregnant women. Ita series of poses and breathing exercises designed to help relax and help strengthen the body from the inside out. Prenatal yoga can easily be modified to fit each pregnant woman’s unique needs so it’s no wonder that many celebrities who are used to hard-core workout and fitness routines are hanging up their boxing gloves and turning to prenatal yoga and for its benefits.

Here are 5 celebrity new moms and moms-to-be who embraced prenatal yoga to help them achieve better sleep, improved blood flow and circulation, reduced stress, smoother deliveries.

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon is known for her impressive fitness routine. It’s no surprise she didn’t let her pregnancy keep her from staying fit and active. Reese added prenatal yoga to her fitness routine focusing on poses such as the cobbler’s pose and cat/cow stretch.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow is no stranger to . Gwyneth was among one of the first celebrities that helped popularize prenatal yoga. While pregnant, Gwyneth altered her Ashtanga yoga practice it to fit her pregnancy needs.

Alyssa Milano

Alyssa Milano became pregnant in 2011 and took to prenatal yoga to help keep her feeling healthy and grounded. Alyssa was photographed throughout her pregnancy attending prenatal yoga classes, sporting that happy, relaxed, after-yoga “glow”.

Gisele Bundchen

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen credits yoga for helping her stay healthy (physically, and mentally) while pregnant. Not only did prenatal yoga help Gisele stay physically and mentally fit, she also credited her yoga practice for helping her eat mindfully during her pregnancy.

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba used prenatal yoga to help keep her back and knees strong and limber during her pregnancy. She told Lucky Magazine "I have a bad back and bad knees, and it really prepares your body. The more limber you are and the stronger you are, the easier your birth. And isn't that what everybody wants?"

Celebrity moms and moms-to-be have helped spread the word of prenatal yoga and all its benefits, but prenatal yoga isn’t just for celebrities. Prenatal yoga helps all mothers prepare for labor and stay fit during pregnancy.