Anna White Apps

This Preparing for Birth App is designed tohelp pregnant women and their birth partners prepare for birth.Using this App is an opportunity for both the pregnant woman andher birthing partner to learn relaxation, breathing and massagetechniques. It will show you how to recognise signs of tension inyour body and therefore help you to release tension and achieve amore calm and relaxed manner.In this Preparing for Birth App are pages of text: They includeinformation on how the birth partner can help you at this specialtime, how to breathe through a contraction, relaxation, and otheruseful advice for when you are on your journey to meet yourbaby.The videos in the Preparing for Birth App show positions forbirth, stroking and massage techniques along with a very successfulbreathing technique for the pregnant lady. They are shown in shortsequences and the instructions and demonstrations are easy tofollow. Precautions are mentioned for pregnant ladies who sufferfrom pelvic girdle pain.There is a clip on laughter in the Preparing for Birth App andyou may be curious as to why laughter should be included. Thereason for including this is because many people believe laughteris beneficial for us and releases tension - and relieving tensioncan only be good for you. Enjoy.Anna is a qualified British Wheel of Yoga teacher whospecialises in pregnancy yoga, which she has been teaching for oversix years. She teaches five classes each week and partner workshopseach month and it is from the workshops that this App has beendesigned.This is an e-mail received after the workshop on May 18th2013:“Just a quick note to say thank you so much for yesterday'sworkshop. We both really enjoyed it. Ben found it really useful andI am glad that he feels more at ease in knowing how he can help methrough the journey.” Alison

This App has been adapted from the twopreviousapps Yoga For Pregnancy and Preparing for Birth especiallyforladies who don’t envisage themselves using yoga duringtheirpregnancy.Connecting To BabyThis is a short relaxation allowing you the time to connectwithyour baby. Taking a few minutes with your baby can bebeneficialfor you both.Breathing through a contractionBreathing through a contraction demonstrates thebreathingtechnique that we learn in class. This breath has beenverysuccessful for lots of the ladies who come to the classes. Theysayit is really does help them focus on the breath and remaincalmthrough each contraction. The chapter also shows a sighingbreath,which is fabulous to release any tension that may havebeenacquired during the contraction.Cloud relaxationThis relaxation helps you relax your whole body andthenencourages you to imagine you are lying on a cloud andfloatingthrough the air. Floating is very relaxing and whilst yourmind isfloating, it means it is not so easy for adrenaline to comeintoyour body. Enjoy.LaughterWhen all else fails, it is a good idea to simply laugh.Laughingreleases tension and therefore is really beneficial. Thisclip wasleft in the Preparing for Birth app because laughing is sogood foryou, and for that reason I decided to keep it in the appand shareit again on this app. I hope you enjoy it.Text pagesBreathing through a contractionExplains in more detail how using the breath can make iteasierfor you to cope with your contractionsQuote from Jenni who attended my classes and gave birth toabeautiful baby boy:“All I can say is that if you could bottle that shooingbreathand sell it, you'd be a millionaire!!! I wish you could haveseenjust how well it worked!”Mantras:This is a list of examples of positive statements. You canuseany of these or you can choose one of your own. Using mantrascanbe very beneficial.Tips for Birth:In class we substitute the word labour for the word journey.Wepicture our labour as a journey and at the end of the journeyyouare meeting and holding your baby in your arms. In the textaresome tips to help you on your special journey.

This Pregnancy App has been created for ladieswho have never practised yoga before they were pregnant as well asfor ladies who are experienced yogis. It shows postures that helpkeep you active during your pregnancy. It includes breathingtechniques to help you relax while you're pregnant and for when youare on your special journey to meet your baby. Using this App meansyou are taking time for you and time to connect to your babythrough your pregnancy.Practising yoga during pregnancy can be highly beneficial foryou and your baby. Yoga helps build strength and encouragesrelaxation. The pregnancy postures help you adapt to the changes inyour body that occur during pregnancy and the breathing andrelaxation techniques enable you to relax more easily.The exercises are shown in short sequences and the instructionsand demonstrations are easy to follow. The chapters mentionadaptations for ladies who suffer from pelvic girdle pain,heartburn and carpel tunnel syndrome where appropriate.It features two relaxations often useful after a long day atwork:A short one, which encourages making time to connect tobaby.A longer one, which is a complete relaxation using thevisualisation of floating on a cloud. Imagining you are floating ona cloud is a wonderful way to you to keep you calm and relaxed.THE SEQUENCES:Warm up:Not only warms the joints and muscles, but can release energyblocks in the body, thereby giving you more energy.Cat posture:This is a fabulous posture to help keep your spine supple as welleasing those backaches some of you experience. Practising CatPosture also gives baby the opportunity to be in the correctposition for birth and this posture can actually be used to givebirth.Standing Sequence:Shows a circular movement to help keep your hips fluid.Incorporates squatting which help strengthen legs and a gentletwist.Flowing Sequence:Is a series of postures, flowing from one to the other.Warrior:An empowering posture for strength.Pregnancy Pelvic Floor:The pelvic floor is an important part of anyone’s anatomy. Howeverpregnancy places extra weight on the pelvic floor,This chapter not only explains how to practise the exercises,but also gives an unorthodox visual aid to encourage you to doso.Anna White is a qualified British Wheel of yoga teacher whospecialises in pregnancy yoga, which she has been teaching for oversix years. She teaches five classes each week and many ladiesattend her classes. Quite a number of them are now going for theirsecond pregnancy and some are on their third. Lots of them havecommented how much they have enjoyed the classes and how useful thebreathing techniques have been when they are on their journey tomeet their baby, keeping them calm, relaxed and focused duringtheir contractions.It was the ladies from the classes who suggested to her toproduce a DVD and from that this App.