Is it safe to practice Bikram yoga in the heat when pregnant?

Bikram says if you have been doing his yoga for at least a year prior to the pregnancy, it is safe to continue in moderate heat. Your instructor should make available to you a cooler part of the room. You should study Rajashree's Pregnancy Yoga Video to learn the modifications for pregnancy. Begin practicing those modifications in the second trimester or sooner if it becomes preferable to avoid pressure on the diaphragm.

If you haven't done his yoga for at least a year, then you should work with Rajashree's Pregnancy Yoga Video starting the second trimester.

Rajashree's Pregnancy Yoga can be done up to the delivery date, and should be practiced for several months afterwards. Then you can return to Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class.

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