February 16, 2021
My pregnant body feels overall pretty great to be honest, but since our long car ride home from South Carolina last weekend my upper back has been a little angry with me. And sleeping on my sides is not helping the case, my upper back and neck muscles are quite uncomfortable.
So for the past week I’ve used my enormous pregnancy pillow to prop myself up to be able to sleep on my back on an incline which definitely helps (teaching my body to sleep on the side has been hard during this pregnancy🙈 I’m a back sleeper for sure).
And this supported fish pose (matsyasana)Â is amazing for overall feel-good relief (I usually open my knees out for a nice hip opener as well).
Matsyasana is know from the traditional texts to be “the destroyer of all diseases”. I really like the supported version regardless if I’m pregnant or not (one block under the ribcage -where the bra strap is- and one block to support the head, blocks on whatever height that is comfortable for you that day and you can add rolled up blankets -like I have in the picture- or use a bolster). It stretches the hip flexors (when legs are straight forward or knees out to the sides), belly and throat and it can feel nice for and strengthen the upper back and can improve posture.