A pregnant client has a friend who used yoga to help prepare for childbirth and asks where to learn how to do this. What should the nurse respond?

Question

1. "Yoga is too strenuous while pregnant.".
2. "Have you asked your friend to teach you?"
3. "There are teachers who can teach you how to do this.".
4. "Yoga is just glorified stretching which you can do on your own.".

Answer 1

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Rationale 1: Yoga is not sport or exercise.

Rationale 2: The friend might not be qualified to teach yoga.

Rationale 3: The best way to begin yoga is to find an experienced teacher who can correct postures and guide the individual through the breathing and relaxation exercises.

Rationale 4: Yoga is more than stretching. It incorporates postures, breathing, and relaxation exercises.

Global Rationale: The best way to begin yoga is to find an experienced teacher who can correct postures and guide the individual through the breathing and relaxation exercises. Yoga is not sport or exercise. The friend might not be qualified to teach yoga. Yoga is more than stretching. It incorporates postures, breathing, and relaxation exercises.