Product Description

Bend, Breathe & Conceive is an exciting new yoga program specifically created to help couples conceive. Anna Davis , Ph.D., RYT, scientist and yoga instructor, guides you through a series of physical poses, yogic breathing techniques, visualizations, and meditation practices designed to integrate your body, mind, and spirit, to cultivate balance and to promote fertility and optimal reproductive health.UNDERSTANDING YOGA AND FERTILITY: In a brief introduction, Dr. Davis explains the physiology of fertility. - Learn how daily anxieties and fertility frustration can trigger the release of stress hormones that disrupt the healthy functioning of the reproductive system. - Relieve stress with proven relaxation techniques designed to restore mental and physical balance and actually increase conception rates (Domar, A. et al. Fertility and Sterility, 73:4, 2000). - Build strength, increase flexibility, and learn to shift your physiology away from stress towards relaxation to promote reproductive health. THE PRACTICE: This yoga practice is geared for students of all levels from beginning to advanced. A 60 minute dynamic flow yoga practice includes 10 minutes of guided relaxation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28905 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-01
• Formats: NTSC, Widescreen
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 76 minutes

Review
Bend, Breathe and Conceive offers a realistic and enjoyable method to incorporate a daily practice of stress reduction and whole body health. Stress management techniques such as yoga, especially during the fertile part of the cycle, have been shown in several studies to lead to increased pregnancy rates, and a healthier intimate relationship for the couple. - --Dr. JE Ellington, CEO of ING Fertility and inventor of Pre-Seed

Review
Your video provides a well informed introduction to stress physiology and how this impacts fertility. - --Sam K. Wasser, Ph.D., Reproductive Biologist and Research Professor, Department of Biology (UW)

Review
A new yoga DVD by Fairhaven Health (a specialty manufacturer of fertility-related products) aims to help women improve their health and fertility, restore emotional and physical balance... and get pregnant. Presented by yoga instructor Anna Davis, Ph.D., Bend, Breathe and Conceive: Yoga for Fertility consists of a flowing series of poses (asanas), hand positions (mudras), and meditative breathing techniques designed to help reduce stress and tone the areas of the body associated with fertility and reproductive wellness. A 20-minute educational introduction explains how yoga can help with conception. --Conceive Magazine, Spring 2008

Customer Reviews

I love it!!!
I haven't done much yoga but I did this with my friend who does quite a bit and we both just loved it! I feel so much more relaxed and positive about this whole process of trying to get pregnant (even my husband says I'm in a better mood!). Anna's voice is so soothing and calm and she makes it easy to understand even for someone with little yoga experience. Now if I can just have a BABY I'll move onto prenatal yoga (lol). Try it, you won't be disapointed!

safe, effective, gentle
I have been practicing yoga for over 12 years at the time of this writing, and I am also an experienced, certified yoga instructor, as well as a prenatal massage therapist. I feel that I can vouch for the yoga as taught in this video-- it is the real deal-- Anna Davis knows what she is doing. I really enjoy this video a lot. I find it calming, relaxing, and invigorating in a gentle way. Perhaps most importantly of all, this video is safe for people wherever they might be in their cycle, or in their TTC process (even if using Assisted Reproductive Therapy of some kind). I feel confident recommending it to anyone who is TTC, whether they are taking a completely holistic approach, or using a combination of eastern and western medicine.
The downsides of the video are:
1.) It doesn't give explanations for why she chose the postures that are included. An experienced yogi will be able to figure this out intuitively, but it isn't spelled out for you. (e.g. She doesn't explain why you might want to do postures targeting your hips, low back, and groin area if you are TTC.) There are plenty of online resources for exploring this further. My favourite is Fully Fertile: A 12-Week Holistic Plan for Optimal Fertility, another outstanding resource for holistic fertility.
2.) The pace is actually a bit quick for my taste. I'm not sure why she didn't stretch this out into a 90-minute practice; I prefer more time in some of the postures. I was impressed that she did give plenty of time for the relaxation sequence at the end. A lot of teachers skimp on final savasana, which is the most important posture of the practice. Again, Davis really gets it. Overall a very good investment.

Disappointing-Don't waste your money
Don't waste your money. After using this video, I was more stressed than when I began. I have to agree with some of the other reviewers when they say this video is lacking. It really is hard to define what exactly it is about this video but it did nothing for me. Maybe it is because the instructor is just going through these uninspiring motions. I think she is trying hard but comes across stiff and almost military-like. No thanks.