1. INFERTILITY-
YOGA
PODIGAI 19 APRIL 2011

2. OVERVIEW OF INFERTILITY
WOMEN MEN
 CONGENITAL  LOW SPERM COUNT
ABNORMALITIES  WEAK THAT DO NOT
 PELVIC INFECTIONS SWIM WELL
 ENDOMETRIOSIS  SMOKING, DRINKING,
 IRREGULAR CYCLING,
OVULATIONS UNDESCENDED
TESTICLE

3. CAUTION AGAINST IVF/SPERM INJ.
 HIGHER RATE OF MAJOR BIRTH DEFECTS
 CHROMOSOMAL AND MUSCULO SKELETAL
DEFECTS- NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF
MEDICINE.
 COST, DISTUBANCE, MULTIPLE BIRTHS,
TENSION

4. HOW YOGA FITS IN
 STRESS REDUCES FERTILITY BY REDUCES BL
FLOW TO PELVIS, BY SHUNTING OUT THE BL
TO OTHER AREAS
 STRESS UPS CORTISOL LEVEL AND
INTERFERE IN MENSRUATING &
MISCARRIIAGE
 YOGASANAS REUCES STRESS AND RELAXES
PELVIS, TEACHES TO ACCEPT THE REALITY
AND FIGHT BACK WITH COURAGE-
COUNSELLING
 INCREASES CONFIDENCE, HAPPINESS IN
YOURSELF

5. SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
 A 10 WEEK PROG OF YOGA, GUIDED IMAGERY,
MANTRA MEDITATION, FASTING, REGISTERED
44% PREGNANCY RATE.
 HIGH LEVEL OF DEPRESSION AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS
 SUCCESS RATE IS MORE WITH YOGA

6. ASANAS
 CAT-COW  VAJRASANA
 BADDHA KONASANA  PADMASANA
 PADHA HASTASANA  VIPARITA KARANI-
 UPAVISTA SARVANGASANA-
KONASANA HALASANA
 JANU SIRSANA PRANAYAM
 PASCHIMOTASANA  NADI SUDDHI
PRANAYAM
 YOGIC DEEP
BREATHING

7. HOLISTIC SUPPORT
 LOW BODY FAT REDUCES FERTILITY
 OBESITY REDUCES FERTILITY
 FOOD, DRINKING WATER LACED WITH
PESTICIDE RED FERTILITY
 HOT BATHS, SAUNA, SPA, STEAM ROOMS, LAP
TOPS AND TIGHT UNDER WEAR REDUCES
SPERM COUNT
 BL PRESSURE ANDOTHER PILLS, ALCOHOL,
CAFFEINE, TOBACCO, REDUCES FERTILITY IN
MEN AND WOMEN
 SADNESS, LACK OF WORTH, LOST PLEASURE
IN LIFE DUE TO DEPRESSION HAVE LESS
CHANCE………