Prenatal yoga will use significantly more props, to help support your body as it changes and grows. Prenatal yoga will not include advanced inversions and arm balances (think: handstand, crow pose, etc.) A prenatal yoga class will not ask a woman to lay on her back or belly. Prenatal yoga is, simply put, a yoga practice specifically designed for pregnant people. Unlike a yoga class that merely modifies a “regular”* practice to be safe for pregnant women, prenatal yoga actually addresses concerns that pregnant women would have. For example, it helps with common pregnancy aches and pains, eases the mental and emotional concerns of pregnant women, and helps prepare thebody for birth and postpartum recovery.
I’m going to say “regular” a bunch in these sequences. Please know that I’m not implying that being pregnant makes you irregular; it’s just the easiest way to refer to “non-prenatal” classes.