Week 11 | Post Abdominal Surgery Yoga - Yoga for After Hysterectomy, C-Section, etc. | Yoga with Joy

This is the eleventh video in a 12 part series of yoga for after abdominal surgery. It's for anyone who has undergone abdominal surgery in the past 11 weeks or so and feels ready for a slightly stronger practice while keeping the exercises very gentle and supportive for healing. We start lying down in semi-supine, breathing and centering into the practice. From here we engage the pelvic floor and gently move into a flowing bridge up to the shoulder blades, then we raise the arms behind. Some knee circles prepare for a bent knee hold, to strengthen the abdominal muscles. Moving the knees from side-to-side, before moving up into table-top cat and back into child's posture. We then flow between a version of cobra, child, cat, and downward dog before coming up to standing. While standing we practice tree posture, warrior 1, and pyramid posture with arm circles. Then come down into supine for a gentle supine twist and svasana (final relaxation). If any of the exercises or yoga poses in this video are too strenuous for you, please find the previous video in this series that will suit where you're up to in your healing journey. In this yoga therapy series, there are 12 videos to aid your recovery after abdominal surgery, building up strength and flexibility so that daily movements become easier as you heal. Each video in the series is for a different week after abdominal surgery, however, all the timings are approximate and you could carry on using a previous video right through your recovery. You could use these videos to alternate with each other, depending on your body and the speed of your recovery. The series of videos is for anyone who has undergone abdominal surgery, which could include hysterectomy, appendectomy, cholecystectomy, hernia operation, Caesarean section, any bowel surgery. Whatever surgery you've experienced, if it's involved an incision in your abdominal muscles these yoga techniques can really help. Just take things very slowly, do what you can and opt out of any exercise or posture that doesn't feel ok. Please speak with your doctor before starting this post-abdominal surgery course, as it's very important that whatever exercise you do is in line with your stage of recovery. Only you know your body, but if you're unsure about when to start gentle movements, speak with a medical professional. 💚 If you found this 12 part series helpful, I have 3 other videos for after abdominal surgery and a 4 part series that you can use alongside this series. Try them out! 🌟 Here is the Post Abdominal Surgery Yoga playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLap6D_DFf94VH35zdv1FKO2G7mOJCwcgc Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUq... 💛 If you wish to donate to support me making these videos, you can follow this link: http://bit.ly/3jslO53 Socials 🌸 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3vY58rn (yoga.with.joy) Facebook: https://bit.ly/3x0Xspz (Yoga with Joy) 🌻 Sign up to my mailing list! Visit my Yoga with Joy website for more information about what I'm up to, including local yoga classes, online classes, yoga workshops, and holidays: https://www.yogawithjoy.co.uk/ 🌞 'Radiant Sun' - the music in my intro / ident at the beginning of the video - is a snippet of a beautiful song written by my friend Ollie Frame ( https://insighttimer.com/ollieframe ) and recorded by my super talented sister, Susie Ro Prater (YouTube: http://bit.ly/3nhMHe0 / Website: https://www.susiero.com ) Love & gratitude 💛✨ Joy 🌻 Joy Prater from Yoga with Joy is a qualified yoga teacher, however, she cannot assist you with any ailments or injuries that could possibly hinder you while following any of Yoga with Joy’s videos. Joy Prater highly recommends that you consult a doctor or physician before practicing with these online yoga classes. As with any exercise, participating in these yoga classes could result in physical injury. By choosing to voluntarily engage in Yoga with Joy’s videos you agree that you do so at your own risk; assuming all risk of injury to yourself. Joy Prater, from Yoga with Joy, teaches yoga for after abdominal surgery, amongst other styles of yoga. This video is yoga post-ab surgery and yoga exercises for after surgery. It has exercises after abdominal surgery and yoga after a hysterectomy surgery, as well as yoga post-cesarean delivery and yoga after colonoscopy. This video is for yoga after appendix surgery and yoga after hernia surgery, as well as yoga after hernia repair with mesh and yoga after kidney surgery. The exercises also cover yoga after cholecystectomy and yoga after an appendectomy. It's basically a load of post abdominal surgery yoga exercises. This is for week 10 after surgery, or thereabouts. Joy teaches therapeutic yoga and yoga therapy. #YogawithJoy #YogaPostAbSurgery #YogaAfterAbSurgery