Benefits of yoga for fertility

• Yoga is effective and great way to maintain health. Practicing yoga regularly helps to improve fertility. With the help of yoga you can balance your body as well as your mind and eliminate a major obstacle in the process of conception- stress. Yoga is helpful to regulate the hormonal process and lightness in the body. 
• According to research there are 1 in 8 couples that experience infertility. In which one-third of cases are due to a women’s fertility issue and other one-third are caused due to a male issue, and the rest of the cases are of unknown reasons.
• Yoga shows some promise as a lifestyle change that helps to promote healthy reproduction in both men and women. Some useful effects of yoga may include

Reduces stress, depression, and anxiety

• Studies have shown that most of the women that are undergoing infertility treatment have also history of some level of anxiety, depression, or both. Not only women but men also suffer from these issues.
• Starting yoga and mindfulness exercises (like deep breathing, or other breathing exercises) into your daily routine may help to lower your body’s stress and improve immune system function.

Strengthens and maintains the body 

• Having extra weight can play a role in causing infertility in both men and women. Along with dietary changes, exercise /yoga play important part in weight management.
• If someone is starting workout the he/she should start with yoga. As yoga is a gentle way to ease your body movements. And while doing the yoga poses don’t necessarily tax the joints, you’ll certainly feel a burn in your muscles and increased flexibility.

Balances hormones

• Researches also show that when stress is decreased or controlled, then hormone levels also balances. Our body and mind, breath and balance — it’s all connected. Regular practicing yoga will help improve the connection between your brain and hormones (neuroendocrine axes), meaning that hormones are better balanced overall.
• This also applies for both women and men. And if hormones are in balanced levels then sexual desire and reproductive function also increase and improve.

Supports sperm production

• Low sperm counts in men have become a common problem across the globe. In most of the cases, the low counts are due to the lifestyle or environmental factors, like obesity, smoking, alcohol intake or exposure to chemicals. 
• Practicing yoga daily will help lower stress and anxiety, regulate hormones and body function, and support sperm production. And hence yoga can improve male reproductive health and prevent infertility.

Yoga poses for fertility

• Matsayasana
• Sarvangasana
• Shalabhasana
• Halasana
• Bhujangasana
• Paschimottan asana
• Pranayam
• Surya Namaskar

Safety of fertility yoga

• Yoga for fertility and enhance reproductive health is completely safe and can be easily practiced, even if you’re new to the practice. 
• One should start slowly and resist going too far into poses. Focus should be given on your breathing while doing yoga poses. Going too deep into a pose without proper knowledge can increase the risk for injury. One should practice yoga according to their body stamina. Vigorous exercise may cause any kind of health issue.

The Final word

As Yoga includes several activities like breathing, meditation, and poses (asanas) that help to manage your stress levels , depression, and anxiety and reduce pain levels , kept body in shape — all things that  strengthen you reproductive health and helpful in achieving pregnancy.