Breastfeeding and yoga

So I was nursing my child just a half an hour ago and marvelling at the way my life has changed since his birth. Prior to him every free moment was spent doing yoga... bending, stretching and lengthening through the poses of its marvellous syllabus.

Do I miss the amount of time I have to practice...yes....but not to as large a degree as I had expected... Reason being I had come to realize that breastfeeding brought me to a similar state of well-being that my yoga practice does. It too had the ability to bring a sense of calmness, equanimity and thankfulness that prior to this only my practice brought forth.

Breastfeeding is its own form of karma yoga as mother and child retrieve benefits and are too numerous to count. (SEE Benefits of Breastfeeding here).

Now I am not suggesting that breastfeeding can replace yoga, but to the ardent practitioner who is pregnant or considering becoming pregnant I share this because I believe it would be encouraging.