Maximizing Prana for Fertility’s Sake

I am in the midst of reading a great book entitled, Fully Fertile: A 12-Week Plan for Optimal Fertility (check back later this month for a full review), and I keep being struck with sentences that just make sense. Like this one which talks about prana, or life-energy:

From a mystical standpoint, the breath is believed to bring prana, or life-energy, into the body. This life-energy is considered divine, the spark that illuminates all beings. When we are full of prana, we are healthy and at peace mentally and spiritually. For fertility, it stands to reason that we want to maximize prana.

that sounds reasonable to me. How do we gain prana? According to Fully Fertile,

• Deep, mindful breathing
• Eating non-processed, organic foods
• Interaction with/contemplation of nature
• Prayer

How do we lose it?

• Stress
• Physical Illness
• Obsessive thought (what? are you saying thinking about something you want 24/7 isn’t a good idea? oh.)
• Strenuous exercise
• Poor diet, too little/too much food

Its funny, I decided to give yoga a second chance just to get more mindful of my own body and the mind/body connection, you know, to get my head right. I really hadn’t been thinking about it (at least not consciously) as a tool to facilitate my fertility. But the more I read, the more it seems it could do just that.

Bonus.

What are your thoughts on yoga? Weigh in on Fertility Notes’ latest poll.