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2/8/2016 Supporting Optimal Fetal Development The history of man for the nine months preceding his birth would, probably, be far more interesting and contain events of greater moment than for all the three score and ten years that follow it. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1

2/8/2016 Stress primes the offspring us to expect this 2

2/8/2016 At peak 250,000 brain cells are being produced every minute during the prenatal period The importance of the womb environment for proper development of brain function, immune function, mental and behavioral health can be even more important than genetics. 3

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2/8/2016 http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/10/incarceration.aspx 13

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2/8/2016 But what? 15

2/8/2016 Use the lowest dose necessary to provide the desired effect Sometimes that dose is NONE 16

2/8/2016 Current levels of uncertainty about long- term impacts suggest we:  Develop research priorities  A void unneeded interventions  Interventions should be based on what we already know about normal reproductive hormonal physiology and epigenetics 17

2/8/2016 A non-pharmacologic approach which supports the normal reproductive hormonal physiology and theory of positive epigenetic changes 18

2/8/2016  Increased activity in left frontal and limbic  Increased theta and alpha frequencies  Shifts brain from sympathetic to parasympathetic activity 19

2/8/2016  Increased concentration, improved self-control and better emotional balance.  Increased positive mood, emotional stability and resilience.  More mature coping strategies and tolerance of common stressors. These effects are passed to fetus with maternal practice and don’t forget the long term generational effects through epigenetic programming! 20

2/8/2016  Helps build flexibility and strength needed for birth  Emphasis is on breath and deliberate relaxation  Can be modified easily for high risk pregnancies “Yoga works not because poses are relaxing but because they are stressful . . . It‘s the practice of remaining calm during the stress that creates the neurobiological benefit” 21

2/8/2016 PEACE AND HAPPINESS STRESS AND DISEASE What can you do in your current practice to change the trajectory of our dismal truths? 22

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