Blog #3

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/fashion/06yoga.html?_r=1&ref=fashion
Feb. 4, 2011

My article, titled "Yoga's Stress Relief: An Aid for Infertility?" generally talks about how a certain yoga class in New York has helped many infertile females de-stress and let go of their worries, much like a support group. This works well because all of the women in the class can relate to each other so it's easier to open up. Although many women have gotten pregnant from yoga, there is still no proven data that this will for certain increase their fertility chances. The author of this article is Catherine Saint Louis. I'm not quite sure her credentials or whether she is personally qualified to make this argument. However, she does use many women's quotes (who I would find reliable) as examples to further try and prove her point. The intended audience is definitely wives or couples who are having trouble getting pregnant and are stressed out about it and would like to try this as a new possible option. I am persuaded that this method probably doesn't work to cure infertility, but there are many other things a woman can do to make herself more fertile. Taking the stress away is a big factor, so this would be good to do along with not smoking, drinking alcohol or caffeine, and maybe even gaining or losing weight. I do think that women should try this as a good form of therapy, and I also believe that any woman, trying to get pregnant or not, should do yoga as a healthy weekly routine.