Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Amy Wolfe, founder of Well By Wolfe, located in New York, USA.

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Fertility yoga, can I break a sweat? The answer is you absolutely can, but there’s a caveat: you can break a sweat doing certain types of yoga. Colloquially, we all often make the mistake of assuming that yoga refers to a style of physical movement. In reality, the level of vigor varies substantially amongst different forms of yoga. From Restorative to Ashtanga, it really runs the gamut (even if they share some poses, such as downward dog). Consequently, some varieties of yoga will make you sweat, while some are actually designed to do the very opposite. Many will land you somewhere in the middle, depending on the particular class, teacher, and your individual fitness level.

Every article we read is written by a person, so it’s necessarily biased. Let me lay mine out right away: I’m a pre and post natal yoga teacher, and I think it’s kinda the best. It’s also what I know most about. That said, I’ll do my best to make “working out” more holistic.

15 Minute Home Pilates Routine. This set of Pilates exercises is designed to provide you with an at-home Pilates routine and help you build familiarity with Pilates mat exercises, whether you are new or experienced. These exercises develop the core strength, stability, and flexibility for which Pilates is famous.

Despite what the name of this article suggests—it’s not quite so black and white. I did a quick Google search to see what other personal trainers and others in the physical activity fields were saying and felt strongly that I needed to start by saying this: LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. Sure, there are physical activities that are generally “better” for working out during pregnancy, but it may be that some of those exercise routines (say, for example, walking) just don’t work for you. Maybe you have lower back pain or chest pain after, or maybe your ankles and calves scream at you for a week after that 30-minute walk (in which case, maybe you swim or practice prenatal yoga), or maybe you feel amazing after a walk. Whatever the case may be, only ever do the exercise routines that feel good to your body (both during and after exercise).

Who is Amy Wolfe? Born and raised in Mexico City, Amy Wolfe first fell in love with yoga at the age of fifteen. It wasn't, however, until Amy's second year at NYU School of Law that she began to understand its power. After graduating from law school and very confused about her life's next step, Amy listened to a growing desire to deepen her own connection with her body and breath by enrolling in a 200-hour Teacher Training Program.

My mom and her family went on one vacation every year. Each summer, they’d pack the car and drive to the house they’d rented for their week at the beach. Every year, my grandfather would be sick for the entirety of the vacation. Why? The stresses of life take a real toll on our physical body. The stresses of fertility treatments—well, that’s true to the nth degree. Caring for your physical body while undergoing fertility treatments is important, and broader self-care for conceiving is paramount. Anxiety and high-stress levels impact the health of our bodies and our ability to conceive. Yes, exercising regularly and eating well is part of the equation, but it is not the full picture. Enter fertility yoga on your fertility journey.

Thank goodness that I happened to stumble into Amy’s class at East River Pilates, it prompted me to take her basics class at Yoga Vida.

It is clear that when you take Amy’s class, you are in good hands. She is direct, poised and knows what she is talking about. When things get a little too serious, she’ll crack a joke in her class.