36 Yoga Poses for Detoxification During Menstruation

Women experience menstruation every month. Menstruation makes women's bodies weaker and their resistance is also at its lowest. Especially for women with dysmenorrhea, these days are simply worse than death. In severe cases, they will take painkillers to relieve the pain and cannot go to work at all. But then again, menstruation is also a stage of detoxification. Many women are unwilling to be active at this time. In fact, yoga detoxification during menstruation is a very good way to help women's qi and blood circulation, and dysmenorrhea will gradually improve.

What are the 36 yoga detox postures during menstruation?

1. Heroic

Kneel on the ground with your knees bent, thighs as wide as hips, calves slightly spread out, insteps touching the ground, buttocks sitting on the yoga brick, and back extended upward.

Interlace your fingers and stretch them upward, palms facing the ceiling, and keep breathing. Stay for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Effect: Hero pose and Ox Face pose are mainly used to relieve joint pain caused by menstruation, especially hip and knee pain. By stretching the hands through breathing and relaxing the upper body muscles, they can also relieve pain in the back, shoulders and neck.

2. Forward Bend

Sit on the ground, stretch your legs forward, place two long pillows on your knees, exhale, overlap your elbows, relax your upper body forward, put your forehead close to your arms, hook your feet, and keep breathing. Stay for 3 to 5 minutes.

Efficacy: It can stabilize the anxiety and irritability caused by menstruation, and can also relieve dysmenorrhea and headaches.

3. Prayer

Bend your arms and bring your palms together behind your back, keeping them at waist height. Inhale slowly, open your elbows outwards, stretch your back upwards, move your clasped hands up to your chest, and hold your breath for about one minute.

Effect: The prayer pose can eliminate leg swelling during menstruation and prevent varicose veins, while the special hand posture can stretch the chest and shoulder muscles, increase the flexibility of the upper back, and eliminate shoulder and neck pain caused by menstruation.

4. Auspicious style

Lie flat on the pillow with your upper body, place a towel behind your head, bend your legs, use a yoga rope to fix the distance between your feet and hips, place two yoga bricks under each knee, relax your hands, place them on both sides of the body, and keep breathing. The duration of stay can be adjusted according to your preference.

Efficacy: Relieve dysmenorrhea and abdominal cramps caused by menstruation, reduce the heaviness of the uterus and pressure in the pelvic cavity, extend the chest cavity and stabilize emotions.

5. Reclining Bound Angle Pose

Lie on your back, support your body with a long pillow under your back, bend your knees outward, put your toes together, place your palms facing up on both sides of your body, close your eyes, and breathe naturally for 5 minutes.

Efficacy: The pelvis, abdomen and back receive adequate blood supply, which can adjust irregular menstruation, promote normal ovarian function and relieve menstrual pain.

If your hips are not open enough, you can also place yoga bricks or pillows on your back and knees to ensure complete relaxation of your abdomen and perineum.

6. Seated Twist

Sit on the floor with your legs straight. Bend your left leg and try to tighten it towards your hips, bringing your left ankle close to your right thigh and twisting your body to the right. Bend your left arm, place your elbow on the outside of your right knee, and support your body with your right hand. Hold for 2 to 3 minutes.

Efficacy: Strengthens the internal organs and promotes blood circulation, stretches the spine and eliminates back pain, massages abdominal pain and relieves abdominal pain.

7. Seated Angle Forward Bend

Sit on the ground, open your legs to the sides, curl your toes back, and keep the back of your thighs and buttocks close to the ground. Keep your spine straight, exhale, bend forward, stretch your neck forward, and touch your ankle joints with both hands. Just get to the lowest position you can reach and maintain it for a while.

Benefits: Promotes blood circulation in the pelvic area. It can also control and regulate menstrual flow, while also stimulating the uterus, which is very beneficial for women.

If you cannot fully achieve the bound angle pose, you can place two cushions in front of your body to stretch your back and sitting bones.

Yoga can calm people down and make them happy. This makes people feel clearly that they are alive and care about themselves with a caring heart. Secondly, it can significantly change a person's physique, and then change a person's body shape, temperament, spirit, etc.