Can women practice yoga during menstruation?

Women always have a few special days every month, and everyone's physique is different, so there will be many different situations during menstruation. Yoga is a form of exercise that women prefer, but can women practice yoga during menstruation? This is also an issue that everyone is concerned about. So, today we will introduce to you in detail whether women can practice yoga during menstruation?

Each of us has a different physical constitution. Some people will be very weak during their menstrual period, and are prone to back pain, dysmenorrhea, and poor physical condition. Such students will feel particularly uncomfortable in the first two days of their menstrual period. The best way at this time is to rest, or do restorative yoga poses, such as the supine bound angle pose. After the two most uncomfortable days, you can do some soothing yoga exercises without too high intensity to help your body recover. During your non-menstrual period, pay attention to strengthening your posture and breathing exercises, which can help improve your physical condition and avoid problems such as dysmenorrhea.

Supine Bound Angle Pose

There are also some students who are in good physical condition and their bodies do not react too much during menstruation. Generally speaking, they can adapt to normal yoga practice. Even so, they should try to avoid inversion exercises, abdominal compression and contraction exercises (various abdominal contraction core exercises), and deep backbend exercises (overstretching the skin and muscles on the front of the abdomen can easily cause abdominal pain during menstruation).

People may also ask if Downward Dog and Double Angle Pose can be done during menstruation? The answer is yes. Some teachers think that these poses are also semi-inverted poses of the body, and practicing them during the menstrual period will easily cause menstrual blood reflux. However, in fact, menstrual blood reflux is mainly a problem of pressure in the body. In the Downward Dog pose and standing forward bend pose, although the upper body and even the pelvis are in an inverted state, the position of our lower limbs has not changed, and the pressure in the body has not changed. Therefore, it is not easy to cause menstrual blood reflux. As long as your physical condition allows, and do not move up and down too quickly when practicing forward bends, you can practice it with confidence.

Yoga is a very common exercise method today and can bring a lot of help to women. But can women practice yoga during menstruation? This also depends on the physical condition of women. If there is a lot of discomfort during menstruation, it is best not to exercise. I hope everyone will exercise only after ensuring their physical health!