Can I practice yoga during my period?

As modern women play an increasingly important role in the workplace, they also want to prove that they are no worse than men, so they work very hard. However, this desperate effort made them realize that their endocrine system was easily imbalanced, which led to pigmentation problems on their skin. Some health experts suggest that they can achieve better body conditioning effects by practicing yoga. So, can they practice yoga during menstruation? Let’s take a look at it in the following time.

Whether it is good to practice yoga during menstruation depends on your personal constitution. As long as your physical condition allows and you don't move up and down too quickly when practicing forward bends, you can practice it with confidence.

Everyone 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. This will be particularly uncomfortable in the first two days of the 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 most uncomfortable two days, you can do some soothing yoga exercises, not too intense, 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.

Some people are in good physical condition and their bodies do not react much during their menstrual period. 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).

The above paragraphs have answered in detail the question of whether you can practice yoga during menstruation. I sincerely hope that friends who have doubts in this regard can read the above content carefully so that they can have more experience in practicing yoga during menstruation. Although I also know that most women feel uncomfortable during menstruation, doing some moderate exercise can still help eliminate blood stasis.