Can women do yoga during menstruation?

Yoga is a healthy sport that is not only beneficial to the body and mind, but also has a good effect on weight loss and body shaping. Therefore, many people practice yoga indoors in life. Especially for women, yoga is one of the must-do indoor sports. But is it suitable for women who are menstruating to do yoga? Does it have any effect on the body?

Practicing yoga during menstruation is very helpful for regulating mood and stabilizing menstruation. Most asanas can be practiced during menstruation. But you must master the following principles.

Positions that cannot be practiced:

All inverted postures (such as plow pose, headstand, shoulder stand, etc.), postures that squeeze the abdomen (such as back stretch, single leg stretch), and intense postures that require high body stress (such as wheel pose), etc., stop immediately if you feel uncomfortable

You can do some standing or kneeling postures that are gentle on the body (such as yoga mudra, bowing pose, triangle pose, tree pose, cat pose, snake pose, etc.)

It is not suitable to do inversions or positions that squeeze the abdomen during menstruation, as this will cause some of the menstrual blood that should have been discharged from the body to remain in the body, affecting menstrual health. Avoid strenuous exercise during menstruation. You can practice some gentle stretching postures to massage your body. After the menstrual period is over, practicing more yoga (including postures such as inversion) can eliminate the symptoms of discomfort during menstruation and is beneficial to the body and mind.

1. All inversions (such as headstand, shoulderstand)

2. Poses where the abdomen is lower than the pelvis (such as bi-angle pose and standing forward bend)

If you still want to practice, you can support the ground with both hands so that your body is parallel to the ground.

3. Poses that put too much pressure on the abdomen (such as boat pose and plank pose)

4. Poses that over-compress the abdomen (such as the double-legged crocodile twist)

1. Be sure to go to a professional yoga club to receive formal guidance, otherwise it is easy to cause unnecessary sports injuries due to inadequate practice movements.

2. When practicing yoga, you must choose according to your own abilities. It is recommended to start with easy movements and remember not to do difficult movements all at once. In particular, you should pay attention to your body's actual tolerance and it is best not to exceed your body's limits.

3. Practicing yoga needs to be carried out according to the principle of gradual progress. Only long-term persistence can achieve good results.

From what the editor has said above, it can be seen that if women who are menstruating want to do yoga, they must be careful not to perform certain postures. However, doing yoga during menstruation depends on the individual. For those who are weak or have poor physical fitness, it is best not to do yoga training during menstruation.