Can I practice yoga during menstruation?

Nowadays, many people, especially female friends, like to do yoga in their spare time. Yoga is a leisure activity that can both strengthen the body and cultivate sentiment. However, female friends have menstrual periods for a few days every month, but many people don’t know whether they can practice yoga during their menstrual period? The following editor will explain whether yoga can be practiced during menstruation! I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

Each of us has a different physical constitution. Some people feel very weak during their menstrual period, are prone to back pain, dysmenorrhea, and generally have poor physical condition. 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.

There are also some people who are in good physical condition and their bodies do not have much reaction during their menstrual period. Generally speaking, they can adapt to normal yoga practice.

Exercises that should be avoided during menstruation are:

1) Avoid all inversion positions (positions where the uterus is higher than the heart), which interfere with the natural process of the body's energy moving downward to detoxify during menstruation.

2) Postures that are too intense and can easily cause tension and fatigue.

3) Maintaining a standing or balancing posture for too long.

4) Intense backbending movements such as bow pose, camel pose, wheel pose, etc.

5) All poses that involve intense abdominal contraction and movement, such as abdominal rotations, supine leg raises, and boat pose.

6) Jump.

7) Use your arms to support your whole body balance.

8) Avoid difficult postures or learn new postures.

Therefore, sometimes practicing yoga during menstruation can help you improve some menstrual problems and is actually beneficial to your body. You just need to avoid some strenuous movements and do some gentle yoga movements. Especially for friends who suffer from dysmenorrhea, persisting in practicing yoga may relieve dysmenorrhea, so don’t give up just because you feel uncomfortable.