Can I do yoga during my menstrual period?

Generally speaking, yoga training is not suitable for women during menstruation. However, specific yoga movements during menstruation can help accelerate blood circulation in the lower body and exercise the pelvis. The most important thing is that it can help women lose weight at the waist. The following editor will explain in detail what precautions women should take during menstruation.

What should you pay attention to when practicing yoga during menstruation?

1. During menstruation, it is best not to practice inversions, abdominal contractions, and energy-boosting poses. All inverted postures (such as plow pose, headstand, shoulder stand, etc.), postures that squeeze the abdomen (such as back extension pose, single-leg extension pose), and intense postures that put a lot of stress on the body (such as wheel pose) will cause discomfort to the body due to physiological problems. Doing inversions or positions that squeeze the abdomen during menstruation will cause some of the menstrual blood that should have been discharged from the body to remain in the body, affecting menstrual health.

2. Avoid strenuous exercise during menstruation. You can practice some gentle stretching postures to massage your body. Do some gentler standing or kneeling poses, such as bow pose, triangle pose, tree pose, cat pose, snake pose, etc.

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

4. Postures that are too intense and can easily cause tension and fatigue, standing or balancing postures for too long, violent backbends, postures with violent abdominal contractions and movements, jumping, movements that use arms to support the whole body for balance, and difficult postures should all be avoided during menstruation.

How to practice yoga during menstruation?

1. Sitting Angle Pose: Sit upright with your tailbone against the wall for 3 to 5 minutes, close your eyes, and focus on your breathing.

2. Bound Angle Pose: Sit upright with your tailbone against the wall for 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Supine Hero Pose: Use three or four large pillows to elevate your back and head, with your forehead higher than your chin, for 5 minutes.

4. Supine Bound Angle Pose: Tie your sacrum and feet with a belt for 5 minutes.

5. Head to knee pose: Use the edge of the chair to support your head for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

6. Single-leg kneeling stretch: Use the edge of the chair to support your head, 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

7. Half Lotus Single-Legged Back Stretch: 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

When practicing yoga poses during menstruation, you must be gentle and avoid doing some difficult movements. The editor reminds women that if they experience dysmenorrhea or back pain during menstruation, they must go to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately. This may also be caused by certain gynecological diseases. I hope that the editor’s introduction above will be helpful to you.