Can I do yoga during my period?

Yoga is a very good way to keep fit. Although it originated from abroad, it has developed rapidly in China in recent years and quickly became the first choice for women's fitness. There are many benefits for women to practice yoga. It can cultivate their sentiments, help them lose weight successfully, and ensure their bodies are healthier. However, women have menstruation every month, so can women practice yoga during menstruation?

Many female friends ask if they can practice yoga during menstruation? If possible, which poses should not be practiced?

Every female student will encounter this problem, but the answer varies from person to person.

Each of us has a different physical constitution. Some students 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.

There are also some students who 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 squeezing 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.

To sum up, women can still practice yoga during menstruation, but they must be careful when choosing movements. Movements that require high intensity and are difficult are not suitable. If you are well aware of your physical discomfort and are not sure, then it is best not to practice during your menstrual period. Safety first!