Can I practice yoga during menstruation?

The practice of yoga has become popular all over the world. It is now fashionable for female friends to practice yoga, so many women tend to flock to this sport, love it, and practice it diligently, hoping that by practicing yoga, they can improve their temperament, make their body more beautiful, and make their body healthier. But there are always a few days every month when women have their period. Can they still practice yoga during their menstrual period?

In principle, practicing yoga during menstruation should help us eliminate discomfort and fatigue, restore physical strength, stabilize emotions, and maintain inner peace (although the opposite is often the case). The extent to which each woman is affected physically and mentally during her menstrual period

Therefore, women who practice yoga regularly should develop an inner "hearing", listen to the signals sent by the body and mind, and use your intuition to judge whether you should practice asanas today, what to practice and how to practice, etc. No one can make decisions for you except yourself. You can choose to rest completely and stop any posture practice, or you can choose very gentle practice to relax better, such as sitting on the ground or using a cushion.

Supported supine and forward-bending poses.

Of course, there are still many exercises that should be avoided when combining yoga during menstruation:

1. Avoid all inversion postures (those in which the uterus is higher than the heart), which interfere with the natural process of downward detoxification of the body's energy (apana) during menstruation.

2. Postures that are too intense 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 postures that involve intense abdominal contraction and movement, such as abdominal rotation (jatharaparivartanasana), supine leg raise (urdhva Prasaritapadasana) and boat pose (navasana).

6. Jump.

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

8. Avoid difficult postures or learn new postures.

Yoga exercises can make women’s bodies more graceful and can also regulate menstrual irregularities, so female friends can practice frequently, even during menstruation, as long as they do not have any uncomfortable symptoms. However, when practicing yoga during menstruation, be careful not to do inversions or exercises that squeeze the abdomen, so as not to increase menstrual flow.