Can yoga help with menstrual irregularities?

Nowadays, yoga, as a fashionable and popular form of exercise, is popular among many women. In many people's minds, practicing yoga has become synonymous with health. Yoga not only helps people cultivate their character, but also helps them build self-confidence. Especially for female friends, it can also improve irregular menstruation. Now let’s follow the editor to see how yoga can help with irregular menstruation.

In India, women call their menstrual period "moon day," a day for introspection, retreat, rest, purification, and meditation. From a physiological point of view, due to the impact of changes in hormone secretion on physical strength and emotions, it is recommended to minimize intense and busy external activities and stimulation, and instead enter a state of introspection and meditation. Working women may not have much choice to "retreat" when they have to go to work, but they can still practice moving, working and interacting with people in a low-key and retreating mentality during these days and change the way they practice yoga.

In principle, practicing yoga during menstruation should help us eliminate discomfort and fatigue, restore physical strength, stabilize emotions, and maintain inner peace. You can choose to take a complete break and stop any asana practice, or you can choose very gentle practices to better relax, such as supine and forward bends, either sitting on the ground or supported by a cushion. The key words here are: rest, relaxation, peace and introspection.

Based on this principle, exercises that should be avoided during menstruation are:

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

2) Overly intense postures that can easily cause tension and fatigue

3) Maintaining a standing or balancing posture for too long

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

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

The above is an introduction to how yoga can relieve irregular menstruation. If female friends encounter irregular menstruation or discomfort during menstruation, they can try yoga to help regulate their body and choose appropriate poses during menstruation according to their specific situation. Practicing yoga during menstruation can relieve the discomfort of dysmenorrhea and drive away our anxiety and uneasiness.