Can I do yoga during menstruation?

Women are forbidden to engage in high-intensity exercise during menstruation, because if women do some strenuous exercise or do not pay attention to diet during this period, they will suffer from dysmenorrhea or back pain. However, there are many urban women who like to practice yoga. They feel very troubled about whether they can practice yoga during menstruation. In response to this issue, the editor has compiled some precautions for doing yoga for your reference.

Twist

Efficacy: Twisting can exercise abdominal viscera, massage reproductive organs, stimulate adrenal glands, strengthen kidney function, and avoid menstrual discomfort caused by kidney deficiency.

Basic movements: 1. Sit upright on the bed with your legs overlapped and bent, with the right foot on top and the left foot on the bottom.

2. Inhale, place your right hand on your left knee, turn your upper body to the left, keep your hips on the ground, place your left hand on the yoga brick, and face your head to the left and back.

3. Keep breathing, stay for 20-30 seconds, switch to the left and repeat this exercise.

If you do this exercise during your menstrual period, be sure not to use too much force, so as not to involve the uterus too much and aggravate menstrual discomfort.

Baby Front Pose

Efficacy: Relaxes the abdominal and back muscles, soothes the lower abdominal muscles, helps the uterus return to its original position, stretches the uterine muscles, relieves lower abdominal swelling and back pain caused by retroverted uterus, and relieves menstrual discomfort.

Basic movements: 1. Kneel on the bed with your legs bent, thighs as wide as hips, upper body relaxed, forehead on the ground, hips sitting on heels, hands extended forward.

2. Keep breathing and relax your whole body. Stay as long as you feel comfortable.

3. Slowly stretch your limbs to relax your muscles and repeat the movement.

This posture is like a baby. Choose the most comfortable posture for yourself and relax your abdominal muscles.

Pagoda

Effect: This is a basic sitting posture in yoga, which is mainly used to calm the emotions, concentrate the thoughts, and relieve menstrual discomfort caused by emotional instability. Long-term persistence can also exercise breathing to massage the abdominal organs.

Basic movements: 1. Sit on the bed, place a long pillow under your buttocks, bend your legs, put your feet together, put your hands on your knees, keep your back extended, relax your shoulders, keep breathing, and stay for a long time based on your emotional calmness.

2. Slowly stretch your legs and relax your leg muscles.

While doing the pagoda pose, you can add the hand extension pose to enhance the effect.

The editor reminds women to pay more attention to rest during menstruation. It is best not to participate in outdoor activities, because bleeding will occur during menstruation, which will cause a decrease in blood volume in your body. Only by paying attention to rest in daily life and paying attention to diet regulation can the blood volume be fully replenished.