Can women do yoga during menstruation?

I believe that every woman will have her own menstrual period, and everyone has a different attitude towards the menstrual period. Today, I would like to analyze with our female friends some of the things we should pay attention to during our menstrual period. For example, try not to do strenuous exercise during menstruation. So, can you do yoga during this period? Today, I will make the most scientific analysis on this issue.

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.

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.

The body does not react too much during menstruation, and generally can adapt to normal yoga practice. Even so, you 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).

I don’t know if you have already come to a clear answer as to whether or not to continue doing yoga during menstruation through my analysis above. In fact, during menstruation, as long as you don’t do too much strenuous exercise, pay attention to your diet, and avoid eating spicy or cold foods. You can still do very simple yoga, but women who suffer from dysmenorrhea should not force it.