Is it suitable for women to practice yoga during menstruation?

Yoga has become a fashionable lifestyle, because this sport has many benefits, and it is not an intense sport, but rather peaceful, so many women love this sport and need to practice it almost every day. If they don’t practice for a day, they will feel uncomfortable all over and gradually fall in love with the feeling of sweating. This sport is also suitable for practicing at home, so many homebodies can also practice it. There are many women who practice yoga, so we have a question: Can we practice yoga during menstruation?

Yoga, due to its original seriousness, philosophy, academic and ascetic nature, is a male activity (and has nothing to do with the female terms such as flexibility, weight loss, staying slim, maintaining body shape, helping with prenatal and postnatal problems, etc.

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 degree to which each woman is affected physically and mentally during menstruation varies. Therefore, ladies who practice yoga regularly should develop an inner "hearing" to 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 take a complete break and stop any asana practice, or you can choose very gentle practices to better relax, such as supine and forward-bending poses, 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 interfere with the natural process of the body's energy moving downward during menstruation.

2) Postures that are too intense and 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 postures that involve intense abdominal contraction and movement, such as abdominal rotation, supine leg raises, and boat pose.

6) Jump.

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

8) Avoid difficult postures or learn new postures.

From the explanation above, we know that women can practice yoga during menstruation, but it is not suitable to do more intense or difficult movements. They can practice breathing adjustments and some more soothing and simple yoga movements. You can practice according to the instructions above. However, if you experience menstrual cramps during your period, it is best not to practice.