Can I practice yoga if I am menstruating?

Yoga is a form of fitness that is very familiar to many people. By practicing yoga, you can not only cultivate your body and mind, but also better maintain your figure. It is loved by many female friends. So, can you practice yoga if you are menstruating? What are the things you need to pay attention to? Let’s read this article together to learn about the precautions for female friends when practicing yoga.

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.

There are also some students who are in good physical condition and their bodies do not react too much during their menstrual period. Generally speaking, they can adapt to normal yoga practice. Even so, they 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).

People may also ask if Downward Dog and Double Angle Pose can be done during menstruation? The answer is yes. Some teachers think that these asanas are also semi-inverted asanas, and practicing them during menstruation can easily cause menstrual blood reflux. However, in fact, menstrual blood reflux is mainly a problem of pressure in the body.

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, so it is not easy to cause menstrual blood reflux. As long as your physical condition allows and you do not move up and down too quickly when practicing forward bending, you can practice it with confidence.

The above is an introduction on whether you can practice yoga during menstruation. I believe that through the above introduction, you will have a better understanding of whether female friends can practice yoga during menstruation. Although there are many benefits to practicing yoga, it is still recommended that female friends should not perform movements that are too high in intensity and should focus on maintaining physical health.