Can I practice yoga during menstruation?

There are many taboos for women after menstruation, such as not swimming during menstruation, as swimming can easily cause vaginal infection. During menstruation, you should not eat cold food as it will irritate your abdomen and cause pain. Of course, you can't do heavy exercise at this time, such as running, ball games, etc. The amount of exercise will not affect menstruation when it is appropriate, but many people do not accurately judge the amount of exercise and will do a lot of exercise. So, can you practice yoga during menstruation?

Generally speaking, it is not suitable for women to practice yoga during menstruation. However, through specific yoga exercises during menstruation, we can promote blood circulation in our lower body, exercise our pelvis, and most importantly, make our waist thinner. This posture is suitable for people with fat waists. At the same time, it can also prevent abdominal fat accumulation and allow girls with irregular menstruation periods to get an adjustment.

Lying exercise:

1. Lie flat on the bedding, or place a rolled towel behind your head, bend your legs, put the soles of your feet together, place cushions or other support objects under your knees, relax your hands and place them on both sides of your body, and try to breathe slowly. The duration of stay can be adjusted according to your preference.

Efficacy: Relieve dysmenorrhea and abdominal cramps caused by menstruation, reduce the heaviness of the uterus and pressure in the pelvic cavity, extend the chest cavity and stabilize emotions.

2. Lie flat on your back, bend your legs, and hold your knees close to your chest with your hands.

Exhale, open your knees outwards, hold your knees in place with your hands, completely relax your upper body, and keep breathing. Stay for 1 to 2 minutes.

Effect: Relaxes the hip ligaments and inner thigh muscles, thereby relieving tension in the lower abdomen and uterus.

3. Baby relaxation pose: helps relieve abdominal and back pain during menstruation.

Cross and overlap the long pillows, with the upper pillow pressing against the lower abdomen. Open your legs slightly, relax your upper body, hold the pillow, tilt your head to one side, keep breathing, and let your muscles completely relax.

4. Complete supine relaxation

Seated exercises:

Butterfly pose

Bend your knees, relax them, place your buttocks on the ground, grab your feet with both hands, stretch your back upwards, look straight ahead or close your eyes, and keep breathing. Stay for 3 to 5 minutes (you can place a towel under your buttocks to help stretch your back).

Efficacy: Relax the hip joints, relax the abdominal muscles, promote abdominal blood circulation, and prevent dysmenorrhea.

Can I practice yoga during menstruation? During this period, except for people of special nature who need to exercise, everyone else needs to rest. Of course, when women practice yoga with small amounts of exercise and small range of motion, they can also do appropriate physical exercise, including yoga practice. Women can do the movements introduced in the article during menstruation. The exercises are simple and will not irritate the body's joints. Just exercise as required.