Can I practice hot yoga while breastfeeding?

As we all know, pregnant women will generally lose their body shape during pregnancy, so they will be eager to restore their previous beautiful figure after giving birth. The best exercise for body shaping is yoga. Among the major types of yoga, hot yoga has a good effect on weight loss, detoxification, and body sculpting, and is a more popular method of exercise. So, for mothers who have just finished their confinement and are breastfeeding, can they practice hot yoga during breastfeeding? Let's take a detailed look at this issue below.

Hot yoga, also known as hot yoga or thermal yoga.

It is to do yoga in a high temperature environment of 38℃-40℃. It directly stimulates the nerve and muscle systems through some static movements of twisting, bending and stretching, which can help reduce weight and shape the body. At normal temperature, muscles and tendons are relatively stiff, but in a high temperature environment, you will find that your body is surprisingly flexible, which will give you confidence in yourself. This is also a major feature of hot yoga.

When practicing hot yoga, you will undoubtedly sweat. This will intensify the metabolism of substances in the body, and the sweat will become thicker and more acidic, which will change the taste of breast milk to a certain extent. The baby will not be accustomed to the taste of breast milk, and will become unwilling to eat breast milk or even refuse to eat it. Moreover, hot yoga has very high requirements on people's physical fitness. If the body consumes too much energy and the nutrient supply is insufficient, the child will suffer. Therefore, mothers must make careful choices for their babies.

So is it true that you cannot practice hot yoga during breastfeeding? Not necessarily.

Whether you can practice hot yoga during breastfeeding depends on your own physical condition. If you have a good physical condition, mothers who have given birth naturally can practice it after one month, while mothers who have given birth by caesarean section should follow the doctor's advice.

If breastfeeding mothers want to practice, the key is to pay attention to the practice time and the choice of practice movements. The time needs to be controlled by mothers according to their own physical conditions, and for the practice movements, you can choose some simple and targeted movements, such as natural breathing, then Sun Salutation followed by Upper Dog and Downward Dog, Triangle Pose, Revolved Triangle, Vertical Pose, Bow Pose, then Boat Pose and natural relaxation of yoga. These movements are relatively simple but holistic, and are very suitable for breastfeeding mothers.

The above is all about whether you can practice hot yoga during breastfeeding. Breastfeeding mothers who want to practice hot yoga should pay attention to the practice time and the mastery of the movements. It should not be too long. At the same time, do not force some movements. Communicate more with the teacher and customize yoga movements that suit your physical condition. I hope all mothers can get a good figure through proper practice of hot yoga.