Can I practice yoga during my menstrual period?

Yoga is a form of fitness that more and more people are doing now. It is also a very popular fitness exercise. In particular, many girls like to practice yoga because yoga is not so high-intensity and not so intense, but it can play a very good role in losing weight and shaping the body. But can women practice yoga during menstruation?

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 the non-menstrual period, pay attention to strengthening asana and breathing exercises to 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, and deep backbend exercises.

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.

Generally speaking, when practicing yoga, if you are a beginner, you can start with some simpler and more difficult movements. At this time, if your menstruation is not very heavy and you don’t have any menstrual problems, you can of course practice yoga, as long as you don’t do strenuous exercise.