Can I practice yoga during my period?

Women practice yoga to make their body curves more graceful, relax their bodies, and empty their minds to eliminate distracting thoughts. Some people often treat yoga as a subject and study it diligently. But women often have to stop all activities for a few days a month, rest at home and take good care of their bodies. Then the editor will show you whether you can practice yoga during your menstrual period.

Many yoga poses have good effects on women.

But there are some rules to follow.

1. It is best not to practice during menstruation (48-72 hours), stop and rest. If your body feels tight or stressed, some forward bending poses may be beneficial to your body, such as Bound Angle Pose, Lying Bound Angle Pose, Seated Angle Pose, etc. Of course, the movements cannot be too big. Normal contact can be resumed after the menstrual period has completely stopped.

2. During menstruation, you must strictly avoid postures where your hips are higher than your waist and head, such as headstand and shoulderstand. Don't do any handstands or movements that involve inverting the hips and abdomen. Try not to do any movements that are too intense, and never hold your breath.

3. During the menstrual period, it is generally not advisable to do yoga. Occasionally, you can do some relaxing exercises in the last one or two days to wake up the body. However, you should avoid poses that compress the pelvis, waist and abdomen, or poses that place the pelvis above the heart.

4. If conditions permit, you can attend physiological yoga classes, which not only allows you to practice yoga but also improves your personal physical fitness.

5. You cannot maintain a standing or balancing posture for too long. Too intense a posture can easily cause tension and fatigue. You also cannot learn difficult postures or learn new postures.

However, the week after menstruation is the fastest period of human metabolism, which is very suitable for weight loss. So you can increase your exercise at this time to control your weight. It is very effective. Some of my classmates used this to lose weight. But please note that it is not suitable to lose weight during menstruation and the week before menstruation, so just control it reasonably.

The above is the information collected by the editor, but this is for reference only. If you still don’t understand or don’t understand, you can go to the yoga center to ask the yoga teacher in detail. Although yoga can improve a person's body shape, excessive challenges with high-difficulty movements may result in strain. The editor would like to remind everyone that you should take your time and proceed step by step.