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Can women practice yoga during menstruation? Which actions are not suitable for menstruation

Can women practice yoga during menstruation? Which actions are not suitable for menstruation

4hw.com.cn: yoga practice has become a more fashionable way of exercise. Nowadays, many people regard yoga as a way of relaxation in urban life. They look for the peace that urban life does not have from yoga practice. Women often do some yoga to reduce their weight. However, women who insist on yoga practice may have such a question. Can they practice yoga during menstrual period? What actions are not suitable for menstruation?

Positions that can't be practiced: all positions of handstand (such as plough, head handstand, shoulder handstand, etc.), positions that squeeze the abdomen (such as back extension, single leg extension), and violent positions (such as wheel type) with strong body bearing capacity, etc. shall be stopped immediately if uncomfortable

You can do some gentle, standing or kneeling positions (such as yoga body print, kowtow, triangle, tree, cat, snake, etc.)

Menstruation is not suitable for handstand and abdominal compression, which will cause some meridians that should be discharged from the body to stay in the body and affect menstrual health. Avoid strenuous exercise during menstruation. You can practice some gentle stretching posture to massage your body. After menstruation, more yoga (including Handstand) can eliminate the symptoms of discomfort during menstruation, which is beneficial to the body and mind.

Based on this principle, the exercises to be avoided during menstruation are:

1) Avoid all inverted positions (the position of the uterus is higher than that of the heart), which will interfere with the natural process of downward detoxification of menstrual body energy (Apana).

2) Too intense is easy to cause tension and fatigue posture.

3) To stand or balance for too long.

4) Vigorous back bending movements such as bow, camel, wheel, etc.

5) All postures of severe abdominal contraction and movement, such as abdominal rotation, supine leg lifting and boat style.

6) Jump.

7) The act of supporting the whole body with arms.

8) Avoid difficult poses or learn new ones.

Women also need to pay more attention to recuperation during menstruation, and try not to do some vigorous exercise at ordinary times. In this stage, women's diet is best to choose to eat some light food, and they can't eat some spicy and irritant food at ordinary times. If women have menstrual pain during menstruation, they need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment, because they may only suffer from some diseases Inflammation of gynecology.