Precautions for practicing yoga during menstruation

April 18, 2023
Yoga is a healthy and fashionable fitness exercise, can be flexible limbs, improve the flexibility of the body, especially loved by women. However, women must pay attention to some small details when practicing yoga during their periods to avoid causing sports injuries.

Do not do inverted movements

Avoid all inverted poses and always keep the position of the uterus above the heart, otherwise it will interfere with the natural process of detoxification of the body's energy downward during menstruation and cause retrograde flow of menstrual blood.

No strenuous movements

Try not to do movements that are too strenuous, or postures that tend to cause tension and fatigue. In addition, do not stand or maintain a balanced posture for long periods of time.

Do not practice new and difficult movements

Women's bodies are more sensitive during menstruation, so to avoid health risks, do not try to challenge difficult postures or learn new ones during menstruation.

Other precautions for practicing yoga

1. 2 hours before practicing yoga, do not eat staple food, and before class, it is best to go to the toilet first. 2、Before practicing yoga, flush your body with hot water, or run your feet for 15 minutes first. 3, when practicing yoga, do not bring relatively large jewelry, it is best to take off all jewelry, by the way, turn off the phone, so as not to affect their attention. 4, the action does not need to be completely consistent with the coach, as long as they do their own limits will have an effect.

Which actions women can not do during menstruation

The following actions will make some of the menstrual blood that should be discharged from the body stagnate in the body, affecting menstrual health. 1, strenuous backbends such as bowing, camel pose, wheel pose, etc., jumping. 2, inversions in yoga, such as all inverted postures (e.g. plow pose, headstand, shoulderstand, etc.) 3. postures in which the abdomen is violently contracted or compressed, such as abdominal rotation, supine leg lift and boat pose positions that squeeze the abdomen (such as back extension, single-leg extension), vigorous positions that are stressful for the body (such as wheel pose), etc. 4, the use of arms to support the whole body balance movements, such as flat support, easy to make the abdomen tension and enhance abdominal pressure.
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