Hello everyone!
I was just curious about what I should do about yoga and pilates while I'm on my period? It's coming up (ughhh), and in the past I have just stopped doing it, but that's where I get most of my exercise from and I don't want to stop for a week because of that.
The yoga video I have has some warning at the beginning saying women who are menstruating shouldn't do back bends, inverted poses, and some other kind of pose that I can't remember. The problem is, I don't know what pose is considered an "inverted" pose and what isn't. I've had friends that say that they do yoga even when they are on their period and it doesn't affect them at all, but since there was a warning, I'm not sure if I should take a chance or not.
I mean, really, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. In fact, I really can see no reason why menstruating would get in the way of yoga, unless you just find it uncomfortable.
Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone had any info on this. I don't really feel like calling my doctor just to ask about yoga, haha, so I figured I'd try here first.
Thanks in advance!!!