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5 Yoga poses to cure Irregular Periods
7 years ago | Yoga and You
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For any female, getting menstruation is not just a sign of fertility but also of her health and overall fitness. Yoga is the effective exercise to cure irregular periods naturally. Irregular period is common in women. Yoga is the best medicine to cure problems like menstruation disorder, heavy blood flow and painful menstruation periods. Every female must practice yoga poses and make yoga a part of her daily regime to cope with menstrual disorders. Here are 5 Yoga poses to cure Irregular Periods.
BADDHA KONASANA | Butterfly Pose
Baddha konasana gives the appearance of a butterfly flapping its wings, hence its name.
How to:
Beginning by sitting with a straight back, bring the soles of your feet together and interlock your fingers onto your toes. Now, start flapping your legs while breathing normally. To intensify the pose, bring your feet closer to your pelvis.
Why to:
It stretches the muscles of the legs; is therapeutic for flat feet, high blood pressure, infertility, and asthma. Consistent practice of this pose until late into pregnancy help ease childbirth.
BHUJANGASANA | Cobra Pose
The name comes from the Sanskrit words bhujanga meaning "snake" or "serpent" and asana meaning "posture". This pose is a part of Surya Namaskar.
How to:
Start by laying on the mat facing downwards. As you inhale, lengthen your spine and arch back, creating a space between your pelvic and rib cages. Squeezing your butt, drop your shoulder back and arch your head all the way back.
Why to:
Bhujangasana may strengthen the spine, stretch the chest, shoulders, and abdomen, firm the buttocks, and relieve stress and fatigue.
PASCHIMOTTANASANA | Seated Forward Bend | Intense Dorsal Stretch
This pose gained its name from the Sanskrit words paschima meaning "west" or "back" or "back of body"; uttana meaning "intense stretch" or "straight" or "extended"; and asana meaning "posture".
How to:
Start by sitting with your legs stretched out in your front. As you inhale, raise your arms up so that your hands are aligned with your ears. Now, as you exhale, push your chin forward and bend down as much as you can. Hold on to your toes, or if possible, wrap your fingers around your feet and interlock your fingers and bring your forehead to rest on your legs. Make sure to not bend your knees.
Why to:
It helps people with diabetes and family history of diabetes. It helps the liver and spleen to function properly. Also strengthens the lumbar and sacral regions.
HALASANA | Plough Pose
Also known as the plough pose, this posture gained its name from the Sanskrit words “Hala” meaning plough and “asana” meaning pose.
How to:
Start by laying down on a yoga mat and bend your legs at the knees. Pull your legs closer to your upper body and then lift them upwards. Slowly lift your upper body off the ground, placing your hands at your hips, with your elbows placed strongly on the mat, to support your body. Slowly, push your hips upwards, bending your legs lower such that your feet rest behind your head. Interlock the finger of your hands and lower your arms against the mat and stretch and straighten your arms and legs.
Why to:
It stretches all muscles and ligament in the calves and thighs, resulting in greater leg flexibility. It stimulates the thyroid, parathyroid, throat, lungs and abdominal organs.
DHANURASANA | Bow Pose
Dhanurasana, also known as the bow pose, is a basic posture of Hatha yoga. In this exercise our body pose look like the shape of the Dhanush (bow). So it is called as Dhanurasana in Sanskrit.
How to:
Start by laying face-down on the mat. As you exhale, bend your knees and reach your arms back to hold on to your ankles. As you inhale, lift your thighs, chest and head up as much as possible.
Why to:
Dhanurasana is very effective in weight loss program. It helps to reduce belly fat fast. It Strengthens ankles, thighs, groins, chest and abdominal organs and spinal cord.
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BADDHA KONASANA | Butterfly Pose
Baddha konasana gives the appearance of a butterfly flapping its wings, hence its name.
How to:
Beginning by sitting with a straight back, bring the soles of your feet together and interlock your fingers onto your toes. Now, start flapping your legs while breathing normally. To intensify the pose, bring your feet closer to your pelvis.
Why to:
It stretches the muscles of the legs; is therapeutic for flat feet, high blood pressure, infertility, and asthma. Consistent practice of this pose until late into pregnancy help ease childbirth.
BHUJANGASANA | Cobra Pose
The name comes from the Sanskrit words bhujanga meaning "snake" or "serpent" and asana meaning "posture". This pose is a part of Surya Namaskar.
How to:
Start by laying on the mat facing downwards. As you inhale, lengthen your spine and arch back, creating a space between your pelvic and rib cages. Squeezing your butt, drop your shoulder back and arch your head all the way back.
Why to:
Bhujangasana may strengthen the spine, stretch the chest, shoulders, and abdomen, firm the buttocks, and relieve stress and fatigue.
PASCHIMOTTANASANA | Seated Forward Bend | Intense Dorsal Stretch
This pose gained its name from the Sanskrit words paschima meaning "west" or "back" or "back of body"; uttana meaning "intense stretch" or "straight" or "extended"; and asana meaning "posture".
How to:
Start by sitting with your legs stretched out in your front. As you inhale, raise your arms up so that your hands are aligned with your ears. Now, as you exhale, push your chin forward and bend down as much as you can. Hold on to your toes, or if possible, wrap your fingers around your feet and interlock your fingers and bring your forehead to rest on your legs. Make sure to not bend your knees.
Why to:
It helps people with diabetes and family history of diabetes. It helps the liver and spleen to function properly. Also strengthens the lumbar and sacral regions.
HALASANA | Plough Pose
Also known as the plough pose, this posture gained its name from the Sanskrit words “Hala” meaning plough and “asana” meaning pose.
How to:
Start by laying down on a yoga mat and bend your legs at the knees. Pull your legs closer to your upper body and then lift them upwards. Slowly lift your upper body off the ground, placing your hands at your hips, with your elbows placed strongly on the mat, to support your body. Slowly, push your hips upwards, bending your legs lower such that your feet rest behind your head. Interlock the finger of your hands and lower your arms against the mat and stretch and straighten your arms and legs.
Why to:
It stretches all muscles and ligament in the calves and thighs, resulting in greater leg flexibility. It stimulates the thyroid, parathyroid, throat, lungs and abdominal organs.
DHANURASANA | Bow Pose
Dhanurasana, also known as the bow pose, is a basic posture of Hatha yoga. In this exercise our body pose look like the shape of the Dhanush (bow). So it is called as Dhanurasana in Sanskrit.
How to:
Start by laying face-down on the mat. As you exhale, bend your knees and reach your arms back to hold on to your ankles. As you inhale, lift your thighs, chest and head up as much as possible.
Why to:
Dhanurasana is very effective in weight loss program. It helps to reduce belly fat fast. It Strengthens ankles, thighs, groins, chest and abdominal organs and spinal cord.
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