Lifestyle News Desk, Most women are troubled by heavy bleeding during periods. This heavy bleeding in women can not only cause iron deficiency in their body but also weakness, dizziness and sometimes even problems in conceiving. To get rid of this problem, women often resort to medicine, but after some time the problem returns. In such a situation, if you are also troubled by this problem, then definitely include these two yogasanas in your routine.
Should one do yoga during periods?
Many problems related to periods can be overcome by doing yoga before and after periods. It is advisable to avoid doing yoga for the first one or two days of periods. Despite this, there are many yogasanas, which can be done even during periods to get relief from heavy bleeding, pain and cramps.
Sukhasana
Sukhasana is a yoga posture, which is also called asana mudra. The word ‘Sukhasana’ is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Sukham’ which means ‘happiness’. Doing Sukhasana gives a person a feeling of happiness. Yoga experts often advise people to have their meals in this posture. Sukhasana is an asana to be done while sitting. To do Sukhasana, first sit on the yoga mat with your legs spread. While doing this, keep your back straight and bend your knees inwards while crossing both legs one by one. Keep your knees outwards and sit cross-legged. Now sit while relaxing your legs. Keep in mind that the knees keep touching the ground. Take special care that while doing this asana, your waist, neck, head and spine should remain absolutely straight. Now close your eyes, take deep breaths and keep your mind calm and remain in this posture for a minute. Repeat this asana 3 times.
Balasana or Child’s Pose-
To do Balasana yoga, first sit on your knees on the yoga mat. After this, join both your ankles and heels together and slowly spread your knees outwards as much as possible, take a deep breath and bend forward. While doing this, bring the stomach between both the thighs and try to pull it towards the navel by widening the back of the waist and contracting the hips. After this, try to lift the head and neck a little back. In this posture, the pelvic part is in a relaxed state. Repeat this asana for 2 to 3 minutes. In this asana, contraction occurs in the wall of the uterus. Due to which there is relief from period pain and cramps.
