You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

MissJoRN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

I gotta say, I am by no means an expert on this subject. The article I posted just struck me as too funny.
I have been cracking up watching all of these posts.

Sorry, I understood it was just something you posted, I just wanted to refer to it and it was in ypour post...didn't mean to imply that you support this sort of Lu-Lu insanity, LOL.

Oh, **** now I've offended the other side!

Seriously, my friends know that I take my Yoga, Reiki, etc seriously, but they also know that they are free to tease me about it if it's not their thing... Just like they know I'm commited to my vegetarian diet but don't care if they eat hamburgers in front of my or if my hubby puts his bacon in the fridge next to my eggplant. I'll quote my niece she could sum it all up nicely... "What-Eav-Er" :chuckle

MissJoRN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

Whaaaaat??? (scratching head) I've never heard of such, and I took Yoga classes a few years back. The Yoga Instructor didn't say anything like that to the women in the class. Hmmm....I'll keep an eye on this thread to see what develops. :uhoh21:
I remember when I was a little girl being told by a neighbor to not go into a garden (vegetable or flower) if I was menstruating or the veggies and flowers would die. Has anyone ever heard of that before?

No, but my mother told me that my horse would attack me if I went to the barn during my period. Finally I got a job for a woman at a stable and my mom asked her if it was safe for me to work there during my period and the woman managed to convince her it was fine... wonder how long it took her to stop laughing after we left!

Editorial Team / Admin · Jul 29, 2005

Sorry, I understood it was just something you posted, I just wanted to refer to it and it was in ypour post...didn't mean to imply that you support this sort of Lu-Lu insanity, LOL.
Oh, **** now I've offended the other side!
Seriously, my friends know that I take my Yoga, Reiki, etc seriously, but they also know that they are free to tease me about it if it's not their thing... Just like they know I'm commited to my vegetarian diet but don't care if they eat hamburgers in front of my or if my hubby puts his bacon in the fridge next to my eggplant. I'll quote my niece she could sum it all up nicely... "What-Eav-Er" :chuckle

No, no, I did not get at all offended, Miss JoRN. I REALLY know nothing about Yoga, except I took it as an elective in college and learned how to meditate after class to keep from blowing up my chemistry prof. Did not help the cramps, however. Might have saved him.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Jul 29, 2005

And that is it exactly, aneroo....The Yoga experts say (quoted from the Yoga Magazine- -www.yogaholidays.net/magazine/Menstruation.htm
One should avoid Inversions (viparita sthitti), such as Adho Mukha Vriksasana, arm-balancings like Bakasana (bhujatalan sthitti), backward extensions (purva pratana sthitti) such as Urdhva Dhanurasana, Kapotasana and the body knottings (grantha sthitti), such as Yoganidrasana, Ek Pada Sirsasana and abdominal contraction (udara akunchana sthitti) such as Navasana and Jathara Parivatasana.
One should avoid pranayama in sitting asana. Even if done it should not be for longer than fifteen minutes. Avoid Antara and Bahaya Kumbhakas, Uddiyana and Mula Bandhas, Bhastrika, Kapalabhati and Mahamudra
:eek:
During menstruation if one does inversions the blood flow will be arrested. Those who tried to do out of enthusiasm or callousness will have noticed that the flow stops abruptly. This is certainly not good for health since it may lead to fibroids, cysts, endometriosis and cancer, damaging the system.
According to ayurveda, what ever has to be thrown out should be thrown out and not retained or held in. You cannot hold urine, faeces, phlegm, mucus etc, inside as they are substances that have to be thrown out. These are called as mala - the waste, which need to be excreted. If they are retained within they invite all diseases.
During menstruation one has to lessen physical exertion including walking, dancing or heavy house-hold work. The body demands rest and relaxation and one needs to provide that.
The inversions have their own characteristics. This category of asana arrest the menstrual flow and when done during pregnancy they hold the foetus safely and healthily. For those who have frequent miscarriage these asanas prove to be a boon. Those who prolong their periods for more than fifteen days, it is permissible for them to begin to do the inversions after twelve days though they have continuous flow. The inversions will arrest the bleeding. Obviously one has to know the cause behind such prolonged and heavy flows and treat that disease with other asanas during the days of non-period. Yet, that the flow can be checked is a fact. If a woman gets periods during ovulation, the inversions are administered like medicine.
After the menstrual cycle gets over begin the practice of asanas with inversions, as they are great healers as far as the reproductive system is concerned. They quickly bring a hormonal balance.
If this background, as far as the effects of inversions are concerned are known, one need not doubt about their omission during the periods.
Geeta S. Iyengar
(Pune Feb 20030
(Emoticons added by Siri)
Goodness.....I will have to research that out some more. I understood it all completely. Did ya'll??? :uhoh21:
Siri

Way to go Siri, thanks for the info :)

Editorial Team / Admin · Jul 29, 2005

jessica.... :chuckle :rotfl: :lol2:

:roll :thankya: :thankya: :thankya: :thankya: :chuckle :rotfl:

it was my pleasure!!!!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

siri

live4today, RN · Jul 29, 2005

When I think of all the things women have been told over the centuries and beyond that time, it makes me think women were never supposed to be worthy of any good thing. Even menstruating had society "putting us in our place as women". :uhoh3:

Take a look at the first three letters of every emotional and hormonal thing women go through...........M - E - N. :rolleyes: No wonder we're so screwed up as a gender. :rotfl:

MEN - STRUATE

MEN - OPAUSE

WO - MEN

FE - MALE

Any others????? :rotfl:

Editorial Team / Admin · Jul 29, 2005

When I think of all the things women have been told over the centuries and beyond that time, it makes me think women were never supposed to be worthy of any good thing. Even menstruating had society "putting us in our place as women".
Take a look at the first three letters of every emotional and hormonal thing women go through...........M - E - N. No wonder we're so screwed up as a gender. :rotfl:
MEN - STRUATE
MEN - OPAUSE
WO - MEN
FE - MALE
Any others????? :rotfl:

You know what, Cheer? I think you could start a whole brand new thread on THAT subject alone. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

MissJoRN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

No, no, I did not get at all offended, Miss JoRN. I REALLY know nothing about Yoga, except I took it as an elective in college and learned how to meditate after class to keep from blowing up my chemistry prof. Did not help the cramps, however. Might have saved him.

:chuckle Siri, all your posts are cracking me up

On the other hand I'm wishing that this whole thread would stand on it's head since the constant outflow of messages is mucking up my email inbox!:roll

Editorial Team / Admin · Jul 29, 2005

:chuckle Siri, all your posts are cracking me up
On the other hand I'm wishing that this whole thread would stand on it's head since the constant outflow of messages is mucking up my email inbox!:roll

I know. I have deleted WAY too much email on this subject. Need to practice a little YOGA and see if this subject "flow" (pun intended) will recede. I think I'm done for the night on this subject.

Until next time...stand on your head and stop the madness!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

P_RN, ADN, RN · Jul 29, 2005

Whoooo I am just having the "vapours" :imbar reading all you youngsters opinions (in public). A knee chest position is about all that we had to relieve cramps. No tylenol, and ASA was bad for you-can't remember why.

Oh you could go to the drugstore and mention to the soda jerk that you wanted an "ammonia coke" :beercuphe but you had to whisper it.

Anyway having a hx is about the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

allnurses Guide · Jul 29, 2005

During menstruation one has to lessen physical exertion including walking, dancing or heavy house-hold work. The body demands rest and relaxation and one needs to provide that.
Siri

Whoa! I've gotta let me family in on that little secret. No housework during my period!!! Y'all gotta do it! :rotfl:

steph

rambisisking · Jul 29, 2005

Many bad memories from childhood due to horrible misconceptions brought over from the "Old Country". I not only heard them I lived them:

1. You may not touch food other than what you are going to eat. You will spoil it.

2.You may not walk through a garden of any kind you will kill all the plants.

3. You may not walk behind the alter in church, you are unclean and not fit for the

lord.

4. You may not partake of the sacriments of the church, such as communion,

confession, even marriage, you are not worthy because you are unclean and

not fit for the lord to bless you. (what if you died at that time of the month,

would they burry you?)

5. You may not hold or care for a baby, a child was ok, but not a baby. I'm not

sure what the difference was there.

6. The older men in the family started to ignore you at about 12 or 13 because it

was possible for you to have started your period by then. My father did not

treat me that way, but grandfathers and older uncles did. The priest avoided you

like the plague.

As far as I'm concerned these were ignorant sextist beliefs that were carried down through generations that held no truth but did much damage to the psyche of many a

woman. How fortunate that our parents generation had the common sense to begin the transition away from such rubbish.

However, not once did anyone tell me not to stand on my head! :nono: