You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

obeyacts2 · Aug 16, 2005

How STUPID can you get!!! This must go along with the old wives tale that you shouldnt lift your arms over your head while PG or you will strangle the baby!!! :rotfl:

Laura

estrogen · Aug 16, 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

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

Well, all I can say is, that doing yoga on my period just doesn't feel as good as during other times (not just inversions), even though it never caused any real physical problems. It just doesn't feel good. There's something to be said about the above mentioned need for rest and relaxation durigh that time.

Just my observation...

estrogen · Aug 16, 2005

Not that one, but I do remember my grandmother insisting my sister and I not use tampons so we would still be virgins.
She still believes it to this day. Fortunately, I had an aunt who told me otherwise.

:chuckle All these stories are so funny....But I actually do believe I devirginized myself (I'm pretty sure that's not a word :rolleyes: ) the first time I used a tampon. It hurt like he!! when I was pulling it out that I actually passed out and fell straight forward, and broke a flower pot with my forehead. Had a major egg and bruise on my head, freaked out my mom and was super embarassed. ...But had no problems ever since, not even with a boy a couple years later (bless his shivering little heart) :chuckle

I mean, what else could've it been?

allnurses Guide · Aug 16, 2005

:chuckle All these stories are so funny....But I actually do believe I devirginized myself (I'm pretty sure that's not a word ) the first time I used a tampon. It hurt like he!! when I was pulling it out that I actually passed out and fell straight forward, and broke a flower pot with my forehead. Had a major egg and bruise on my head, freaked out my mom and was super embarassed. ...But had no problems ever since, not even with a boy a couple years later (bless his shivering little heart) :chuckle
I mean, what else could've it been?

If you pull a tampon out when it is still pretty dry, it hurts like he!! . . . ouch.

Funny stories. . . .

steph

MissJoRN, RN · Aug 17, 2005

:chuckle All these stories are so funny....But I actually do believe I devirginized myself (I'm pretty sure that's not a word ) the first time I used a tampon. It hurt like he!! when I was pulling it out that I actually passed out and fell straight forward, and broke a flower pot with my forehead. Had a major egg and bruise on my head, freaked out my mom and was super embarassed. ...But had no problems ever since, not even with a boy a couple years later (bless his shivering little heart) :chuckle
I mean, what else could've it been?

If I remember correctly from all those "historical fiction" novels, the word you're looking for is "deflowered" (although I think devirginized has more dignity, definitly better than "ruined"!) but it isn't actually supposed to involve a flower pot!:chuckle :flowersfo

Nascar nurse, ASN, RN · Aug 17, 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?

My grandparents said that specifically the cucumbers would die, but that was all.

caroladybelle, BSN, RN · Aug 17, 2005

:chuckle All these stories are so funny....But I actually do believe I devirginized myself (I'm pretty sure that's not a word ) the first time I used a tampon. It hurt like he!! when I was pulling it out that I actually passed out and fell straight forward, and broke a flower pot with my forehead. Had a major egg and bruise on my head, freaked out my mom and was super embarassed. ...But had no problems ever since, not even with a boy a couple years later (bless his shivering little heart) :chuckle
I mean, what else could've it been?

Okay, I was restraining myself.....but I just HAVE to ask.

Where exactly were you at, when you were removing a tampon and there was also a flower pot?

It isn't exactly something one generally has in one's bathroom.

elizabells, BSN, RN · Aug 17, 2005

My grandparents said that specifically the cucumbers would die, but that was all.

Okay, the phallic imagery here is killing me. Sorry, I'll get the rest of myself back to the gutter with my mind now...

estrogen · Aug 18, 2005

Okay, I was restraining myself.....but I just HAVE to ask.
Where exactly were you at, when you were removing a tampon and there was also a flower pot?
It isn't exactly something one generally has in one's bathroom.

:rotfl: Okay... we had a powder room then - you know a tiny little room with just a toilet and a little sink in it. the flower pot was in the hallway on the floor, right next to the door. It was early in the morning when nobody was up yet, so I left the door open. So I finally in he!!ish pain removed the tampon, stood up from the toilet, and everything went black. I feel straight forward out the powder room door, with my pajama pants around my ankles and into the flower pot. The big thump woke my mom up and thats houw she found me. Can you imagine??? It was pretty hillarious and embarrasing...