MENSTRUAL PAIN SOLUTIONS!

MENSTRUATION PROBLEM?

MENSTRUATION, ALSO CALLED THE UTERINE CYCLE, IS A NATURAL PHENOMENON IN A WOMAN'S LIFE WHICH OCCURS EVERY MONTH FROM PUBERTY TO MENOPAUSE. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY MONTHLY VAGINAL DISCHARGE OF BLOOD AND CELLS FROM THE UTERINE LININGS. THE MENTRUAL CYCLE NORMALLY LASTS FROM TWO TO SEVEN DAYS. WOME UNDERGO HORMONAL CHANGES DURING MENSTRUATION, AND TEND TO BECOME ANXIOUS DURING THIS PHASE. A REGULAR PRACTICE OF YOGA ENSURES RELIEF FROM PAIN, AND STEERS THE BODY AND MIND TOWARDS THE PINK OF HEALTH.

YOGA AND MENSTRUATION

THE AYURVEDA TEXTS SPEAK OF THE PRESENCE OF 5 PRANAS OR LIFE CURRENTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BODY'S FUNCTIONING.

THEY ARE

APANA
UDANA
SAMANA
VYANA
PRANA

ASANAS

CRAMPS, EXCESSIVE BLEEDING, PELVIC DISCOMFORT MARK MENSTRUAL PERIOD AND BODY ACHES. ASANS RELAX THE BODY AND PRANAYAMA IMPROVES THE MENTAL POISE. HENCE, IT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION THAT YOGA STRENGTHENS THE BODY, CALMS OUR EMOTIONS, TONES UP THE INTERNAL ORGANS AND BUILDS UP THE CAPACITY TO ENSURE PAIN, BY TRAINING THE MIND.

ASANAS HELP TO ENERGISE AND STIMULATE THE BRAIN, CHEST, LUNGS, AND HEART, AND MAINTAIN HORMONAL BALANCE IN THE GLANDS. THEY HELP TO EASE PAIN DURING MENSTRUATION AND COPE UP WITH STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION CAUSED DUE TO MENSTRUATION.

DURING MENSTRUATION, THE FEMALE BODY CLEANSES ITSELF. THEREFORE IT IS BEST TO REDUCE THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND INCLUDE REST AND RELAXATION.

GOMUKHASANA

THIS ASANA HELPS TO STRETCH MOST PARTS OF THE BODY. THE MUSCLES OF THE THIGHS AND KNEES ARE TONED AND IT MAKES THE PRACTITIONER AGILE AND ACTIVE. RELAXATION IS A KEY FACTOR WHILE PERFROMING THE ASANAS.

SUKHASANA

THIS IS AN IDEAL POSTURE TO CALM YOURSELF AND TURN INWARD. THIS POSTURE INCREASES THE BODY SUPPLY TO THE PELVIC REGION. THE RATE OF RESPIRATION AND METABOLISM DECREASES IN THIS POSTURE.

PRANA DHARANA

PRANA IS THE BREATH AND DHARANA IS AWARENESS. IN ANY COMFORTABLE CROSS - LEGGED POSITION, LIKE SUKHASANA FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE BREATH. JUST WATCH YOUR BREATH FLOW IN AND OUT OF THE LUNGS. BY BEING AWARE OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE BREATH, CALMNESS IS PRODUCED IN THE MIND. THIS PREPARES THE MIND FOR MEDITATION.

MEDITATION

MEDITATION IS A WAY TO RELAX THE BODY AND TO REMOVE THE OBSTACLES THAT INDUCE PAIN AND SUFFERING. APART FROM ASANAS AND PRANAYAMA MEDITATION ALSO HELPS FREE THE BODY FROM PHYSICAL PAIN.

IN MEDITATION, THE MIND IS CALM, BY REPETITION OF A MANTRA IN THE MIND, WHICH CONNECTS TO THE FIELD OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS. THIS PRACTICE SHOULD LAST FOR TWENTY MINUTES.

PRANAYAMA

IT IS APT TO QUOTE THE PATANJALI SUTRAS THE SAY, " THE MIND BECOMES CALM BY REGULATING THE EXPULSION AND RETENTION OF THE BREATH". YOGIC BREATHING IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO BRING I MORE OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN AND TO THE BLOOD. THIS FACILITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEMORY AND CONCENTRATION.

ANULOMA VILOMA

ANULOMA VILOMA IS ALSO CALLED ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING. INSIGHTS INTO THE YOGIC TEXTS DESCRIBE THE PRESENCE OF THE IDA NERVE CURRENT, WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL AND THE PINGALA CURRENT, WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL. IT IS SAID, THAT THE BREATH FLOWS THROUGH THE RIGHT NOSTRIL FOR ONE HOUR, AND THEN THROUGH THE LEFT NOSTRIL FOR ANOTHER HOUR. ANY ALTERATION IN THIS PATTERN OF THE FLOW OF BREATH RESULTS IN DISEASE.

NOTE : BREATHING SHOULD BE NORMAL, REGULAR AND DEEP DURING THE PRACTICE.

PRACTICE OF THIS EXERCISE CALMS THE MIND AND PREPARES IT FOR DEEP MEDITATION.

MEDITATION

FINDING PEACE AMIDST THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF DAILY LIFE, MEDITATION IS A TIME-TESTED METHOD TO EXPERIENCETHE DIVINE PRESENCE OR CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN. AN INTENSE FEELING OF INNER PEACE AND ABOUNDING BLISS ENVELOPS THE BEING AFTER DEEP MEDITATION. IT ALSO HELPS IN DEVELOPING A NON-JUDGMENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS. THE THIRD EYE MEDITATION HELPS TO DEVELOP MEMORY POWER.