The next time you take a walk, focus on your breathing. Make breathing the focus of your walk. In the car, if you are a passenger or if you are stuck in traffic, shut off the radio on the sounds and sights around you menstrual cycle is erratic. The shifting levels of estrogen and progesterone, both mood-altering hormones, frequently result in a host of uncomfortable emotional and physical changes. Perimenopause, like menopause, can trigger:
WHAT MATTERS, WHAT DOESN’T
What Matters
That you understand what is happening physiologically to your body.
Realizing that you are going through numerous physical and psychological changes related to perimenopause and menopause.
That prenatal yoga is done with the guidance of your physician and a trained instructor.
That you allow yoga to empower you during physical and emotional changes.
What Doesn’t
That you’ve never done yoga before.
Being overweight, or having brittle bones. Neither of these conditions exclude you from being able to do yoga.
Anxiety
Manic mood swings
Muscle aches and joint aches
Stiffness
Erratic sleep patterns
Menopause is the secession of a woman’s menstrual cycle, the end of her reproductive cycle. Some common complaints of menopause are:
Vaginal dryness
Hot flashes
Urinary problems
Mood swings
Depression
Fatigue
Disturbances in sleep patterns
Researchers have begun to recognize that ancient disciplines, such as yoga and meditation, are valuable assets during these passages. In our sociperimenopausal anxiety for good, but it will certainly rejuvenate you and inspire the relationships around you.
With all these benefits for women, what about the benefits of yoga for men? Men may not take up yoga to combat brittle bones, PMS, or for fatherhood, but many men do practice yoga for a variety of reasons and find it equally rewarding. Do real men do yoga? Of course; let’s look at chapter 8.
Yoga can gracefully assist women through menses, premenstrual syndrome, pregnancy, childbirth, and perimenopause and menopause. Prenatal yoga is different from a daily yoga practice; you should not begin a prenatal class until after your first trimester, and you should not start without the guidance of a prenatal yoga instructor and your doctor. Then you can practice yoga up until delivery. Yoga is a potent practice to nurture the female mind and body through all their changes.
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