Yoga & Menopause

Yoga For Menopause Relief

Yoga has many benefits for menopause. Learn about some of the types of poses that can be beneficial, and some important points to keep in mind when incorporating them into a practice.

Yoga is not a 'remedy' for menopause - not least because menopause represents a stage of life, rather than an illness. A woman's experience during menopause is completely individual, and yoga is not specific like the drugs of modern medicine. There is no one set series of postures that can make up a remedy for the symptoms of perimenopause.

Yoga is an adaptive discipline that can support the body through the myriad of biological changes it is making. Importantly, it supports our minds and emotions, and allow us to come to a perspective on the inner processes that are happening. Many perimenopausal women have found both the physical and less tangible benefits of yoga helpful at this time.

Backbending postures & exercising is great for lifting energy levels. Forward bends are good for anxiety and stress.

Given that quite active physical exercise had been found to help with menopause, this observation is no real surprise. Ultimately, it depends on what is going on for each woman, and this can vary over time anyway. If you're feeling really tired all the time, restorative poses may be best for that period. However, if you've got more energy, there are a number of yoga asanas that can really help.

Some of the Asanas / yoga poses that can be beneficial include:

• Sarvanga Asana
• Tada Asana
• Ardha Chandra Asana
• Matsya Asana
• Bala Asana
• Gomukha Asana
• Ugra Asana

Whatever poses you incorporate into your daily life during menopause, remember to be flexible. The needs of our bodies change, areas of stiffness change, symptoms change. Learning to respond to this, like the challenges that life can send our way, is the best way to practice yoga to suit your individual needs and physical condition.

Yoga for Women Health Problems

From puberty (onset of the menses) until menopause a women’s reproduction system under goes many cyclic changes. The cyclic changes are related to the changes in the endometrium (inner lining of the uterus), breast, ovaries, vagina, hormone secretions, and even emotional attitudes.

The cyclic reproduction changes of the female are marked by menstruation, during which some cells, unclotted blood from ruptured blood vessels, other fluids and uterine endometrium are released through the cervix and vagina. Each menstrual cycle occurs about every 28 days and last for 4 - 5 days.


The menstruation occurs 12 to 14 days after the ovum is released from the ovary (ovulation), about once in four weeks. The periodicity of cycle varies with individuals. After fertilization, menstruation ceases and it is the first indication of pregnancy.

The disorders of the female reproductive system are frequently involved in the menstrual disorders. Some of them are: Amenorrhoea, Secondary amenorrhoea, Dysmenorrhoea, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Premenstrual Syndrome

Various Yogic Exercises are recommended to Overcome the above disorders.

Svastika Asana
Padma Asana
Vira Asana
Gomukha Asana
Paschimothan Asana
Baddha-kona Asana
Sirsha Asana

Note: You must always exercise these asanas, by keeping your basic health in check; Incase your health practitioner has warned you not to do any exercise / asana, you must always abide by the same. We would not be responsible for any physical injury caused due to your not following your doctor's advise