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Can we do Surya Namaskar during periods?

If you are searching for an answer to the above question, you have come to the right place. This article attempts to answer this query.

Surya Namaskar practiced as prayer

The answer largely depends on the purpose for which you are practicing Sun Salutation.

Either you may practice it as a prayer to Sun God or you make the practice solely for fitness and health.

If you are offering Sun Salutation as a prayer, you should not practice it during periods.

Surya Namaskar for Health and Fitness

But if you are doing it solely for the purpose of fitness and health, then there is no practical restriction. Yet you should not have heavy bleeding or cramping. However, my personal view is that It is not advisable to practice Surya Namaskar during periods. But why? Let me explain in detail.

Not advisable in the sense that your body is already in the process of physiologic uterine bleeding due to shedding of the endometrium. So your whole body involves itself is in that process. It is not advisable to disturb that process. If you do that, in my opinion, it may cause imbalances.

Ayurveda and Menstruation

In Ayurveda, Acharya Sushruta has said that the dark-colored blood gets collected during the whole month by the artavvimochinidhamani in the garbhashaya and this collected blood gets expelled through the yonimukha monthly by the action of Vayu (Apana Vayu). This is the phase of rajahsrava.

What does the inventor of Surya Namaskar say about it?

The views of Sri Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao who had remodeled and inducted the Surya Namaskar into the yoga stream are as follows.

The Namaskar exercise should be suspended during the menstrual period, from the time the menses actually begin to flow until they stop, the normal period being four to six days. At the end of the period, the exercise should be begun again without delay.

Page No: 55, Ten point way to health 1928 by Sri Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao,

Conclusion

Can we do Surya Namaskar during Periods?

No, and it is not advisable. However, there is no practical restriction, if you are practicing it for health and fitness.

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